Choosing for children: a movie guide
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Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning masterpiece, Spirited Away (PG). Miyazaki created the film specifically to capture the imagination of children in the 10-13 age bracket. Spirited Away is a creative and rich feat of storytelling that delves deeply into Japanese Shinto and Buddhist symbolism. Not only is it an epic and surreal adventure, but the animation is detailed and visually spectacular. Due to its extremely complex storyline, long length and scary themes, it is definitely better suited to older children (currently streaming on Netflix and showing in cinemas for a limited time).
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View our list of movies to watch as a family HERE
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Looking for children's movies on streaming services? See our guides with age recommendations.
Our latest reviews on streaming services
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 10 (fantasy action violence, themes of death and loss)
29 July 2021
Luca
Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 10 (frightening images, slapstick violence, themes of abandonment)
24 June 2021
Wolfwalkers
Not suitable under 7; parental guidance to 8 (scary scenes, violence)
18 May 2021
Moxie
Not suitable under 13; parental guidance to 15 (themes of sexual violence and harassment)
11 May 2021
Yes Day
Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 10 (violence, potential for imitative behaviours)
22 April 2021
My Octopus Teacher
Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 10 (depictions of predatory animal behaviour and death)
25 March 2021
Bigfoot Family
Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 8 (scary scenes)
22 March 2021
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