What's a movie that you were probably "too young" to see, when you first watched it, but you're glad you did?

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RoboCop, the Alien movies, Hellraiser. Honestly a lot of the old Jean Claude van Damme movies are fairly hardcore for kids, looking back. Probably a lot of movies because I was allowed to stay up until whenever on weekends from pretty young.

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Spaceballs, The Matrix trilogy (I was born in 1996), What Dreams May Come (possibly; I was too young to realize that he was dead and in the afterlife for the entire thing)

Honestly I can't think of any from my childhood other than those that might have been "bad" for a kid, other than shows that went right over my head like Family Guy and the like. I know I wasn't allowed to watch South Park until I just decided to start watching it when I was around 13.

Other movies that I really liked as a kid (other than Spaceballs cause it was kinda like Star Wars, and The Matrix) that may be kinda suggestive were Mystery Men, Galaxy Quest, and Titan A.E. They may like Lord of The Rings (Arwen and Eowyn + magic and swords) and possibly Star Wars (Padmé and Princess Leia, plus Ahsoka from Clone Wars and Hera from Rebels). Although I'm a man and had an older brother that liked a lot of this stuff, so I ended up liking a lot of it too, you may get better results from other people.

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I can't believe I forgot about that gay goth masterpiece. They'll love Interview With The Vampire.

Wednesday might be a good show to watch with them, if they haven't already seen it.

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Oh they're way beyond that lmao. They both watched it 5 years ago and like it but they LOVE gremlins 2.

They've seen It and the newer Halloween movies. I want to show them stuff that will challenge them intellectually, without being too far over their heads. With minimal sexual content.

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They LOVE Wednesday. Used that to show them Edward scissorhands etc.

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Fire in the Sky. Oh wait, maybe I shouldn't have. I haven't watched it again since because I was so traumatized as a kid watching it. Maybe I have the guts to watch it now decades later.

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Trainspotting at 11

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Kiss of the Spider Woman. Back I the 80s our parents left us to fend for ourselves. I was around 10 years old and my parents were at a job site in northern Canada where the only channel was CBC. Definitely an intense movie, I'd say more than the Exorcism which aired another night. My brother missed the first, but had serious nightmares from the Exorcism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(1985_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist

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What about Leon: the Professional? I don't know if that has been posted yet. But I saw that when I was however old you are in seventh grade. 12? 13? There's some cop stuff for the bb cop.

The first and second Crow movies are good for the goth one.

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Same age, buying a Freddy glove for Halloween, asked my dad if we could rent it and he said yes. I was scared when the boyfriend pranked them in the backyard, but I thought the scene where she got cut to shreds and floated was awesome. I wanted to rewind and see it again and this time Dad said no. Wisely.

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I remember a trailer where they show you the elevator doors and a narrator talks about Stephen King and the genius of Kubrick and then the doors open. Nothing else.

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I read the Godfather when I was about 10. My shoebox diorama was the horse head on the bed. It was frowning because it didn't like having its head cut off.

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Yeah, same lol. My dad liked to rebel against my mom by letting me get movies he knew she'd hate from the [ancient wheezing] brick and mortar VHS rental store so I saw, like, the Alien series, Terminator and T2, and so on

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Generally agree though I suppose it depends on how the parents feel about swearing and how likely the youngins are to repeat the approximately 700 fucks in the movie.

"Do you have to use so many cuss words?"
"The fuck you talking about?"

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Awesome brother!

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I was gonna answer Grave of the fireflies, which I watched in my twenties. Then I read the 'but you're glad that you did' so I can't say that movie.

But maybe Fullmetal Jacket? Tough movie for a 14 year old

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I watched Full Metal Jacket this year at 34 and it was still pretty rough.

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I watched the wall when I was 7

And it fucked me.up form years.. constant nightmares and panic attacks..

Why am I thankful for? Not sure..the memories?

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Fun fact: Grave Of The Fireflies was originally a double feature with My Neighbor Totoro.

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What's a movie that you were probably "too young" to see, when you first watched it, but you're glad you did?