Films for a six year old boy to watch

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Batteries Not Included
Flight of the Navigator
Short Circuit
ET
Paulie
Any Cop and Dog movies
Free Willy
Bugsy Malone

 

[Kidda]

Honey i shrunk the kids
Matilda
Harry Potter
Star Wars
Lords of the rings
Nanny McPhee is on the goggle box at the moment

 

[Miss Caphat]

great suggestions, Minnie. modern kids love those movies just as much as we did . Flight of the Navigator was one of my favorites

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

great suggestions, Minnie. modern kids love those movies just as much as we did . Flight of the Navigator was one of my favorites

Compliance

One of my favourites as well

 

[Reno]

Kooky:



also:

The Iron Giant
The Red Ballon
The Black Stallion
The Wallace and Gromit films
Babe
20.0000 Leagues Under the Sea (Disney/James Mason version)
The Peanuts films and TV specials, especially It's the great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Snoopy Come Home

 

[Miss Caphat]

Kooky:



also:

The Iron Giant
The Red Ballon
The Black Stallion
The Wallace and Gromit films
Babe
The Peanuts films and TV specials, especially It's the great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Snoopy Come Home

kooky looks excellent! and to the rest of your list

 

[killer b]

Martha totally loves the recent remake of hairspray?

 

[Orang Utan]

Martha totally loves the recent remake of hairspray?

wow, really? i think my nephew is either thick or has a short attention span as he would never pay attention to something like that

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Goonies.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

 

[Bajie]

My Neighbor Totoro
The Red Balloon
The Incredible Journey

 

[2hats]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/stoner-uncle-all-the-kids-favorite,1402/

The only other uncle I like is Uncle Steve," 12-year-old nephew Henry Jr. said. "Whenever he visits, he always plays us funny old show tunes and bakes awesome rhubarb pies. He doesn't have any kids, just like Uncle Gonz. I wish we could see Uncle Steve more, but he lives far away in San Francisco with his roommate Gary.

Some Ray Harryhausen movies? Original animated Tintin/Asterix? Sitting kids in front of live NASA-TV (if something is happening) works for me too.

 

[DotCommunist]

back to back Kes and Gregories Girl

 

[Reno]

back to back Kes and Gregories Girl

Great from 12 years onwards at the earliest.

 

[Corax]

The 7-year old's favourites include:

The Harry Potter series
The Star Wars series
The LOTR trilogy
Tomb Raider 1&2
Ghostbusters
Baise-Moi
The Crocodile Dundees
A Knight's Tale
The Princess Bride
Stardust

He wasn't particularly taken with Spirited Away, but it's brilliant and I'd recommend giving it a go.

 

[Orang Utan]

Great from 12 years onwards at the earliest.

i don't think any of dotcommunist's suggestions are serious!

 

[Orang Utan]

The 7-year old's favourites include:

The Harry Potter series
The Star Wars series
The LOTR trilogy
Tomb Raider 1&2
Ghostbusters
Baise-Moi
The Crocodile Dundees
A Knight's Tale
The Princess Bride
Stardust

he's deffo too young for lotr, tomb raider, ghostbusters, crocodile dundee, baise-moi and harry potter!

 

[Corax]

he's deffo too young for lotr, tomb raider, ghostbusters, crocodile dundee, baise-moi and harry potter!

Cobblers!

The nipper's been watching Crocodile Dundee & Harry Potter since he was about 5. Tomb Raider, LOTR and Ghostbusters have been more recent, but he's only a year older than the OP subject. And you're never too young for Baise-Moi.

He's very sensible about not copying bad behaviour or language though tbh, so it may be that some of them aren't appropriate for other kids of his age.

 

[Reno]

And you're never too young for Baise-Moi.

Oh the hilarity. So funny, you had to make that joke twice.

 

[Orang Utan]

the croc dundee films are for adults (i think they are 15 certificate, or 12 at the least). the others have too much 'peril' in them and would scare him or at least cause displeasure to his parents, esp his dad.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I was going to say that 6 is a bit young for some of these films but then, maybe I'm wrong, some kids really like action packed stuff. The old batman films are good fun for little ones, it's kind of interesting to see how much they believe in them, my boy really got into all the "Wham, Bash, Plop" stuff when he watched it around that age but when we watched it recently (aged 9) he gave me a sideways look as if to say "what the hell is this?" and we ended up laughing at it.
So watch that. I recommend the one with the big inflatable shark.

 

[Corax]

the croc dundee films are for adults (i think they are 15 certificate, or 12 at the least). the others have too much 'peril' in them and would scare him or at least cause displeasure to his parents, esp his dad.

Pretty sure none of those films are more than a 12.

And like I said, it's about what's appropriate for the individual child. He doesn't have bad dreams about scary films, doesn't repeat bad behaviour or language, and just switches off or hides behind a cushion if there's any kissing. He understands that he's responsible for his own behaviour, and that seeing someone else do or say something, whether on a screen or on the street, is no excuse for doing similar himself.

 

[Orang Utan]

Pretty sure none of those films are more than a 12.

twice his age.

 

[Corax]

Oh the hilarity. So funny, you had to make that joke twice.

Oh dear! Did it hurt you Mr Grumpy Pants? Did it upset you? Or are you just being a grumpy old twat?

 

[emanymton]

I think I first saw the evil dead when I was about his age.

 

[Corax]

twice his age.

Which is an advisory for parents in their own home, not a legal stipulation.

I know the films, I know him, and they're appropriate. They have adversely affected neither his emotions nor behaviour. It's for other parents to judge the appropriateness for their own individual children.

 

[Orang Utan]

I think I first saw the evil dead when I was about his age.

stop it!

 

[Orang Utan]

Which is an advisory for parents in their own home, not a legal stipulation.

I know the films, I know him, and they're appropriate. They have adversely affected neither his emotions nor behaviour. It's for other parents to judge the appropriateness for their own individual children.

quite, and it's up to me to decide what's appropriate and as i'm not his parent, i shall be guided by the official guidelines and my own common sense and knowledge of my nephew's temperament

 

[emanymton]

Seriously I must have been 6 or 7, but I don't think my childhood was quite normal around that time.

 

[Orang Utan]

Seriously I must have been 6 or 7, but I don't think my childhood was quite normal around that time.

what is your point?