SLAP HAPPY LARRY

The ‘parents guide’ section of any given movie on IMDb tells you what to look out for in these films. My kid saw these but not all can.

Boy (a New Zealand film)

Sci-Fi

Gattaca

Artificial Intelligence

I, Robot

Horror

A Quiet Place

The Ritual

Carrie

The Others

Anime to watch while you’re still a kid

Princess Mononoke

The Cat Returns

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

A Letter To Momo

Wolf Children

Wolf Children and Grave of the Fireflies are also great but the latter in particular is very sad. Wolf Children is probably more sad for adults than for kids.

Kickass older teenage girls

Whip It!

I coach junior roller derby. For the five years I've been coaching, we have welcomed trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming skaters. We might have been the first youth sport to do this. Here's what I've seen: (🧵)

— Nora Flanagan (@noraflanagan) March 6, 2021

Juno

From The Edge Of Seventeen

Dumplin

We Are The Best! (Swedish, and hard to find)

Lady Bird

Films for adults which a 12-year-old would probably understand

About A Boy

True Grit (either the old or the new one, but the dialogue in the old one is easier to understand)

Talullah

Kings of Summer

What Maisie Knew

Boyhood (it’s long, needs an intermission)

Mud

Panic Room

Flightplan

Gritty but good for discussion:

Thirteen

Into The Wild

Samson and Delilah