Family Time: Movie Nights: Great 80’s movies

Having been a parent through the 80’s and 90’s and then we had the arrival of twins in 2002.  Suffice it to say that there are some older movies that we have enjoyed introducing the twins to.

I have rounded up several links of other bloggers posts about 80’s and 90’s movies that they felt were must see and I am creating my own list of which ones we felt were must see.

Here are some picks from previous bloggers lists.

22 films from the 80s I want my kids to watch before they’re 11

@Cardiffmummy

Well we didn’t introduce all of these to our kids before they were 11 but they are still movies that we felt we wanted to share the experience of watching with them. My picks from this post are in order of our most watched to least watched favorites

The Karate Kid

Back To The Future

Ghostbusters

Short Circuit

The Princess Bride

Annie

E.T.

An American Tail

Big

The Goonies

The Never Ending Story

Honey I Shrunk The Kids

The Land Before Time- We used to watch this one more when they were little.  I had a bunch of VHS from this series from one of my older children. The twins just didn’t love it as much as I did.

The Best ’80s Family Movies to Watch with Your Kids

https://www.popsugar.com/family/80s-Movies-Show-Your-Kids-39812466

https://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/the-big-list-of-80s-movies-you-have-to-watch-with-your-kids/

Again Top

Karate Kid

Back To the Future

Ghostbusters

Short Circuit

Parenthood

E.T.

Harry and the Hendersons

Twins

BeetleJuice

The Princess Bride

Sixteen Candles

Spaceballs

Ernest Goes to Camp

Uncle Buck

The Money Pit

Big

From the above bloggers list of 90 movies here  I’ve listed our top favorites.

The Parent Trap

Matilda

Mrs. Doubtfire

Forrest Gump

Stuart Little

Angels in the Outfield

Big Daddy

Kindergarten Cop

Home Alone

Hook

Jurassic Park

My Girl

My top picks on the list from Summer Anne on buzzfeed are

Back To The Future

E.T.

The Princess Bride

Morgan Freeman in Lean on Me

Beetle Juice

Ghost Busters

The Breakfast Club

For the littler ones

The Land Before Time

The Fox and the Hound

An American Tail

The Little Mermaid

From Mallory’s post on buzzfeed my top favorites are

Matilda

Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Bridge to Tarabithia

The Parent Trap

Home Alone

Elf

Uncle Buck

Akeelah and the Bee

Holes

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe

The Princess Bride

E.T.

Hook

Homeward Bound The Incredible Journey

Annie

Fly  Away Home

The Muppetts

Ratatouille

The Lion King

The Toy Story Movies

Monsters Inc

The Iron Giant

Wall-E

Shrek movies

The Incredibles

The Brave Little Toaster

Chicken Run

Sister Act & Sister Act 2

Jurassic Park ( I still say the 1st one is the best one)

Babe

Turner & Hooch

The Lego Movie

Where the Wild Things Are

Freaky Friday

Harry Potter series

Note not all of the listed in this post are from the 80’s and 90’s but they are must watch in my book.

The take away from Timeouts 50 Best Family Movies is listed by our favorites not sorted by age group:

The Karate Kid

Matilda

Mrs Doubtfire

E.T.

A Christmas Story (this is an annual must see for us)

The Parent Trap

Elf (again another annual must see!)

Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

The Muppet Movie

The Princess Bride

Miracle on 34th Street

Jungle Book

Harry Potter Movies

Toy Story Movies

The Lion King

Beauty & The Beast

Finding Nemo

The Sandlot

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Annie

Jumanji

The Little Mermaid

Coming Soon a post about  inspiring true life movies we’ve enjoyed

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