AttackChimp wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 12:36 pm Godzilla Minus One. Seriously.

i raise

I Walked with a Zombie
Carnival of Souls
The Haunting
Hausu
Pontypool
Lake Mungo
Skinimarink
Thelma
The Innocents (1961)
The Innocents (2021)

You can also introduce kids of that age to Mystery Science Theater 3000.

https://www.youtube.com/@MST3K

Hits the dorky spot.

Aside from the quality yucks, you can learn a lot about good cinema by watching bad cinema.

Wood Goblin wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:36 pm When our kids were that age, more or less, during the Covid lockdown, we did a big cinema project, wherein we made a list of 30-some movies and watched them over time.

the great Walter Chaw did this too. i saved all his writeups in this google doc

they were Patreon exclusives, some of them seem to be available publicly now... but it's cool to have them in a dedicated place.
my kid is 6 now btw, so i still have some waiting to do