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My kids don’t like to watch cartoons or movie explicitly made for kids. What are some good movies targeted toward adults that kids can watch? (lemmy.world)

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (23 children)

All the films in the following list are PG-13, PG, or older and unrated, and I went light on sexual themes in the PG-13 part (except for Austin Powers, because... it's Austin Powers). This is just me quickly going through my own movie collection.

PG-13:

Arachnophobia (1990)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Cabin Boy (1994)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Director's Cut, if you can
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Pirates of the Carribean (2006)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Sneakers (1992)
UHF (1989)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

PG:

*batteries not included (1987)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Dreams by Akira Kurosawa (1990)
Flow (2024)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Porco Rosso (1992)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Producers (1967)
Indiana Jones original trilogy (1981-1989)
Real Genius (1985)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Spaceballs (1987)
Strange Brew (1983)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Time Bandits (1981)
Twins (1988)
Uncle Buck (1989)
War Games (1983)
The Wizard (1989)
Wizards (1977)
Young Frankenstein (1974)

Unrated:

The Great Escape (1963)
Hundreds of Beavers (2024)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Nova Seed (2016)
Rashomon (1950)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Stalker (1979)

Also, special mention to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) which would be otherwise PG except for the scene where Steve Martin says "fuck" 18 times, which alone earned it it's R rating.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

You're going to mention Shaolin Soccer but not Kung-Fu Hustle? Come on.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

Kung Fu Hustle is rated R, which was outside of the general range of ratings I went for. It's been a while since I watched it and I couldn't remember specifically what got it that rating.

Description from Common Sense Media:

Parents need to know that Kung Fu Hustle is a Hong Kong martial arts comedy starring Stephen Chow. It has lots of stylized and cartoonish violence and blood. Scenes show the aftermath of people dead from ax wounds (axes sticking out from bodies), gunned down by gunfire, and beaten up; bullying (kids beat up a boy and urinate on him); and people dying from fighting. A person is decapitated, and a cat is cut in half, but these are only shown in shadow. People are "comically" stabbed by knives, beaten up, threatened, and chased. One effeminate man is often called a "fairy" and made fun of. The movie also has fat jokes. A married man often flirts with other women, but this is part of an act. Characters range from naive romantics to hard-core hired killers, and the tone is wildly comic, often paying homage to previous martial arts films. The main character shows some positive values in his redemption story, eventually becoming compassionate and showing integrity. Adults drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and cigars, and one man smokes opium out of a pipe. Strong language includes "f--k," "bulls--t," "a--hole," "ass," "bitch," "fairy," "damn," "hell," and "piss."

Seems definitely a bit more mature than Shaolin Soccer was, at least in my opinion.

[–] loie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

..."fairy"?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

Homophobic insult to an effeminate man

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