Bonus, its not anythingbad.
Grab your favorite stuffed animal.
Youre an adult, and you deserve one.
Its some of the most adult stuff ever dealt with in a kids movie.
But married adults watching this thing?
Yeah, we gotta go lie down for a while.
3count for the other two), and frankly, its getting weird.
The Iron Giantis an all-ages cult classic for its nostalgic art style and emotional richness.
Amazing how a single noun can devastate an audience, rumbled in Diesels methodically paced voice.
The fighting got louder after the 1978 animated film release and hasnever, ever stopped.
On the way, they make an enemy of the nightmarish General Woundwort.
As an adult, Fivers shivering terror of his own visions is equally upsetting.
Elegiac and almost alien in places,Watership Downis still worth the trauma.
The Lion King
Long live the king!
The Hitchcock zoom onto young Simba is hell on a kid, but as an adult?
Oh, that hurts our aching, aging bodies.
There is no live action remake.
Repeat it with us.
There is a crappy knock-off, and we do not acknowledge it.
Adults will have a moment of Wait, is thatKurt Russell?
as the adult voice of the hound, Copper.
Instead ofkilling each otherover them.
As an adult, and especially for us women, oh god, suddenly, wegetit.
Only to meet the last one in a bitter, heart-twisting irony.
And yet, this is the meeting Molly Grue has always deserved,becauseshe no longer needs it.
This unicorn ultimately needs her.
Its a movie we rewatch once a year.
And we cry, every single time.
The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMHhas a secret subtitle, did you know?
ItsEvery Nightmare of a Single Mother, Plus Spiders.
Its a joke, but not really.
Were not going to front, all that stuff is still spooky as an adult.
Why did Don Bluths team animatethat goddamn spiderlike that?
Its up there with that first jump scare Giant Frostbite Spider inSkyrimfor now thats just mean-spirited.
But poor Mrs. Brisbys entire existence is a hell we can empathize with as adults.
Everything is big and terrible, your child is sick, and youre on your own.
Two traumatized thumbs up.
An American Tail
Not ready to introduce your kids, much less yourself, toMaus?
Too little time in the day forFiddler on the Roof?
TryAn American Tail, instead, and grab your hankies.
Set in 1885, it was already no fun to be a Jew in Russia.
Less seriously, the movies anthem, Somewhere Out There, is a hassle all its own.
This song wasinescapablefor years after the films 1986 release.
Watching Seita and Setsukos aunt abuse these kids for faults beyond their understanding is hellish.
We want to know if we would be different in that hour of need.
We also know we never want to find out.
He also created one of thecutest unicorns in fantasy history, Unico.
Tezukas manga follows the lil guy as the gods deem him too happy to be allowed to live.
Were barely exaggerating; the gods arepissedthat Unicos special gift is to bring happiness to others.
Weunfortunately promise youthat the horrible floating orb that wails Toby from the shadows and the tortured stone villagers happened.
Kuruku is a childhood nightmare that will 100 percentscare the shit out of adult youtoo.
Websitedoesthedogdie.comshould have this sucker on its homepage banner, because Charlie sure as heck does.
It deserves to be remembered for more than that.
Littlefoots motheroh, yourememberprotects her child from a Tyrannosaur attack at the cost of her life.
But its not quick and easy.
Do you want any ice cream?
Maybe a nap, after that?
Were going, right after we text our therapist.
Toy Story 3is a relentless meditation on loss, taking whatCharlottes Weboffered and adding the melancholy of growing up.
Yeah, the cop-killing, ear-cutting one.
We said what we said.
Psst: They dont.
Go hug Mr. Waffles.
He still loves you.
Even though Lotso would kill you in your sleep.
