10 Movies Only 90s Kids Will Know

[@TheAnakinchosen1]

"Don't let chinco jeans and rattails come back". Oh Greedo. They're already here

[@nicolegamble6243]

JNCO

[@lnsullivan422]

Mallrats was a big one. I specifically remember an argument in the film about Superman having a kryptonite condom.

[@-NateTheGreat]

Kevin Smith Classic and a nice Stan Lee cameo

[@kaladongstormguy]

As the youngest of 3 brothers, I always felt a real kindred spirit with TumTum. My older brother broke my wrist once while playing "3 Ninjas" Good times.

[@tonyilias2561]

I was born in 2001, but I still grew up with SO many 80s and 90s movies. I've seen Blank Check multiple times, and it's such a fun movie! Major Payne I also saw a while ago too. One of my favorites as a kid that's super underrated is The Pagemaster starring Macaulay Culkin.

[@coopeachu]

Despite being born in 2000, I still recognized 4 of these movies! Did anyone else realize that Ben Stiller’s character in heavyweights is identical to his character in dodgeball? That always felt weird to me.

[@SHINOBI-03]

Born in 1988, so that makes me a 90s kid as well. Now, 10 films from that era that no kid today knows that I grew up with excluding the ones from your list? - Dennis The Menace - Flubber - Problem Child - Free Willy - Small Soldiers - Ace Ventura - The Flintstones - The Parent Trap - The Big Green - AntZ

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

1989 same

[@YodaPagoda]

"Ernest Goes to Jail" was hilarious when I saw it in theatres, and when I saw it again on basic cable, it held up really well.

[@amanshukla6122]

I actually own the DVD of Blank Check. I remember having tons of fun watching it without realising I was watching Home Alone copy. There r so many other movies u could add to the list like Dunston Checks In, essentially any movie featuring Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, Jingle All The Way, Baby Geniuses,etc.

[@twiztid-n-torn]

This whole list....YES!!! I remember all these movies. I would have even added Coneheads or Surf Ninjas or Stop or my Mom will shoot. There just so many movies from the 90s that get ingrained into your mind that will be forgotten with time

[@cocoliwise]

Born in 85 🙌🏽. My list from the 90’s will includes some of yours listed, The Little Giants, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead, Drop Dead Fred, The Sandlot, Problem Child, Denis The Menace, Man of the House, Bingo, Dunston Checks In, Monkey Trouble, Getting Even With Dad, House Arrest, House Guest, Bill and Ted, Wayne’s World, First Kid, Kazaam, Beetlejuice, Richie Rich, The Mighty Ducks, A Kid in King Arthur’s Court etc... Oh the nostalgia! 🙃 Lol I watch tons on these with my kids. They love everything 90’s and can’t stomach most of todays movies and tv shows. 3 Ninjas was my movie back in the 90’s! Tum Tum was my favorite. 😂 My kids love them along with all of the movies listed.🫶🏽

[@DanielWattTrombone]

Yes 3 ninjas! “We should run! We should hide! We should kick their butts.”

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

No particular order, My 10 movies that seems under the radar, from the 90's are 1) Kindergarten Cop 2) The Phantom 3) Air Bud 4) Richie Rich 5) Jack 6) Mario Bros 7)Little Giants 8) Rookie of the year 9) Jingle all the way 10) Cool Runnings

[@georgeheilman885]

I've seen pretty much all of these, a couple in cinemas. Thank you for putting on Heavyweights, that's one I think about sometimes but had forgotten the name (and couldn't be bothered looking up). An honorable (?) mention: Bingo, a boy and his dog movie that is loaded with early 90's craziness, from a super intelligent dog to silly poop jokes, to even a restaurant that serves hot dogs made from actual dogs. Rated PG!

[@elemimusic]

My favs as a kid were Free Willy, Air Bud, Beethoven,Flipper, Gordy and Leave it to Beaver

[@Ayham4002]

I love how some of those have "A lot of laughs" and positive reviews on the poster and yet barely anyone from our generation remembers them

[@oldbrownshoe52]

Heavyweights, blank check and airheads are classics. Fond memories of the Ernest movies. Any Pauly shore movie could of been on here. Son in-law? I’ve seen all of these too. Saw someone else mention bushwhacked and paper brigade.

[@aydenjenkins8760]

I grew up in the 2000s. Movies I can think of are Battle for Terra, Cats and Dogs, Cats and Dogs Revenge of Kitty Galore, Monsters vs Aliens, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Astroboy, and the Tale of Despereaux. Lots of them are really mediocre animated films that I barely even remember. That and atrocious cgi filled action comedies. Very nostalgic looking these films up on the internet. Most of them have not aged well at all and will be forgotten with time.

[@starwave8228]

Krull . Flight of the Navigator. Batteries not included. M.A.S.K the movie And lots of made for TV movies like When the wind blows. The Snowman.

[@justinriley]

I was born in 1998 and I remember most of these movies.

[@ru1ck160]

Same here 😂

[@Ausanan]

I was born in 1999, so I grew up in the 00's. But I knew all of these movies except for 2 of them. These films are classics. I certainly hope they aren't forgotten.

[@herranton]

In the sequel to 3 ninjas (3 ninjas kick back) the 3 boys go to Japan. During the "montage" scene of them being culture shocked, the director wanted a modernish song to play, but it has to sound "Asian." They settled on a song call nan arayo (I know) by Seo Taiji. The keen eyed will realize this is actually a Korean song not a Japanese song, and despite the ignorant racism, it's actually pretty interesting that they chose that particular song. You see, that might just be one of the most important Kpop songs of all time. In the 80s, Korean music was dominated by a genre called trot. It was a very dated style of music, but the whole country was infatuated with it, except the young generation who were waiting for something new. And it was on the horizon. There were underground artists that were up and coming using Western music as a model. Groups like clon, honey family, deus, and others were having mild success however none were mainstream. On March 23rd, 1992 an event occured on south Korean television that is as important to Kpop as the Beatles on Ed Sullivan or Micheal Jackson on Motown 25 was to the west; Seo Taiji and boys performed nan arayo on the Saturday evening music show. The song was _heavily_ influenced by the new jack swing movement going on in the USA at the time and it had a choreographed dance to go along with it. Not only that, but the three boys performing were all "super cute." The judges hated it. The public however, had a much MUCH different take. Girls all over the country were clamoring to get the album and see the boys perform, and the radios couldn't get enough. In one fell swoop, Seo Taiji started a musical revolution. He had gotten so popular that by 1996, he had moved to the USA because he couldn't go anywhere in south korea without getting mobbed. Eventually and entire industry sprang up to replicate his success. First gen groups like H.O.T and FIN.K.L gave way to the second gen in the early 2000s and the music started to spread internationally with groups like snsd and shinee becoming know outside of Korea, getting huge in Japan, and even gaining some notoriety in the west. Then PSY came along (well actually he was really there since the begining, as he had been making korean rap music in the early 90s, just with little success, compared to what was about to happen). His release of Gangnam Style put Kpop squarely on the international scene. And since then, bts, blackpink and others have skyrocketed Kpop to a whole new level. But it all started with that one little dance on the Saturday night music show by Seo Taiji. A song that was released to the USA on a craptastic soundtrack to a movie it probably shouldn't have been in. So if you are a 90s kid, you've heard the beginning of Kpop. You just don't remember it. Go look it up. Search KZbin for "3 ninjas kick back nan arayo." And thanks for coming to my Ted talk...

[@thecollectordude9956]

Meteor Man, Blank Man, Suburban Commando. For some reason instead using existing superheroes they just made up their own. Or heroes that no kid even knew like the Phantom or The Rocketeer really strange now that I think about it. It wasn't until X-Men in 2000 that they finally kicked off the current superhero craze.

[@det.bullock4461]

Apart from the Schwarznegger one (which I never watched) I only remember Major Payne, only now I get that a few scenes were direct parodies of some war movies I saw since then.

[@Nick_Barone]

Bushwhacked, Good Burger, Carpool, Renascence Man, Drop Dead Fred, Down Periscope, House Arrest, Gunther and the Paper Brigade, and of course BRINK!

[@Guitarraeficaztutorialesytabs]

I have been looking for a movie for a long time I only remember the protagonist being a young teen with bowl hairstyle (rather a bit long, and brown, with a distinctive funny face) who takes revenge on his neighbourhood and he proceeds to scare an annoying small dog through the window with a monster mask, among other things.

[@IronElephantProductions]

The description for this video is pure gold ^

[@Mister_Matt_X]

Yup I’ve seen Major Payne a thousand times...

[@awkwardverse]

I like to imagine the movie Dodge Ball (2004) is a sequel to Heavyweights. Because Ben Stiller kinda plays the same exact character.

[@DeityLink69]

I was born in 1992 and i still remember all these movie's!

[@lustfuloption]

I like how you narrate, it's dope. Original

[@TheArbiterOfTruth]

I was born in 1991, so I just turned 30. I remember the mid to late 90’s vaguely since I was a child.

[@chrisferatu1793]

“Heavyweights” will live on forever

[@BobaBrickzYT]

I was born in 2003 and I remember watching "Heavyweights", "Blank Check", and the "Ernest" movies as a kid.

[@Qui-Jon_Ginn]

Bruh, Major is in a different league than all those other movies.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

5:50 he did this again in Dodgeball.

[@ciscodeer9094]

I was born in 1981 so yeah I remember those movies, but I have a list of 90's movies that most of us have or have not seen (some of these are video game movies) PG or PG-13 20.)Jumanji 19.)Small Soldiers 18.)Beethoven one and two 17.)Ace Ventura one and two 16.)Mortal Kombat one and two 15.)Any Batman from Returns to Forever 14.)The Lat Action Hero 13.)Street Fighter (one other JCVD movie was also PG-13) 12)Kindergarden Cop 11.)Problem Child one and two 10.)Dennis The Menace 9.)The Little Rascals 8.)Angels in the Outfield 7.)A Kid in King Arthur's Court 6.)Any James Bond Movies from the 90's 5.)Robot Jox 4.)Dunston Check in 3.)Home Alone one and two 2.)The Mighty Ducks Franchise 1.)The Quest I don't know how but I remember if not most then all of these movies, these movie were nostalgic but I can't help that i'm missing a couple oh yeah Super Mario brothers and Double Dragon, The Fifth Element, Hackers, Camp No Where, Sidekicks,Warriors of Virtue and last but certainly not the least the TMNT franchise ok i'm done sorry for the TLDR movie list.

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

I've talked with 2 of the child actors from that Little Rascals movie, Bug Hall and Kevin Jamal Woods.

[@ciscodeer9094]

@@JaredGriffiths2000 neat

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

@@ciscodeer9094 Yeah is neat isn't it.

[@stevehefferan56709]

wasn't blank check the movie that ends with a woman in her 30's falling in love with a ten-year-old boy

[@staplegenius]

My young adult daughter just bought the same (NEW! RETRO!) shoes my young adult then-girlfriend bought in 1996 when the style was new and funky and 90S!!! Anyway, I'll take my senior citizen discount now...

[@joshuavonkampen9493]

I HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHAT THE NAME OF THE PREGNANT MAN MOVIE WAS FOR LIKE 20 YEARS. My babysitter had it on the TV one night she was over with us and it has popped into my brain sporadically ever since.

[@johndelong7795]

Love that shirt man- I'm a huge Bad Brains fan so the reference really hits. I'm an 80's kid so a few movies that come to my mind are Spies Like Us, Iron Eagle, and Night of the Comet.

[@RedCometXIII]

Jesus I remember all these movies. Actually saw Operation Dumbo Drop in theatres back in the day.

[@MCLegoboy]

I don't know man, Heavyweights, Blank Check, and Operation Dumbo Drop are all on Disney+ just waiting to be discovered. I don't know if I'll actually pull the trigger and do it, but I gotta use that Disney+ subscription for more than just Star Wars and Marvel stuff, right?

[@KRIL89]

All the movies I thought were great in the 90s. Another video idea could the great 90s kids TV shows!

[@JaredGriffiths2000]

I was born in 2000 and I love Airheads. I've heard of most of the others but I haven't seen them.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

I think out of all of the ones you listed, HelloGreedo, I only saw AIRHEADS (1994)... and I saw it in the cinema! 📻 Indeed, they seem to all be of the era and of a certain mentality. All kids need stuff like this and indeed, each generation provides such.

[@TheKratos646]

90s me is so happy about this right now cuz man do I miss n love the 90s can't get it out of my mind I want to go back 🥲

[@claydal1723]

3 Ninjas and the sequel was one of those movies I know I watched a ton as a kid, but I have no idea what they were about.

[@raphaelmarquez9650]

Blank Check would be problematic in this day and age because of what happens in the end, as shown in Nostalgia Critic's review of the movie.

[@stephaniemack176]

Oh man, I was born in March of 1992 and I must admit that I didn't see a single one of these when I was a kid. I have never even heard of any of these with the exception of just 1 of them until now. My Aunt LOVES Junior, and me being an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, i bought the DVD and watched it with her. Not gonna lie, I actually enjoyed it!! My childhood was admittedly filled with Disney Animated movies and a whole lot of suff from the 80's that my mom loved and insisted on showing me that I ended up liking. Such as: The Neverending Story, The Lost Boys, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and of course the Original Star Wars Trilogy. Those are all great and well remembered for a reason though. These are 10 of the forgettable movies I saw during the 90's and 2000's that I can vaguely remember: #1: Good Burger #2: Max Keeble's Big Move #3: See Spot Run #4: Agent Cody Banks #5: The Spiderwick Chronicles #6: Planet 51 #7: Beverly Hills Chihuahua #8: The Master of Disguise #9: Snow Dogs #10: A Troll in Central Park

[@BobaBrickzYT]

"Airheads" sounds like a literally F-Grade version of Scorsese's "The King of Comedy". Guess "Joker" wasn't the only one to copy that movie.

[@soyuzdavillan721]

Wasn't Blank Check also called "Dunstan checks in" in other countries?

[@michaelmandatorylastname3671]

(01) Okay, this is a bit of a cheat, because I never actually saw the movie, but the VHS tape for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze" contained a trailer for a film that according to the ad was called "Step Kids" but is listed in IDMb as having the title "Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even". (02) There was a Fred Savage/Howie Mandel movie called "Little Monsters" (1989) which I'm pretty sure Pixar ripped off -- (ahem) -- sought inspiration from for "Monsters, Inc.". (03) A Fred Savage movie called "The Wizard" which was basically a Nintendo Commercial for "The Power Glove" and "Super Mario Bros. 3". (04) And then there's a forgotten film from 1987 called "Batteries Not Included".

[@TheKizly]

Nice Superman fig in the background.

[@TristanRiggles1234]

I was born in 04 and I’ve seen about half of these

[@jelio123456]

This is a great movie list! Must watch them now.

[@nicksk81227]

As a 2000 kid, the only one I heard once is Junior

[@adamriddiough4440]

Has anyone on here mentioned the movie Angels in the Outfield? I loved that movie!

[@krystal2157]

Born in 1985 here. Absolutely wonderful list!

[@Eric-ef5qm]

Same question for 80s kid: Little Monsters, Return to Oz, Russkies, Harry and the Hendersons, Legend, Benji the Hunted, Space Camp, Explorers, Teen Wolf, Batteries Not Included.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

My movies? All those Dark & Gritty Fairytale movies and the Shrek rip offs.

[@vicpalmen585]

I thought everyone forgot about 3 Ninjas

[@AndrewKapish]

I just knew my boy Heavyweights was gonna show up on this list!

[@ajzeg01]

I’ve never heard of any of these except 3 Ninjas, Ernest, Airheads, and Operation Dumbo Drop. So almost half of them.

[@-NateTheGreat]

I am going to recommend Night at the Roxbury

[@tiffneyjuneau6170]

These were the good ole days

[@DJ88Masterchief]

Holy crap, I totally forgot about In the Army Now! Loved that movie.

[@Darksmirk1]

Dude!! Thought for sure Surf Ninjas would’ve been on this list.

[@christianv7177]

Where do I get that R5-D4 Bad Brains shirt?!

[@vince1515]

Man, I wore my 3 Ninjas tape out

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

I've seen 3 ninjas like 1000 times.

[@dabatman5187]

Same

[@richieangel8150]

Three Ninjas holds up in a very fun way. The sequels, unwatchable. I'd add Surf Ninjas, First Kid, and Harland Williams in Rocket Man.

[@random_hero_88]

I saw Jnco jeans a few days ago. 😆

[@yayanayay]

omg i totally forgot about heavyweights 😭

[@MyArchive930]

Rattsils and Mullets are already big in the south.

[@Mark-gi8ep]

91 baby and I love all these. My nephews don't like them. I don't remember Dumbo drop though

[@Journeyman89]

How dare you forget Surf Ninjas

[@studbagl]

I was trying to remember the name of the movie 3 ninjas the other day! I loved it as a kid haha

[@dannyfriar5653]

Dude, I was born the same year as you and I don't remember most of these.

[@blaze556922]

You forgot Suburban Commando! :)

[@lexalford358]

I am a eighties kid. My children will never know about Miami vice.

[@xavierbullett7219]

Not gonna lie I would consider a couple of these in the category of "classic". I will go to the grave remembering that Rocky loves Emily

[@OG_G4m3r]

Rocky loves Emily! 😂

[@tecpaocelotl]

You're younger than me.

[@ashleygris]

Loved Major Payne. We watched it on the last day of school in my jrotc class

[@ericisabadbadman3978]

Please let jeans with pockets come back

[@chuckleberryflin]

Those little dudes are dangerous 😰

[@theguitarjohnshow]

I was born in 1979 so the 80s and 90s were Great

[@DominickRuocco]

Some of these movies are terrible but I still loved them growing up. I really miss the 90's and thanks for a walk down nostalgia lane.

[@bonesyjack8463]

sick bad brain shirt gredo... was a 90s kide only seen one of these movies but know more of me punk!!

[@cloudsombrero]

Okay but airheads is a classic

[@varrenkimbold]

what, no mention of Milk Money?

[@nope5657]

I watched all of these movies as a kid. Many times, lol. But Junior is the wooooorst.

[@soyuzdavillan721]

I was born in 1982 and I grew up during the 90s but I can tell you this ------> I truly *DESPISE* Pauly Shore. He's the same character in ALL of his stupid movies. He's truly annoying... you could say he's like a real life Jar Jar

[@LTMaverick27894]

Greedo, what are your favorite 90's video games? Even though I am a 2000's kid, my favorite 90's game would probably be Half-Life

[@jerrypocalypse1180]

Surf Ninjas for sure.

[@reflex6907]

2002 child here heavyweights was a classic

[@wiplocjr]

Tony is the best Disney Villain ever

[@JoeMama410]

Being just a few years older than you, my kids movies were forgettable 80s fare like Blue Yonder, the Apple Dumpling Gang, and the Ewok movies which I own on DVD.

[@tedmrunt]

Big Trouble in Little China

[@XxMandoManxX]

Encino Man And Blast from the Past