Posted on 12/29/2025 7:09:48 PM PST by gdzla
I have a five year old grandson who seems to have very much enjoyed the movie "White Christmas" with Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby a couple of days ago.
I would like to put together a list of age appropriate classic movies to recommend for a weekly afternoon movie with grandpa.
Keep in mind he is only 5 and as yet not polluted with the "common" culture or exposed to a public school. He lives with a stay at home mom and a working dad and goes to a private school. He and his two younger sisters are much loved and cared for.
His screen time (TV or moms phone) is vert limited and only allowed with mom's or dad's permission. We only have a limited time to lay the groundwork to create a strong and stable character so it's important right now to be able to control what he is exposed to. Lord knows the dam will break one day and he will be flooded with the sh*t that is so pervasive now. Hopefully he will be able to navigate it all.
Below are a few of what I would like to have him discover with me.
What others would the Freeper Universe suggest?
Alice In Wonderland 1951
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 1937
A Charlie Brown Christmas 1965
Blackbeards Ghost 1968
Holiday Inn 1942
Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959
Lilies of the Field 1962
Mysterious Island 1961
On the Town 1949
Spaced Invaders 1990
Swiss Family Robinson 1960
The Court Jester 1956
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 1962
I loved the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies at that age.
Robin Hood with Errol Flynn
White Christmas is this 74 year olds favorite Christmas movie!
Walt’s 9 Old Men were truly magical. Don Bluth’s work carried on their legacy. Disney has a documentary on the 9. It shows the incredible detail and ingenuity they had to work under WD. Timeless work.
Just skip the nude scenes.
87 seconds Censors Missed Revealing Peek At Jane’s “Forbidden Zone” In TARZAN & HIS MATE (1934)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAJKHTRDc0o
The Outlaw Josey Wales
A Fistful of Dollars
For A Few Dollars More
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Hondo
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Shootist
Two Mules For Sister Sara
One I posted starred Don Johnson when he was a teen.
Polar Express
LOL. I don’t remember any nude scenes when I was a kid.
Not a single one of those movies is good for a 5 year old
Give ‘em a book. Tell ‘em to go outside and play. Plat go fish with them
Teach them how to fish
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Same cast as On the Town. Sinatra, Kelly
Old Disney
Robin Hood
Jungle Book
Mary popping
For that age you’re instilling good music, rhythm, lyrics, language, logic and color, examples of normal human interaction
The dance is mathematical.
And replay anything he wants to replay. At that age they’re drawn to learning language and repetitive good outcome- that gives them security
If you’re missing the old cartoons you’re missing it completely
Looney tunes
Tom and Jerry (best orchestration)
Top cat
Scooby.
“HILLBILLY HARE”
We texted that around recently. What is funnier?
“ Movies are too long for a five year old attention span.”
Nope. That is incorrect
What a great idea and a great thread!
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