Jann in TX Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 We have a dedicated home theater room-- we like movies. Tonight we want to cuddle up to a good movie--but don't know where to start? We have Amazon Prime and Netflix We are looking for suggestions for a family movie night-- movie ratings G to PG 13. Can be an older one that we have forgotten about... Last weekend we had a Lord of the Rings marathon... We have all of the Star Trek and Star Wars movies...and most of the current 'super hero ones'...Back to the Future...Harry Potter (we kind of like Sci-fi ) What 'Classic' or Epic movies are out there, we are looking for something that youngest dd has not seen. OH-- our last family movie night (with college kids too) was Finding Nemo... TIA Jann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Some of the family-type stuff in our Netflix queue: The Muppet Movie The Aristocats The Secret of NIMH The Rescuers The Shakiest Gun in the West (Don Knotts) October Sky Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amo_mea_filiis. Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 An American Tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Not epic or classic but fun-----Second Hand Lions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Not epic or classic but fun-----Second Hand Lions That is a great movie. We need to buy it, just to watch time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Pride and Prejudice, the 5-hour version with Colin Firth! My 14yo and I watched that a few months ago and LOVED it. After you see that, you then have to watch the Lizzie Bennet Diaries webisodes. http://www.lizziebennet.com/ George and the Dragon is a lot of fun. It was originally released as Dragonsword. We like it better than Princess Bride. ETA: After seeing the MIB response below, I wanted to add Independence Day. We all thoroughly enjoyed that one. And if you are looking for a movie to see in the theater, Wreck-it Ralph and Rise of the Guardians are two of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Men in Black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We enjoyed Cold Comfort Farm a couple of weeks ago. It was hilarious, but never stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girl Power Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We just finished Roots and North and South. I'll keep thinking for you. We enjoyed the change of pace of miniseries. Beck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We are going to watch WarGames tonight. If I remember correctly it has some language in it. A few weeks ago we all watched Hugo and enjoyed it. Second Hand Lions or just about anything w/Robert Duvall never gets old! October Sky is another good movie. We like John Wayne, James Stewart, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock movies. My husband and ds1 get a kick out of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 movies. I know there are quite a few on Netflix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnbacademy Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Pride and Prejudice, the 5-hour version with Colin Firth! My 14yo and I watched that a few months ago and LOVED it. After you see that, you then have to watch the Lizzie Bennet Diaries webisodes. These are hilarious! Skipped thru some, but enjoyed them... thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Avatar, but I think everyone has seen that. :p We really like Iron Giant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Seconding October Sky. There is a brief sexual innuendo kind of conversation near the beginning, but it's pretty harmless imo. It just came on Netflix. One of our favorite movies ever! There are some really good foreign movies, too, that I can't think of at the moment--I'll ask ds for some recommendations. They would probably fall more into the PG-13 catagory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We just finished Roots and North and South. I'll keep thinking for you. We enjoyed the change of pace of miniseries. Beck What age would you say Roots is good for? I don't recall seeing it (I know I saw parts of it when I was much younger) and I can't seem to find it on commonsensemedia.org. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Night at the Museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Night at the Museum Santa gave me the box set of these two movies in my stocking :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Beetlejuice :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 What age would you say Roots is good for? I don't recall seeing it (I know I saw parts of it when I was much younger) and I can't seem to find it on commonsensemedia.org. I saw it at 10 and was riveted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I saw saw it at 10 and was riveted. There is a 7 disc set on sale at amazon for $20 - I think I might buy it and figure out when it would be appropriate to show to mine: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CGI4O6/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 North and South BBC's Emma Master and Commander Sound of Music Perfect Game is a good sports-themed movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We absolutely loved this Little Dorrit series: http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Little-Dorrit-Disc-3/70115062?trkid=496751 However, I see that it's unavailable right now on Netflix, which is strange. That's the site we watched it on before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmamaz Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 recently we've enjoyed tintin, hugo. the boys couldnt sit through whalerider, but we liked it. the boys LOVE Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights. Not sure if its still streaming, but a town called panic was a hit. i love small soldiers but the kids wont watch it often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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