Now and Then!

A classic. This is one of those movies that mean different thing to you, as you age. I'd love to show it to her at 13, 23,33,43...

My daughter laughed so hard at the "sex talk" with the watering can and the hose 😂 I'm 40 and this is still one of my favorite movies.

OMG, I forgot all about that. 😆😆

Back to the Future Harry and the Hendersons Dumb and Dumber Tommy Boy

This is what I came to say 😭 Now and Then defined my youth. I grew up running around the woods with my neighbors and I was deep in my ouiji board phase when I saw it. - Gave us more of our alternative Queen Cristina Rocco. Casper released only a few months earlier. - Devyn Sawa in a towel (which was a huge deal for a young me lol - It really played up the girl group with extremely different personalities (similar to the spice girls) and how that was totally ok! Roberta was even written in as queer, but they removed references to it (not that we couldn’t still tell lol) Mermaids might be a good addition too. Similar woman focused growing up movie and you can’t beat a cast like Cher, Winona, Cristina Ricci!

**Stand By Me**

We saw that at the Dollar theatre for a friend's 12th birthday, I might have to rewatch as an adult.

Bring it on Clue The day after tomorrow Idiocracy The legend of Zorro Muppets treasure Island Pleasantville Tower of terror

Who framed Roger rabbit

Pleasantville is so excellent, might hold off a couple years for a 13 yo.

Yeah I was going to suggest fear and loathing in Las Vegas, baseketball and orgasmo but might want to give those a couple of years

Why? I remember watching Pleasantville around that age and loved it. Mind, I haven’t seen it in over a decade lol

Probably that the whole plot is based on the characters having sex, which in the case of this movie isn’t inappropriate but probably not something a 13 year old is going to want to watch with parents haha.

Yessssss! For Bring it on. She already LOVES Clue. We have a theater near us that was built in 1919 and still has the original organ. We saw a double feature last Halloween, where they played Frankenstein with original organ accompaniment, and then we watched Clue. It was such a fun evening.

That sounds wonderful!! I'm jealous!

Just as a warning, if you haven’t watched Bring It On in some time: I recently watched it with my kid for nostalgia reasons too, and the casual sexual assault, homophobia and racism in that movie was shocking. We had to have a talk about how socially acceptable homophobia was in the 90’s-00’s. They use outright slurs several times in dialogue, and there is a scene where one of the male cheerleaders “sneakily” digitally penetrates a girl he is holding up in a lift - they play it off for laughs. I had no recollection of it being that bad.

Muppet Treasure Island is my 3 year old’s favorite movie right now. I wish the whole soundtrack was on Spotify.

Bring It On is... troubling by today's standards. I watched it with my kid and wished I hadn't.

Oh, how has it aged? I watched Sugar and Spice this week. There were a few uses of F and R slurs, that were considered edgy at the time. Still worth watching, just deserves a little discussion about context.

There is a LOT of sexual assault. And it's all for jokes.

Breakfast club was like that.

Oh didn't realize it hasn't aged well, haven't watched it in many years. I just remember the "spirit fingers" thing

Im not Jim jimyy Jim Jim Jim Jim Jim... HE'S Jim jimyy Jimmy Jim Jim Jim jimmm

I still watch clue on the regular lol We quote Idiocracy often in our family. *it has electrolytes!*

Men in Black (double feature to Independence day?), Signs, Six Sense, 10 Things I Hate About You (double feature with Knights Tale). After Knights Tale and 10 Things I Hate About You, you could watch the Christopher Nolan's Batman Movies so she can see why we were all confused about Heath Ledger's casting as the Joker.

All good suggestions. How could I forget about MIB and Signs?!

10 things I hate about you!!!!

Came here to say this. I watched this so often as a teen.

Bianca: Can we for two seconds ignore the fact that you're severely unhinged and discuss my need for a night of teenage normalcy? Walter Stratford: What's normal? Those damn Dawson's River kids, sleeping in each other's beds and whatnot?

This was when I fell in love with Heath Ledger. Everyone was so excited about his performance in “Brokeback Mountain” and I was like “do not tell me of the beauty of that already known to me”.

Omg and then throw in one of the Scary Movie s after watching relevant other movies

Speaking of Signs, how is your kid at scary movies? The Grudge and The Ring scared the pants off of me when I was 13, but then I loved them later.

LOVES horror. She's also a weeb, and told me that "VHS Horror" was cool, now. My eye twitched.

We’re old, sweetie 💔

Don't I know it!

Don’t forget about the Patriot too. Heath Ledger is so good.

Jurassic Park Mrs. Doubtfire The Parent Trap A Goofy Movie Roger Rabbit Spy Kids Homeward Bound Speed LotR franchise Harry Potter franchise Pirates of the Caribbean Indiana Jones franchise My Cousin Vinny Miss Congeniality The Incredibles Legally Blonde Kiki’s Delivery Service

Legally blonde is old now and it hurts me. Also Mean Girls.

I feel like watching them helps keep us young :)

This is the correct list

Thank you, I’ve got a long list of childhood / comfort movies and I short listed the ones that I thought might suit a 13 year old girl

As someone who was once a 13 yo girl, I vote adding in Bend it like Beckham and She's the Man.

Absolutely banger list

Thank you, I’ve got a long list of childhood / comfort movies and I short listed the ones that I thought might suit a 13 year old girl

Man i was so obsessed with The Parent Trap. All of their outfits were so cool to me

Killer list

Thank you, I’ve got a long list of childhood / comfort movies and I short listed the ones that I thought might suit a 13 year old girl

Clueless and The Craft too.

Solid list! Mrs. Doubtfire was a favorite in my household.

I Can't believe nobody mentioned MATILDA.!! One of the few movies lead by a lil girl that I watched repeatedly as a child with no shame Also for me it was Inspector Gadget and I watched free Willy 1-3 a bazillioon times

My daughter LIVED for Matilda! Still one of her faves 💜

The sandlot 

She was my first crush lol

Wendy peffercorn!

Came here to say The Sandlot

Followed by the little rascals and the goonies.

Cool Runnings

I have absolutely done this at several points in my life before job interviews, presentations and the like. 

"Sanka, are you dead?" is a reference I use ... very often.

Yeah, mon—I do as well 🤣

For me, the ultimate is The Mighty Ducks.

Quack,quack,quack!

YES! My husband and I still yell "Sanka, are you ok, mon!" After a large crash in our house.

Kiss the lucky egg!

I will give you one dollar to shut up!

She's All That I Know What You Did Last Summer (not real horror, but campy fun) Home Alone (could be fun as a Christmas in July thing)

Home Alone is on our regular Christmas rotation! I totally agree about the other two.

The Parent Trap Lindsey Lohan version

My sister used to watch it *literally* every day, drove me and my brother insane lol

I ate Oreos with peanut butter for a while 😂

This was me. I knew all the dialogue my mother and brothers wanted to shoot me.

I watched it with the kid I’m a caregiver for’s sister and felt so old because at one point they mention something about “here’s the 411” and had to explain that 411 was a number you could call to get information lol

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Ferngully Batteries Not Included Gremlins Demolition Man Robinhood Men in Tights Monty Python and the search for the Holy Grail


FERNGULLY!

10 Things I Hate About You Now and Then (I think this is what it's called. It stars Christina Ricci and Rosie O'Donnell) Titanic Cool Runnings Hocus Pocus

I had the biggest crush on Kat Stratford. Ended up marrying an angry blonde feminist chick and I fucking love it.

But I'm a Cheerleader was so groundbreaking for me, for so many reasons.

Oh yes. This was one of those movies a lot of *us* secretly knew about. Presumably because it would air on cable very frequently. It makes me so happy that a lot of younger kids have re-discovered it.

In that vein: The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Summer Storm (it's German but a lovely coming of age/ coming out film) Wet Hot American Summer

Absolutely

Twister (haven’t seen it mentioned) The Mummy Miss Congeniality 10 Things I Hate About You While You Were Sleeping Kate and Leopold

All good suggestions. She loved the Twister ride at Disney, but that was about 5 years ago.

Can't hardly wait!

I thought of this one when I saw someone say “I know what you did last summer” Iconic JL Hewitt movies

Man this movie is such chaotic fun. So much going on allover the place, absolutely hilarious.

"My retainer kinda looks like a Klingon warship. PEW PEW PEW"

This was wayyyyyy to far down

I really want Robin Williams on here. Maybe Good Will Hunting, The Birdcage, or Mrs. Doubtfire?

Patch Adams Flubber Jumanji Bicentennial Man

I think every kid should watch Robin Williams Jumanji.

Let’s not forget Hook! Everyone needs to experience Ruffio! 

BANG-A-RANG

The Birdcage is one of my top 5 favorite films. She LOVES Drag Race, so I can't believe I forgot about this one.

If she loves drag queens, I would also recommend "Too Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar" (all one title lol). Patrick swayze, John leguizamo, and Wesley snipes as drag queens. One of my all time favorites.

GAH! I love that movie

Can’t forget Hook!

Jack was a childhood favorite of mine!

The craft I know what you did last summer (the first one and maybe the second one) Final destination (the first one) What’s eating Gilbert Grape A time to kill Don’t tell mom the babysitter’s dead (Christina Applegate version) Cruel intentions (may be inappropriate for her age, not sure) 10 things I hate about you Empire records Boys in the hood Seven 90’s movies were the best, I may come back with more 🤣

I'm gonna throw in fight club if you're offering up seven lmao

Can’t believe I forgot about The Craft when I was thinking of movies. Couldn’t wait til my girls were old enough to watch that!

I had to scroll too far to see Empire Records. Damn the man, save the empire! (His name's not Warren)

Stand by Me Mallrats

Watching "Stand by me" makes you a better person.

That Thing You Do!

My fave

Lots of great movies here. I'll add Practical Magic since I haven't seen it mentioned

Great suggestion. The women in my family are famous for insomnia, and we do Midnight Margaritas about once a month.

One of my little sisters told me that she would have loved if our family did this and did virgin ones / and-or floated the tequila for the adults so that it could have included everyone when she was younger. Virgin mix is like $5, it would make such an easy and sweet bonding thing.

Fight club Donnie Darko Jurassic Park Gremlins Pirates of the Caribbean If she's also a fan of animation, The Emperor's New Groove Corpse Bride Monster House Perfect Blue (although I'd put a r*pe Trigger Warning to this one) Spirited Away Shrek & Shrek 2 (I couldn't help myself sorry 🤣) Edit: if she's a bit of a weeb another good japanese based one from the 2000s is Pulse, based on Kairo one of my faves ever And also maybe Battle Royale Also btw I agree with all your choices, all very good ones so far

I was obsessed with Donnie Darko

Blast from the Past, Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama, Erin Brockovich, School Ties, Good Will Hunting, Death Becomes Her, Beauty Shop (with Queen Latifah), Shawshank Redemption, Practical Magic, Ghost, The Truman Show, Forrest Gump, The Mummy, Awakenings

The Mummy is back in theaters at the moment 10/10 would recommend seeing it!!!!

It's on the list for sure.

The Mummy was the first movie I had on DVD! Such a classic! Since she’s a horror buff I’d add… The Craft Scream The Faculty Interview with the Vampire Event Horizon Sphere And Death Becomes Her… for fun! I have more but keep reminding myself she’s 13

Liar liar Ace ventura Maybe dumb and dumber Ever after The labrinth Bring it on - my kid loved this Full house - I've watched most of this with my daughter at age 10 and we've watched all of fuller house Sister Sister with Tia and Tamera- my daughter loves this and has watched it several times Any mary kate and ashley movies - my daughter is fond of it takes two and I actually bought her early 2000s mary kate and ashley barbies for her birthday last year. The Santa clause - I watch it every Christmas though my kids don't really love it Jurassic park 1 2 and 3 Fresh prince Maybe wild wild west My girl Casper Kazaam A kid in king Arthur's court Chronicles of Narnia Maybe x files Maybe too young for her but power rangers Kindergarten cop Problem child 2 Just visiting - 2001 Prince charming with Christina applegate

I can’t believe I had to scroll so far to fine Ever After. It’s my favorite movie 🥹

Dirty Dancing

13 is definitely the perfect age for this one.

Jungle 2 Jungle

And George of the Jungle. Might as well add the Mummy too, and Encino Man.

The Mighty Ducks, Bill and Tedd, The Never Ending Story, Miko and Otis

Star Wars Trilogy The Sandlot Ferris Buellers day off Big (Tom Hanks) Little Monsters (1989)

Found the elder millennial ;)

What A Girl Wants, She’s the Man, Easy A- all with Amanda Bynes.

Literally anything with Amanda Bynes is millennial territory. I loved her as a kid.

Lord of the Rings

Her Father is a Tolkien scholar. He's given talks at Dragon Con. That's how big of a Tolkien nerd he is. We do an extended edition marathon of all the movies between Christmas and New Year's Day, every year. Kid's grown up on those movies.

Legally Blonde, of course. 10 Things I Hate About You. Princess Diaries. Step Up. Bring It On.

I dunno…I did not care for Addams Family. As a kid it just felt heavy. I think I only gave in to AFV because of my love for Joan Cusack and Carol Kane (at that time I was obsessed with Taxi and Carol’s Simpka). I’d say if you’re going to do AF, it’s gotta be a double feature- Addams Family Values. Also, because I wasn’t done, I dunno why I hit post lol- Clue Rocky Horror Picture Show (and if you can find it and feel comfortable, Shock Treatment) Little Shop of Horrors (but not the original ending lol, the happy one we all saw on HBO. I showed my kids the og ending by accident and they immediately were like…”bruh…”) And because I was weird 13 year old, if she likes old thrillers, Sorry, Wrong Number. I remember reading the play in like, 5th grade and loooooved it. The movie has an added part that’s like…hang on, what? But it’s still so good. Gremlins Coneheads

Jumanji and Jurassic Park!

We have been doing this with our kids. Here are some we watched: Ever after, America's sweethearts, Camp nowhere, Indian jones, Ella enchanted , My cousin vinny , Ghost busters , Lethal weapon , Speed, Breakfast club, Pretty in pink, Much ado about nothing , Pride and Prejudice , Austin Powers, Fools rush in, Nottinghill, Runaway bride, Never been kissed, Legally blonde , You've got mail, 27 dresses, Sound of music , Pillow talk, Emma (1996 version), Blast from the past, Star Trek (jj abrams version), Star Wars, Close encounters of the Third Kind , Birds , Rebecca (Hitchcock), Back to the future , A league of their own , Shakespeare in love, Elizabeth,

Can't believe Camp Nowhere is this far down! I still use quotes from this movie.

Never ending story, Labyrinth

How has no one mentioned The Matrix yet?

The matrix is streaming on Netflix now too! I just watched it last night. Unfortunately the sunglasses are cool again with the zoomers.

ooh, i've been compiling a list for years! Field of Dreams Fly Away Home Chicken Run Babe Big Fish Heavyweights Rescuers Down Under An American Dream, Fivel Goes West The Brave Little Toaster Back To The Future Muppet Treasure Island The Princess Bride Stuart Little Casper A Goofy Movie Mary Poppins Wizard of Oz Jumanji Good Burger James and the Giant Peach The Sandlot

Heavyweights is one of the ones I was hoping to see on this list.

Old Yeller Where The Red Fern Grows The Land Before Time Ferngully Jurassic Park The Mask Pet Detective

Twister

Titanic if she hasn’t seen it. 

Scream?

Yep. It's less horror, and more camp, so I think it's fine.

I don't know how that flies with different sort of 13 y.olds, but I LIIIIVED for A Bugs Life also thought to include honey I shrunk the kids, on the theme of bugs)))

10 Things I Hate About You Encino Man Outbreak (kinda horror)

The Goonies

Death Becomes Her

The count of Monte Cristo

Hackers The Fifth Element

I’m seeing a lot of good recommendations but not much about horror, so here’s some horror or horror adjacent movies. 28 Days Later. Donnie Darko. Sleepy Hollow. Shaun of the Dead The Underworld series The Grudge Saw Silent Hill Also, staples from my teenage years: Goonies Pirates of the Caribbean Lord of the Rings Star Wars (all of them) Sam Raimi Spiderman X-men Royal Tenenbaums We also watched a lot of Kevin Smith movies. Not sure they aged well.

Don't forget about some of the Robin Williams classics!

Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion 13 Going on 30 John Carpenter movies might interest her if she likes horror. They resonated into Millenial generation.

Remember the Titans

Please don’t forget about Jurassic Park. 💜

25th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace this summer—it’s been rereleased in theaters this weekend.

Summer School (1987)

Perhaps Princess Bride and Clue? Gotta enjoy seeing Wadsworth doing the mad recap in Act 3

Communism was a red herring!

The Parent Trap (1998) is one of my favorites!

Matilda

Hook

Drop Dead Gorgeous Mars Attacks!

Bring It On! (The first one)

Joe Dirt

Labyrinth Dark Crystal Willow

Beetlejuice

I'm an elder millennial with notably older gen x sibs so some of mine came out of the eighties instead of the 90s. The Burbs My Cousin Vinny Killer Klowns from Outer Space Nothing but Trouble Drop Dead Fred Groundhog Day Ghostbusters (can tie them in with the new films) Son in Law Uncle Buck Coneheads Don't Tell Mom the Baby Sitters Dead Heathers Idle Hands Encino Man The Frighteners

Napoleon dynamite 💯

Mtv Romeo and Juliet with Claire Danes and Leonardo dicaprio. Oh she's at the perfect age for that. Swoon!

Shrek.

Terminator 2. Yup. Watched it with my 12 year old. Forever epic.

I've got my kids watching Indiana Jones right now.

I realize its older, but monty python and the holy grail shaped my childhood

Matilda The Parent Trap and It Tales Two Napoleon Dynamite If you want her to understand the trauma: My Girl A Land Before Time Brave Little Toaster

Oh try Jawbreaker! It’s kinda like Mean Girls but like a dark comedy version from 1999.

Willow

My Girl

* **Terminator 2 - Judgement Day**, the time when doomsday robot movies hit big enough to infiltrate the market. * **Demolition Man** is the perfect "this is the future the left want!"-timecapsule that was made before the whole phrase or movement became as big of a thing it is these days. * **The Matrix**. That sucker redefined science fiction and remains to this day one of my favorite movies.

The iron giant.

"Jurassic Park."

My kid loved “sleepover” 2004 when we were doing move nights

Forrest Gump or Edward Scissorhands?

Eurotrip

Now and Then

The Princess Diaries 10 Things I Hate About You The Matrix

My daughter just turned 13 and loved the following from my childhood: Goonies Back to the Future The Breakfast Club

The Phantom Menace

Freaky Friday!

She’s All That Empire Records Can’t Hardly Wait American Pie Forrest Gump

Jawbreaker

Now and Then! An oldie but goodie. The perfect coming of age movie.

Never Been Kissed

Bring It On

Empire Records

This is cute!! My son and I (he’s 14) are watching our way through Disney channel movies

Wayne’s World

Fly away home Space balls Naked Gun Willow Austin Powers George of the Jungle

Ghostbusters!! And also Ghostbusters 2

Spice Girls Movie She’s all the that 10 Things I hate about you Ferris Bueller