Nostalgic Movies From Our Childhoods That Are Actually Bad

Nostalgia: It ain’t what it used to be. You can’t just look back fondly on the things you loved as a child anymore. Now you got internet jerk stores like me telling you the things you loved as a kid were never so hot to begin with.

But they weren’t! Or at least, not everything you loved as a kid holds up to the harsh scrutiny of adult eyes. Some old movies are great. (By old I mean the 1980s and 1990s, because if you were born in the 1980s or 1990s, congratulations: You are now old.) Terminator 2: Judgment Day? Holds up! The Princess Bride? Holds up! Babe? Holds all the way up! That one might be even better than you remembered.

Those are a couple of the more notable exceptions, though. A lot of things we Olds of the ’80s and ’90s watched back in the day (on something called VHS tapes which we played on something called a VCR and then had to do something called rewind so we could then return them to something called a video store) have not stood the test of time. Like our saggy flesh and our receding hair lines and our once-youthful exuberance, the years have taken their toll.

The 15 movies below, for example, are all considered “classic” movies of their era. And when viewed through a big pair of nostalgia goggles, you might still enjoy them. Without that context, though ... they ain’t what they used to be.

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