People Are Sharing Their Favorite "Forgotten" Movies, And It's A Real Roller Coaster Of Nostalgia

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OK, but there were so many movies about dinosaurs coming back to the modern world, LOL.

I got so many amazing responses, and after the article went live, I got HUNDREDS of more submissions, so I just had to share some of the best ones.

1. "Rookie of the Year. A kid breaks his arm and it heals in a way that makes him able to pitch baseball in the big leagues. "Funky butt lovin'!" is the quote from the doctor who discovers his new talent. Highly recommend."

Men and a boy in baseball uniforms

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2. "Blast From the Past with Alicia Silverstone and Brendan Fraser. Best, cutest movie ever!"

Alicia and Brendan smiling at each other

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3. We’re Back! A Dinosaur's Story was my favorite, personally."

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4. "Some of my forgotten nostalgic movies are Life With Mikey starring Michael J. Fox (I would make my mom rent this ALL the time) and the 3 Ninjas movies."

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5. "Joe's Apartment! It was amazing and had singing cockroaches."

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6. "Theodore Rex. It has Whoopi Goldberg in it, and she plays a cop who has to work with a T. rex who is also a cop. No one ever knows this movie."

Whoopi and the dinosaur

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7. "Get Over It. It's a 2001 movie with Kirsten Dunst, Mila Kunis, Shane West, and Sisqó! Based on A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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8. "Teen Witch would have fallen into this category when I was growing up. I loved it, but only a few of my friends had seen it. Now it's a cult classic, of course."

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9. "Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead was one I watched a lot with my sisters growing up."

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"Christina Applegate made me realize I was not straight."

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10. "Wish Upon a Star?!?!?!"

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11. "We always rented a few movies as a family every weekend, and I remember them fondly. Some honorable mentions: Susie Q, Blank Check, Man of the House, and The 'Burbs."

Scenes from the movies

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12. "Mac and Me! A boy in wheelchair. Weird-looking aliens. The windmills. Any of this ringing a bell? Because I watched it on cable a lot when I was a kid, but no one I know has ever heard of it."

Aliens and kids in a pink convertible

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13. "Dennis the Menace was one of my fave movies growing up. 'Tastes like paint. And wood.'"

Boy aiming a boomerang at a sleeping man

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14. "The Peanut Butter Solution. No one ever remembers this movie, but I loved it as a kid! Watch it!!"

15. "Eight Below! It's a 2006 Disney movie about scientists in Antarctica who have a team of sled dogs with them. Bad things happen, dogs die. My dad rented it when I was a kid, and we were both destroyed after watching it. Like, I wasn't right for a few days afterward."

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16. "All I Want for Christmas. It stars baby Ethan Embry and Thora Birch. I've made it a holiday staple in my house, but no one else has ever heard of it."

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17. "Night Train to Kathmandu starring a very young Milla Jovovich. I think it might have been her first movie role."

Milla looking at a boy

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18. "Little Monsters, I think it was called. With Howie Mandel?"

A boy and a smiling person with weird face makeup

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"I remember that movie! I think Fred Savage was the kid and Howie Mandel was the blue monster. And if they stayed in the monster land past sunrise, they were stuck there forever!"

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19. "Does anyone remember The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns? It was a special VHS two-parter that you could only order through a phone number on the TV or from a catalog."

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"It had Whoopi Goldberg in it and Randy Quaid. It was about a leprechaun-and-fairy war, but the fairy princess and the leprechaun prince fall in love and it’s kind of like Romeo and Juliet, but with a happy ending."

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20. "RocketMan. Harland Williams is hilarious, and I remember it being popular when it came out, but everyone forgot about it."

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21. "Adventures in Dinosaur City. No one I’ve ever talked to has ever heard of this. I freaking loved this movie and had a VHS tape of it. Full-on people in dinosaur suits. I wish I could find it today."

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22. "Anyone remember Airborne with Seth Green? I had such a crush on him back then. Shane McDermott was in it too. I loved that movie."

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23. "Drop Dead Fred."

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"I cannot hear anyone talk about cobwebs without laughing out loud to this day. I also (far too often, probably) sing, 'Smelly, smelly, smelly dog poo.'"

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