20 Wildly Inappropriate Moments Buried In Children’s Films

13. NIMH is a Mental Hospital

The Secrets of NIMH, while beautiful, is also one of the darkest animated films in history. It’s loosely based against the backdrop of some pretty horrific experiments performed by the National Institute for Mental Health. Sure, Mrs. Frisby is an intrepid hero with a heart of gold, but everything else in that movie is a waking nightmare. The owl, folks, the owl. And he’s one of the good guys.