Recommended age: 12+ (sex and some cursing) Recommended age: 12+ (language, iffy behavior) Where to watch: Netflix (free), Amazon or iTunes (rent for $2.99) Where to watch: Amazon or iTunes (rent for $2.99) Recommended age: 10+ (profanity, nudity, and violence) Recommended age: 10+ (lots of swearing, some scares) Where to watch: Disney+ (free), Amazon (rent for $2.99), or iTunes ($9.99) Recommended age: 10+ (some violence, bullying, cursing) Where to watch: Disney+ (free), Amazon or iTunes ($14.99) Where to watch: Disney+ (free), Amazon ($14.99) Where to watch: Hulu (free), Amazon or iTunes (rent for $3.99) Where to watch: Amazon or iTunes (rent for $3.99) Where to watch: Disney+ (free), Amazon or iTunes (rent for $2.99) Forgot about that scene.Ĩ0s Live Action Movies (in recommended age order) For instance, we tried watching Back to the Future and my girls did not understand what was happening to Marty’s mom in that car. I included age recommendations from Common Sense Media, because every family has different rules with what they think is appropriate for their kids. If your kids are old enough that they are beginning to appreciate movies with real people over movies with cartoon princesses and dancing trolls, here is a list of the best live action family movies from the 80s and 90s. It wasn’t as good as the original ( obviously), but better than watching the Olsen Twins in It Takes Two for the third time. Not only did they love it, we ended up watching the modern version with Jaden Smith the next night. My kids fought me tooth and nail over watching that one and I gave them no choice. The best part was that Mazzy and Harlow would always shout out an issue they were having with the movie right before Fred Savage would interrupt the story to say exactly the same thing. Otherwise you are going to be watching Descendants III for the 4000th time. I think it’s important to have a good list at the ready for when these “what movie are we going to watch” discussions arise. And then they don’t want to trust me again! Then I try to show them something that I remember being funny when I was a kid (like the Lily Tomlin Bette Midler vehicle, Big Business) and it is EQUALLY TERRIBLE. They act like I’m my mom trying to convince me to watch a black and white movie. I keep trying to explain this to Mazzy and Harlow and they JUST DON’T GET IT. They were much better when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. Animated movies may have come a long way since we were kids, but live action movies for kids are pretty terrible. The only issue is, my kids want to watch all those newly developed tween movies on Netflix, which are kinda like the quality equivalent of Hallmark movies for adults. Friday night movie night? HA! How about Monday afternoon movie marathon? Well, we still have distance learning to worry about, so maybe we aren’t going that crazy, but we are definitely watching movies most weeknights. One positive thing to happen during this pandemic is that we are now watching movies all the time, totally guilt-free.
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