Does your family like having movie night? Here are some great movies for tweens that you will enjoy too. Grab the popcorn!
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Tweens are at such a weird age and finding movies for tweens that are appropriate can be tough. However, there are a lot of timeless movies and movies made today that are great for both you and your tween and you both can enjoy them
I am so excited for summer!! I love later bedtimes and sleeping in and that there’s no baseball, soccer, football, and lacrosse practice. It’s so nice to be unscheduled and can just chill!
I love finding movies for tweens to show my 2 boys who are 11 and 13. I love to see their faces when a good story comes on and not just a silly cartoon.
Now that my kids are getting older, movie night is much more fun! We love watching movies and we’re always streaming TV shows.
I’ve recently starting updating the DVD’s in my car to more age appropriate movies- out with the cartoons and in with some live action!
I tried to come up with some movies both girls and boys would like. My daughter is 9 so I had a harder time with those and tried to think back at the movies I liked! 🙂

OVER 75 of the BEST Movies for Tweens
We took a break from movies for a couple of weeks and streamed Stranger Things. Both my boys loved this show and recommend it to your family. We can’t wait for season 3!
Before you get to the list, I want you to see our new favorite movie popcorn! It’s so good. We’ve been having it all summer. It’s honey cinnamon and so EASY! It’s a nice change from regular popcorn and perfect if you have a sweet tooth.
I also have a candied popcorn recipe that’s just as delicious!
What is a good movie for tweens?
Here are some of the movies that are in my queue to watch this summer!
- Forrest Gump
- Harry and the Henderson’s
- Cloak and Dagger
- Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
- Better Off Dead
- Secretariat
- The Boy Who Could Fly
- Dead Poets Society
- The Princess Bride
- Short Circuit
- The Parent Trap
- Happy Gilmore
- The Black Stallion
More movies for 13 year olds.
- Pirates of the Caribbean Series- All 5 movies!
- The Perfect Game
- Holes
- High School Musical
- The Dark Crystal
- The NeverEnding Story
- Bend it Like Beckham
- Newsies
- Labyrinth
- Jumanji
- The NEW Jumanji
- Ghostbusters
- The Great Outdoors
- School of Rock
Here are more…
- Space Balls
- The Outsiders
- The Perks for Being a Wallflower
- A League of Their Own
- Clueless
- Groundhog Day
- All the Karate Kid movies
- One Crazy Summer
- Grease
- 13 Going on 30
- Hairspray
- Adventures in Babysitting
- Father of the Bride
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- War Games
- Ender’s Game
and more
- Rudy
- Edward Scissorhands
- Ever After
- Jaws– 3 movie series
- Stand By Me (This is rated R, but their ages are around 12 years old. We let my older son watch it and he enjoyed it.)
- Twilight series
- Sully
- Weekend at Bernie’s
- Dumb and Dumber
- Dodgeball
- Back to the Future Series
- Percy Jackson
- Waterboy
- Hunger Games– Complete Series
Keeping Scrolling

and more…
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Harry Potter Collection- 8 Movies
- Hidden Figures
- The Rookie
- Arrival
- Jurassic Park Collection
- Undefeated
- Little Women
- The Blindside
- Remember the Titans
- Titanic
- The Hobbit Trilogy
- Never Been Kissed
- Narnia
You’re almost at the end!
- The Maze Runner Trilogy
- Independence Day
- The NEW Independence Day
- Overboard- Old version and NEW version
- Apollo 13
- Cool Runnings
- Rocky bundle
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- National Treasure
- Wonder
You can get a lot of these movies on Amazon Prime too! Consider signing up to get movies, if you aren’t already. It’s a good deal.
Am I missing something? I could keep going and going, but I made myself stop! When I see a movie that we’ve watched or a new one I come back here to see if it’s on the list. Let me know if there is one I need to add.
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liam
Saturday 23rd of October 2021
Let's just add come play 2020 film on the list look up that movie and this movie is PG-13 but its not rated R
Natasha
Wednesday 6th of October 2021
Van Helsing
Jason
Tuesday 5th of May 2020
The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Anna
Monday 4th of May 2020
All I Wanna Do (a.k.a. Strike!) is a great one! Also Now and Then
Teresa
Tuesday 21st of April 2020
Is there a reason you didn't include Beetlejuice?