The Best 80s Movies to Watch With Your Kids
The 80s should be remembered for its stellar contribution to flim with classics like The Princess Bride and The Little Mermaid. Without John Hughes’ body of work, I’m not sure I would have understood the teenage years. If you want to hit up some 80s classics with your family, here are more than 50 of the best 80s movies to watch with your kids.
Keep in mind that the rating system was a bit different back then and there seems to be a bit more swearing and inuendo in the PG movies so you may want watch first or check out CommonSenseMedia.org to give you a good idea of what to expect. Which favorites did I forget?
Animated 80s
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Land Before Time
An American Tail
The Secret of NYMH
The Great Mouse Detective
The Fox and the Hound
The Black Cauldron
The Little Mermaid
Classic 80s
The Princess Bride
E.T.
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
The Never-Ending Story
Dragonslayer
The Man from Snowy River
Harry and the Hendersons
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Honey, I Blew Up the Kids
Tron
Cool Runnings
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid Part II
Short Circuit
Flight of the Navigator
3 Men and a Baby
Ernest Goes to Camp
Three Amigos
Ghostbusters
Willow
Overboard
Annie
Uncle Buck
Cloak and Dagger
For Older Kids
Labyrinth
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Big
Weird Science
Can’t Buy Me Love
License to Drive
Pretty in Pink
The Breakfast Club
Adventures in Babysitting
Sixteen Candles
Stand By Me
The Goonies
Spaceballs
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Spies Like Us
Splash
The Outsiders
Crocodile Dundee
Scrooged
Footloose
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
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