{"id":5854,"date":"2016-05-31T15:32:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T15:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:39:07","slug":"10-of-the-best-90s-kids-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/31\/10-of-the-best-90s-kids-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"10 of the best kids movies from the 90s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being an adult is rubbish. All those responsibilities, all that work, all that pretending to know what you\u2019re talking about. Sometimes we just want to stick some Power Rangers pajamas on, eat too many biscuits and watch kids movies from the best decade ever &#8211; the 90s (argue in the comments) &#8211; all day.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is there\u2019s nothing to stop you doing just that, apart from the Power Rangers pajamas because they don\u2019t make them in a big enough size (we checked). Erm&#8230;anyway, here are 12 essential 90s movies for kids if you\u2019re planning a blast to the past.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wYbXWzef1RM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Space Jam <\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny form a basketball team to take on a group of B-Ball playing aliens who\u2019ve absorbed the skills of various beloved 90s NBA stars, while R Kelly hollers about believing he can fly in the background.<\/p>\n<p><i>Space Jam<\/i> is like someone had a really weird dream, wrote it down and made a movie &#8211; and that\u2019s probably why it\u2019s so great. It also has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warnerbros.com\/archive\/spacejam\/movie\/jam.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the most 90s website <i>ever<\/i><\/span><\/a>, which makes us love it a even more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CK2Btk6Ybm0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Home Alone <\/b><\/h3>\n<p>When left alone, most kids will watch too much television or eat a big bag of Maltesers in one go. Kevin McAllister, the star of <i>Home Alone<\/i>, cooks up various ways of inflicting horrific violence on a pair of burglars. Disturbingly, he\u2019s really good at it too.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, you\u2019ll struggle to find anything more entertaining than watching a man get hit in the head with a paint can. And don\u2019t worry about it being a \u201d\u02dcChristmas\u2019 film; Joe Pesci getting set on fire is funny all year round.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KYz2wyBy3kc\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Toy Story<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>What would happen if toys could come to life? According to <i>Toy Story<\/i>, a) they\u2019d get really jealous of each other, b) they\u2019re delusional and c) at least two or more of them are getting it on.<\/p>\n<p>We wouldn\u2019t have them any other way though. Through Buzz and Woody, we learnt that friendship can get you through anything, including believing you\u2019re a spaceman, being tortured by the next door neighbour and jumping into the back of a speeding truck.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and it was Pixar\u2019s first movie too. They\u2019ve done pretty well since&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PqxpC_jYncE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the 90s, Robin Williams was like everyone\u2019s favourite uncle, a reassuring presence that guaranteed laughs and some heart-warming life lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Take <i>Mrs. Doubtfire<\/i>, for example, which taught us that if you aren\u2019t allowed to do something, dress up like a kindly Scottish nanny and trick everyone into letting you do what you\u2019re not supposed to be doing.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the real message is about the importance of family although we were too busy laughing at Robin Williams setting fire to his fake boobs to reflect on that too much.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJKHQLM8AbM\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Jumanji<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Another lesson from Robin: don\u2019t play weird board games, because you might end up unleashing an unstoppable stampede of wild animals and a weird hunter bloke who wants to shoot you.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jumanji <\/i> is peak 90s family entertainment, with a completely ridiculous plot that you can\u2019t help getting wrapped up in. It also spawned a pretty awesome cartoon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kgh27gCgiQw\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Drop Dead Fred<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Rik Mayall is best known for inflicting serious injury to his good friend Adrian Edmonds but to many, he\u2019ll always be Fred, the imaginary friend who causes all sorts of trouble by gurning and generally being a bit antisocial (but in a good way).<\/p>\n<p>Watching it today, it\u2019s hard not to be slightly worried about main character Elizabeth\u2019s health, especially as her imaginary friend Fred seems to appear as a result of serious emotional trauma. But just ignore that and laugh at the fart jokes instead.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4sj1MT05lAA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Lion King<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>We could have filled this list with Disney animations to be honest, but that wouldn\u2019t be fair. So, we\u2019ve opted for <i>The Lion King<\/i>, which is equal parts hilarious and traumatic.<\/p>\n<p>Poor old Simba is forced to grow up when his father thrown under the hooves of a stampede by his evil uncle (important 90s lesson: stampedes are dangerous). Simba eventually meets a meerkat and a warthog who teach him to be super laid back&#8230;until he meets his evil uncle and promptly chucks him to a pack of hungry hyenas.<\/p>\n<p>Like we said: hilarious <i>and <\/i>traumatic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nbif0-fgCnU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Addams Family <\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Part comedy, part instruction manual for anyone who was planning to become a goth in the early 00s (see also: Marilyn Manson, Emily Strange and <i>The Crow<\/i>), <i>The Addams Family<\/i> tells the tale of a creepy but caring family and their weird disembodied hand servant.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Addams Family <\/i> also follows the much-missed 90s tradition of having a novelty rap track theme song, with none other than MC Hammer spitting bars on the legendary (read: slightly rubbish) <i>Addams Groove<\/i>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgjmFBX34zc\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Iron Giant<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>A lesser-loved 90s cartoon, <i>The Iron Giant <\/i> ditches the cheese for a big old helping of emotional trauma. A giant robot drops down from space and befriends a young boy, teaching him important life lessons about morality and friendship&#8230;until pesky government suits and the army decide ol\u2019 Iron Chops is a threat to national security.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s basically <i>E.T. <\/i>for a new generation, except no-one saw it and it only got the recognition it deserved years later when director Brad Bird made a little film called <i>The Incredibles.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVTw5LK1zsQ\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>Good Burger<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Nickelodeon heroes Kenan and Kel work at a rubbish burger joint threatened by a new swanky burger joint opening over the road. In true Kenan and Kel style, it takes a series of wacky schemes to save the day.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s more or less a long episode of <i>Kenan and Kel, <\/i>which is obviously a very good thing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Want to revisit your youth, or keep the kids entertained? 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