Vijay Natarajan
I am catching my kids up on movies that I want to introduce them to. Thought I'd share. Suitable for tweens and teens. There are funny/silly movies, intense movies, and everything in between. Have fun. Would love some suggestions too!
Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. With Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. A man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.
Directed by Chuck Russell. With Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene. Bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss is transformed into a manic superhero when he wears a mysterious mask.
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón. With Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen. Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.
Directed by Tony Scott. With Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee. With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Directed by Jan de Bont. With Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton. A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
Directed by Robert Stevenson. With Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester. On the Carolina coast, Godolphin College's new track coach lodges at Blackbeard's Inn, run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers, who claim to be descendants of the notorious pirate, and who risk losing their hotel to the local mobster.
Directed by Tom Shadyac. With Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc. A goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.
Directed by Steve Oedekerk. With Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi. Ace Ventura, Pet Detective, returns from a spiritual quest to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the sacred animal of a tribe in Africa.
Directed by Ron Howard. With Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise. NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Directed by John Hughes. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean. A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving with a lovable oaf of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.
