Suggestions please - good non-animated movies for kids

[Patrick425]

I have a 10 year old son. Maybe some of you have the same issue, but it's hard to come up with appropriate non-animated movies that both he and my wife and I will enjoy. I don't mind a little swearing or a small amount of violence, but I tend to try stay away from films with overly sexual references or nudity. Comedies are always good or maybe a movie that might be inspirational or have some sort of "life lesson" involved in it. These are few of the films we have watched over the years as he has grown up (in random order)..any other suggestions would be nice.

 

Rudy

Rocky

Kicking and Screaming

Star Wars (all of them)

Blues Brothers (mostly the TV censored version - but he's getting old enough where the original version is ok, a few swears)

Indiana Jones

Ghost Busters

Big

Pursuit of Happyness

What about Bob

Field of Dreams

Sandlot

The Rookie

Rookie of the Year

Groundhog Day

Martian Child (I really liked this movie)

Dreamer

Cheaper by the Dozen

Men In Black

 

There are others that I'm forgetting, but you get the general idea of the types of movies I'm looking for. It gets harder and harder when I go into the video store to find a good family movie that's not too sappy or childish. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[bucks2281]

Little Big League

 

One of my favorite baseball movies when I was younger

[BillScottCanRake]

I'd add Miracle to your list if you like hockey.

[Beerambassador]

My whole family loved Millions. The brit accents are a bit heavy, but it's a kids movie that the whole family should enjoy.

[DatHoser]

Miracle is a great suggestion.

 

Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl (the only one I saw) and the first National Treasure movie would be good, too. Not sure of the ratings on either, though. Pretty much any of the watchable Star Trek movies should be good (just not 1 & 5, that come to mind).

[Katuluu]

Short Circuit movies.

The Princess Bride.

Any Harryhausen film.

Flight of the Navigator

Sky High

Pee Wee's Big Adventure

Project X

The Goonies

The Karate Kid

UHF

Whale Rider

MirrorMask

The Never Ending Story

Never Cry Wolf

both Gremlins films

The Last Starfighter

 

 

 

Also, the sooner you get him on the classics like Red Dawn and Iron Eagle the better more rounded adult he will be.

[berniebrewer4life]

Major League if the swears aren't too bad.

A league of thier own is also pretty good.

[pitchleague]

The Great Outdoors

The 'Burbs

Holes

Harriet the Spy

Dr. Doolittle (the Eddie Murphy ones)

City Slickers

Bill and Ted movies

Looney Tunes Back in Action (yeah, I know, it has animation, but alot of it is live action with humans)

[patrickgpe]

The Neverending story was my favorite movie as a child.

[Patrick425]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I tried renting "The Burbs" at Blockbuster last weekend, but they don't carry it.

 

I'm not a big Hockey fan, but "Miracle" does sound like a great suggestion. I'm definitly going to look into that one.

 

Someone else mentioned "The Princess Bride" to me, but I can just see the look on my son's face when I mention the title. It really sounds like a girls film..is it? We took him to see Enchanted at the theaters..he hated it. UHF crossed my mind a couple of months ago and I forgot about it.

 

I'm not much of a SciFi/Fantasy fan. My son has been reading the Harry Potter books over the past 6 or 7 months. I like to see him reading as much as he does with those books, but then, of course, we have to rent and see the film. I just can't get into those movies.

[T B0NE 10]

Angels in the Outfield was one of my favorites

[Samurai Bucky]

The Gameplan was OK...

[DatHoser]

Another one crossed my mind: the Hornblower series from A&E. It's out on video. If he likes them, you could even encourage him to read the books which are much better. Even my wife liked the movies.

 

As far as Princess Bride goes, just tell him that Andre the Giant is in it. That and rattle off "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." And if that's not enough, just have him watch through the opening parts with Savage and Falk.

 

Flight of the Navigator brings back great memories - "Compliance."

[Nader Raider Tim]

The Labryinth

Legend

The Princess Bride

[Katuluu]

Someone else mentioned "The Princess Bride" to me, but I can just see the look on my son's face when I mention the title. It really sounds like a girls film..is it? We took him to see Enchanted at the theaters..he hated it.

The Grandson: A book?

Grandpa: That's right. When I was your age, television was called books. And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today I'm gonna read it to you.

The Grandson: Has it got any sports in it?

Grandpa: Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles...

The Grandson: Doesn't sound too bad. I'll try to stay awake.

Grandpa: Oh, well, thank you very much, very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming.

 

 

 

While I love The Burbs, it might be a bit scary for a 10 year old. Plus I don't think a 10 year old would get many of the jokes.

[Katuluu]

Labyrinth is a great suggestion, as are any of the Jim Henson/Muppet films like Dark Crystal or the first three Muppet movies.

 

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is probably another good choice as well.

[Beerambassador]

Might be kind of an obvious one, but ET is my all time favorite film.

[Patrick425]

While I love The Burbs, it might be a bit scary for a 10 year old. Plus I don't think a 10 year old would get many of the jokes.

The Burbs isn't any scarier than Ghostbusters or even Harry Potter. My son has a pretty mature sense of humor for his age.

[InsomniacInkRoss]

The Princess Bride, no questions asked, just don't tell him the title

Could be one of my favorite movies growing up, and still is, could be one of the most timeless movies

 

Others that I haven't seen mentioned but strongly recomend:

Brewster's Millions - it has baseball, and I literally spent hours awake at night as a child thinking about what I would do if I had to spend $30,000,000 in a month

 

*edit* Merlin - This was a made for TV 2 parter made in 1998, It was really fantastic when I was 13/14, I am sure it work at 10 as well. I don't know how easy to find it will be though. Here is the IMDB link : Merlin

 

Lord of the Rings?

[FVBrewerFan]

Big Mama's House (No idea why, but my kids ove that movie)

Great Outdoors

Vacation (the original)

Big Green

Home Alone series

Uncle Buck

Plains, Trains, & Automobiles (minus the rental car ticket counter scene

Pulp Fiction

Summer Rental

[Patrick425]

Pulp Fiction...oh yeah....that's my son's favorite.

 

 

[InsomniacInkRoss]

Pulp Fiction

Hahaha

I almost spit Mountain Dew on my keyboard, maybe watch Boogie Nights afterwards too

Let me add both Willy Wonka movies, with the Gene Wilder version being better of the 2

[rwa12]

I like Jumjanji and Hook. Beverly Hill Ninja would be good for a few laughs, (not a great movie, but probably genius for a 10 year old. My favorite two movies at that age were Three Amigos and My Blue Heaven.

[nate82]

Almost Heroes

Tommy Boy

Coneheads

Waynes World

Black Sheep

Spiderman 1 & 2 not a fan of the third.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

The Chronicles of Narnia

[Glennron]

I'd guess that I watched Home Alone all the way through 40 times between the ages of 5 and 10. Jumanji was really entertaining when I was around his age too so that might be a good suggestion. How about Little Rascals? (I'm not sure if this should be in blue or not).