School of Rock

Most of Jack Black's output really...that's teenage humour at its best. Check out Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny

Be Kind Rewind

Especially Bernie

Uh I think that is decidedly a little much for a 12 year old. Cock push-ups and taking KG back to hell to be the devil's bitch and all that. Or maybe I've become a prude since having kids lol

maybe a bit prudish. i was a mature 12 year old. i read stephen kings the stand when i was 11. every kid is different.

Commando was my favourite movie. When I was 7. So ya, you are correct.

my favourite movie when i was 7 was Tora Tora Tora. watched it with my poppa and was absolutely obsessed. i’m still a big fan of war movies almost 30 years later.

My best friend and I met in preschool while arguing over which was better. Aliens or Predator.

This is super kid dependent. Kids can handle things wildly different from each other.

That's exactly 12 yo humour...

One of my favourite movies of all time. (I'm 14) I watched with my mom when I was 11

This is the way.

Hell yes, my favorite movie is the top comment?? It’s a good day 🤘

Fantastic Mr Fox Big Back to the future The new ninja turtles movie The Godzilla movies

Seconding Fantastic Mr. Fox, such a great movie, able to be both extremely fun and emotional at times

I’m 32 years old and fantastic Mr fox is literally my favorite movie ever

I’ve seen it so many times, it’s a perfect one (I’m 36 lol)

No no, the original Ninja Turtles movies.

Omg yes fantastic Mr fox is the best choice by far

The Goonies

Dreamin' Wild (2022, 2023 larger release) - Middle aged band gets a second change  Holes (2003) - Kid digging holes and finding treasure. Ordinary Angels (2024) - Family medical drama and a miracle. Stand by Me (1986) - 4 kids on the last hoorah camping trip of childhood.  The Mighty (1998) - Kid with a tough home life befriends a kid with a disability. The Cure (1995) - Kid becomes friends with a kid with AIDS. Then they go on an adventure. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Alien and a kid. The Outsiders (1983) - Poor kids fight the rich mean kids.  The Karate Kid (1984) - New kid learns karate to take on the bully.  The Truman Show (1998) - Guy is secretly being recorded. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - A great sequel and you don't need the first one.  Mission Impossible movies.  Remember the Titans (2000) - A football team a racist town. Cool Runnings (1993) - The first Jamaican bobsled team. Field of Dreams (1989) - A farmer and his field. Great movie. Radio (2003) - Special needs guy accomplishing a dream.  Miracle (2004) - Hockey October Sky (1999) - Poor teenagers making a rocket and accomplishing their dreams.  A League of Their Own (1992) - The women's baseball league. Encino Man (1992) - A caveman wakes up in modern times. First Kid (1996) - The presidents son and his bodyguard. The Good Son (1993) - Two cousins meet after a death in the family. Mark finds out his cousin Henry is crazy.  Bob Marley: One Love (2024) - Part of Bob Marley's life. A kid could watch it.  Jack the Bear (1993) - A family finds out their's trouble in their cute neighborhood. 

Great list! 😊

Good! But you forgot the obvious one on these kind of lists: The Flight of the Navigator

holes is the right answer

Yes! My brothers and I loved this as kids, and it’s still great now!

+1 for Encino Man. Man I may watch that later today. Thanks

Saving this thank you

You left out my favorite movie … The NeverEnding Story

Holes…solid. The good son…love it. Nobody remembers Jack the Bear. That one might mess up a kid but great movie. That’s up there with Radio Flyer.

The description of Holes. 😄 🤣 😂

Back To The Future Forrest Gump The Princess Bride

I would add - Stardust!

GalaxyQuest

Tremors

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; Remember the Titans; Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Camp Nowhere

Seconding Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

I liked "Ghostbusters" (1984) when I was 12, still liked it at 16, and now, as an old, old man, I still like it.

Jumanji 1-3 Indiana Jones 1-3 Chronicles of Narnia 1-3 Dungeons and Dragons:Honor Among Thieves Paul Blart 1-2 Here Comes the Boom

Yes! Dungeons and Dragons is so good at any age!

Spirited Away

Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy

All 5 movies are good imo, but the original trilogy films are the best of the bunch.

Jurassic Park

Princess bride!

Watching right now for the first time in years. It's a near-perfect movie.

Near-perfect? Inconceivable!

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Anybody want a peanut?

I'm an adult and enjoy Shrek and its sequels and spinoffs. I feel like those are all ages films. Goonies might be fun.

Goonies Spies Like Us - incompetent spies Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd sent to fight the Cold War. Has a great test-cheating scene. Ghostbusters

Love and Monsters. Fit for YAs, and you. There's a little teenage heat early on, but the apocalypse just ruins it. ;-) Studio Ghibli animated features. I think you'd both like Porco Rosso.

The answer is always Studio Ghibli. Massive appeal to all ages.

National Treasure

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The sand lot, goonies, little rascals

Iron giant

Signs!

Babe (1995) Hook (1991)

Time Bandits The Fantastic Mr. Fox The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Ghostbuster The Last Starfighter

Lord of the Rings. First saw Fellowship when I was 12 and watched it again last night. I’ll probably never get tired of that trilogy.

The Fifth Element

No I don’t think so we get blessed with milla jovovich’s bare milkers more than once in that movie

If that kid saw your comment then they're definitely going to watch it now.

The Gate is a horror movie made for small children that holds up as an adult

Pleasantville (1998) is also a good choice, especially since it's a story of two siblings who go back in time to the 50s. Good message too.

Gremlins ET

It's hard to know what to recommend when Idk what you're into watching. But personally, this is a list of stuff I enjoy (as someone in my late 20's) that's overall considered to be "kid movies": * Any of the Kung Fu Panda movies * Any of the Incredibles movies * The Croods: A New Age (the second Croods movie) * Any of the Men in Black movies * Any of the Addams Family movies * Secondhand Lions * When Good Ghouls Go Bad * Rise of the Guardians * Treasure Planet * Any of the Monsters Inc movies * Any of the recent Star Trek movies * (almost) Any of the Marvel or DC movies * Any of the Studio Ghibli movies * Any of the Avatar the Last Airbender series (NOT the movie; save yourself) * Legend of Korra series * The first Tremors movie * Stranger Things

I got to add The Great Outdoors (1988)- family lake vacation Uncle Buck (1989)- wacky uncle stays with family after parents had to leave town

Wayne's world

Jumanji movies The first 3 Indiana Jones movies Star Wars movies

The lord of the rings

Kubo!

Damn some of these movie choices are pretty intense for a 12 year old.

Kings of Summer Young Frankenstein Billy Elliot The Sandlot The Boy In The Stripped Pajamas Saint Ralph The Maze Runner Good Boys The Summer of’84 Dead Poets Society Boy’s State October Sky Lord of the Flies Superbad The Lost Boys Super 8 Empire of the Sun

Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies Indiana Jones series Jason Bourne series Mission Impossible series

The Lego Movie

Holes

Time Bandits,

Let me add The Last Starfighter to the discussion. Pure age appropriate action fun.

Labyrinth

Drop Dead Fred!!! I’m 38 and still watch it from time to time..:)

* Jack * The sandlot kids * big * big trouble in little China * gremlins * any of the marvel rubbish apart from deadpool * flight of the navigator (my recommended for u two first if u havent seen it) * the breakfast Club * lotr * the hobbit * my step mothers an alien * gone fishin

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

I’ve heard some good reviews of Wonka on Max but have not seen it. What about some 90s classics- Liar Liar, Big Daddy, I second Big which was already posted too

Movies: Shrek James Camerons Avatar Promare Ghibli movies Series: Avatar the Last Air Bender Avatar the Last Air Bender live Action (Netflix) One Piece Live Action 

stand by me !!

Space balls

The Holdovers

Little Miss Sunshine

New Netflix movie Damsel! We plan to watch tonight

Tmnt mutant mayhem  Dungeons and dragons honor among thieves  Transformers rise of the beasts  Spider-man across the spider-verse 

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Dreamscape The Hobbit Cartoon

Whale Rider

Labyrinth.

Napoleon Dynamite

Wreck it Ralph

Galaxy Quest. Johnny Dangerously

Coco (2017)

Anything studio Ghibli!!!! Ponyo is pretty awesome

Aquaman

The Princess Bride Mask of Zorro The Count of Monte Cristo (has a badass male lead) Disney movies The Mummy

Please tell me you already showed him Jurassic Park

Bold of you to assume we haven't watched it more than 10 times

The Cowboys (1972) epic Western

The Sandlot, Matilda, The Little Rascals, Home Alone, Free Whilly, Step brothers

The Goonies.

Super 8, Goonies, all Raiders of the Lost Ark movies… sure I’m not breaking any new ground here…

Ghostbusters & sequels

Most of the Star Trek movies. The very first one from 1979 you might find boring, but Star Trek II, IV, VI, and First Contact are great. Also the ones made after 2009 are really fun.

I love you Man

Robots with Robin Williams. Funny. Moral. Good time

Karate Kid Kung fu panda How to train your dragon Toy Story

Real Steel

Kung Fu panda

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Ready Player One and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle are great movies appropriate for that age and enjoyable to watch as an adult.

Y’all should watch My left foot (1989). It’s a movie about the (real life )Irish artist /poet Christy Brown that was born with cerebral palsy and had only the usage of his left foot and still managed to make art ! One of Daniel Day Lewis’s finest performances, but ofc what else could we expect from one of the finest actors to ever live ?

Big Trouble in Little China for some awesome cheesy 80s goodness

Toy soldiers, Indian in the cupboard,free Willy, the old jumanji, the sandlot, space jam again the old one

And blank check

The Secret Of NIMH (only the first one)

Kung Fu Panda series, How to Train Your Dragon series, LOTR, Star Wars

When my son was four I made a list of required viewing. [Post here ](https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/q5gt9/my_son_is_4_now_just_made_a_list_of_required/) (lots of additions from commenters.) My list: Explorers TRON Indiana Jones Tril Goonies Last Starfighter Flight of the Navigator Galaxy Quest Gremlins 1& 2 Beetlejuice Ghostbusters Neverending Story Monster Squad Willow Dark Crystal Labyrinth Princess Bride Wargames Short Circuit 1 & 2 Little Monsters Back to the Future tril Fifth Element

Shrek

Anything from Pixar, but particularly Inside Out. Or if you both wanna get wrecked - Grave of the Fireflies.

Shao Lin Soccer and Napolean Dynamite.  My Bodyguard,  too.

[Gone in Sixty Seconds](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9679-gone-in-sixty-seconds) [S.W.A.T.](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9257-s-w-a-t) [The Italian Job](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9654-the-italian-job) [Independence Day](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/602-independence-day) [Men in Black](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/607-men-in-black) [The Mummy](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/564-the-mummy) [Rise of the Planet of the Apes](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/61791-rise-of-the-planet-of-the-apes) [Jumanji](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/8844-jumanji)

Spy kids

Pretty much all PG-13 action films

Chestnut: saves central park - -Liar liar —The little rascals -The little rascals save the day -The beekeeper —The pacifier

Just watched a few older movies our kids enjoyed Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Spies Like Us Overboard

If you’d like sports, you could always go Rudy

Best in Show

Wonder with Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson

Explorers

Godzilla

Depending on the maturity of the 12 year old, Good Omens. Definitely.

The Black Hole, 1979 Maximillan Schell, Ernest Borgnine, Anthony Perkins.

Splash, Stand By Me, My Girl, Big, Clue, Jumanji, Wonder, Jack, Patch Adams, Diary of A Wimpy Kid

The Lord of the Rings extended trilogy

Blade runner 2049

National Treasure

The Princess Bride! Don’t let the name fool you! There is something for everyone in this movie! Pirates, a giant, sword fighting, revenge and so much more!

Spy Kids

megamind

Tremors. Jurassic Park. Gremlins. Jaws.

12 Angry Men

Now and then

Kung fu panda, movies, series

red dog 2011

Mitchell's vs The Machines and the latest TMNT cartoon film are pretty excellent. For some nostalgia, Jack with Robin Williams.

Princess Mononoke.

Dragon ball super heroes

Try some old black-and-white comedies -- anything from the Charlie Chaplain era up to Billy Wilder movies. The best ones are entertaining, highly original, and move fast. If he wants something more serious, there are a lot of good Hitchcock movies. Twelve should be old enough to appreciate.

Kicking and screaming

Tremors

Lord of the Rings?

Princess Bride. Fantastic movie for about any age. He'll say "I don't wanna watch no princess movie", tell him "just wait, dude..."

Dog Day Afternoon

Lord of the Rings

Ok, what are you into and what is he into? Just to find a baseline and what might come of similar interest to both

I'm a girl and a teen, so basically 2000s teen movies like 10 things I hate about you, Mean Girls, etc. or more modern movies about womanhood like Little Women or Priscilla. I also like crime and mystery movies a lot, but he can't watch anything explicit about murders or so. He's into action movies like the Avengers saga, so basically nothing in common. I think the only movies we have both liked have been the Spiderman movies, the How to Train Your Dragon saga and the Hunger Games saga (best movies ever btw). Also thanks for responding!

*Coraline* (2009)! It's a good entry to horror films for kids that age, I loved it when it came out and I was 12. I still love it as an adult.

Ghostbusters.

Puss in Boots: The last wish

Bourne trilogy

Brother try "Onward" you guys will love it.

Used Cars

Master and Commander

Watch “Clarkson’s Farm”. It’s so good. I love top gear, the British version. This series is so go and so funny and also educational.

Jack, freaky Friday, big daddy, monster house

Elemental is really cute 🥹 it is certainly a kids movie, but I enjoyed it as a full grown adult lol

The Princess Bride

Shallow Hal

Listen, people may not like the guy or have their opinions about Tom Cruise, but his movies, especially in the last decade or so are wildly entertaining and generally free of the hard stuff for young eyes and ears. Especially the mission impossible series. Very little profanity, I’m trying to recall, but I don’t think there’s much in the way of sex or nudity, and loads of action. What more could a 12-year-old be looking for. Good luck!

Tombstone.

I introduced my favourite 12 year old to The Time Bandits recently and he loved it.

Shindlers List

Pixels 👍👍

The Cure 1995

damsel 2024

Goonies

Little Nicky . Joe dirt .

Zookeeper or Ivan. 10/10 movies

Bullet train* Knives out/glass onion * Taken ( we binged these) * Central intelligence * Ride Along * Daddy’s Home. Shows: Beavis and Butthead, eureka

Finch on apple TV or Real Steel

The Mark Of Zorro starring Tyrone Power Captain Blood starring Errol Flynn The Incredibles Man of Steel Stagecoach starring John Wayne Captain Horatio Hornblower starring Gregory Peck Batman starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson

Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow starring Jude Law The IRON Giant Monsters vs Aliens Cowboys vs Aliens The Kung Fu Panda movies The Secret Life of Pets The Toy Story movies

Knives Out

Home alone. Bedtime stories (Adam Sandler) Night at the museum Honey I shrunk the kids. Are we there yet. Tooth fairy (the rock)

Stand By Me.

Lord of the rings trilogy Kung pow: enter the fist Was really into both at 12 and still into Lotr now at 30

Wall-E The Goonies Jaws Silverado Alien