Looking for a list of SFF (safe for family) movies that are high production quality with little to no spicy scenes and hints etc…
I know there has to be some, but I’m not asking for a recommendation like home alone or the lorax etc
I am looking for a good SFF movies like for example: The trueman show Pursuit of happiness Etc
I’m open to new genres so feel free to suggest what SFF movies you enjoy, don’t be a lurker
The Spiderverse movies are amazing pieces of art and relatively family friendly given their target audiences.
There are people who worked on them that clearly were paying attention in art class. Some of their work is so subtle I’ve had to rewind and just sit there stunned in amazement.
I think they’ve got a bit of something for everyone too.
Second-Hand Lions, Big Fish, The Sandlot, October Sky, Little Miss Sunshine, A Little Princess, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, or Paddington
Ohh boy, my time to shine. I’ll try to break it down based on safeness. I’ll avoid listing some obvious ones, like main Disney movies. There may be some spoilers in my notes. Also “suggestive” may be more accurate as level of awkwardness. And everything is my opinion.
As safe as can be:
- Arrival (while the military is involved I don’t recall there being any violence)
- Brewster’s Millions
- Cars
- Cast Away (there’s the part where he’s testing out hanging himself but IIRC it’s not explained, you’d have to already know what he’s trying to do)
- Confessions of a Shopaholic
- Coraline (IDK how you rate the “violence” in this movie since there’s no blood)
- Erin Brockovich
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- The Geatest Game Ever Played
- Groundhog Day (though it’s basically a romance movie, they don’t show or hint at anything IIRC. And I think one guy gets punched)
- Honey I Shrunk the Kids
- Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2
- Iron Giant
- Kiki’s Delivery Service
- The Martian
- The Neverending Story (there is the one guy that is disintegrated but I think that’s the only questionable part, though there is the death of Atrax)
- My Cousin Vinny
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Office Space
- Planet 51
- Ponyo
- Ratatouille
- Return to Oz (though there are parts that are scary and creepy for young children, and it’s got the whole mental asylum)
- Robots
- The Sandlot (there is the one kissing scene)
- The Secret World of Arriety
- Spirited Away
- Sully
- Unstoppable
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Your Name
Some violence:
- Alice in Wonderland (live action version)
- Back to the Future 3
- Brave
- Castle in the Sky
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (original)
- Despicable Me
- Ex Machina (it’s basically violence free until the end when a person is killed. You could skip that part.)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- First two Harry Potter movies have the least amount. 3 has more. The rest either have a lot of violence or revolve around death.
- The Goonies
- Happy Gilmore (the language is probably more problematic though)
- Heavyweights
- Knives Out
- Matilda
- Meet the Robinsons
- October Sky
- Real Steel (Sci-fi boxing movie, the violence outside the ring is more what I’m thinking of though)
- Shrek
More violence:
- 9
- Most any DC/Marvel movie (I’m not going through them all, but I can only think of a few that are suggestive in any way. The first Ironman and Thor come to mind.)
- Big Hero 6
- Crocodile Dundee series
- Ender’s Game
- Howl’s Moving Castle (I don’t recall there being any on screen but the whole story revolves around war)
- I, Robot
- Jurassic Park series
- Karate Kid (new one specifically but both are about the same)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Nausica of the Valley of the Wind
- Planet of the Apes (original)
- Scott Pilgrim vs the World
- Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse
Slightly suggestive:
- 50 First Dates
- Accepted
- Big
- The Big Short (Margot Robbie narrates from a bathtub and there is a scene at a strip club. Nothing is shown)
- Blast From the Past
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Pitch Perfect
- The Princess Diaries 1 & 2
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Summer Wars
More suggestive:
- Bicentennial Man
- Back to the Future 1 & 2 (there’s the whole rape thing in the first one and Lorraine is a sex object for Biff in the second movie)
- Bruce Almighty
- Click
Violent and suggestive, or otherwise doesn’t fit in any other category:
- Almost Heroes
- Dead Poets Society (has suicide)
- Ghostbusters 1 & 2 (first one has the whole ghost blowjob thing and also the 2 criminal ghosts that were given the electric chair)
- The Time Machine (either version)
- Tommy Boy
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
I left out most anything that was primarily action. IDK where I’d draw the line at family friendly. Something like The Matrix is just violence but didn’t seem family friendly to me. There would be a ton more if I included movies like that though.
Been a long time since I’ve seen it but would Rat Race go in any of these categories? Also you should totally make a letterboxd list, so I (and others) can automatically generate a collection in Jellyfin from your movie choices here.
Probably the some violence category, if I remember the movie well enough. They are competing against each other to get to the prize after all. It’s more like cartoon violence though, like Wacky Races except more tame.
I spent like 3 hours making that list. I had a lot of movies to look through and I spent for too much time trying to figure out what to include and which category they go under. Not sure I’m up for spending more time on this. I don’t even know what letterboxd is.
Oh wow. Nice job. Letterboxd is a site where users make movie lists, just like you did! Like this: https://letterboxd.com/zanderific/list/movies-that-will-make-you-say-what-the-fuck/
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
And the same goes for many Ghibli/Miyasaki movies, but some kids do not like Spirited Away for being too scary.
On old gems that nobody hasn’t recently seen:
- Batteries Not Included
- Black Cauldron
- Labyrinth
- Return to Oz (1985)
little to no spicy scenes and hints etc…
Labyrinth
Bowie’s bulge completely disqualifies this one… Tra la la!
The Princess Bride and O Brother, Where Art Thou?
it’s possible i’ve forgotten some random scenes with sexy or violent parts, but these are at least all rated PG. also skipped obvious kids movies.
apollo 13
all the back to the futures
bill and ted’s excellent adventure (bogus journey has some hell scenes that may be weird for kids)
cool runnings
dark crystal
ET
galaxy quest
goonies
jumanji 1995
star trek and star wars movies are generally pretty tame
three amigos
what about bob
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Damn son, give the guy some homework why don’t ya
Labyrinth (1986), or Pan’s Labyrinth (2006).
Pan’s Labyrinth? The fuck is wrong with you?
A man gets his face caved in with a fucking whiskey bottle and they full blown show it being bashed in his face for like 20 seconds straight.
I saw it with two other middle-aged men. We were supposed to go out for drinks afterwards. Instead, we looked down at the floor, and went home.
It was emotionally brutal.
And the entire premise of the movie is completely horrible right? Abusive family or some shit if I recall directly and the scary monster parts are where the girl zones or to differ her step dad?
Long time since watching but i ain’t showing that to my teen who has watched the matrix.
The main character’s mother marries a fascist captain in 40s Spain
Yeah, and SPOILER ALERT the main character dies at the end.
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Paw patrol
Your name is a beautiful, mature yet safe, anime. I want to rewatch it right now.
