sextonseven said:

Reading this thread, many people saw a lot of adult films when they were kids. This is why the world is in such a sad state today.

Well it did say favorite.

Personally, I saw more than my fair share of disney movies growing up (without VCRs and such) but I have fonder memories of the long-gone movie theatre itself with it's balconies and drapes than the actual movies.

sextonseven said:

Reading this thread, many people saw a lot of adult films when they were kids. This is why the world is in such a sad state today.

I did, for sure.

I could add The Breakfast Club to my list, too. Definitely my favorite Hughes film by far.

As a kid:

The Sound of Music

Mary Poppins

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Wizard of Oz

As a teen:

Purple Rain

Romancing the Stone

Ghostbusters

Goonies

Movies I wasn't allowed to see as a kid:

Jaws

The Exorcist

The Omen

[Edited 1/31/12 14:38pm]

Cerebus said:

sextonseven said:

Reading this thread, many people saw a lot of adult films when they were kids. This is why the world is in such a sad state today.

I did, for sure.

I could add The Breakfast Club to my list, too. Definitely my favorite Hughes film by far.

My first R-rated movie was Stir Crazy on video when I was 13 I think. Many of the R-rated films mentioned that I have seen like The Breakfast Club, Purple Rain, Conan, etc. were released when I was already a teen so I didn't count them. I'm old.

sextonseven said:

Cerebus said:

I did, for sure.

I could add The Breakfast Club to my list, too. Definitely my favorite Hughes film by far.

My first R-rated movie was Stir Crazy on video when I was 13 I think. Many of the R-rated films mentioned that I have seen like The Breakfast Club, Purple Rain, Conan, etc. were released when I was already a teen so I didn't count them. I'm old.

I had a hard time picking an age as the cut-off. It ended up not really mattering, because I have no memory of caring about or seeing movies much before the age of 12.

The first R-rated movie I saw was Lady Sings the Blues. I was too young to get in but an older friend took me. I still love thAt movie!!! I didn't see The Exorcist until after I was married and didn't sleep for a week.

I forgot The Incredible Mr. Limpet (starring Don Knotts)

All the Abbott and Costello movies (Which topped off my Saturday morning tv watching after the cartoons, American Bandstand, and Soul Train...Thanks Dad RIP!)

and the many times mentioned:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

The Breakfast Club

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sextonseven said:

KingBAD said:

who was the other fat guy

with the skinny dude.

i think the fat ones name was olly

Laurel and Hardy

one more thing for the too old thread

yeah the incredible mr. limpet

and frances the talkin donkey

American Pie came out when I was 16, not 6.

And I forgot some other favourites that I randomly remembered today:

Little Rascals

Matilda

It Takes Two (an Olsen twins movie)

noimageatall said:

The first R-rated movie I saw was Lady Sings the Blues. I was too young to get in but an older friend took me. I still love thAt movie!!! I didn't see The Exorcist until after I was married and didn't sleep for a week.

All those movies I previously listed I seen as a kid...

Exorcist messed me up something awful. My mom would have us watching "The Movie Loft" with her when we were kids and we also watched lots of movies that were introduced by Vincent Price.

My mom just didn't think it was bad for us to see that stuff, she would just tell us to cover out eyes.

I remember going to the theater to see Scareface... that was the first movie we saw with my cousins sans parents. I fell asleep that movie was too long.

I did have a thing for Escape to Witch Mountain, and Herbie the Love Bug. The same people that tooks me to Sparkle took me to see Cleopatra Jones which left a big impression on me too, seems though I'd seen Sparkle first me and timelines don't mesh.

Deadcake said:

The Black Stallion, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Battlestar Galactica movies, Escape from Witch Mountain, The Cat from Outer Space, Black Hole

I have not seen those since I saw them in the theaters! Don't know if I ever sa The Black Hole, but I remember it vaguely.

I am actually halfway through the Cat From Outer Space right now Pretty awesome! It does have both Col Henry Blake Col Sherman Potter, though!

Wizard of Oz

Sound of Music

Purple Rain

Murder by Death

The Jerk

16 Candles

Grease

Star Wars

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Take The Money & Run

Oh, my gosh - how could I forget Finian's Rainbow? I wore that soundtrack out.

101 Dalmations awwww

showdown at the ok caral

billy the kid

custer's last stand

the nevada kid

north to alaska

the nutty profesor (original)

our man flint

matt helm

thundrball

you only live twice

viva las vegas

the wild ones

NDRU said:

Spaceballs

lust said:

Spaceballs

at what age do you think that one is OK to watch?

Deadcake said:

lust said:

Deadcake said:

at what age do you think that one is OK to watch?

I can't remember anything too bad in it beyond innuendo that would go over younger kids heads so 9 or 10 maybe? Conservatively guessing.

"I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!"

Cerebus said:

KingBAD said:

our man flint

Oh wow...I do remember having a crush on Flint/James Coburn in his skinny pants.

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

dreamfactory313 said:

The Dark Crystal

The Wiz

Gremlins

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

Labyrinth

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Terminator 2

Jurassic Park

E.T.

The Land Before Time

Star Wars

The Pirates of Penzance

Santa Claus The Movie

The Lion King

YES!!!!

2001 a space oddesy

Romeo & Juliet

Dr Dolittle

9 lives of tommisina

willy wonka

in like flint

the graduate

butch cassidy & the sundance kid

easy rider

viva las vegas

bye bye birdie

american graffiti

sonic said:

2001 a space oddesy

Romeo & Juliet

Dr Dolittle

9 lives of tommisina

willy wonka

in like flint

the graduate

butch cassidy & the sundance kid

easy rider

viva las vegas

bye bye birdie

american graffiti

genlemen prefer blondes

boystown

g-man

public enemy

the chace

the 7 gladiators

magnificent 7

I feel lucky in that being a 70's baby, we had an awesome selection of retro movies playing on tv all the time when I was growing up. Alot of them were played in continous rotation on one of the local channels at home, so Saturdays and Sundays were always movie days in my pink bedroom, drinking Nestle hot cocoa or eating Swanson's chicken pot pie. That was my way of chilling out when I was 6 years old. Every weekend (especially in winter when it was hella cold outside), I would watch:

Anything from the Blondie franchise of the 1940's

Shirley Temple minus those horrendous racist plantation movies...Shirley really was my friend in my head as a small child...

Anything from the Jerry Lewis or Dean & Jerry franchise of movies

Andy Hardy or Ma & Pa Kettle was also pretty popular on Sunday if the Blondie movies weren't on

and then there was the Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello beach series of films

These were all franchises that played on local tv every Saturday and Sunday, so I've seen each and every one of the movies from each actor or duo, and I loved them all. TV was fun and wholesome in the 70's, and the retro stuff they showed was just rich.

As for the first real theatre movie I fell in love with, it all began with The WIZ---we were learning the music in 3rd grade, I'd already seen 10,000 amateur and professional versions of the play, and when I finally got a chance to see the movie version in a theatre, I happily nearly had a heart attack at 8 .

Then came

then suddenly, the Holy Musical Trinity of my childhood arrived

Life was a good time with movies when I was a kid

yeah!!!

blondie and oh henery

How could I forget GREASE???!! Xanadu, Breakin' and Fame!

I was called Sandra D often by my friends... I loved it too.