Year: 1993
Rating: PG
Tagline: "The adventure of a lifetime, the Summer of their dreams . . . the dog of their nightmares."
Reasons they need to see it: Scotty Smalls faces the struggle of moving away from his friends and having to make new ones, something that young children going through the same thing could have anxiety about. The movie proves that you can make friends even with the most unlikely people, and that though something may seem scary, you can face it with people who support you (and if it ends up not being scary, you might meet a cute dog or a retired baseball player).
What to look out for: The scenes showing the boys' perception of The Beast are a tiny bit scary.