Frankly, my Dear, I will Make Your Day

What are your favorite movie lines? I bet you immediately think of a few.
We are continuing with fun month around here – this week it is movies!! Take some time over the next few weeks to scan the movies below and decide which to watch with your teens while they are home for the holidays. Of course, there are the classic Christmas movies, but branch out and try some others, just for variety. I will split them into categories so you can decide what makes the most sense for your child and their tastes and age. Most of these are PG-13, but there will be a few R rated ones for your older teens – only you know who can handle what.
Let’s get started!

Oldies but goodies
Rebel without a Cause
Rear Window
Singing in the Rain
Roman Holiday
Grease
Casablanca
Gone with the Wind
To Kill a Mockingbird
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Raisin in the Sun
The Sound of Music
Look Who Came to Dinner
Mommie Dearest

For the Young Teens
Legally Blond
Princess Bride
The Wizard of Oz
Agent Cody Banks
Hoosiers
Ghostbusters
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Princess Bride
Remember the Titans
Rudy
17 Again
Karate Kid
The Parent Trap (with Linday Lohan OR Hayley Mills)
Wonder
For our Teens and Twenties
Batman(s)
Titanic
Glory
Driving Miss Daisy
Saving Private Ryan
Jurassic Park 1&2
Sixth Sense
Fried Green Tomatoes
Sixteen Candles
Say Anything
Breakfast Club
Speed
Diehard
First Knight
Schindler’s List
Shawshank Redemption
Ferris Buellers Day off
Back to the future
Dead Poets Society
The Outsiders

Filmed Since 2000
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Hobbit series
Hidden Figures
Harry Potter series
Lion
Hotel Rwanda
The Matrix
High School Musical
Mean Girls
Pitch Perfect(s)
The Chronicle of Narnia movies
Divergent series
Hunger Games series
The Help
If it is a movie with serious themes (even if it is light=hearted), take your time to talk about it:
Bullying, prejudice, self esteem, empowerment.
In the classics, Discuss how things might be different today and is that a good or bad thing.
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