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.
Song of the South (1946)
7.3/10
Director: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson
Starring: Ruth Warrick, James Baskett, Bobby Driscoll
A lonely misunderstood little boy living on a plantation in the old South, finds his only happiness in the tales spun by Uncle Remus. A superb blend o... Read more
Heidi / Swiss Family Robinson (1958)
Director: Ken Annakin, Michael Ray Rhodes
Starring: James MacArthur, Dorothy McGuire, John Mills, Jason Robards, Jane Seymour, Patri...
'Heidi' - An orphaned girl is sent to live with her reclusive grandfather in the Swiss Alps and wins the bitter old man over with her bright spirit,... Read more
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
6.8/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward
Aka "Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear", "Pyramid of Fear". Steven Spielberg produced this stylish and very entertaining mystery adventure... Read more
Freaky Friday (2003)
6.2/10
Director: Mark Waters
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon
In this reworking of the 1977 Disney favourite, stressed-out psychiatrist and widow Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) switches bodies - thanks to a magi... Read more
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
5.8/10
Director: Garry Marshall
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, John Rhys-Davies, Hector Elizondo, Heather Mataraz...
As future Queen of Genovia, Princess Mia has everything a girl could want - except the magical romance she's always dreamed of. But soon, Mia's shocke... Read more
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
7/10
Director: Stephen Hillenburg
Starring: Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Roger Bumpass, Mr Lawrence, Alec Baldw...
Nickelodeon's super-absorbent hero comes to the big screen in this splashy adventure sure to please kids of all ages. When the evil Plankton frames Mr... Read more
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
6.4/10
Director: Norman Tokar
Starring: Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, Slim Pickens, David Wayne
The West was never wilder than in this slapstick Disney comedy about a pair of inept bank robbers who get involved with three orphans out to out-con a... Read more
Peanuts: Charlie Brown Collection (1965)
7.8/10
Director: Bill Melendez
Starring: Charlie Brown, Snoopy
Since 1950 the world's most loved beagle, Snoopy, and his troupe of irrepressible friends have been a staple of the back pages of newspapers everywher... Read more
Children On Their Birthdays (2002)
6.5/10
Director: Mark Medoff
Starring: Phyllis Frelich, Lucina Paquet, Cynthia Baker, Joe Pichler, Jesse Plemons, Ritch...
Billy Bob is growing up in post-war Alabama. His dad was killed in the war and his best friend has an untempered mischievous streak. When 13 year ol... Read more
Tom's Midnight Garden (1998)
6.8/10
Director: Willard Carroll
Starring: Greta Scacchi, James Wilby, Joan Plowright, Anthony Way
Adapted from the children's novel by Philippa Pearce, Tom is a 14-year-old sent off to visit his aunt and uncle (Greta Scacchi and James Wilby) in the... Read more