The princess bride
Tron. Labyrinth. Goonies. Legend. Etc.
The Neverending Story
EDIT: Stoopid autocorrect
Yes.
Watched that for the first time while really high in college, and the horse sinking in the swamp really fucked me up lol. I’ve had no desire to revisit it, personally :/
Kids and animals dying really ruin media for me
It’s OK, Artax the horse survived.
The Everending Story
Is that a short movie about a kid finishing reading a book about a hero completing his quest?
And by etc, OP means Princess Bride.
Yes
I cannot for the life of me understand the love for this movie. But the love for it spans generations so assume I’m the one in the wrong, but I just don’t see it.
I love this movie so much, but I get it. I feel like you have to have seen it at a certain age in order to really feel it.
Alright, that may be fair. I didn’t see it till I was in my mid 30s. And I will fight to the death with sticks, anybody who doesn’t like hook. So, I get it, but I don’t get it.
I like Hook too. I think I was 8 or 9 when it came out and it was amazing to me. My friend who is just a couple of years older didn’t like it because his younger siblings fucked that up for him by playing it on repeat.
It helps if you watch it over and over, until the tape wears out.
HUGE second on all of these
Oh and Willow
My kids like horror movies since they were little.
My first thoughts were the naked gun or Monty Python movies.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy might be good too (at least the six episode TV series that just feels like a long film). I also think it’s a little more appropriate.
Naked Gun has some pretty sexual themes, Monty Python less so if you’re only talking Holy Grail. Life of Brian and Meaning of Life have loads of sexual themes and nudity.
The 1980s version of Time Bandits is made by the Monty Python team for a family audience!
I keep forgetting there’s a modern version, I’ll add the year on my list to make clear that’s the one I mean!
I mean, Holy Grail has that whole nunnery sequence where they’re trying to get Galahad to fuck them
Still a lot more tame than the other films.
Being a lot more tame ≠ appropriate for children 😂
I think as a kid, I’d have found this scene funny without really getting it. I’d probably be OK with my kids seeing it, if I had kids.
I did think of that scene fist which is why I was surprised that it was considered the one with the least sexual themes. That’s how I first found out spanking could be a sexual thing.
Connections and The Day The Universe Changed
Edit: Oh, movies. Sorry.
For being a jerkface, you have great taste.
When my son first starting getting out of kids movies, he liked Indiana Jones and back to the future a lot. Ghostbusters went over well.
Also, Phineas and Ferb is great for every age. Old Simpsons are good too!
The only thing I can think of is Midnight Gospel, if your kid doesn’t mind the quick-talking podcast interview going on in the background. But the animation is great. 😃
ETA: Oops you said no animation. I’m sorry!
The only thing my mind could come up with that isn’t animated would be The Ring. I personally have the original Japanese version, so I have no clue how good or bad the western version is, though.
Lord of the Rings! Ditto for most of the YA film adoptions from the last twenty years
The Truman Show
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I saw it as a kid, it didn’t scar me for life by any means but it was pretty creepy.
Remember the Titans. Absolute cinema
It’s a tv cartoon, but Invader Zim covers that gap
Prepare them for life by making them watch Rick and Morty and get them jaded and nihilistic ahead of the game.
I played my youngest (11) the Pickle Rick episode but told them a lot of the other episodes had adult themes that night go over their head so maybe when they’re older.
So that’s how the family ended up running through all the seasons over about 3 weeks. Some stuff they didn’t pick up on but got raised eyebrows from the older sibling (13) but all in all they loved it. Rick’s even trying to improve as a person in the latter seasons so it’s not totally niahlistic.
Second this one. Excellent series.
Mr bean.
The T.V. series got some legitimate laughs out of my step-daughter. I can’t really remember them actually laughing at any other movies or T.V. shows.
Rowan Atkinson is imo the only actor that mastered comedic face and acting, no word needed, just his facial reaction and action is enough to bring laughter. It breach age, language, and cultural barrier. I remember watching the series as early as age 5 in the 90s and enjoy it. Holiday is good too.
Adventure Time seasons 3-6
Steven Universe
*Puppycat
These both definitely present as “made for children”.
And yet I still watch them as a grown-ass adult.
Sure, I’m not saying they’re not good to watch for adults, but we’re talking about a kid with a declared aversion to media targeted at children. The aesthetics of both shows scream “kid’s show” regardless of the textual content.
Since its 25th anniversary of its western release just passed and it’s on my mind, Princess Mononoke is a good one. It’s bloody but tasteful.
