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Top 10 Underrated Kids Movies


smells terrible it’s the life Spock
forms all stinks
so things stinks sometimes a kid wants
something other than Harry Potter or a
Disney Princess welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top ten
underrated kids movies for this list
we’re focusing on high quality
children’s films live-action or animated
that deserve a wider audience if you’re
more interested in weird factor be sure
to check out our list of the top 10
creepy kids movies
number ten the last starfighter okay
let’s go video game addicts haven’t
lived until they’ve seen the last
starfighter one of cinema’s first CGI
heavy films it’s an exciting adventure
tale about a teenager who discovers that
his favorite game is really real I just
love surprises don’t you and he’s
desperately needed to win the real space
war that’s going on it’s a fun film made
more so by Robert Preston doing his
patented conman bit this time as a space
alien hey it works
in our money number nine an American
tale about ghosts cash one of the first
films to successfully challenge Disney’s
dominance of feature-length animation an
American tale scored with audiences in
1986 but has since fallen by the wayside
a variant of it that’s a shame it’s a
funny but touching tale of Russian mice
immigrating to America to escape the
pogroms American tale scores for its
story it’s beautiful Don Bluth animation
its Jewish American themes and it’s
excellent voice cast that includes
Madeline Kahn Christopher Plummer and
Dom DeLuise I’m a vegetarian that’s
right
Oh a little fish now and then but what I
really like is some nice Shh broccoli
whoa number eight the Prince of Egypt I
knew you cared about our freedom area
freesias before would I care about that
Moses rules in the Prince of Egypt an
adaptation of much of the biblical book
of Exodus produced by DreamWorks
Animation the artwork is suitably
beautiful especially the backgrounds
thanks to we all gone
or is it thanks to you it also features
a knockout array of talent in the voice
department from the Moses of Val Kilmer
to ray Fiennes Sandra Bullock Michelle
Pfeiffer Martin Short Steve Martin and
Helen Mirren shall do my wonders
number seven chicken run what is that
chicken doing outside the fence Peter
Lord and Nick parks riotous chicken run
is a stop-motion animation treasure –
get out of here a bunch of hens destined
for the chopping block put their faith
in a big talking blowhard of a rooster
and pay for it almost let me get this
straight you want to get every chicken
in this place out of here at the same
time of course you’re certifiable you
can’t pull off a stunt like that that’s
suicide Mel Gibson voices the rooster
but it’s Miranda Richardson’s vile
villainous that steals the show this
take Tweedy’s farm out of the Dark Ages
and into full-scale automatic production
chicken run teaches several important
lessons but it does so without being
preachy carry out chocks away keep over
you old fool they just want to count us
ha ha
how dare you talk back look senior
ranking all the time number six flight
of the navigator oh where have you been
young man come on a young boy is
abducted by aliens and returned to earth
with his head filled with alien
technological knowledge oh and eight
years have passed hey can you take a
look at this
where did this come from from the mind
of a 12 year old boy but he hasn’t aged
a bit you just know the government is
gonna want to get their hands on him
especially after an alien spaceship is
discovered flight of the navigator is
tremendous fun exactly the kind of
adventure every twelve-year-old boy
dreams about
number five the secret of NIMH why have
you come please forgive me for
disturbing you but my son’s life is in
great danger when her child falls ill
mrs. Brisby a field mouse seeks out the
help of a group of odd rats whose
intelligence was boosted as part of a
scientific experiment the owl said
they’re good and smart mrs. Brisby and
the rats team up despite the efforts of
a greedy and disgruntled rat to foil
their efforts the secret of NIMH
combines traditional Disney style
animation with a more contemporary
storyline to create a dramatic unique
cartoon experience
number four Fern Gully the last
rainforest that’s breeding human beings
will always win
the destruction office wetness jungle a
strong environmental message permeates
Fern Gully Lumberjacks in the forest are
confronted both by fairies eager to save
the trees and the evil spirit hexxus who
desires environmental destruction humans
what wonderful creatures so clever chew
up food good triumphs in the end with
the humans learning a valuable lesson
guys things have got to change Fern
Gully may have its preachy moments but
it’s also an exciting adventure story
with some genuinely heartfelt moments
and a star-studded cast that includes
Christian Slater Robin Williams Cheech
and Chong and Tim Curry at his
villainous best should have spread love
Louise
number three the Iron Giant in the 1950s
a lonely boy named Hogarth stumbles
across a giant injured robot agile
opulence pants probably been sent by
foreign and its take over the country we
should bomb it to smithereens before a
difference created by aliens with the
purpose of causing destruction the iron
giant’s memory has been wiped out from
Hogarth the robot learns about love
kindness and self-sacrifice critically
acclaimed The Iron Giant is one of the
most moving of modern children’s movies
and the emotional punch it packs is
matched by the joys and thrills it
provides number two The Brave Little
Toaster I was designed to stick in a
wall I like me and snack in this stupid
wall a movie about household appliances
seriously but The Brave Little Toaster
is just that and it’s an amazingly good
movie as well the toaster and his
friends set out on a Dangerfield journey
to find their owner and almost end up
consigned to the scrap heap but going
out to find him The Brave Little Toaster
has quirky songs a unique set of
characters a witty and entertaining
screenplay and pitch perfect direction
what more do you need
it’s him what where why look it is him
maybe still
yeah before we reveal our top pick here
are a few honorable mentions have you
met them at all the tall Paul oh you
must mean I just know your light I’m
charming people cause I haven’t got two
pennies to rub together with it that’s
because they’re poor so which way you
take it yeah suicide trail through
nightmare Canyon or the shortcut at
Satan’s Ridge suicide trail good choice
i christen thee the Thunder Road the
Thunder Road
I’ll do the shame of the panda bear who
fears the water no wonder we all shunt
but our fellow bear woe is us is what he
said
and a pathetic riddle number one the
road to El Dorado what are we waiting
for the road to El Dorado boasts an
engaging Elton John Tim Rice score but
it’d be a treat even without it
loosely inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s
the man who would be king I know your
dice are loaded it tells of 2 con men
who stumble upon the legendary city of
El Dorado o city of God Kevin Kline and
Kenneth Branagh are a wild comedic duo
as the criminal couple and the script
provides an abundance of laughs the
trail kind of a modern version of the
classic Bing Crosby Bob Hope Road films
the road to El Dorado is pure fun listen
all we have to do is keep playing the
one against the other you know do a
little God dance chant some mystic mumbo
jumbo dazzling with some smoke and
mirrors and then get the hell back to
Spain do you agree with our choices what
other neglected masterpieces should
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best of luck and a fond farewell yeah
you’re all a bunch of junk
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