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 Wizard of Oz: Collector's Edition (1939)
8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley...
Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Disney) (1996)
6.9/10
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
The Disney Studio's magnificently animated version of Victor Hugo's classic about Quasimodo, a deformed bellringer of the Paris Cathedral, who falls i... Read more
101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002)
5.8/10
Director: Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith
Starring: Voices Of, Barry Bostwick, Jason Alexander, Martin Short
This follow-up to the animated classic '101 Dalmatians' finds little Patch longing to stand out from the other puppies and dreaming of being like his... Read more
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008)
6.4/10
Director: Peggy Holmes
Venture "Under the Sea" once more with the next delightful adventure of little mermaid Ariel (voiced by Jodi Benson)! This song-filled prequel to the... Read more
Treasure Island (1950)
7/10
Director: Byron Haskin
Starring: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney
Disney's first live action movie was this vivid take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, filmed in England (not the West Indies!) with Bobby Driscoll... Read more
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
5/10
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, Set...
A masked villain is wreaking mayhem on the city of Coolsville with a monster machine that creates real-life versions of Mystery Inc's former foes. Jin... Read more
The Princess Diaries (2001)
6.3/10
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Heather Matarazzo, Hector Elizondo
Delightful Disney family fantasy from director Garry Marshall ("Pretty Woman") stars Anne Hathaway as a klutzy teenager living with her single mother... Read more
Brave (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews
Starring: Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Rob...
Pixar's animated fantasy, set in a mythical, ancient Scotland, has a fine central character in Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald), the headstrong daugh... Read more
The Road to El Dorado (2000)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Bergeron
Starring: Voices Of, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante
A musical, animated adventure set in Spain in 1519, where con artist pals Miguel and Tulio, who have acquired a map to the legendary golden city of El... Read more
Spider-Man: The Return Of The Green Goblin (2002)
7.3/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Animation
It's double the action, double the thrills and double the Goblins as Spider-Man is unmasked and tangled in a web of treachery. The webslinger faces... Read more