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Suggestions for coming of age or other classic movies for 6th grade boy?
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:54 pm
My son’s hitting middle school next year. He’s been a bit overly sheltered when it comes to content.
What movies do you think are must watch for him this summer?
He’s seen The Sandlot, Star Wars, the Marvel films, Men in Black, and Interstellar. Other than those, it’s been Disney films and other animated flicks.
What movies do you think are must watch for him this summer?
He’s seen The Sandlot, Star Wars, the Marvel films, Men in Black, and Interstellar. Other than those, it’s been Disney films and other animated flicks.
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:59 pm to StringedInstruments
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:59 pm to StringedInstruments
T2
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:03 pm to StringedInstruments
Master and Commander would be my top pick.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:10 pm to StringedInstruments
Stand By Me
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:13 pm to StringedInstruments
White Squall
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:19 pm to StringedInstruments
The Peanut Butter Falcon
The Princess Bride
Hoosiers
Friday Night Lights
The Princess Bride
Hoosiers
Friday Night Lights
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:26 pm to cinemaguy23
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Ferris Bueller
Stand by Me
Holes
Cobra Kai
That Thing You Do
Big
Ferris Bueller
Stand by Me
Holes
Cobra Kai
That Thing You Do
Big
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:27 pm to StringedInstruments
Another vote for Stand by Me. Loved that damn movie and it has one of the best last lines ever.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:28 pm to Pettifogger
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White Squall
Man, that's a great movie. Everything mentioned is good stuff, but I'd go with that one first.
Edit: I'd also throw in my fav Eastwood film, A Perfect World.
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:29 pm to Esquire
Deadpool
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:33 pm to StringedInstruments
Top Gun
Jaws
Indiana Jones
Goonies
Jaws
Indiana Jones
Goonies
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:34 pm to StringedInstruments
Some good ones that I've watched with my stepdaughter and/or son:
Ferris Beuller
Goonies
Breakfast Club
Jurassic Park trilogy
BttF trilogy
Weird Science
Stand By Me
Flight of the Navigator
Independence Day
Teen Wolf
Princess Bride
Can’t buy me love
Gremlins
Freaks and geeks
Shawshank redemption
The way way back
Home alone
Home alone 2
Pretty in pink
Christmas vacation
Uncle buck
Great outdoors
Mask
Neverending story
License to drive
The boy who could fly
Adventure in babysitting
The outsiders
Big
Dead poets society
Clueless
Don’t tell mom the babysitters dead
Buffy the vampire slayer
Airborne
About time
Mannequin
Ferris Beuller
Goonies
Breakfast Club
Jurassic Park trilogy
BttF trilogy
Weird Science
Stand By Me
Flight of the Navigator
Independence Day
Teen Wolf
Princess Bride
Can’t buy me love
Gremlins
Freaks and geeks
Shawshank redemption
The way way back
Home alone
Home alone 2
Pretty in pink
Christmas vacation
Uncle buck
Great outdoors
Mask
Neverending story
License to drive
The boy who could fly
Adventure in babysitting
The outsiders
Big
Dead poets society
Clueless
Don’t tell mom the babysitters dead
Buffy the vampire slayer
Airborne
About time
Mannequin
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:34 pm to Towelie
Predator
Rocky I-IV
Top Gun
Jurassic Park
Conan the Barbarian
Monty Python - Holy Grail, Life of Brian
Beverly Hills Cop
ET
Gremlins
Rocky I-IV
Top Gun
Jurassic Park
Conan the Barbarian
Monty Python - Holy Grail, Life of Brian
Beverly Hills Cop
ET
Gremlins
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:36 pm to Esquire
Mud and Stand by Me are two solid picks. I know it's not kid-targeted but I'd add Field of Dreams.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:47 pm to StringedInstruments
I'm going to put Searching for Bobby Fischer out there.
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 3:00 pm to StringedInstruments
Beastmaster
Posted on 6/4/25 at 3:05 pm to StringedInstruments
Stand by me all day every day.
ETA: glad this was already mentioned. There’s other great coming of age movies, and better movies. But to me, this is the exact perfect movie for him at this age. Pretty sure in the movie the boys are headed to middle school and are around 11. Just young enough to still have imagination but old enough to start really seeing some fricked up stuff about the world.
It’s THE coming of age movie for any young boy about to really head down the path of becoming a man. I bet he watches it and wants to hit the train tracks with his friends that night.
ETA: glad this was already mentioned. There’s other great coming of age movies, and better movies. But to me, this is the exact perfect movie for him at this age. Pretty sure in the movie the boys are headed to middle school and are around 11. Just young enough to still have imagination but old enough to start really seeing some fricked up stuff about the world.
It’s THE coming of age movie for any young boy about to really head down the path of becoming a man. I bet he watches it and wants to hit the train tracks with his friends that night.
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 3:18 pm to StringedInstruments
He’s been overly sheltered? If that’s the case, forget movies and get him out and about. Sounds like he’s needing some human interaction vs movies.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 3:23 pm to Lake08
He said overly sheltered in terms of content.
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