Note; please check the ratings (and reviews) on these websites if you need to – British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) or via the Family Review site Common Sense Media. A ratings reminder is at the bottom of the list.
So here is a list of real recommendations collated from my friends. That means that they have watched each and every film either themselves or with their kids (their kids were were at least aged 10/11+ or older at the time). This list wouldn’t have been made possible without the help of these people;
Mick, Jane, Darren, Gregor, Seraphina, Tam, James, Matt, Sally, Jocelyn, Fiona, Stash, Vicky, Deborah, Tory, Philip, Nadine, Stephanie Suzanne, Jo, Vicker, Athena, Nikki, Luisa, Marlise, Muthanna, Nick, Darcia, Mustafa, Melissa, Charlotte, Tim, Jenny, Rupert, Darryl, Joe Joe, Vic. Alexander and Dan. xo
THE ULTIMATE LIST OF FILMS TO WATCH WITH TWEENS, TEENS & EVERYONE
- 13 going on 30
- About a Boy (2002)
- All About Eve (1950)
- Age of Innocence (1977)
- American Graffiti (1973)
- Almodovar movies (Golden Balls and others…)
- Austin Powers (1997)
- Babette’s Feast (1987)
- Back To The Future (1985)
- Batteries Not Included (1987)
- Being There (1979)
- Benny and Joon (1993)
- Big (1988)
- Billy Elliot (2002)
- Breakfast at Tiffanys (1961)
- Breakfast Club (1985)
- Bridges of Madison County (1995)
- Brooklyn (2015)
- Booksmart (2019)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- Captain Fantastic (2016)
- Chef (2014)
- Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- Driving Miss Daisy (2014)
- Drop Dead Fred (1991)
- Dumb and Dumber (1994)
- Fast Girl
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Flash Dance
- Footloose
- Forrest Gump
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
- Girls Just Want To Have Fun
- The Goonies
- Green Door
- Gremlins
- Grease
- Gladiator
- Groundhog Day
- Good Will Hunting
- Harold and Maude
- Hidden Figures
- Hunt for the Wilder-people
- Il Postino (subtitles)
- Interstellar
- Jaws
- Jean de Florette
- Jerry Maguire
- JoJo Rabbit
- Juno
- Kes
- Kings Speech
- Kramer vs Kramer
- Ladybird
- Like Water for Chocolate
- Les Miserables (Richard Jordan or Antony Hopkins version)
- Les Visiteurs (subtitles)
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Man With Two Brains
- Manon de Source
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Men In Black
- Meet Joe Black
- Mermaids
- Midnight Run
- Mr & Mrs Smith
- My Best Friends Wedding
- My Fair Lady
- My Life As A Dog
- Naked Gun
- National Lampoons Vacation
- Outsiders
- Overboard
- Pacific Heights (bit scary but a great movie)
- Paper Moon
- Parenthood
- Passengers
- Peanut Butter Falcon
- Philadelphia Story
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles
- Point Break
- Pretty In Pink
- Project X
- Psycho
- Rabbit Proof Fence
- Rain Man
- Rear Window
- Rebecca
- Romeo and Juliet – Baz Luhrmann version
- Sister Act
- Singing in the Rain
- Sliding Doors
- Splash
- Some Like It Hot
- Sophies Choice
- South Park the Movie
- St Elmo’s Fire
- Stakeout
- Stand By Me
- Super 8
- The Breakfast Club
- The Beach
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Elephant Man
- The Kings Speech
- The Great Outdoors
- The Holiday
- The Last of the Mohicans
- The Man In The White Suit
- The Man That Would Be King
- The Martian
- The Mission
- The Usual Suspects
- The Secrets In Their Eyes (check the rating please)
- The Untouchables (Subtitles)
- Thelma and Louise
- Time Bandits
- Titanic
- Tootsie
- Top Gun
- Trading Places
- Vertigo
- Walkabout
- Waynes World
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Xanadu
Are there any on this list that I have missed? Films that will appeal to kids between ages 10-16 that the whole family can watch together… please leave a comment below with your favourites. We would love to hear from you, especially if you can share International ones. xo
Ratings guidance ;
Rated G: General audiences – All ages admitted.
Rated PG Parental guidance suggested – Some material may not be suitable for children.
Rated PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned – Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Rated R: Restricted – Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
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