Check out these 30 movies where viewers discovered that the adults were, in fact, always right.
1. Lilo and Stitch
“My opinion of Nani changed entirely. I think it helps when you realize that she’s literally a teenager(18) trying to prevent CPS from taking away the only family she has left while working and trying to be a mother to a little sister who is a social outcast”.
2. Dirty Dancing
“The dad was completely justified in not wanting his teenaged daughter to fraternize with a creepy adult male camp dance teacher”.
3. 10 Things I Hate About You
“When the dad says ‘you’re 18, you don’t know what you want. And you won’t know what you want ’til you’re 45, and even if you get it, you’ll be too old to use it'”.
4. Mean Girls
“The principal and teacher in Mean Girls. They were just trying to do their damn jobs”.
5. Winnie The Pooh
“Rabbit was never against playtime….but can you just not do it in his house or garden you little helions”.
6. Suite Life
“Mr Mosby from Suite Life. Dudes got it rough, he’s just trying to run a hotel but these kids are hell bent on sabotaging everything, and to make matters worse they live there so it’s daily occurrence”.
7. The Little Mermaid
“You’re 16. You’re not completely changing yourself for a boy you just met”.
8. The Simpsons
“Rewatching The Simpsons and realized I no longer relate to Bart. I’m a Homer now”.
9. A Goofy Movie
“Just rewatched A Goofy Movie as an adult. Goofy just wanted to spend time with his kid. That was the whole conflict. Just go fishing with your dad, Max. You and Roxanne are breaking up before the sequel anyway”.
10. Rugrats
“The parents were so young and just doing their best. I like it was a group of neighbors that were best friends too. I get really stressed out on their behalf now”.
11. Dennis The Menace
“Mr. Wilson in Dennis the Menace. Seriously, screw that little miscreant and his parents that turn a blind eye to his shenanigans”.
12. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
“Gene Wilder in original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I don’t necessarily identify with him, but from the beginning, I knew he was the good guy. Essentially he was a wrathful angel, smiting the wicked and rewarding the good”.
13. The Lion King
“Oh, I thought Zazu was just an old fun-killer. What do you mean, Simba can’t be king? Why would you prevent the kids from going where they want? As an adult and father, I’m 100% Team Zazu”.
14. That ’70s Show
“Not a movie, but That 70s Show and Red Forman. The older I get, the more I realize that teenagers are annoying”.
15. Malcolm in the Middle
“Not a movie but Malcolm in the Middle. I used to think Lois was a horrible mother who overreacted about everything. Now that I’m older, I can see she is just an overworked working class mother with 5 terribly behaved boys”.
16. Mrs. Doubtfire
“Miranda came home from work only to find her deadbeat husband hosting a party with wild animals in her home. During the divorce, he claimed he was unemployable. Then he dressed up like a woman with professional makeup/costume etc. and watched their kids secretly and tried to kill her new boyfriend”.
17. King of the Hill
“Not a movie, but Hank from King of the Hill. I find myself saying “that’s asinine” more and more with each passing year”.
18. Top Gun
“Not specifically a teen movie, but I watched it as a teen. Top Gun. Maverick can’t follow rules and gets his best friend killed, yet Iceman is the ‘villain’ for not getting up to hijinx and having an alive co-pilot.”
19. The Office
“When I was younger, I rooted for Jim’s shenanigans in The Office. The older I get, the more I relate to Stanley and how he just wants to bide his time until retirement”.
20. Juno
“The movie Juno. Jennifer Garner’s character is at first portrayed as a ‘square’, then you realize she’s a mature adult and her husband is a man-baby”.
21. Harry Potter
“I used to think of Hermione as my role model. Now that I’m working as a school counselor, my role model is McGonagall”.
22. Ice Princess
“The mom in Ice Princess. So you have a daughter who has a talent for and seems to like physics and has a shot of getting into Harvard. This girl throws it away for ice skating where she has only been competing for less than a year, where if she gets injured she’s done and when she reaches 30 she’s pretty much done”.
23. Twilight
“Poor Charlie Swan. Dude was trying so hard to connect with his daughter after years apart. At some point, he must’ve realized she was only sticking around in Forks because of some guy, and not because she wanted to be there with her dad”.
24. Daria
“I watch it now, and Jake Morgendorffer is who I identify best with. He’s supposed to seem silly and crazy and out of touch, but now I just see a guy who worries so much about providing for his family, dealing with insecurity about his masculinity, and trying to relate to his daughters any way he can in spite of being completely baffled by them”.
25. American Pie
“As a new father, I hope to be like Jim’s dad when my little one is a teenager. Caring, loving, and a complete embarrassment to them.”
26. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
“I haven’t watched the movies, but I assume that the movies are similar enough. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, bro, your mom just wants to stop being a housewife and have a job, and you complain that she isn’t in the house anymore to be your slave. Did you ever thank her for anything, Gregory?”.
27. The Wonder Years
“Sadly, The Wonder Years. I always couldn’t believe the dad was real, with his poor attitude from work. Now, I understand”.
28. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
“Not a movie but the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s a great show, but as a teenager, I thought the mother was just so annoying because Buffy had to save the world. but now I’m like, her 16-year-old daughter is leaving at all hours of the night and telling her that she has important things to do? Yeah, no. You’re staying home and also probably going to a psychologist”.
29. Squidward
“Not a movie, but Squidward do be making some good points. If I saw two idiots giggling in a cardboard box outside my house, I’d call the police”.
30. The Breakfast Club
“Principal had to waste his Saturday so those idiots could hook up and make the nerd kid do their homework. I hated Bender”.
