The Need to Share
Over the last couple of months I’ve discovered that there are several movies that I feel compelled to share with my kids. These are movies that I saw as a kid, teen, or young adult that I loved.
I recently had the pleasure of introducing (12) to the iconic movie Dirty Dancing. She loved it. And while the movie will not impact her life as it did mine (and consume her days at summer camp), it’s a movie that I enjoyed at her age and I’m glad I was able to share that experience with her.
At first I was worried that she wouldn’t like the movie and I’d have to disown her as my child. But as the movie played on, she asked some of the same questions that I remembered having and discussing with my friends when I first saw it. It was a great experience. It really made me think about all the great movies that my kids have missed out on seeing. Considering school is almost over, party day will be gone and baseball season is wrapping up soon, I figured that I could spend the summer introducing the kids to some great movies. I’ve compiled a mental list of must-see movies and I’d love your input. If you have any suggestions, please leave them in a comment!
Dirty Dancing Just saw this with 12. It was a hit
Drop Dead Fred Just saw this with 12 too. She loved it. I’m hoping to have the boys watch it soon.
Goonies
Gremlins
Grease
16 Candles – Molly Ringwald
Adventures in Babysitting – Elizabeth Shue
Beetlejuice – The oldest has seen it but the younger two have not
Beverly Hills Cop – I want (16) to see this one
Can’t Buy Me Love – With Patrick Dempsey and a 12 year old Seth Green
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Matthew Broderick
License to Drive – Corey Haim and Corey Feldman
The Lost Boys – Corey Haim and Corey Feldman
Mannequin
Silver Bullet
Short Circuit
Weird Science
Project X
Edward Scissorhands
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
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So let’s see how far I can get through this list before school resumes for the 2011-2012 school year.
Any movies that I need to add? Let me know what you think!
Beetlejuice is one of my favorites! I think your kids will LOVE that!
16 Candles was great too!
I think they will love them too. I’m looking forward to being able to get this all started
Looks like a good list!
Thanks! I hope they enjoy them half as much as I did.
You simply cannot have 16 Candles without the Breakfast Club.
I think you have the majority of my other favorites already on that list (especially Grease).
The Breakfast Club! How could I forget that one? Adding it to the list as we speak. Thanks!
Thanks for the list. Now I know what movies to prep the kids for. I barley had time to get (12) ready for dirty dancing. I was worried shed get the questions to ask mixed up. But she’s still here so I must have done something rigt. I’m just worried (16) won’t listen like normal and he’ll be the first disowned.
Let this be for the record, I’ve done my part to prep the kids for the movie marithon. If you disown them it’s their bad. :-p
Yep! And at least you now know what your summer is looking like
Dude lol … your such a dick! That s why I love you
I love you too!
Have seen only a few of this movies. So maybe I should look to see some of the ones you mentioned as well. Anyway, it’s so nice to read your Daughter likes a few of the movies that mean something to you!
Check out the ones that you haven’t seen when you have some free time!
I think it’s a great idea! I can’t wait to show my kids some of my favorite movies. Many they are not quite old enough for (my oldest are 7 & 8). But they love The Princess Bride (my favorite movie!). I recommend adding that one.
Great choice Deb! They have already seen that one though or it would have been on my list
Great list!!
What about these?
1. Breakfast Club
2. Howard the Duck
3. Labyrinth (the one with David Bowie)
4. Legend
5.Dead Poets Society
6. Say Anything
7. Some Kind of Wonderful
8. All the Ghostbusters
9. Empire Records!!!
10. Indiana Jones?
11. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
12. The Outsiders
13. Pretty in Pink
14. Fast Time at Ridgemont High
15. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Maybe you should not have asked me.
I just officially added the Breakfast Club. It’s one of my faves and can’t believe I didn’t add it in there. The soundtrack is awesome too
They’ce seen Howard the Duck, Labyrinth, the Ghostbusters movies, and Who framed Roger Rabbit. The rest are being added to my list as we speak (or type).
Ooh! I’m sticking mainly to the 80s lol:
Breakfast Club
Pretty in Pink (maybe for 12, lol)
Benny & Joon
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Raiders of the Lost Arc
Star Wars (the originals)
Back to the Future
Rain Man
Stand By Me
ET
Ghostbusters
Good Will Hunting
Dead Poet’s Society
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
The Color Purple
Empire of the Sun
Benny and Joon! OMG I completely forgot about that one! Great flick
I have to have (16) watch Rain Man. Stand by Me and Bill & Teds came to me last night. The Color Purple I am watching with Mr T over the summer, he has already been warned 
I LOVE THE COLOR PURPLE! I READ THE BOOK HUNDREDS OF TIMES AND THE MOVIE AS WELL!
I saw the movie back in the day but haven’t seen it in like a decade. I was just talking about the movie with Mr T about a week ago. He thinks he saw it but he’s not sure. I told him we have to see it over the summer. I just remember being really moved by it. It was a long time ago though.
Great list! Boo and Radley loved Beetlejuice. I’m adding a few of these to my list to watch with the boys.
Thanks Thoughtsy! I’m really excited to watch Beetlejuice with the kids. I think it may be one of the first ones we see. You should make a list, for sure
The boys will have fun watching some these.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. If you see any Jone’s film with them it ahs to be that one…. or maybe the Last Crusade.
I was hoping to watch the whole series if I had the time. (11) was finally tall enough to get on the Indiana Jones when we were at Disneyland last February. He loved it and I think they’d love it even more if they watched the series. the Temple of Doom was my fave!
I loved the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” when I was a teenager. Matthew Broderick was so cute ! I loved both the “Mannequin” and “Mannequin on the Move”. You could put the second movie on the list too
It was good.
Thanks for sharing! I had no idea that they made a second one. I’ll have to check it out
Everyone already named all the good one
There’s nothing left for me to recommend.
So I’ll just say don’t forget the popcorn and drinks!
Done and Done!
Oh I love this! I love this list! I love dirty dancing (just saw it on the big screen at our local historic theater during 80′s month. Nothing like seeing it on the big screen again!)
OMG that sounds like a ton of fun. We love the 80s. I wonder if they have something like that here….. I know that Fremont Street is being taken over by the 80s until September.
Ya got great taste in flicks! You can’t go wrong by showing the kids all of John Hughes great films!
Exactly! He’s brilliant
That is a good selection,i’ve seen quite a few of these
Thanks! They are must see movies if you grew up in the 80′s.
This is a great list and like you Dirty Dancing was a big one for me and my cousin. We still get together and watch it. Adventures in babysitting! One of my all time faves as well as the goonies and all the John hughes films. Have you ever seen Stand By me? Awesome coming of age boys flick. Props to you!
Stand by Me was an excellent movie. I loved it. It slipped my mind when putting this list together. I guess that’s why I figured I should share it with you all in case I missed something. It’s now added to the list! Thanks girl.
Ohhhh what about pretty woman??
Good call! Love that movie, but what woman doesn’t?
My husband was just talking about us watching Ghostbusters with our kids. It’s fun to pull out shows from our childhood and share them with our kids. Great list!
Thanks Fringe!
Great list and I am right there with you on Dirty Dancing. Adventures in Babysitting was one of my faves. Have you ever seen “Stand By Me”. It’s a great movie. It’s actually a Stephen King coming of age story. Best line from the movie is “Chopper, Sick Balls!”
Absolutely fantastic! Epic list of movies! Dazed and confused must be on there for when they are all a bit older!!!
Well, of course!
My daughter just saw Breakfast Club and is hooked! LOL . . . . we tried to get the kids to watch PeeWee’s Big Adventure but they weren’t interested.
For Keeps is a good one
OH how about Peggy Sue Got Married!
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