A lot of Chris Lilley’s shows could do the trick. They do have some adult references and some swearing here and there but nothing you wouldn’t hear from going out side.
I would recommend polterghast as a nice PG* horror movie.
*it came out before pg-13 existed.
Fuck all that. 5th-grade me didn’t sleep for two weeks behind that seeing that shit in the theater.
The human centipede
It’s basically a live-action version of the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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.
Not knowing their age, I still go with anything PG13 or your local equivalent is likely to be fine for most kids depending on what they like and how they react to different situations. My kiddo liked Jurrasic World at 10, but couldn’t handle Jurrasic Park because JP did a better job at making scary scenes scary.
I enjoyed a lot of Rated R movies as a kid, especially when the rating was from language. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles wasn’t any more adult than Uncle Buck except for the F bomb laden rental scene. Both are completely appropriate for kids around 10 years old with parental guidance if needed.
We never hid cursing from our kiddo and she didn’t repeat it elsewhere, so it really came down to what held her attention and what seemed like something we felt might need some explaining.
they aren’t movies, but Doctor Who is a fantastic show for the whole family. maybe start at Matt Smith episodes unless they don’t mind cheesier effects and costumes.
Galaxy Quest… while not a great movie, it’s a fun movie.
Yeah, what he said. Not a great movie? Are you nuts. I just can’t…
It’s not a great movie, it’s superb!
Excuse, me, what the fuck!? Galaxy quest managed to be one of the best Star Trek flicks out there while not even being in the same universe. By Grabthar’s Hammer, YOU…SHALL…BE…APOLOGETIC!
The Rocky Horror Picture Show springs to mind.
Lots of Spielberg directed stuff fits here I think like close encounters, Indiana Jones, Jaws
The blues brothers I remember was a lot of fun & don’t recall anything that stands out as too adult. tons of music, violence is not very serious
mst3k/rifftrax take a lot of old cheap movies and have comedians joke over the movie’s audio, I think most of it is pretty pg-13 stuff but not pandering to kids
Some Coen brothers/Ethan Coen movies like O brother where art thou and raising Arizona, true grit, add a bit more complexity to stories over kids movies, but keep the violence not too scary
If it wasn’t for a few f bombs the Blue Brothers could have been rated PG. And maybe the used condom joke at the very beginning.
I watched Robocop at a birthday party when I was 9. Does that count?
That’s one hell of a birthday party.
Gotta love 80s free-range parenting
My kids like horror movies since they were little.
My first thoughts were the naked gun or Monty Python movies.
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.
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.
I mean, Holy Grail has that whole nunnery sequence where they’re trying to get Galahad to fuck them
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!
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.
is everybody making suggestions in here a millennial? or is there really no examples of family-friendly films from the last 10-20 years?
Suggestions already in this thread from the last 10-20 years:
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
- Flow (2024)
- Hundreds of Beavers (2024)
- Nova Seed (2016)
- Interstellar (2014)
- The Martian (2015)
- Into the Spiderverse (2018)
- Across the Spiderverse (2023)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
It’s a tv cartoon, but Invader Zim covers that gap
Second this one. Excellent series.
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.
Maybe they’d like some of the kids cartoons I enjoy as an adult or when I was in high school?
Dexter’s Lab, Ed Edd and Eddy, Power Puff Girls, 2 Stupid Dogs, Home Movies, Dr. Katz., Invader Zim, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Rocko’s Modern Life, Phineas and Ferb, Daria, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Regular Show, and Adventure Time.
Ooh hey, my teenage cartoons!
*checks year of release
Okay, where’s that meme about getting run over by the old age truck?
Edit: I’m gonna add CatDog, Angry Beavers, Jimmy Neutron, and Johnny Bravo from around the same era. Also, how could we forget SpongeBob?
