A list of films to pass on to your kids when they are older

[Davie_GLA]

Hi all.

I keep a journal of things my daughter does though her childhood and will at some point turn it into something for her to read when she's older.

From this and the "Films i Watched this week" thread i got to thinking about great films not only from the time since she was born (2008) but even before that, our current classics.

So, dear PH. I'd love to hear what you think she would maybe enjoy as she approaches the 12, 15, etc.

D.

[V8mate]

Debbie does Dallas

[Davie_GLA]

Right. Now that's out of the way...

Keep it clean!

[civicduty]

Pulp Fiction - in fact all Quentin Tarantino films.

[944fan]

Difficult question, who knows what she will like in 6-10 years time. My daughter is the same age as yours and her interest changes each week.

The list of proper, timeless classics is long. How many films released in the last few years are going to be classics worth watching in another 10 years?

Perhaps a list of some all time greats from many years ago. Films that she will not have heard of because they pre-date her by some margin:

Casablanca - best film ever made, everyone should watch it.

Godfather Trilogy

etc

[LaurasOtherHalf]

lord of the flies

et

the goonies

schindler's list

home alone

the lion king

when we were kings

amy

the wizard of oz

obviously i'll let dad decide on what age would be appropriate for some, i certainly won't be showing my daughter amy or schindler's list for a long time yet!

[Funkycoldribena]

Rambo.

[thainy77]

Funkycoldribena said:

Rambo.

I remember watching that at a mates birthday party when i was about 7, his older brother put it on, there were quite a few pissed off mums at collection time.

Goonies
Labyrinth
Ferris Buellers day off
Star Wars - no prequels
Gremlins

[krunchkin]

Surely the point of doing this would be to pass on some of your own personal favourites and fatherly ideas of things you think she would enjoy. Why would you want to give her a list of films recommended by IT workers on a car website?

[Davie_GLA]

I have my own which include some of the current suggestions and some that are special to me. I'm just after what the community think.

Thanks for your help.

[dai1983]

You had my interest until the word "daughter" but here goes:

-fools gold
-how to loose a guy in ten days
-sex and the city
-sex in the city 2
-legally blonde
-legally blonde 2.
-grease
-grease 2

HTH

[Pieman68]

Life of Brian
Holy Grail
Snatch
Lock Stock
Layer Cake
The Sharknado trilogy (So bad, it's good)
Bubba Ho-tep

She already thinks that I'm strange...................

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Davie_GLA said:

I have my own

having a young lass myself i'd be interested in hearing your list

[knight]

I've been thinking along the lines of when my now ten year old daughter will be able to watch films that I like, she has seen the Harry Potter series, the original Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones boxset will have to bide my time before I let her watch any of the Monty Python films and The Blues Brothers

[bingybongy]

Get Carter

[rubystone]

civicduty said:

Pulp Fiction - in fact all Quentin Tarantino films.

+1

[james_tigerwoods]

Airplane. You know it makes sense

[thismonkeyhere]

bingybongy said:

Get Carter

Only the original, I hope?

[Eric Mc]

Aha - another list of "My Favourite Films".

[bingybongy]

thismonkeyhere said:

bingybongy said:

Get Carter

Only the original, I hope?

Good god yes.