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Top 50+ Movies for Tweens and Teens

By Debra Flanagan, Macaroni KID Chicago Northside & Shannon Flanagan, age 13 June 20, 2023

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We are on a constant hunt to find movies our teens will like that are still age appropriate, and that we can enjoy watching as well. From classics to relatively new releases, here are some of our family's picks. 


Action
  • The Adam Project - PG13
  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - PG13
  • Free Guy - PG13
  • Hunger Games (Series) - PG13
  • Jungle Cruise - PG13
  • Ready Player One - PG13
  • Red Notice - PG13
  • Top Gun: Maverick - PG13
  • Transformers (Series) - PG13
  • Zombieland - R
Classics
  • Back to the Future (Series) - PG
  • Clue - PG
  • Clueless - PG13
  • Ferris Buehler - PG13
  • Indiana Jones (Series) - PG13
  • Jerry Maguire - R
  • Jurassic Park (Series) - PG13
  • Legally Blonde - PG13
  • Mean Girls - PG13
  • Top Gun - PG

Comedy
  • Always Be My Maybe - PG13
  • Central Intelligence - PG13
  • Date Night - PG13
  • Fighting with My Family - PG13
  • Game Night - 16+
  • The Heat - R
  • Instant Family - PG13
  • Jumanji I & II - PG13
  • The Other Guys - PG13
  • Pitch Perfect (Series) - PG13


Drama
  • Air - R
  • Bird Box - R
  • The Blind Side - PG13
  • Crazy Rich Asians - PG13
  • Creed (Series) - PG13
  • Ford vs. Ferrari - PG13
  • The Help - PG13
  • Hidden Figures - PG
  • Hustle - R
  • Jojo Rabbit - PG13
  • Martian - PG13
  • Moneyball - PG13
  • On the Basis of Sex - PG13
  • A Quiet Place I & II - PG13

Music/Musical
  • Bohemian Rhaspsody - PG13
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga - PG13
  • The Greatest Showman - PG
  • Hamilton - PG13
  • High School Musical (Series) - G
  • In the Heights - PG13
  • The Prom - PG13
  • Spirited - PG13





Mystery/Heist
  • Enola Holmes I & II - PG13
  • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - PG13
  • The Illusionist - PG13
  • Knives Out - PG13
  • Mission Impossible (Series ) - PG13
  • Murder Mystery I & II - PG13
  • Ocean's 8 (Series) - PG13
  • The Prestige - PG13





Too many films to mention, but additional go-tos include anything in the:

  • Marvel Cinematic Universe - PG13
  • DC Extended Universe - R
  • Star Wars Episodes - PG/PG13
  • Disney Live Action Adaptations - PG/PG13


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*Caution - some content may be considered mature. Use your own judgement on appropriateness for your family.