Everybody I know who works in animation consider The Secret of Nimh and The Iron Giant as huge classics, so thank goodness for that.

"If you get a chance, go to your local video store" "Originally aired on November 4, 2008"

i just have to agree on the prince of egypt. such a good movie

Watching this made me realize how long ago 2008 was

"If kids didn't like being scared, they wouldn't go out for halloween or watch High School Musical." And the way he delivered it was so quick and subtle, I almost missed it.

Great Mouse Detective. That movie started a life-long love of Sherlock Holmes.

Awww... My dad took my brother and I to see Mask of the Phantasm in theaters. I couldn't have been older than 5 or 6 but I have fond memories of that outing. Thank you for bringing it back to memory for me. I'm surprised to hear it bombed in the box office, it seemed so larger-than-life. But hey... I was only a kid, right?

I'd like it if Dreamworks made more traditionally animated films. Alongside The Prince of Egypt they also have The Road to El Dorado which I think is another fantastic underrated movie.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is my favorite disney movie ever. Is beautiful, dark, emotional, powerful, with a huge ton of character complexity and moral issues and it's just brutally awesome. It has the best visuals, the best acting and the best music Sadly, nobody likes it, recognizes it or even knows it.

THANK YOU!! Prince of Egypt was one of the best animated movies I have ever seen. It was gripping, the visuals were nice, voice acting was nice, songs were SUPER memorable. Not half bad? The Plagues, Playing with the Big Boys, All I Ever Wanted, When You Believe, and Through Heaven's Eyes are THE SHIT. This movie is on my top ten favorite movies. If I'm not putting in fandom sagas, it's my top three. It's perfect for believers and non-believers.

Secret of Nimh is one of my favorite all time movies. love it so much. rescuers down under is severely underrated

A while back my wife and I rewatched Flight Of The Navigator. I had been in a coma and woke up by myself in a nursing home. In fact I was still in a nursing home when we watched it. The scenes of him in the hospital brought the feeling back so strongly I was reduced to tears.

Mask of The Phantasm is probably the greatest Batman movie ever made, animated or live action. It understood what made Batman what he is without being a overly dark gritty character study like Nolan's films or a dark gothic horror like Buton's films, and it took itself seriously and treated us and our intelligence with respect not like Shumacher's films.

Babe:Pig in the city was directed by George Miller, the guy who directed Mad Max

I love how half of these films are animated. It's so stupid how many people underestimate the medium, even the oscars don't care about it. Despite Doug being asshole sometimes, he always redeems himself.

A Disney version of Indiana Jones you say? What if I told you, 2008 Nostalgia Critic, that Indiana Jones would BE Disney's in 4 years?

The Rocketeer has one of the greatest moments ever, when The Mob finds out they are working for Nazis, they turn against them with the head guy saying, "I may not make an honest living, but I'm 100% American." SO DAMN GOOD!

What about spirit? The one with the horses and the amazing music and storyline. Or the road to el dorato. Im not sure if that was under appreciated though.

I knew both Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and The Secret of Nimh would be in this list since I've seen and loved both of these movies, but no one I know has seen them, which is a shame since they are fantastic movies

I watched the Tiny Toons one so often at my grandparents' house that I was allowed to keep it- on the condition that I never brought it back

The Phineas and Ferb movie made for Disney Channel back in 2009 was pretty good. It had Phineas and Ferb traveling to the second dimension with Isabella, Candace, Buford, Baljeet and it had awesome animation. I think we should put it on the top 11 nostalgic underrated children's classics list.

"Some things we forget about , some things we don't know about and some things we forget about". How did I only just now get that?.

You know why they are underated? Because of "Frozen" and "Minions".

The Dark Crystal and Return to Oz were my favorite movies when I was a child. Maybe I'll go look for the DVDs to add to my collection.

The secret of Nimh is probably one of the best anjimated movies of all time. It's dark charming scary and most importantly. The hero is a women who is not the kick ass lara croft type or the manipulative shoot you in the back type. but a worried mother fighting for her children. And she is not particullarly strong has no special albilities (except that magical mcguffin thing that Nicodemus gave her in the end) and still manages to succeed but not in all her actions. What makes this movie even greater is that 3 of the main characters just die. one in the result of a planned act of murder. That is dark for a kids movie. But it is great.

Can't agree more on NIMH. that cartoon was magic

Welcome to Salty Spoon How tough are you? How tiugh am i? I watched the Iron Giant And? And i didint cry at the end

I like Rescuers 2 more than the first too. I thought it was just because I saw the second one BEFORE the first one by accident.

"Most people compare [The Prince of Egypt] to Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandments" IS THAT FORESHADOWING MY GOOD SIR?

Gotta be The Swan Princess. There are so many more films that are underrated but The Swan Princess is one of them. Some other films that are underrated that I really like are Oliver & Company-such an underrated film. I loved it. Very endearing. Hunchback Of Notre Dame-Brilliant score and animation. Pocahontas-Again I loved John Smith and Pocahontas' chemistry. 13 Going On 30-Cute body swapping film Kate & Leopold-What you say this is one of my fav films yup sure is. I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. George Of The Jungle-Hilarious. 27 Dresses-Cute story and I like James Marsden. The Prince Of Egypt-Epic film I loved the animation and the story. Must get the DVD of it sometime. Spirit of the Stallion-Again very good movie and I loved Bryan Adams music. Racing Stripes-Similar to Spirit I loved it. Sinbad Legend Of The Seven Seas.-Great film and I loved the swashbuckling rogue Sinbad. Bolt-Can't believe this got a 6.9 in IMDB WTF . List goes on

The Iron Giant was the first movie I ever remember watching. I was obsessed with it. If I were to look around in the storage room for a few hours I may still even have my Iron Giant action figure which I am pretty sure came from McDonald's. Regardless of the personal history I have with the movie, it holds up well and honestly is probably the best character Vin Diesel has ever acted as.

I'm surprised Road to El Dorado didn't make this list! It's clever, beautifully animated, and has a great story to boot. Not to mention the fabulous innuendo you catch when you're an adult. It's one of my all time favorite animated films, up there with Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mulan.

The Pebble and The Penguin, and Oliver and Company are my honourable mentions!

I can't believe that you didn't mention The Last Unicorn ...

oh man my eyes teared when u said "the secret of nimh" so many memories rushing through my thoughts

"The actual aliens are kind of gay..." Wait what, had to do a double take hearing that.

I remember seeing How I Spent my Summer Vacation when I was a toddler. That movie pretty much introduced me to Tiny Toons Adventures. And I think The Rocketeer has been burning up some interest with new comics coming out in recent years since I've seen movie channels run it and there were talks of a remake with the guy that created Saw directing. And my kindergarten teacher actually played a VHS copy of Mask of the Phantasm as a movie day.

Balto is a very underrated movie in my opinion xD All three actually especially the second one.

I LOVED Prince of Egypt! I still rewatch it every now and again. I have had so much trouble getting people to see it, but the few I have managed to get to watch it have all agreed that it's good.

The Iron Giant... wow. I'll never forget that movie. Watched it in the cinema when I was a little kid. First film I ever cried at. Loved that movie then, and still love it today. Too bad it doesn't get the recognition it deserves...

I was lucky enough to own Mask of the Phantasm as a child and remembered it as an adult. Ended up picking it up on DVD when I was a freshman in college and it still holds up. It's easily one of my favorite movies of all time.

I in 11th grade and I remember prince of egypt because my religion teacher showed it in class THANK YOU CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Hell yeah!!!! To this day, Mask of the Phantasm is still my all-time favorite animated superhero film. And Iron Giant will always top my list of underrated classics

i was hoping for Atlantis: The lost empire

Oh my God, the Rescuers Down Under! I watched that film all the time as a kid! But no one I talked to had even heard of it, so I'm glad it got at least some recognition here :) Oh, the Iron Giant, too! That was an awesome movie.

Not gonna say i miss the simplicity of your older work i mean you cant stay the same forever but the more calmed non screaming doug i do miss quite a lot about my favorite underrated classic i agree with you on the iron giant it really pisses me of how it did when it came out

I've only seen The Iron Giant and The Secret of NIMH. Now I really want to see the other ones, especially Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Summer Vacation!

I've watched this movie and I'm telling you, I cried so hard at the crying scenes because I felt it so close to heart. I would break down like that NOW and I'm 20, thinking my mother and father are gone and everyone I knew had left without any explanation

Ever since I saw it at 5 years old, on the big screen in the late 90s, The Iron Giant has been my all time favorite animated film!

I remember watching Rescuers Down Under, Prince of Egypt, and Iron Giant. Prince of Egypt is the definitive Exodus story. Ten Commandments was cool, but it's pretty long. Prince of Egypt cuts it short. Also lending their vocal talents to it are Patrick Stewart (as Seti, Rameses' father), Val Kilmer (as Moses and God; the first Batman actor to voice Moses), and Michelle Pfeiffer as Tzipporah.

OMFG, Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Summer Vacation! Loved that when I was a kid!! :D

remember watching Rescuers Down Under, I remember seeing the Tiny Toons show, never seen the Rocketeer, the Prince of Egypt, cause my cousin helped make it, never heard of Explorers, slightly remember seeing the Iron Giant, never heard of Flight of the Navigator, never seen Return to Oz, never seen Babe, never seen that Batman cartoon, and I slightly remember seeing Secret of Nimh, and im so glad its #1, even though I remember, like, 4 of these things, it was very nice to watch this and still somewhat nostalgic

I absolutely adore Prince of Egypt. It is one of my favorites. I also love Joseph: King of Dreams. I really wish Dreamworks would make some more biblical movies in the same style.

I'm so glad you mentioned Rescuers Down Under. I actually watched that years before I saw the original, so to me, down under IS the rescuers!

How is the Secret of NIHM under rated? I LOVE that movie!!!!

Mask of the Phantasm is a really good movie.

Never heard of The Explorers before. Most of the rest genuinely are great, though. NC at the top of his game right here.

Iron Giant was a good movie but no one talks about that much because CartoonNetwork ran it into the ground. With a week long special of showing nothing but the Iron Giant movie. The moment the movie ended it was back on again. And that was for a WHOLE WEEK. We remember it, we just don't talk about it because of the Iron Week.

What do you mean Billy Cambell never went anywhere? He starred in last year's first season of the gripping Syfy smash hit _Helix_........oh.

Nimh's underrated? WHO THE FUCK DOESN'T LOVE NIMH?

Fun fact: _Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Vacation_ was made a straight to video film because the crew wanted to prove that it was possible for a _good_ straight-to-video film to exist.

The iron giant! I love that movie! It was the first hand draw animated movie I ever saw. I used to watch it almost every day

Very good choices in this. I would just add The Dark Crystal to the mix.

I loved the Iron Giant! I watched it many times as a kid and I'm glad to see so many other people are giving it much needed appreciation as I do.

I remember seeing a lot of these on VHS as a kid in the 90's or on cable later. I'm glad to see some of my favorites on here, though I feel "The Rescuers Down Under" should have been higher on the list. At least "Mask of the Phantasm" and "The Secret of Nihm" were at the top. Those are movies I'd definitely watch again, once I find them.

The iron giant is literally my favorite animated film

I've seen all of these actually. Pretty good stuff. I would have included The Last Unicorn on my list (maybe over Flight of the Navigator), but overall, this is an elite lineup of underrated flicks.

I’ve loved Flight of the Navigator since I was little. Such a great film.

"There's some things we forget about, some things we don't know about, and some things we forget about." ...Can't tell if clever writing or painful execution

Explorers looks like one of those films I saw when I was very young but somewhere along the line my brain turned the memory of me watching it into a fever dream

Where the love for The Last StarFighter ! Man .. I used to love that movie as a kid!!!

The prince of egypt is one of my favorite movies EVER! I was so glad to see it on this list

I’m sad the last unicorn didn’t make it to this list,I literally cry every time I hear the song 😢😭😭😭

Flight of the Navigator is incredible, one of my favourite films of all time.

Thank you so much for reminding me of Flight of the Navigator. I'd actually forgotten (somehow) that this was actually one of my favorite movies growing up. Ah, memories...

i actually feel some of the land before time movies are a little underrated, specifically number 2 and 4

14:16, he says, "well, did you see it?", when he talks about Batman Mask of the Phantasm. And I reply with, "no, because I wasn't even born yet! Hell, my parents didn't even know each other yet!"

I'm not sure if anyone is aware of this, but the Return To Oz movie is actually based on the book with the same. It was the sequel to the Wizard Of Oz, as penned by L.F. Baum. He actually wrote a 14 book series, with other authors taking over through the years after his passing. A lot of what happens in the movie, happens in the book, unlike a lot of other films that I've seen these days.

I absolutely loved The Rescuers Downunder as a child. I'd forgotten the name, too, so thanks very much for the reminder!

This movie is very underrated but I'm sure a lot of you might have owned it on VHS when you where a kid as I had: Batman Mask of the Phantasm

I love The Prince of Egypt because of the gorgeous animation. I love the textures, the vivid colors. The landscapes of Egypt are huge! This movie was drawn with grace; and instead of being preachy, it's more of a sibling rivalry due to their backgrounds. I've seen other Moses stories and this one in particular is my number one favorite. I love how they made Ramses more human-like instead of a selfish monster. They went more towards a human emotions than a religious turn, and I loved that direction.

I freaking LOVE Prince of Egypt. My favorite Dreamworks film of all time.

One of my favorite underrated films is Cats Don't Dance. It came out in 1997 at the same time Disney's Hercules was released. It's about animal actors struggling to find work in Hollywood films. The film sequence of "Animal Jam" is personally one of my favorite animated musical numbers of all time.

thank you I've been looking for the name of that tiny toons special forever.

6:25 and the biggest thing? It was made by *Dreamworks*, mostly know for their 3D movies but they also made some pretty awesome 2D animations as well. They were like a more stylistic and more creative Disney with their debut 3D film Antz which was well done graphically at the time and story wise, and this film, with some fucking awesome animation.

why are so many of these underated films about mice?

Babe in the Big City was the first movie to make me cry as a child.

OMG....this movies where the only ones I kept watching over and over as a child, this bring back so much memories

I didn't have the chance to watch the Secret of the NIMH when I was a kid, but I sure am glad I found it and watched it later on. I agree, it truly is one of Don Bluth's greatest works, and I've seen quite a few of them.

Holy shit! The Iron Giant and Prince of Egypt! I took a trip back in time to the very moments I watched these movies for the first time. I was like, "Holy crap! God can kick some serious ass." And dude! I remember the part in the Iron Giant when he snaps and goes apeshit on the military. I rewatched that part over and over. It never got old. And you gotta admit, Mariah Carey's take on the "When You Believe" song was pretty epic. I'm glad you put these on you're list. Thank you so much, Critic.

OMG I LOVE THE IRON GIANT, i'm so glad that it is getting more popular :D

Only saw part of the Secret of Nimh when I was a kid, but now I REALLY want to see the whole thing.

I love how most of the movies you mentioned I've seen and love with a passion

YES! I agree with so much of this list the prince of Egypt iron giant all of it. you even helped me find a movie I've been looking all over for. I saw flight of the navigator a really really long time ago and I've been wanting to see it again but I couldn't remember the name. THANK YOU DO MUCH NC

I remember first watching The Secret of Nimh as a 5 year old back in 2006, unlike the other children I was as much of a hipster than as I was now. I loved cartoon animated films either before the 2000s.

During the Bat Man segment, thunder rolled when the lightning was on screen. love when things line up like that

I will never forget Rescuers Down Under. My sister has Autism and basically watches 1 movie over and over again. It was Rescuers for a number of years followed by Winnie the Pooh and the Wishing Star. Sit down. Stand up. WISH WISH WISH! I wish for my memory of to be erased FOREVER!

Cats Don't Dance is my personal underrated fave. Darla Dimple, the movie's antagonist, is one of the best villains ever, in my opinion.

Man, Mask of the Phantasm is an underrated classic that everyone should see at any age, sadly I think it suffered from the “animation is only for kids” stigma that exists in the western world.

I vaguely remember watching The Rescuers at my Grandmother's house several times when I was little. I loved the animation, music and concept of animals working together to help a lost girl while navigating the human world. When I first saw Down Under, I didn't think much of it because it was so different. Over time, I gradually matured to where I appreciated it much more and agree that it is one of those rare sequels that surpassed the original. The Black Cauldron was also cool for its time, albeit a bit strange. Many today don't know that Oliver & Company (1988), which Billy Joel starred and sang one of my favorite Disney songs in, was considered at one point as the story for the next Rescuers (1990). Jenny was originally Penny, the girl saved by Bernard and Bianca in the first, being adopted into a New York City family and later helped when in danger by a group of Rescuer dogs among other new animals. However, the premise was deemed too different and difficult to connect from the original. So, it was decided to go with an animal driven spin on the classic Oliver Twist story. Personally, I think that was the better choice.