Excelsior! Academy Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Are there any movies or series on Hulu, Prime or Netflix that would entertain 18 and 16 year old boys and still be appropriate for an 11 year old girl? It is in triple digits and I can only sit by the pool so many hours a day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I like to believe that 18, 16, and 11 year olds are not interchangeable widgets, but unique individuals. What sorts of things do they like to watch? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 This is going to sound so weird but my 12-21 year olds most recently have been watching Columbo together! They are all hanging around so I asked them and this is the list they came up with. A team, Food Truck Road race, Shakespeare and Hathaway, Leverage, Greatest American Hero (we ordered from the library) Night Rider, Expedition Unknown, Alaskan Bush People, Kid Cosmic, New Looney Tunes show, Gravity Falls. They have also ordered Hallmark mystery movies and the Hallmark Signed Sealed Delivered movies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Psych is pretty fun and was my oldest kid's first foray into non kid oriented television around age 10. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Hilda The Hollow Animated. Might interest them? There's a gay character in The Hollow. It's brought up in the show, but I don't think it's a main focus. Only sharing because some families may find this problematic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 58 minutes ago, saraha said: This is going to sound so weird but my 12-21 year olds most recently have been watching Columbo together! They are all hanging around so I asked them and this is the list they came up with. A team, Food Truck Road race, Shakespeare and Hathaway, Leverage, Greatest American Hero (we ordered from the library) Night Rider, Expedition Unknown, Alaskan Bush People, Kid Cosmic, New Looney Tunes show, Gravity Falls. They have also ordered Hallmark mystery movies and the Hallmark Signed Sealed Delivered movies. Ah we love Colombo here even my 9 and 10 year olds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Blue Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I love Colombo! That’s perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildflowerMom Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Stranger Things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, WildflowerMom said: Stranger Things? I thought if that too but with some pause. https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/stranger-things/user-reviews/adult dd has watched some of it but I’m not super comfortable with her watching it. Sounds like overall parents and kids voted age 12 & the show is rated 14. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin0713 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 We enjoyed Psych and The Middle as a family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom_to3 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 We just watched "Goodbye Chidren" with two preteens on HBO Max as a family (got a one-month subscription for this - now watching a few other things to take advantage). Also truly excellent for teens and adults - but not light-hearted entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 My college to tween year olds like a lot of the Marvel movies. Stranger Things is not ok for my tween and young teen—more for the horror aspects of the show. We aren’t especially restrictive people—Umbrella Academy, by contrast, is totally fine for us for our 13 yo. Winx Saga, Is it Cake, Locke and Key, Avatar: Last Airbender and Madame President are all things I have seen them all watching together lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 5 hours ago, saraha said: This is going to sound so weird but my 12-21 year olds most recently have been watching Columbo together! They are all hanging around so I asked them and this is the list they came up with. A team, Food Truck Road race, Shakespeare and Hathaway, Leverage, Greatest American Hero (we ordered from the library) Night Rider, Expedition Unknown, Alaskan Bush People, Kid Cosmic, New Looney Tunes show, Gravity Falls. They have also ordered Hallmark mystery movies and the Hallmark Signed Sealed Delivered movies. I loved the A-Team as a child! 5 hours ago, Terabith said: Psych is pretty fun and was my oldest kid's first foray into non kid oriented television around age 10. They've watched some of the episodes. I had quite forgotten about that series. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 2 hours ago, kristin0713 said: We enjoyed Psych and The Middle as a family. Loved the Middle but can’t remember what network — Hulu? Also used to watch American Housewife which might be ok for the 11 yr old. I think it depends on the episode maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 6 hours ago, Tanaqui said: I like to believe that 18, 16, and 11 year olds are not interchangeable widgets, but unique individuals. What sorts of things do they like to watch? Agreed! It's tough! I'm trying to avoid everyone slinking off into their own rooms to play electronics all day. Not that a tv series isn't electronics, but at least we are all together, right? The boys like all things Marvel and super hero. The girl prefers Hallmark type movies and cartoons. Today we watched the Minion movie and it was a hit among all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Thanks for all of the suggestions! 100 plus degree heat is tough. We've done a bit of school work and pool time, however there are many more hours in a day to fill. One can only play so many hours of Madden. *Ahem, here's looking at you teen boy of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Quote The boys like all things Marvel and super hero. The girl prefers Hallmark type movies and cartoons. Hm. And you don't have Disney+, and you don't have HBO - which has a terrible interface, but ALSO has Teen Titans, which might work for all three kids. That IS a toughie. The younger kiddo actually is in that venn sweet spot, so I'll ask her for her opinions when she wakes up. Though she might just suggest *even more detective shows and procedurals* - she's been watching her way through NCIS, and I actually sold her on Grimm by saying "It's a procedural with magical people in a masquerade, but the writing is actually infuriatingly bad in parts, like, straight up copaganda garbage". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 10 hours ago, Excelsior! Academy said: Agreed! It's tough! I'm trying to avoid everyone slinking off into their own rooms to play electronics all day. Not that a tv series isn't electronics, but at least we are all together, right? The boys like all things Marvel and super hero. The girl prefers Hallmark type movies and cartoons. Today we watched the Minion movie and it was a hit among all. The greatest American hero might tick everyone’s boxes. It is so funny because it is so very campy and the FBI agent just ad libs like the whole show and we all just find it really good entertainment since it’s such a bad show you can’t take it seriously. The fact that the high school students are all played by 30 year olds led to some really good conversation! I don’t know if this is still on Netflix but we watched a show put out by BYU called granite flats, it was really really good. Also, on you tube Studio C is also connected to BYU and is clean funny sketch comedy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 If Psych isn’t on those channels I know I’ve watched some free eps on Peacock. And if you have AT&T ask about the HBO Max that you are entitled to. My teen doesn’t want to watch Teen Titans. Though he’s probably sat through a ton of the eps while dd watched it in the past. So you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I recently trialed adding the Hallmark Movies now channel to Amazon Prime. We all watched and enjoyed the movie “Front of the Class”. And we tried one of the Aurora Teagarden mysteries …. It’s similar in genre to Diagnosis Murder from way back when. The success of that movie reminded me of the series “Murdoch Mysteries” which can be seen on Amazon by adding/paying for a channel, Acorn TV I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Bones is pretty good. And there’s always Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, but I haven’t been able to sell my kids on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I don't know how many seasons are free, but they could try Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Peacock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Scratch that. The sexual content can be over the top at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristin0713 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 10:26 PM, heartlikealion said: Loved the Middle but can’t remember what network — Hulu? I believe we subscribed to HBO Max in order to watch The Middle. Psych is on Prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 @Excelsior! Academy What did you guys pick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 57 minutes ago, saraha said: @Excelsior! Academy What did you guys pick? Dh suggested Diff'rent Strokes. So far it's been a hit with everyone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 4 hours ago, kristin0713 said: I believe we subscribed to HBO Max in order to watch The Middle. Psych is on Prime. Oh cool. I watched it on another streaming channel when it was still “new.” And I’ve seen Psych (certain seasons are free) on Peacock. I think we also owned some of the dvds of Psych. These shows could appeal to both my parents and us: Psych, The Middle, and Young Sheldon. YS earlier seasons are on HBO Max. Newer ones are on Paramount+ and season 6 will air in Sept but not sure it will be available for streaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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