Movies Every 10 Year Old Should Watch This Summer

Its summer and that can only mean one thing, sun soaked days relaxing on the beach or by a pool. You lie there without a care in the world while sipping on your Mojito or (insert beer brand here). But wait we live in the UK, so what are we thinking, we don’t get a summer holiday we get our very own seasons; autumn, winter, spring and spr-utumn, a season that looks like spring but is cold and wet like autumn.

With this in mind we are feeling the pain of every parent this summer holiday as the weather gets wetter, duller and did we mention wetter? Kids are stuck in doors as echoes of “I’m boorrrrrrrred!” and “I’ve seen this one before!” ring around the house. But don’t fret dear reader, once again we blog boffins at 8ball Towers are here to save the day the only way we know how – by 8balling it!

So let us be an interactive babysitter as we have cracked open the vault, dusted off the videos and compiled a summer holiday boredom buster, in the list of movies every 10 year old should watch this summer holiday.

LABYRINTH
Why? – “It’s only forever, not long at all”

PRINCESS BRIDE
Why? – “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

GOONIES
Why? – “Goonies never say die!”

SPIRITED AWAY
Why? – “Once you do something, you never forget. Even if you can’t remember.”

COOL RUNNINGS
Why? –  "Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, its bobsled time! Cool Runnings!”

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
Why? – “I’m not bad. I’m just drawn that way.”

JUMANJI
Why? – ” Hey, hey, I’m sorry, okay?… Twenty-six years buried in the deepest darkest jungle, and I still became my father.”

FREE WILLY
Why? – “Let’s free Willy!”

ET
Why? – “ET phone home.”

THE SANDLOT
Why? – “Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you’ll never go wrong.”

SCHOOL OF ROCK
Why? – “I pledge allegiance… to the band… of Mr. Schneebly… and will not fight him… for creative control… and will defer to him on all issues related to the musical direction of the band.”

JURASSIC PARK
Why? – “Hammond, after some consideration, I’ve decided, not to endorse your park.”… “So have I!”

FLASH GORDON
Why? – “GORDON’S ALIVE!”

MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS
Why? – “Oh the things that I have missed: the Black Plague, the Spanish Inquisition, the Brady Bunch Reunion.”

TRON: LEGACY
Why? – “It’s amazing how productive doing nothing can be.”

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE
Why? – “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.”

HOME ALONE

Why? – “Ma’am, I’m eight years old. You think I would be here *alone*? I don’t think so.”

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE
Why? – “Use the Force, Luke.”

HOOK
Why? – “Oh, no. To live… to live would be an awfully big adventure.”

HOCUS POCUS
Why? – “You know, I’ve always wanted a child. And now I think I’ll have one on toast!”

BLACK CAULDRON
Why? – “I’m Princess Eilonwy. Are you a lord, or a warrior?”… “Uh, no. Uh… I-I-I’m an assistant pig keeper.”

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
Why? – “Treguna, Makoidees, Trecorum, Sadis Dee!”

MATILDA
Why? – “Listen, you little wiseacre: I’m smart, you’re dumb; I’m big, you’re little; I’m right, you’re wrong, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

THE IRON GIANT
Why? – “It’s bad to kill. Guns kill. And you don’t have to be a gun. You are what you choose to be. You choose. Choose.”

BIG
Why? – “I wish I were big.”

SPACE JAM
Why? – “I tought I taw – I did! I did! I did tee Michael Jordan!”

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With this list of movies every 10 year old should watch this summer we can guarantee that no child will be bored on a wet “summers” day ever again. What movies would you add to the list? We want to know, let us know in the comments below or head on over to our social channels and join the discussion. You can find us, doing our thing over on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.