Dark Family\Children's TV & Films

A list of Family friendly films and TV programmes that are dark and disturbing.

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A list by alexmate

43

Items on this list

67%

Average Rating

41h 43m

Total Runtime

$2B

Total Revenue
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Title
Rating
Type
Release Date
Runtime
Revenue
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Movie
October 24, 2004
 
Movie
December 7, 1990
 
Movie
July 29, 1983
 
Watership Down Surprisingly violent.
Movie
October 31, 1978
 
The Animals of Farthing Wood Some surprisingly disturbing moments. This series was massively popular with both children and adults in the 90s.
TV Show
January 6, 1993
 
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie An expensive flop based on the gruesome collectable cards.
Movie
August 22, 1987
 
The Demon Headmaster Excellently acted, had some incredibly strange and scary moments.
TV Show
January 2, 1996
 
TV Show
October 27, 1995
 
Goosebumps Movie spin-off of TV series and books.
Movie
October 16, 2015
 
The Peanut Butter Solution More strange than scary, but became a cult favourite in recent years.
Movie
September 12, 1986
 
The Witches Some scary moments and great special FX, but quite light-hearted in places.
Movie
August 24, 1990
 
Movie
June 27, 1986
 
Movie
November 19, 1982
 
Return to Oz Weird sequel to the Wizard of Oz.
Movie
June 21, 1985
 
Super Mario Bros. A fairly dark take on the classic video game.
Movie
May 28, 1993
 
Movie
August 19, 2016
 
Queen's Nose The Queen's Nose - Had it's moments, got progressively weird as the series went on.
TV Show
November 15, 1995
 
Mike and Angelo Mike and Angelo - I've always found this a bit unsettling.
TV Show
March 16, 1989
 
TV Show
October 29, 1994
 
Movie
December 29, 1954
 
Movie
June 21, 1996
 
The Littlest Horse Thieves The Littlest Horse Thieves
Movie
March 11, 1977
 
Movie
July 24, 1985
 
Movie
June 26, 1981
 
Movie
May 31, 1996
 
Movie
December 21, 1979
 
TV Show
February 10, 1988
 
Chocky Cult Sci-Fi series.
TV Show
January 9, 1984
 
TV Show
October 12, 1972
 
Round the Bend Vulgar UK kid's TV show, something unsettling about Doc Croc and his constant toilet humour.
TV Show
April 5, 1988
 
TV Show
January 10, 1977
 
Movie
July 20, 1984
 
Movie
December 25, 1957
 
TV Show
January 15, 1986
 
The Lion King Loose re-telling of Macbeth.
Movie
June 24, 1994
 
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Slightly darker than the cartoon, the film was based more on the comics.
Movie
March 30, 1990
 
Movie
December 17, 1982
 
Pob's Programme Pob's Programme
TV Show
 
Are You Afraid of the Dark? A children's version of Tales From the Crypt.
TV Show
August 15, 1992
 
The Ren & Stimpy Show Was marketed as a family show and shown in a teatime slot, but this is mainly aimed at adults.
TV Show
August 11, 1991
 
TV Show
October 29, 2010
 
TV Show
November 12, 1999
 
Babe: Pig in the City Darker than the first film, but still retains some slapstick and farcical humour.
Movie
November 25, 1998

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