Disney movies by era and intended audience

[gabrielle]

The Gen X era may have been a "dark age" for Disney films, but that was largely because their genius creator, Walt Disney, was no longer producing the films and it took them a while to regain their footing.

If you look beyond Disney to other children's films of the era, I don't think Gen X fared that badly.  We had the original Star Wars trilogy (yes, they were kids' films, Lucas said so), Indiana Jones, ET, the Black Stallion etc.