Top 10 Disney Movies You Look at Differently as an Adult

We can't help but look at these Disney movies differently as adults. For this list, we’ll be looking at most notable animated films from the production studio's catalog that take on new, deeper meanings when you look at them with a grown-up perspective. Our countdown includes "Finding Nemo," "Peter Pan," "Cinderella," and more! Which Disney movie do YOU look at differently as an adult? Let us know in the comments!

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[MsMojo]

Which Disney movie do YOU look at differently as an adult? Let us know in the comments!

[Sate]

The Beast didn't imprison Belle. He imprisoned her father for trespassing. She offered (under her own free will) to take his place. She doesn't ask anything else first, just jumps directly to "I'll be your prisoner" then he realizes all the awful things he's done and works to make himself better

[RapFanaticever]

Pinoicchio taught us about honesty and doing all you can to make your dreams come true. What I got from Beauty & The Beast is to judge people based on their inside. Also Aladdin also taught us about how we should appreciate what we have instead of looking at others lives as well as how we rebel when we're teens

[TheCommenterDragon]

Whether you watch them as a child or adult, these Disney films are always classics either way! they're just that damn memorable!

[casckettfriki]

I still enjoy all the movies as an adult. I know some of them may have dark themes if you think about it, but I try to see them just as what they are, disney movies. Life is already enough tough to overthink about this movies. Let's just enjoy them and let the hard things to reality

[ChibiProwl]

I’m not a parent, but I still love these movies.😌They’re classics.😌

[timwoods]

I dunno about the prince in Snow White, he gives her a quick and respectful kiss on the lips to acknowledge his lost love and then sits down to morn with the dwarfs. He's just as surprised and overjoyed as they are when she comes back.

[serendavies]

Even though I'm 21, those Disney films will always make me smile forever 🥰😘

[ClaudiaS_]

Ariel didn’t leave the ocean because of Eric. She had already sung an entire song about how much she wanted to be part of that world before she ever meets him. The kiss was just the bargain that Ursula proposes for her permanent transformation.

[paintingwithcammiebourke]

I always can relate to Quasimodo as a person with a disability cuz society tends to not be super accommodating especially those that you try to respect the most

[person]

Also, how did MsMojo miss the OBVIOUS reason why Hunchback is so much more profound watching as an adult?! Which is Frollo’s obvious lust towards Esmeralda 🤮

[dinomonzon]

All things considered, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the most adult of the Disney movies cited here.
Frollo’s obsession over Esmeralda is something kids wouldn’t understand. And they already changed him from a man of the cloth to a judge already to avoid flak from the church.
Then there’s Esmeralda who’ll never pass muster as a teenager. She’s clearly an adult woman.
It’s said Mr. Eisner demanded a more serious, adult take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame and he got it in spades.
The case of Sleeping Beauty was ironic as Aurora and Prince Philip were already set up in a pre-arranged marriage, as implied by their fathers.

[SprigatittoSuperFan]

Peter Pan is actually a true villain, cutting off Hook’s hand & feeding it to the Crocodile 🐊 ⏰, kidnapping kids, & also kidnapping toons & turning them into bootlegs like from “Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers”.

[hannahmalaran]

honestly the fact that Hunchback of Notre Dame appeared so many times near the top in two of these Watch Mojo Videos about serious/dark Disney Movies shows that the Hunchback of Notre is literally one of the darkest Disney movies Disney has ever created. It’s probably like at least top 3 along with Pinocchio.

[mor]

Ariel wanted to discover the world before she meant Eric so she’s technically following her dreams

[jolenfo]

I think Fantasia should be mentioned as well. It did make me love classical music more as a kid and now I understand music better, I appreciate it even more as an adult. Also Sleeping Beauty did grow on me more as an adult because of the detail in music and animation I see now.

[davidpumpkinsjr.]

In a small defense of the Beast, he gave Belle only one rule: don't go in the West Wing, and it's one of the first things she does. I feel his anger was justified even if the expression of it was not.

[leviticuspagelus]

Most of the Fairy Tales that Disney adapted were sanitized and made child friendly. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast were extremely dark and gruesome. Hell even the original novels of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo and Peter Pan by J.M Barrie show their respective title characters in a villainous light.

[PokhrajRoy.]

‘Beauty and the Beast’ helped me deal with Red Flags and of course, the first Booktuber Disney Princess.

[PokhrajRoy.]

I’m going to get judged for this but Maleficent AND the fairies were iconic. Also, if I wasn’t invited to a party, I wouldn’t take it out on the child.