Surprisingly Dark Kids Movies, According to Reddit

“Nani is 19 years old, taking care of her little sister who has behavioral issues, while being investigated by the CPS, on top of working and trying to afford an entire house! —cowboyfairy

“Attempted suicide, lots of unseen collateral damage and possible civilian deaths, and the systematic killing of superheroes.” https://www.buzzfeed.com/shylawatson/—mc_squared_03

“Alone at home is about two adults trying to murder a child.” –maksmadonov

“The NIMH Secret definitely haunted me when I was a kid. The animation was so dark including the whole history of the animal experiment center. Timothy [almost] die and the rats fight to get the nest out of the mud at the end! So many things! It spoke to me on so many levels, though.” –Rexygirl20

“This movie taught a generation about the dangers of trusting strangers, and that looks can often be incredibly deceiving. Monsters don’t look like monsters at first. They look like the complete opposite.” —Reddit user

“I had horrible memories of many scenes over the years: the creepy radiator who got so mad he killed himself, the moment they nearly fell off a cliff, the Dr. Frankenstein, the huge electromagnet looming over the sad cars waiting to be crushed to death, and the toaster and his friends…” —Kagaku Ko

“I always said All dogs go to heaven is a mafia movie in disguise.” —shug_paladin

“The stepmother wants to murder a 14-year-old girl because she’s prettier than her. The 14-year-old girl finds a random house in the woods and decides to clean it up. She lives as a servant to seven men in exchange for a place to stay. A random prince finds a dead body in the woods and decides to kiss it. —Mystery Lobster1

“Waternoose was willing to kidnap children just to keep his business afloat. Instead of investing in alternative energy, he decides to go out and harm another world. –XxsquirrelsX

“The twist in Monsters Inc.. it’s that society is the monster.” –animated_astronaut

“It shows how people hate others just because of the way they are – religion, appearance, race, culture, poverty. It has a good lesson that we should love everyone, no matter .” —JaCrispyMcNuggets

“Yes zootopia was a movie with humans instead of animals, it would feel MUCH darker and probably inappropriate for children because of the characters literally going mad, and also the race war.” —PoekiepoesPudding

“Glinda the Good Witch used Dorothy and her friends to kill the Wicked Witch of the West so she could gain power. She might be a good witch but still. Wow.” —leatherwolf89

“Tommy nearly murdered his little brother by covering him in mashed bananas and feeding him hungry monkeys because he’s crying. It’s black as shit.” —First-Fantasy

“The fact that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a children’s movie always baffles me. There’s a scene with a creepy older man running around town kidnapping kids because kids were suddenly illegal. He lured them with candy.” —merlin1707

“A dark movie? Maybe the one about the family where the serial killer killed the mother and all but one of the children. And the one who stayed remained disabled until he was abducted, and his father has to find him with only the help of a woman with an intellectual disability? —rainbow1044

“Elsa and Anna discover that their direct paternal ancestors took advantage of an entire race of people for their own selfish gain. Kristoff struggles to love someone who is emotionally unavailable due to current traumas. Anna loses the last living member of his family and yet is forced to carry on and reverse his family’s tragic legacy, risking his own life to do so.Olaf is stuck in a childlike position in the face of the stress that the adults around him feel and try to understand it, all through a veil of innocence.dawndollygolden

“When you realize one of your favorite movies is about an orphan brutally hunted by his unlikely friend.” —lovasaurus

“The prince is trying to start a war with another country and has planned to kill Buttercup to start it… They leave him alive in the end. Do you think he will rethink these evil plots just because his mate of torture is dead? He is always going to be king and one would assume he will find a new unfortunate woman to murder.” —ThePrincessInsomniac

“It’s pretty dark. I read somewhere that he might have narcissistic personality disorder. For example, he wears clothes that stand out so he’s always the center of attention. He dismisses questions when they’re asked because he can’t stand criticism. He put all those kids in harm’s way without a care in the world. There are a lot more examples. It’s weird when you look at it. put away these children’s stories because we realize that it goes much further.dahzzr1404