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.
The Miracle Of Bern (2003)
6.8/10
Director: Sonke Wortmann
Starring: Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf, Mirko Lang, Birthe Wolter
Filmmaker and former professional footballer Sonke Wortmann directs this family sports drama, using the backdrop of the 1954 World Cup game between Ge... Read more
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Nick Park, Steve Box
Starring: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Liz Smith
Wallace and Gromit return for their first feature length film, a rip-roaring comedy that sees the wacky inventor come up with a new way to get rid of... Read more
Dr Dolittle (1998)
4.7/10
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle
Eddie Murphy stars in this charmless retread of Rex Harrison's 1967 "Doctor Dolittle", about a doctor who finds out he can understand what animals are... Read more
Children of the Stones (1977)
7.7/10
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Starring: Gareth Thomas, Iain Cuthbertson, Peter Demin, Ruth Dunning, Katharine Levy, Vero...
What is the powerful force that seems to have taken hold of the village of Milbury? Why are the people acting so strangely and why do they greet each... Read more
Treasure Planet (2002)
7.1/10
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Emma Thomps...
Disney's dazzling animated sci-fi swashbuckler transplants the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic 'Treasure Island' to outer space and features... Read more
Kangaroo Jack (2003)
4.4/10
Director: David McNally
Starring: Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Michael Shannon, Christopher...
He put the money in his jacket... and the jacket on a kangaroo... and now it's gone! The chase is on and so is the fun when two Brooklyn buddies sent... Read more
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
Director: Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud
Starring: Danny DeVito, Betty White, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle
From the "Despicable Me" team comes this charming, computer-animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' cautionary fable about Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), a 12-y... Read more
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
Director: Jim Kammerud
Starring: Jodi Benson, Pat Carroll, Samuel E Wright
The aquatic adventures continue in this all-new animated feature. Young Princess Melody, daughter of Ariel and Eric, dreams of a life under the sea, b... Read more
Duma (2005)
7.3/10
Director: Carroll Ballard
Starring: Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Alex Michaletos
Carroll Ballard, ('The Black Stallion', 'Never Cry Wolf'), directs the true story of Xan (Alexander Michaletos), a boy living with his parents (Campbe... Read more
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World (1997)
8/10
Director: Bob Kline
Starring: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Voices Of, Jerry Orbach
Inspired by Disney's beloved classic 'Beauty and the Beast', this video contains three charming adventures never before told. Favourite animated resid... Read more