movies that bring me back to my childhood
by aqua_angel121 | created - 12 Jun 2011 | updated - 24 Aug 2011 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Hocus Pocus (1993)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz
Votes: 155,988 | Gross: $44.34M
2. The Thirteenth Year (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday, Cody learns that his birthmother is a mermaid.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Chez Starbuck, Justin Jon Ross, Courtnee Draper, Brent Briscoe
Votes: 6,102
3. Johnny Tsunami (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 88 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brandon Baker, Mary Page Keller, Yuji Okumoto
Votes: 6,110
4. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An inquisitive teenager pries into suspected dodgy dealings on her space station home - and ends up being sent down to Earth.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Kirsten Storms, Raven-Symoné, Bob Bancroft, Stuart Pankin
Votes: 8,383
5. Rip Girls (2000 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A 13-year-old (Camilla Belle) learns to surf while visiting Hawai'i for the first time to see a plantation she inherited.
Director: Joyce Chopra | Stars: Camilla Belle, Dwier Brown, Stacie Hess, Brian Stark
Votes: 1,501
6. Magic Island (1995 Video)
PG | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A bored teenager receives a pirate adventure book from his nanny-housekeeper and is sucked into the magic story book after reading it.
Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Zachery Ty Bryan, Andrew Divoff, Edward Kerr, Lee Armstrong
Votes: 685
7. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995)
PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A giant egg is unearthed at a construction site and soon opened, releasing the terrible Ivan Ooze, who wreaks vengeance on Zordon for imprisoning him millennia ago. With Zordon dying and their powers lost, the Rangers head to a distant planet to find the mystic warrior Dulcea.
Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank
Votes: 30,004 | Gross: $38.19M
8. A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Little League player is sent back into medieval times where he is given the task of saving Camelot.
Director: Michael Gottlieb | Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik, Paloma Baeza
Votes: 6,796 | Gross: $13.41M
9. Casper (1995)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits.
Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle
Votes: 146,889 | Gross: $100.33M
10. Don't Look Under the Bed (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 100 min | Family, Fantasy, Horror
A teen enlists the help of an imaginary friend named Larry Houdini to deal with a prank-playing bogeyman, who's framing her for his dastardly deeds.
Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Erin Chambers, Ty Hodges, Robin Riker, Steve Valentine
Votes: 3,729
11. Madeline (1998)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Family
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer | Stars: Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones, Ben Daniels
Votes: 8,046 | Gross: $29.77M
12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
PG | 152 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris
Votes: 856,480 | Gross: $317.58M
13. Jumanji (1995)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades - and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde
Votes: 377,100 | Gross: $100.48M
14.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Tower of Terror
(1997)
Unrated | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.
Director: D.J. MacHale | Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Nia Peeples, Michael McShane, Amzie Strickland
Votes: 4,121
15. Escape to Witch Mountain (1995 TV Movie)
87 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A brother-sister duo possessing psychic powers are pursued by a millionaire who intends to use them for his gain.
Director: Peter Rader | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Elisabeth Moss, Erik von Detten, Sam Horrigan
Votes: 1,713
16. Smart House (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teenager wins a fully-automated dream house in a competition, but soon the computer controlling it begins to take over and everything gets out of control. Then teenage Ben must calm the computer named PAT.
Director: LeVar Burton | Stars: Katey Sagal, Ryan Merriman, Katie Volding, Kevin Kilner
Votes: 8,288
17. The Little Rascals (1994)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Alfalfa is wooing Darla and his "He-Man-Woman-Hating" friends attempt to sabotage the relationship.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, Kevin Jamal Woods
Votes: 56,226 | Gross: $52.13M
18. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland, Lane Smith, Heidi Kling
Votes: 71,847 | Gross: $50.75M
19.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
My Date with the President's Daughter
(1998)
TV-G | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teenager unwittingly falls for the American President's daughter, and the pair soon find themselves off on a wild adventure.
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Dabney Coleman, Will Friedle, Elisabeth Harnois, Mimi Kuzyk
Votes: 4,472
20.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
H-E Double Hockey Sticks
(1999)
TV-G | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Griffelkin, a young devil-in-training is sent to the surface of Earth to steal the soul of Dave, a hot shot pro-hockey player aspiring to be the youngest man to win the Stanley Cup.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Will Friedle, Matthew Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Shawn Pyfrom
Votes: 1,053
21. A Simple Wish (1997)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabby father lands a Broadway role.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Ruby Dee
Votes: 5,863 | Gross: $8.12M
22. Matilda (1996)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 174,718 | Gross: $33.08M
23.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Life-Size
(2000)
TV-G | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A widower's daughter accidentally brings her doll to life while trying to cast a spell to resurrect her mother.
Director: Mark Rosman | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Jere Burns, Anne Marie DeLuise, Garwin Sanford
Votes: 8,657
24. Tall Tale (1995)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young boy's imagination summons cowboy legend Pecos Bill, who helps him save the family farm from a greedy land-grabber. With the help of a lumberjack and a railroad worker, they all embark on a surprise-filled adventure.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Oliver Platt, Roger Aaron Brown, Nick Stahl
Votes: 4,268 | Gross: $8.25M
25. Wild America (1997)
PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three brothers who are obsessed with animals are given permission from their parents to travel around America with a camera documenting wildlife.
Director: William Dear | Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow, Frances Fisher
Votes: 8,022 | Gross: $7.32M
26. The Sandlot (1993)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.
Director: David Mickey Evans | Stars: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleur, Patrick Renna
Votes: 102,449 | Gross: $32.42M
27. Little Giants (1994)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Misfits form their own opposing team to an elite peewee football team, coached by the elite team coach's brother.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Shawna Waldron, Devon Sawa
Votes: 30,858 | Gross: $19.29M
28. Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family
A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.
Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich
Votes: 25,866 | Gross: $59.93M
29. The Parent Trap (1998)
PG | 128 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Elaine Hendrix
Votes: 154,937 | Gross: $66.31M
30. Passport to Paris (1999 Video)
G | 87 min | Family, Comedy
Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Peter White, Matt Winston
Votes: 5,953
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