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.
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
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)
5.1/10
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Jonathan Brandis, Kenny Morrison, Clarissa Burt
This sequel follows the young hero in a quest to save a beautiful princess. On his odyssey he befriends some fabulous creatures while battling some ho... Read more
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
5.1/10
Director: Harald Zwart
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, Keith David, Cynthia Stevenson, Arnold...
In this action-packed spy romp for kids, Frankie Muniz is a 15-year-old high schooler who doubles as a secret agent for the CIA. The girl-shy Muniz is... Read more
Spy Kids 3: Game Over 3D (2003)
4.2/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Ricardo Montalban, Hol...
Aka "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over". Secret agent siblings Juni and Carmen Cortez set out on their most mind-blowing mission yet: a journey inside the virtu... Read more
Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
5/10
Director: Tim Hill
Starring: (Voice of) , Billy Connolly, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Breckin Meyer, Bill Murray, V...
As with the original, this sequel features Bill Murray as the big, orange, CGI puss in a real-life world. In spite of the title, the story is swiped... Read more
Babe: Pig In The City (1998)
5.8/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell
After accidentally causing injury to Farmer Hoggett, Babe accompanies the boss' wife to the metropolis on a mission to save the farm. Along the way he... Read more
Night at the Museum (2006)
6.4/10
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Bill Cobbs, Steve Coogan, Dick Van Dyke, Ricky Gervais, Carla Gugino, Kim Raver,...
Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) is a frustrated inventor who takes a job working the graveyard security shift at the Museum of Natural History, just to keep... Read more
The Witches (1989)
6.8/10
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher
A delightful fantasy adventure combining the talents of writer Roald Dahl, director Nicolas Roeg and muppet man, the late Jim Henson. Two children dis... Read more
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Anton Yelchin, Sarah Bolger, Christina Hendricks
Goro Miyazaki directs this nostalgic coming-of-age animation from Japan's Studio Ghibli. As Japan readies itself for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, fatherle... Read more
My Girl (1991)
6.9/10
Director: Howard Zieff
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Macaulay Culkin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky, Griffin Dunne
A bittersweet comedy about an 11-year-old girl crying for attention from her widowed father, a mortician who doesn't know how to reach out to his prec... Read more