Movies - I want my kids to see

I am on too many email lists. I must spend close to 45 min. each day scanning and deleting the various digests, summaries, ads, promotions, news, and 'in-case-you-are-wondering' briefs. My day started relatively light today, with some of my favorites; Academica's Top Ten, Inside Higher Ed, and Faculty Focus. One email in the inbox that I did spend a bit of time on was from Universal Studios. The email was a showcase of various Blu-ray, DVDs that are being featured as part of the 100th anniversary of Universal. As I was scanning the email it occurred to me that there are several movies on the list that I really enjoyed (as a much younger person), and that my kids have not seen.

This has me thinking; what movies from my youth (or since) do I want (or would be okay with) my kids watching? Here begins a list. (This list is not ordered! Movies added as I think of them -- remember, I started with that email from Universal, but I have expanded the list beyond that.)

Movies my kids should/could/would watch now:

• Back to the Future trilogy
• Jurassic Park trilogy
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Movies my kids should/could/might want to, watch...when they are a wee bit older (yes Dawson, you are not old enough yet!):

• Scarface (1983), and why not, Scarface (1932)
• The Sting
• Meet the Parents trilogy
• Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo....others?)
• various Spielberg films (Schindler's List among them)
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