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Posted: 6/30/2023 7:07:06 PM EST
Kids want to watch a movie….what do you suggest from the 1980-90s (and older)

They have already seen off the top of my head
Back to the Future series
Indiana Jones
Goonies
War Games
Short Circuit
Flight of the Navigator
The Last Starfighter
Star Wars movies
I’m sure there are a lot more they have seen, but those are off the top of my head.

Remembered more they have seen
Tremors
Honey I Shrunk the Kids,
Princess Bride
The Karate Kid
A bunch of the old Disney live action movies/series (old yeller, Dave Crockett etc….)
Home Alone
The Sandlot (the oldest isn’t really a sports kid, so he didn’t care much about it..but he was younger when he saw it)

I don’t remember if they have seen Big or not…
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:09:35 PM EST
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Batteries Not Included
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Stand by Me



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The NeverEnding Story
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I remember that one….little tiny ufo/alien things iirc
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I started Explorers with them last week and they got distracted….don’t know why since they usually like space stuff.
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The Thing
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Great choice….that will help them sleep tonight.

I want to show them They Live
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:15:41 PM EST
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Willow, Big, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Princess Bride

ETA: For animated as a kid I liked An American Tale, Fievel Goes West, and All Dogs go to Heaven
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Tremors.

We watched it around 7 years old, love the movie.
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My Bodyguard and Stand By Me 100%
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Monster Squad
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[#14]
Explorers
Time Bandits
The Princess Bride
SpaceCamp
ET
Land Before Time
Harry and the Hendersons
Honey, I shrunk the Kids

and maybe in the next year or two (or just for the oldest)
Big
Ghostbusters 1&2
Beetlejuice
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Top Gun
Field of Dreams
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Tremors.

We watched it around 7 years old, love the movie.
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Agreed….showed it to them a month or two back.  The oldest one like it.
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Commando
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Gremlins maybe
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Forgot they have seen Honey I Shrunk the Kids ( and the sequel) and the Princess Bride.
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The Thing


beat by six minutes
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Tremors.

We watched it around 7 years old, love the movie.
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Nuh uh I had nightmares for years. Even now I'm still dreaming about climbing on shelves to get away from graboids.
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I think the oldest would like it…he doesn’t get scared of movies as he know it is all fake, so that might be fun.  Maybe closer to Christmas.
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I see that the Directors Cut version is available….
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:22:44 PM EST
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Harry and the Hendersons….forgot about that.



Might show the oldest some of the John Candy films..
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:23:05 PM EST
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Hey you guuuuuuuuys....

Goonies!

The mummy 1& 2.

Old yeller.

Land of the lost, series and movie.

Witch Mountain, return to witch mountain.
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The Karate Kid
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Over the top, I loved that movie when I was a kid
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Airplane
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Another one I forgot…
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Me too….no clue why
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I think the oldest would like it…he doesn’t get scared of movies as he know it is all fake, so that might be fun.  Maybe closer to Christmas.
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1980's Christmas movie is A Christmas Story.
Our family always watched it together on TBS/TNT when growing up.
I've watched it almost every year. Love that movie.

Edit- Iron Eagle might be another good one for a ~10yearold.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:26:07 PM EST
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Great Outdoors
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Adventures in Babysitting
Big
Bill and Ted
Clash of the Titans 1981
Home Alone
Rad
The Rocketeer
The Sandlot

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1980's Christmas movie is A Christmas Story.
Our family always watched it together on TBS/TNT when growing up.
I've watched it almost every year. Love that movie.

Edit- Iron Eagle might be another good one for a ~10yearold.
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Agreed on Iron Eagle..


I should just go ahead and expose him to Red Dawn
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Uncle Buck is the best, I actually didn't see this movie until my middle age, but it is one of the most awesome clean-kid friendly comedies ever for sure..



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Last mimzy
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My kid's been getting this treatment on my plex server.

All the home alone movies.  There's like 6 or 7 of them.
All the earnest movies.  Scared stupid, earnest goes to jail, yada yada
All the karate kid movies, except the stupid one with jaden smith
beetlequice
ET
Goonies
cars and sequels
casper
ghost busters and sequels
honey i shrunk the kids
jurrasic park and sequels
jumanji
kickboxer and bloodsport
mars attacks
rikki tiki tavi, jungle book
ninja turtles and sequels
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:38:52 PM EST
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I think most of the good ones have been named. Would have to look through the catalog to come up with some new ones. Lots of animated options.

One I can think of specifically I didn't see mentioned, for the holidays, Home Alone 1 & 2.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:39:09 PM EST
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Great outdoors. Already mentioned
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:39:58 PM EST
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Porky's

I saw it in the theater, I was 7. I turned out relatively okay.
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:41:10 PM EST
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Right above you.  

1 and 2 are the OGs.  The other ones are definitely lower budget, like straight to VHS and made for TV quality.  But the traps and the overacting by the bad guys is still pretty entertaining in some of them.
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My kid's been getting this treatment on my plex server.

All the earnest movies.  Scared stupid, earnest goes to jail, yada yada
jurrasic park and sequels
jumanji
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Completely forgot the Ernest movies.  I loved the one where he was at Camp when I was a kid. The turtles and the machine that made food were awesome.
The first Jurassic Park is a classic.  They haven’t seen it, but have seen the more recent one.  The original was way more intense
Jumanji is a decent one too
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I was just going for 80's movies.
I watched most everything from the 90's, so that list would be a mile long.

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Porky's

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Questionable...
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The Shining

Weird Science
Link Posted: 6/30/2023 7:51:57 PM EST
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This is a good book and movie.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0100058/


This one might be a hair older for them but a very good movie.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_(1987_film)


I even have relatives in the last one.
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I was just going for 80's movies.
I watched most everything from the 90's, so that list would be a mile long.


Questionable...
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I was just going for 80's movies.
I watched most everything from the 90's, so that list would be a mile long.

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Porky's

I saw it in the theater, I was 7. I turned out relatively okay.

Questionable...

List it.  Might jog some memories
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If they've seen "Tremors", then "Arachnophobia."
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