15 Facts About Babysitter Movies (and Babysitters in Movies)

There might be nothing which holds a weirder and more interesting place in drama than the babysitter – she can be a damsel in distress, a hero rising to the occasion, a coming-of-age story, a sexy distraction, a pretty background character, or a one-off gag. And it’s almost always a she – a babysitter needs to be a woman.

The things they have to see and do should earn them big, shiny, gold medals, but instead they get like $6.50 an hour, maybe a homemade cookie, and often a creepy pass by a drunken dad. These facts and quick hits of information about babysitters in film and TV are for all the babysitters out there - here’s to you all, from the underpaid, underappreciated teen, to the nannies reading this while their billionaire baby runs around a playground for half an hour in attempt to experience an approximation of something called joy.