All the films in the following list are PG-13, PG, or older and unrated, and I went light on sexual themes in the PG-13 part (except for Austin Powers, because… it’s Austin Powers). This is just me quickly going through my own movie collection.
PG-13:
Arachnophobia (1990)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Cabin Boy (1994)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Director’s Cut, if you can
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Pirates of the Carribean (2006)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Sneakers (1992)
UHF (1989)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
PG:
*batteries not included (1987)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Dreams by Akira Kurosawa (1990)
Flow (2024)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Porco Rosso (1992)
The Princess Bride (1987)
The Producers (1967)
Indiana Jones original trilogy (1981-1989)
Real Genius (1985)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Spaceballs (1987)
Strange Brew (1983)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Time Bandits (1981)
Twins (1988)
Uncle Buck (1989)
War Games (1983)
The Wizard (1989)
Wizards (1977)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Unrated:
The Great Escape (1963)
Hundreds of Beavers (2024)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Nova Seed (2016)
Rashomon (1950)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Stalker (1979)
Also, special mention to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) which would be otherwise PG except for the scene where Steve Martin says “fuck” 18 times, which alone earned it it’s R rating.
Proceed with caution with the Dark Crystal. Idk if I was too young to watch when I did, or what, but it scared the bejeebus outta me; I couldn’t even look at the cover until I was an older teen
Nope. I didn’t see that movie till I was 23 and my reaction at the end was, “Your parents showed you this as a kid and thought that was ok, but TMNT was ‘too violent’‽” This was said to my girlfriend at the time. That movie was DARK. I haven’t seen it since then, so about 20 years, and IIRC genocide, slavery, and the apocalypse all feature heavily in the main plot, and almost the only redeeming character in the movie was named Fizzgig. He was a mutant Pomeranian.
All the films in the following list are PG-13, PG, or older and unrated, and I went light on sexual themes in the PG-13 part (except for Austin Powers, because… it’s Austin Powers). This is just me quickly going through my own movie collection.
PG-13:
PG:
Unrated:
Also, special mention to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) which would be otherwise PG except for the scene where Steve Martin says “fuck” 18 times, which alone earned it it’s R rating.
If the adventures of Baron Munchausen is the movie I think it is, Uma Thurman’s nipple is on screen for a minute. Just the one nipple I believe.
Proceed with caution with the Dark Crystal. Idk if I was too young to watch when I did, or what, but it scared the bejeebus outta me; I couldn’t even look at the cover until I was an older teen
Nope. I didn’t see that movie till I was 23 and my reaction at the end was, “Your parents showed you this as a kid and thought that was ok, but TMNT was ‘too violent’‽” This was said to my girlfriend at the time. That movie was DARK. I haven’t seen it since then, so about 20 years, and IIRC genocide, slavery, and the apocalypse all feature heavily in the main plot, and almost the only redeeming character in the movie was named Fizzgig. He was a mutant Pomeranian.
I came here to offer suggestions, but damn my dude, blockbuster never would have died if they had you in charge!