Best 90s Movies to Revisit With Your Kids

Take a trip down memory lane on your next family movie night with this list of the best 90s movies for kids.

We all know that sharing childhood favorites with our children can be hit or miss, no matter how popular they were back in the day! So we're asking parents to weigh in on the classic movies that today's kids still enjoy.

These funny, iconic, and totally fly favorites are worth revisiting now. What do you think are the best family movies of the 90s?


 

    Men in Black (1997)

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    Shila said:  In this film, an uncover government agency exists to manage the secret society of aliens on Earth! A pair of top agents, dressed in black of course, uncover a deadly plot to cause intergalactic chaos. When this movie came out in the 90's, it was considered creative and unique. Its theme song was super catchy, too.

    Jurassic Park (1993)

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    Shila said:  The original Jurassic Park is a classic though its sequels turned into quite the movie franchise, too. The first film introduced the audience to genetically engineering real life dinosaurs back from extinction and housing them on a remote island for exhibition. These terrifying dinosaurs also bring non-stop suspense to movie night.

    Matilda (1996)

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    Kelly R. said:  Young Matilda must overcome her neglectful family and cruel principal to stand up for herself and what is right. Having special superpowers doesn't hurt. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are memorable as Matilda's ridiculous parents. This is an adaptation of the Roald Dahl book, which my kids also enjoyed.

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    Mission: Impossible (1996)

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    Alexandra F. said:  This iconic Tom Cruise action thriller was a huge hit when we watched it for family movie night with our 12 & 15-year-olds, and we soon made our way through all of the sequels. (The second was the only one that fell flat, the rest were all winners.) The action can be pretty intense, with explosions, knife fights, gunfire and the like, but the camera usually cuts away before the violence gets graphic, and the stunts are incredible. It'd be worth previewing with your kid in mind, but it's an awesome action movie for tweens and teens that parents will enjoy watching just as much.

    Fly Away Home (1996)

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    The Mighty Ducks (1992)

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    Kelly R. said:  The Mighty Ducks is one of the few 90s movies for kids that has made it into our family movie night rotation more than once over the years. As a community service assignment, a lawyer has to coach a rough-around-the-edges bunch of kids on a pee wee hockey team.

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