9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
Okay so this one isnt exactly obscure either: I promise Im getting to them. But first Id be remiss if I didnt include at least one of the Indiana Jones movies. Some people might not see this as a kids film; considering the movies high death toll I cant really blame them. However, I watched this movie countless times over the course of my childhood as far back as I can remember, so age restrictions be damned: this makes the list (plus its rated PG anyway). Its not hard to see why I played this movie on a loop, or why it gave me terrible nightmares. Its just a really fantastic movie all around. From Harrison Fords cocky-yet-cool archeology professor/treasure hunter to the dynamic action and spectacular score,
Raiders manages to hit all the right beats to create an unbelievably fun film. Whats more is that it has such an incredibly tense and terrifying climax in which the lead character doesnt even do anything; hes literally tied up the whole time. You could never get the greenlight to film a climax like this nowadays; youd get laughed out of the pitch meeting. Its just another of those things that makes
Raiders, literally, face-meltingly awesome. Seeing this film again during its IMAX run last month really reminded me how scary this movie gets; honestly Im amazed I dared to watch it as many times as I did as a child. In the climax Nazi's flesh is literally melted off their skulls, and one of them explodes into gory little pieces: thats some seriously horrifying stuff. Even Spielberg wouldnt be able to get away with this in a kids film today. Heck, I doubt he could even get it into a PG-13 movie anymore.