Friday movie night as a kid wasn’t all Disney and Ferngully, there are plenty of kids flicks you might have loved when you were nine that just haven’t gotten their throwback due (and a few others you now, with the wisdom of age, realize you should have skipped in the first place).
1. We’re Back: A Dinosaur Story
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You’ve blocked it out for good reason-the end is genuinely terrifying. But Julia Child does some of the voice acting, so.
2. Dennis the Menace
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Between this movie and The Rugrats, the ’90s were a time for raising the worst babysitters.
3. Man of the House
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Best left forgotten, this horrifying tone-deaf experiment in cultural appropriation imagines a kind of boy scouts troop of white suburban kids dressing up as Native Americans while their dads make racist jokes.
4. First Kid
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The dated technology and specter of the evil chatrooms are worth the re-watch (if Sinbad wasn’t enough to convince you).
5. Kazaam
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Why yes the is Weevil from Veronica Mars and the dude from the Goldbond commercials.
6. Cats Don’t Dance
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The music in this one is really solid. Seriously, this would make a pretty good karaoke song.
7. Leave it to Beaver
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Or maybe you were just distracted because it starred your middle school crush.
8. Mighty Joe Young
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An obviously pre-Oscar role for Charlize Theron.
9. Quest for Camelot
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Rocking some serious Black Cauldron vibes, you might have seen a poster for it in a season two episode of Buffy.
10. A Simple Wish
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Yes, the cutest kid of ’90s film did have a post-Matilda film.
Throwback Thursday: 10 Kids Movies You Forgot About
