From featuring weirdly sexual, even predatory scenes to just plain horrible effects, dated or immature jokes and awkward acting, not every film we watched during our childhood is as good as would like to remember.
Based on more than 12,000 votes on films pulled from a Reddit thread asking, “What’s a movie you loved as a child that you now consider to be cringe worthy?” Ranker compiled the top movies we watched when we were younger that make us wince when we think about them — or at least certain scenes — today.
Sure, movies such as 1994’s Blank Check, 1984’s Sixteen Candles and 2007’s Bee Movie were some of our favorite flicks growing up, but it’s clear they haven’t aged so well.
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According to Ranker voters, these are the top 11 movies we loved when we were kids that totally make us cringe with secondhand embarrassment today.
- Blank Check — Creepy for its blatant predatory vibes and that age gap
- Howard the Duck — Remembered for its bizarre acting and plain weird interspecies sex scene
- Sixteen Candles — Problematic in retrospect for the implied non-consensual assault
- Bee Movie — A human lady cheats on her boyfriend with a literal bee…
- The Master of Disguise — Fun as a kid, but just an atrocious film when watched as an adult
- The Cat in the Hat — You’d be surprised how raunchy and kid-unfriendly this eyesore of a movie is
- Mars Needs Moms — Uncanny valley central
- The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl — George Lopez is terrifying nightmare fuel
- Catwoman — It’s very early 2000s
- Dungeons & Dragons — A camp classic with spotty acting and cheesy special effects
- Batman & Robin — The Batsuit has nipples
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We can’t say why we liked these shows, but we can certainly say why we can’t watch them now.
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