Are there any prince movies for kids?

Anyone who knows about kids’ movies knows how popular princess movies are, especially Disney princesses. My child is six and absolutely loves them too. My child also loves princes and kings, but I’m having a hard time finding anything that features a character as easily beloved as Elsa or Moana for example. Even worse, a lot of the times male characters are just antagonists or at least stand in the way of the princess. I’d love to see a movie with a young prince who isn’t evil or dumb (as a joke) that kids can relate to. I think it also be cool if there was singing or magic or anything mystical. My kid kind of likes Shrek but I was hoping to find one about a human prince. The protagonist in the movie The Lorax is a young boy on a good mission, and we like that movie too, but we’re just looking for something bigger. I’m not looking for a movie that’s primarily fighting, a little is okay, but I’d really prefer if the main focus was some honorable endeavor. Am I just missing the prince movies, or are they all about princesses instead?

fbmac,
@fbmac@lemmy.fbmac.net avatar

closest I can think of are Alladin and the lion king

Schnaftator,
@Schnaftator@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Spaceballs! The protagonist turns out to be an honest to God prince.

Syd,

Purple rain is probably the most famous, but they composed a crazy amount of soundtracks too.

BallsInTheShredder,

The fresh prince of Bel aire was my favorite as a kid

ThisIsNecessary,

The Prince of Egypt

rurutheguru,

A bit too biblical for my tastes, haha.

Adalast,

Ahem… “Prince Ali, fabulous he Ali Ababwa Genuflect, show some respect Down on one knee Now, try your best to stay calm Brush up your Sunday salaam Then come and meet his spectacular coterie Prince Ali, mighty is he Ali Ababwa Strong as ten regular men, definitely! He faced the galloping hordes A hundred bad guys with swords Who sent those goons to their lords Why, Prince Ali”

Lol, Aladin is technically a “Prince” movie. For that matter, The Lion King is as well. I’m sure I could think of more, but I’m tired and should have been subsumed by slumber hours ago.

morphballganon,

Kubo and the Two Strings

The Book of Life

cartography_cat,

I’ll add in a recommendation for Steven Universe, though it’s a show, not a movie. Interesting plot, great character development, no character-is-dumb tropes. Soundtrack is very cute, lots of original songs. It has a heavy focus on personal growth & relationships that is super refreshing for a kid’s show. It’s technically sci-fi, but of the flavor that feels very magic-y.

jpreston2005,

Treasure Planet is DELIGHTFUL

rurutheguru,

Very underrated film!

Smokeydope,
@Smokeydope@lemmy.world avatar

The princess bride is actually a pretty good kids movie for boys that might be up their alley

rurutheguru,

I came here to post this. It’s a brilliantly funny and fantastical film. Definitely focuses on the prince’s journey more than the princess’.

techognito,
@techognito@lemmy.world avatar

Not a movie, but there is a good anime series called Ranking of kings

I don’t have kids and don’t normally think if something is age appropriate. So you should probably read this before deciding if it’s ok for your child: www.imdb.com/title/tt13409432/parentalguide

sfcl33t,

This is far from a stupid question. I have a girl and a boy and it’s surprisingly difficult to find movies/books/ shows with positive male role models. A lot of times they are presented as evil or incompetent as well. I try to find more balanced things for them to watch together.

As far as Disney fare there are Lucca and Tangled. Lucca is meh but Tangled is really funny and the kids like it, and it arguably has two protagonists with one of them being male. Peter pan is fun but definitely not cool in different ways, especially to native Americans.

There’s a lot more than Disney though. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen might be a bit scary depending on their age but they both love it. As others mentioned The Dragon Prince is pretty great. If you haven’t yet, you should try The Sound of Music, you’d be surprised how much they get into it.

I’ll try to think of more examples but thanks for posting this, I think it’s an important conversation to have

can, (edited )

Luca was adorable

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PP_BOY_,
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

The Princess Bride seems like a decent fit

treetop,

But the prince is a sniveling snot weasel! Now, the Dread Pirate Roberts is a real kick-ass role model

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Would The Lion King (original animated) count? The main character is technically a prince.

Thavron,
@Thavron@lemmy.ca avatar

Not for long though. He got promoted after an unfortunate waterbuffalo incident.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

I don’t think it really counts until he has his ascension to the throne after having a cool fight in a rain storm with his uncle.

DragonTypeWyvern,

No, inheritance law is clear, they’re on a clear male-only primogeniture system with no election from the peers, Simba was king as soon as his father died, The King is Dead, Long Live the King and such.

Scar was just a pretender to the throne.

treetop,

But Simba voluntarily went into exile, de facto abdicating the throne to the next heir, which was Scar.

No pretending, Scar had a legitimate claim!

DragonTypeWyvern,

A fair point, if Simba had reached maturity, but as a child King, we must assume that Simba was in regency and decisions vis a vis abdication would have to be approved by the regent in good faith.

I do not know whether Mufasa had declared a regent to supercede the typical rules that would place Scar in the position, but I think even if you take his manipulations as regent approval we can assume that Scar’s behavior at the least was not in good faith and, IIRC, his assumption of the throne was based on the lie that Simba was dead, not that he abdicated.

whitelaw,

Isn’t Simba’s daughter, Kiara, in line to the throne?

DragonTypeWyvern,

Clearly the experience with Scar prompted some succession reform!

Etienne_Dahu,

Coming to America, the adult jokes flew right over my head when I was a kid but I really enjoyed the story.

rurutheguru,

Within the first 5 minutes of the film: visibly naked concubines serving the prince. concubine emerges from under the water“The royal penis is now clean”, implying she washed his royal jewels or sucked him off underwater.

Yeah, disagreeing on this one. Not suitable for kids AT ALL… I was 9 when I first saw it. None of the adult jokes or scenes flew over my head.

ElderWendigo,

The Road to El Dorado doesn’t have princes exactly and they’re not exactly on an honorable quest at first, but I think it still fits the bill in a weird way.

bionicjoey,

Atlantis also weirdly fits

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

I want to rationalize this. Mulan is a Disney princess because Disney princesses is a franchise, not that all Disney princesses are princesses. Atlantis was an animated Disney movie. I’ll allow it.

Big Hero 6?

RizzRustbolt,

I’ll rationalize even further.

Lilo & Stich is a princess movie where Stitch is the princess.

MisterFeeny,

Not a movie, rather a show, and also not complete yet, but The Dragon Prince on Netflix is pretty good. The titular prince is a dragon, but there are human princes as well, with one becoming a king actually pretty early on. And King Ezran absolutely tries to bring people together peacefully and with honorable intentions, though there is some action/fighting as well. Caveat, while it is a kids show, it might be thematically better for kids a bit older than 6, as some of the themes can be a bit dark for a kids show, but I'd just recommend you watch a couple eps yourself before showing it to the kiddo and decide for yourself if it's appropriate.

Also, someone else mentioned Avatar: The Last Airbender in this thread, which is also excellent, and if you happen to be familiar with that show, it has a lot of similiarities and it's some of the same writers and directors of that show.

Duchess,
@Duchess@yiffit.net avatar

god i love dragon prince, never talks down and handles some very big issues.

Xariphon,

Also isn't Callum voiced by the guy who was Sokka?

skullgiver,
@skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl avatar

Yes, and producer Aaron Ehasz was also a producer on the original Avatar. There are various references to ATLA throughout the show.

Xariphon,

Oh yes, my wife and I catch a bunch of those shout-outs.

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