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Favorite Movies to Watch with My Kids

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March 29, 2020 By Jennifer Lambert 12 Comments

I love introducing my kids to my favorite movies. I love watching movies with my kids. Cinema history and appreciation is super important.

There is such delight when they get the jokes in classic film (gasp – the 80s are classic now!). Sometimes, I explain a pop culture reference that is now obsolete.

Sometimes, I am shocked by innuendo, language, or scenes that I never picked up on these movies, most of which were filmed before the PG-13 rating existed.

But mostly, these films are educational as they commemorate my childhood and youth.

We especially love films about aliens, space, time travel, dinosaurs, history…pretty much all sci-fi and fantasy. We love Star Wars and Star Trek. I used to love horror films and my girls are getting into it, but some of the modern stuff is still too much. They keep asking about some great horror movies and I keep putting them off until they’re in their later teenage years.

Favorite Movies to Watch with My Kids

My kids are 10, 13, 14, and 20 this year. My son is the youngest and very sensitive. He doesn’t like horror films yet and that’s just fine.

John Hughes Films

These are just classic teen films.

John Carpenter Films

My girls really appreciate good horror and his music scores!

Fun Nostalgic Films

These films built my youth.

Jim Henson Movies

This is an epic part of my childhood.

Mel Brooks Movies

I think he created comedy.

Monty Python

My kids really get British humor. We quote these all the time!

Ernest Movies

I used to watch these with my dad. Yes, they’re sometimes crass and ridiculous.

The Addams Family

These are timeless tales about a loving unique family. I really love the new cartoon!

Tim Burton

These films are unique.

DC Universe

For the love of Batman.

Marvel Universe

There are too many to choose! I love comics.

I love that my kids are growing up in a time when we can find almost any film or show online to stream for free or cheap!

We have movie night every weekend with homemade pizza.

What’s your family’s favorite film?

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  1. Julie says

    April 6, 2020 at 12:58 pm

    What fun. When mine were younger I enjoyed introducing them to Star Wars and Indiana Jones films. It’s hard though, what if you show them a film you LOVED and they just don’t get it?! I had that with The Breakfast Club, our daughter loved it but one of our sons was spectacularly unimpressed!!

    Reply
    • Jennifer Lambert says

      April 6, 2020 at 1:20 pm

      That is heartbreaking! Yes, I have some picky viewers and sometimes moody ones.

      Reply
  2. Joanne says

    April 6, 2020 at 1:12 pm

    You have some great ones on here! I’m not sure I could pick just one family favorite movie. We have so many that we’ve enjoyed watching together.

    Reply
  3. Rebecca Hastings says

    April 7, 2020 at 11:48 am

    We’ve watched some of these together with our kids. It’s fun now that they’re teens. Although, we did watch Clueless (which I loved as a teen) and I wondered what made me love it so much!

    Reply
  4. Theresa Boedeker says

    April 7, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    Fun movies are one of my favorites. I had to start laughing when I read “The Ernest Movies.” Reading your list was like a walk down memory lane. Good memories.

    Reply
  5. Patsy Burnette says

    April 8, 2020 at 11:51 am

    Thanks for this great, extensive list of movies for the kiddos, Jennifer!

    Pinned.

    Thanks for linking up at InstaEncouragements!

    Reply
  6. Lauren Renee Sparks says

    April 8, 2020 at 1:47 pm

    What a fun list! Visiting you from the tellHis story link up.

    Reply
  7. Michele Morin says

    April 9, 2020 at 10:25 am

    I’m always on the look out for good recommendations!

    Reply
  8. Angela Johnson says

    April 9, 2020 at 8:33 pm

    You definitely have some great picks. My husband just introduced my kids to Monty Python and they love it. Mel Brook’s films are a must in our house. We love all of them and quote them all the time. I have always loved family movie night.

    Reply
  9. Karen Friday says

    April 10, 2020 at 4:00 pm

    I’m with your son, not much for horror movies. I’ve always loved introducing my kids, both adults now, to movies I loved as a kid and now. Classics like: The Wizard of Oz, Pride and Prejudice, ET, Sleepless in Seattle, the first Star Wars, and many more!

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  10. Antionette Blake says

    April 12, 2020 at 4:19 pm

    Great selection of family movies and a good share at the #trafficjamweekend

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  11. Donna Reidland says

    April 12, 2020 at 5:01 pm

    We’ve been watching old Bible movies this holy week. Last night we finished the four-part, Jesus of Nazareth from 1977. It was just as good as I remembered.

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