I call it ‘nostalgia’ and my kids call it ‘old people movies’. Regardless, we all love watching them.
These were the times of beanie babies, dial up internet, furbies, trolls, and Super Nintendo.
I have created a 90’s movie list by age group. It is your comfort level what you let your children watch. I would let my 9 and 11 year old watch every movie on this list, but not everyone is comfortable with foul language and sexual discussion.
I hope you enjoy these movies!
A Goofy Movie (1995)
Plot Summary
When a prank at school gets Max in trouble, Goofy decides that what Max needs is some quality time with his father. So he takes him on a fishing trip, not knowing that Max will have to miss his first date with his adored Roxanne, and that in order to get out of the date, Max has lied to Roxanne, telling her his father is taking him to a rock concert. It takes a while (and a run-in with Bigfoot) for Goofy and Max to start talking to each other instead of at each other. But they ultimately strengthen their connection and find a satisfying resolution.
Rating: G
The Rugrats Movie (1998)
Plot Summary
THE RUGRATS MOVIE takes its toddler heroes through two adventures — getting lost in the woods and having to share parents with a new baby. Frustrated that his new baby brother is getting all the attention, Tommy Pickles devises a scheme to return the infant to the hospital. But things go awry, and Tommy and the rest of the gang find themselves lost in the woods. Will they make it back to the safety of home?
Rating: G
It Takes Two (1995)
Plot Summary
In IT TAKES TWO, twins Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen play strangers who just happen to look alike and share a penchant for match-making. Amanda Lemmon (Mary-Kate) is a tough cookie — an orphan who fears being adopted by a family she’s never met instead of by the woman who loves her like her own daughter, orphanage director Diane Barrows (Kirstie Alley). Her counterpart, Alyssa Callaway (Ashley), lives in the lap of luxury with her billionaire father ( Steve Guttenberg) but sees that her father’s new fiancee is up to no good. The girls meet at summer camp and hatch a plan to bring Diane and Roger Callaway together, experiencing life on the other side of the grass in the process.
Rating: G
Homeward Bound (1993)
Plot Summary
A fun-loving American bulldog pup, a hilarious Himalayan cat, and a wise old golden retriever embark on a long trek through the rugged wilderness of the Sierra Nevada mountains in a quest to reach home and their beloved owners.
Rating: G
The Iron Giant (1999)
Plot Summary
This is the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that came from outer space. Meanwhile, a paranoid U.S. Government agent named Kent Mansley arrives in town, determined to destroy the giant at all costs. It’s up to Hogarth to protect him by keeping him at Dean McCoppin’s place in the junkyard.
Rating: G
A Little Princess (1995)
Plot Summary
When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara’s creativity and sense of self-worth. Sara’s belief that “every girl’s a princess” is tested to the limit, however, when word comes that her father was killed in action and his estate has been seized by the British government.
Rating: G
The Page Master (1994)
Plot Summary
A cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.
Rating: G
The Parent Trap (1998)
Plot Summary
Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.
Rating: G
Life With Mikey (1993)
Plot Summary
A once-popular actor who now runs a talent agency specializing in child acts is trying to discover the next star. He gets more than he bargained for when he recruits a child pickpocket.
Rating: G
Curly Sue (1991)
Plot Summary
A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.
Rating: PG
Babysitters Club (1995)
Plot Summary
When Kristy Thomas, president of The Baby-Sitters Club, has a brilliant idea to run a summer day camp, the girls all agree it’s the perfect way to spend their summer together. But life gets complicated as budding romance, family problems, and three rival teen girls conspire to ruin the club, all putting the friendships between the members to the test.
Rating: PG
Space Jam (1996)
Plot Summary
Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to him, whether Bugs Bunny and Co. want to go or not. Well armed for their size, Bugs Bunny is forced to trick them into agreeing to a competition to determine their freedom. Taking advantage of their puny and stubby legged foes, the gang selects basketball for the surest chance of winning. However, the Nerdlucks turn the tables and steal the talents of leading professional basketball stars to become massive basketball bruisers known as the Monstars. In desperation, Bugs Bunny calls on the aid of Michael Jordan, the Babe Ruth of basketball, to help them have a chance at winning their freedom.
Rating: PG
Camp Nowhere (1994)
Plot Summary
A group of junior high kids don’t want to go to summer camps chosen by their parents. They make their own adult-free camp and “hire” an ex drama teacher to help.
Rating: PG
Heavyweights (1995)
Plot Summary
Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.
Rating: PG
Wish Upon A Star (1996)
Plot Summary
A younger sister wishes to switch places with her popular older sister and the two bickering siblings awaken to find the wish has come true.
Rating: PG
Now And Then (1995)
Plot Summary
Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.
Rating: PG-13
Taking Care Of Business (1990)
Plot Summary
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Rating: R
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998)
Plot Summary
It’s high school graduation and, like all seniors, they want to party. So, 500 high school seniors look forward to a party while, in the meantime, a boy wants to get a girl he’s loved for years who just broke up with her boyfriend, and one head-case who wants revenge on a lifelong bully.
Rating: PG-13
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Plot Summary
A pretty, popular teenager can’t go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.
Rating: PG-13
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (1991)
Plot Summary
Five siblings are left alone all summer when their mom leaves town and the evil babysitter bites the dust.
Rating: PG-13
Indian Summer (1993)
Plot Summary
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp’s owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.
Rating: PG-13
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Plot Summary
A newspaper reporter enrolls in high school as part of research for a story.
Rating: PG-13
