No matter how old you are, there are certain things that will always stay with you. For example; all of those movies that were supposed to simply provide mindless entertainment, and instead make you question your existence 10+ years later. Whether they set unrealistic expectations for you as a child, or simply still give you "the feels" after all of this time, one thing's for sure; these movies still infuriate you in the best way possible, and they always will.
1. Anastasia (1997)
Ugh, Anastasia -- the movie that had me convinced I was a princess, and just didn't know it yet. This whole movie was just so well done. Poor, lonely girl who finds out she's a princess? Check. Perfect romance to end all romances? Check. Incredibly catchy songs that I still am obsessed with singing today? Check. Seriously, this movie had everything you could possibly want in a movie, and more. Also, it made me want to be a red head in the worst way possible.
2. Peter Pan (2003)
Don't even get me started on this movie. I cannot begin to explain the way I feel about it. First of all, Peter was ridiculously good-looking for a pre-teen of some sorts (and he's aged like a fine wine, let me tell you). Second, what kid doesn't want to grow up? Well, every kid until they saw this movie, including myself. Yet, here I am all these years later and I'm an old fart. Do you know how disappointing it was to find out Neverland didn't exist? Then, of course, there was the romance between Peter and Wendy. For the love of God, someone explain to me why she didn't stay with him. Wendy, you ungrateful wench. You could have had it all!
3. Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Before you knew Rory from "Gilmore Girls", it was Winnie from "Tuck Everlasting " This movie about a (seriously attractive) seventeen-year-old boy and his family who can live forever still makes me ugly cry. Honestly, for a child's Disney movie, this film was just way too deep. Like "Peter Pan," I blame it on so many levels for making me resent growing up. Do I continue to watch it on the reg today, though? You bet I do. I will never stop screaming at the TV at Winnie for giving up Jesse Tuck. You stupid girl!
4. High School Musical (2006)
I'm not going to pretend that I still don't watch this little piece of Disney gold. I do, and I hate myself for it. When it comes to movies that set me up only to watch me fall, HSM takes the cakes. This movie came out when I was in sixth grade, and I trusted it. I truly believed that when I went to high school, life would be like Gabriella Montez's -- karaoke parties with cute boys, singing in the cafeteria at the top of my lungs, (and the real winner) getting to do whatever you possibly want to do without worrying about them conflicting with one another. That was the biggest lie of them all. Do you realize how busy you are in high school? In real life, Troy would have gotten his a** whooped by his coach/Dad for ditching all of those practices. And why the heck did all of these teenagers look like grown adults?! I can't even tell you how angry I was at the universe for not letting me look like Sharpay Evans when I was fifteen.
5. Annie (1982)
Fun fact -- when I was little, I told my parents that I wished I was an orphan. Why? So I could be like Annie. Honestly, what kid wouldn't after watching this movie? Growing up, I realized that the vast majority of orphans did not lead a life like Annie did. That didn't stop me from wanting to be like her, though. This kid really lucked out. Daddy Warbucks, anyone? Seriously, she went from having nothing to everything in a hot second! And look at those curls. Who wouldn't want to be Annie?
6. The Little Mermaid (1989)
Have you ever wondered why every girl out there seems to wish she were a mermaid? You can thank this movie for that. To this day, I still pretend to swim like a mermaid at the beach or in the pool. It is the closest thing I will ever get to being like Ariel. The songs in this movie were on point, too. Not to mention, Eric was a babe. Also, I'm starting to notice a trend with these movies -- I think I really wanted to be a red head...
7. All of the Harry Potter Movies (2001-2011)
God bless ABC Family (or, as it's known today, Freeform) for all of the Harry Potter movie marathons. You are the real MVP. The disappointment I had when my parents told me there was no such place as Hogwarts was unreal. What do you mean an owl is not going to just swoop in and deliver my acceptance letter to the greatest wizardry school of all time? What do you mean I don't have magic powers? What do you mean I don't have the chance to meet the boy who lived? This is an outrage!
8. Spy Kids (2001)
Okay, this is getting old. First, you say I'm not a princess. Then, you say I have to grow up someday. I'm not a mermaid, or a wizard. Okay, well how about a spy?! No? This is bologna. Didn't we all follow our parents around after watching this movie, in the hopes that we'd catch them doing some cool spy stuff? No, just me? Okay, I see you.
9. Home Alone (1990)
After watching "Home Alone", I had this irrational fear that I'd wake up one day and my entire family would be gone. Poof, just vanished into thin air. I eventually got over that, but I still resent the fact that I never got to have the adventures that Kevin did. Also, let's be real for a second and talk about the fact that this little boy took on two "dangerous" criminals. In real life, that never would've happened. Honestly, after thinking it over I probably would not have been as much of a baller as Kevin was if I was left home alone that long. Today, on the other hand...? Yeah, no I'm still a big baby.
10. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
I HATE this movie for what it did to me. I sobbed so hard when *spoiler alert* Leslie died, which was the most lame death in movie-history, by the way. She fell while she was swinging on a rope -- that's it?! Do you even understand my pain? Of course you do, because I know all of you were sitting in that movie theatre crying like the babies we all are when we found out with young Josh Hutcherson. On a side note, Josh's character Jesse had the cutest little sister in the world. Still obsessed with her.
