Movies for Tweens and Young Teens

When I get together with other mums of tween and young teen girls we sometimes talk about finding movies that are suitable for their age. My kids aren't ready for M rated movies, with some few exceptions. I check out which movies are suitable on imdb website. The parental advisory. section provides details of what happens in the film regarding language, violence, drugs and alcohol and sexual references. I've made a list. These are the films my kids enjoy.

Mermaids

My Family and Other Animals

Some Like it Hot

Singin’ in the Rain

Calamity Jane

Gone With the Wind

All About Eve

National Velvet

Red Dog

Ballet Shoes

Anne of Green Gables

Ramona and Beezus

Pollyanna

Little Women

The Parent Trap (1961)

Double Indemnity

Mary Poppins

Annie
It's a Wonderful Life 
Marx Bros movies

These are the films I think I'm ready to show them. Some are suitable for younger viewers, and I'd just forgotten about them. I remember watching some of these with my family, presented by Bill Collins.

It Happened One Night
Holiday Inn

To Kill a Mockingbird

A Star is Born (1954)

Adam’s Rib

Woman of the Year

Pat and Mike

Bringing Up Baby

Arsenic and Old Lace

Blossoms in the Dust

Mrs Miniver

The Third Man

The 39 Steps

The Miracle Worker

Sabrina (1954)
West Side Story

Viva Las Vegas

Funny Girl

Starstruck

2001: A Space Odyssey

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Amadeus

Yentl

Running on Empty

Life is Beautiful

Bend it Like Beckham

The Man From Snowy River

My Brilliant Career
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Sting

The Truman Show

Norma Rae

The Secret of Roan Inish

A League of Their Own

Stranger Than Fiction

Indiana Jones

Ghandi

Made in Dagenham

Wadjda

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Moonrise Kingdom

The Help

Dreamgirls

Now You See It

War Horse

Millions

Akeelah and the Bee

If you are looking for ideas you can search by genre and age on the Common Sense Media and Mighty Girl sites.

I have another list of films with more serious or intense themes or scenes that will have to wait until we are all a bit older...

What films do you recommend for tweens and young teens?