Children's & Family Theatre
Enjoy your journey down the yellow brick road and into the wondrous world of family films. Children's and family-oriented films are often suitable for all age groups, and cover a wide range of genre categories (comedy, adventure, fantasy, musicals, etc.).
There are several category choices with something to entertain the little ones or the whole darn family. For the younger ones click on 'Pre-School Entertainment' in green on the left. 'Disney Animation', 'Family Animation' and 'Classic Animation' can be accessed via the 'Animation' link further up the menu.
Pictured: 'The Wizard of Oz', one of the best-loved family films of all time.
Balto (1995)
7.1/10
Director: Simon Wells
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Bob Hoskins
A thrilling animated adventure, based on the true story of a half-husky, half-wolf dog named Balto who overcame many dangers to deliver vital medicine... Read more
Bambi (1942)
7.3/10
Director: David Hand
Starring: Bambi, Thumper
The Disney crew worked for four years to animate Felix Salten's woodland tale, resulting in some of the studio's most memorable characters (young fawn... Read more
Bambi 2 (2006)
Director: Brian Pimenthal
One of Disney's most cherished characters makes a welcome return in the long-awaited sequel to the 1942 classic. Bambi reunites with his father who m... Read more
Bananaman - The Ultimate Collection (1983)
Starring: Voices Of, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden
Back in the '80s, the adventures of Bananaman were brought to life with a tad of animation and a decent dollop of voice acting from The Goodies. The... Read more
Barney's Great Adventure (1997)
2.9/10
Director: Steve Gomer
Starring: Barney
Barney's first movie ever! Join Barney and his friends as they rush to find a special rainbow coloured egg before it hatches. You'll also get to meet... Read more
Barnyard (2006)
5.6/10
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Starring: Courteney Cox, Sam Elliott, Danny Glover, Kevin James, David Koechner, Andie Mac...
From the creator of 'Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius', Ben the cow (voiced by Sam Elliott) has always been the leader and voice of reason among the other an... Read more
Bartok The Magnificent (1999)
6.2/10
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Starring: Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Tim Curry
This feature-length animated tale features the hapless winged hero from 'Anastasia', who must rescue his new friend Prince Ivan from the nasty witch B... Read more
Basil: The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
6.1/10
Director: Dave Michener, John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Voices Of, Val Bettin
This Disney animated feature involves a Sherlock Holmes-like rodent sleuth trying to save England's royal mouse family from the evil Moriarity-like Ra... Read more
Batman and Mr Freeze: Subzero (1997)
Director: Boyd Kirkland
Starring: Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara, Voices Of, Loren Lester
The ultimate Batman adventure explodes into non-stop, animated action when the Caped Crusader's chilling nemesis, Mr Freeze, returns to Gotham City an... Read more
Batman Beyond: Season 1 (1999)
8.1/10
Director: Bruce W Timm, Various
Starring: Voices Of, Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Lauren Tom, Stockard Channing
AKA 'Batman of the Future' in its original New Zealand release. The futuristic follow-up to the acclaimed 'Batman: The Animated Series' sees Bruce Way... Read more