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I could use some suggestions for movies (or possibly TV series) to watch with our 11 year old daughter while we're cooped up inside. Preferably something available on Netflix or Amazon Prime. Oddly she's not interested in watching old UConn games.

I'm sure there are some great old kid-appropriate movies that I've forgotten about. We've done all of the Star Wars and Harry Potter stuff. Got anything that your kids liked?
 
87Xfer said:
I could use some suggestions for movies (or possibly TV series) to watch with our 11 year old daughter while we're cooped up inside. Preferably something available on Netflix or Amazon Prime. Oddly she's not interested in watching old UConn games.

I'm sure there are some great old kid-appropriate movies that I've forgotten about. We've done all of the Star Wars and Harry Potter stuff. Got anything that your kids liked?
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Have you watched a series of unfortunate events on Netflix? Good show for kids and watchable for adults.
 
I know a new movie and season of Shaun The Sheep just dropped. It may be a bit young for her but I'm old and I love it. Shaun saved me from the horrors of Bubble Guppies and Paw Patrol.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Disney+. Get all the Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies. Should be a week or two before you run the gamut on them.
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Ducktales, Talespin and The Simpsons on D+ too. Now you just gotta find Batman: The Animated Series and you’re good! Gravity Falls, Adventure Time, probably not Rick and Morty

Maybe Lost in Space on Netflix as well.

I feel like a lot of those 80’s classics for movies would fit the bill, Indiana Jones’s, Back to the Future’s, Ghostbusters, etc
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Disney+. Get all the Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies. Should be a week or two before you run the gamut on them.
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Free year or 6-month subscription for Verizon mobile customers, I believe.

Following up on that offer is yet another thing on my list. I think it lowers my price, and only requires autopayment, which I already do.
 
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Disney+ is great. I am surprised how much kids like the Marvel movies, even girls. If she liked Star Wars I'm sure she'd like Marvel.

My kids hate older movies. They won't give them a chance, they just say "Dad, this looks really old." and leave the room or try to change it. For some reason, kids in my house hate oldish stuff. I'm not talking about Abbot and Costello old, I'm talking about things from like 2005.
 
87Xfer said:
I could use some suggestions for movies (or possibly TV series) to watch with our 11 year old daughter while we're cooped up inside. Preferably something available on Netflix or Amazon Prime. Oddly she's not interested in watching old UConn games.

I'm sure there are some great old kid-appropriate movies that I've forgotten about. We've done all of the Star Wars and Harry Potter stuff. Got anything that your kids liked?
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Chin Diesel said:
Disney+. Get all the Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies. Should be a week or two before you run the gamut on them.
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Second the Disney channel. It's perfect for her. I just watched Stargirl, which is a HS coming of age story, which would probably be good for her.

The choices are pretty substantial everything from classic Disney flicks to Disney TV shows to High School Musical made for TV movies.
 
Avatar: The Last Airbender

Not only a great kids show, just a great show overall. First watched it in my twenties and it quickly became one of my favorite shows ever.

I'm pretty sure it's available on Prime. Be warned, there is a movie masquerading as part of the mythology. Avoid it at all costs.
 
Hoophound said:
My kids hate older movies. They won't give them a chance, they just say "Dad, this looks really old." and leave the room or try to change it. For some reason, kids in my house hate oldish stuff. I'm not talking about Abbot and Costello old, I'm talking about things from like 2005.
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We frequently run into the same issue, with a few exceptions (Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club and a few others). I think the older movies just seem too slow-paced to them now. I think the older movies were more patient and allowed the stories to develop; today's movies seem to be geared towards a much more ADD-inclined audience.

Some good girl-centered ones that we've all enjoyed are Clueless, Legally Blonde and Devil Wears Prada.
 
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"We're watching UConn games or you're going to your room with no phone and no laptop period!"

There - just a dad with a 24 year old boys opinion, run with it. :oops:
 
fun and interesting for all ages -- "Geography Now' series on you tube. pretty much every country on earth completely covered, and each episode between 10 and 25 minutes. 'Barby,' the host, is a cool dude in a loose mood, along with being a supergenius. here, have sum.
master link
 
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8893 said:
For series, my girls loved "Wizards of Waverly Place," "iCarly," "Sam & Cat" and "Hannnah Montana."
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Hated iCarly (why no adults?), but I found Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place to be pretty solid sitcoms even for adults.
 
8893 said:
We frequently run into the same issue, with a few exceptions (Ferris Bueller, Breakfast Club and a few others). I think the older movies just seem to slow-paced to them now. I think the older movies were more patient and allowed the stories to develop; today's movies seem to be geared towards a much more ADD-inclined audience.

Some good girl-centered ones that we've all enjoyed are Clueless, Legally Blonde and Devil Wears Prada.
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Agree for kids at that age.

@87Xfer Sky High was pretty good for that age group too. Disney+ probably has it. My daughter really did enjoy Ferris, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Better off Dead too. Big Trouble in Little China is underrated and kid safe. Same with Shanghai Noon and Night. My daughter also loves/loved all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and the Night at the Museum movies.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Hated iCarly (why no adults?), but I found Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place to be pretty solid sitcoms even for adults.
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The only one I enjoyed of them was Wizards of Waverly Place. I really hated Sam & Cat because I couldn't stand Arianna Grande's character's voice.
 
My 8 year old daughter and I just finished Just Add Magic. I think there are four seasons.

Not bad and I think an 11 year old would enjoy it. It's available on Prime.

Movies we've watched over the past week (too many!):
Jumanji
Holes
How to Train Your Dragon
Any Ghibli film
Mr. Mom
Christopher Robin
 
8893 said:
The only one I enjoyed of them was Wizards of Waverly Place. I really hated Sam & Cat because I couldn't stand Arianna Grande's character's voice.
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Oddly I discovered Wizards before my daughter. I thought I might be having a heart attack one morning while at work, went to the Hospital. EKGs galore and they kept me overnight for a stress test the next day.

So as I lay there, no book no nothing except hospital TV...and there was nothing on, except that show, which I had never seen, on the Disney Channel in marathon mode. Strange the things you remember.
 
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