Family Movies
Hot Lead & Cold Feet (1978)
Twin brothers — one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast — compete for their father’s fortune.
The Water Babies (1978)
Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young apprentice, Tom, for the crime….
Matilda (1978)
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with…
Here Come the Tigers (1978)
A cop and his partner manage a little league baseball team, trying to turn the group of misfits into a competitive team.
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a display of their supernatural skill catches…
What a Nightmare Charlie Brown! (1978)
What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown! is the 17th primetime animated TV specials based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. The plot is similar to that…
Casey’s Shadow (1978)
Young Casey comes from a family of racehorse trainers, and his best friend, a foal called Casey’s Shadow, may just be a champion.
Candleshoe (1977)
When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal the prize. By convincing a…
A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
Santa has an accident at Fred’s house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.
A Cosmic Christmas (1977)
Three aliens from an unknown planet, who bear a strong resemblance to the Biblical Magi, visit earth to know the true meaning of Christmas. Peter, a young boy, and Lucy,…
Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
Nestor the donkey is a bit of an oddity–his long ears are enough for six donkeys and stretch all the way to the ground. One night, when Nestor is locked…
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind…
The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977)
Vernon Praiseworthy is a clumsy but lovable dope who stands to inherit his uncle’s fortune. The condition is that he travel the rails as a penniless hobo just as his…
Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)
When the sour-sweet wind starts blowing again, the Whos retreat to their homes because they know the Grinch will soon be a’prowlin. Young Eukariah Who has to make a trip…
The Fat Albert Halloween Special (1977)
It’s Halloween for Fat Albert and the Junkyard Gang, and everyone’s all set for trick-or-treating. While searching for costumes a store clerk kicks them out, leaving the gang to comes…
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1977)
A 19th-century expedition to the Earth’s core reveals primordial wonders, prehistoric monsters and a subterranean civilization that may convey the greatest discovery of all.
Return to Boggy Creek (1977)
Three children and two adults become trapped in the woods during a hurricane and it is up to a Bigfoot-like creature called ‘Big Bay-Ty’ to come to their rescue.
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Princess Farah refuses to marry Sinbad until Prince Kassim, her brother, is able to give his consent. However, the Prince’s wicked stepmother, Queen Zenobia, has changed Kassim into a baboon…
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the…
Race for Your Life Charlie Brown (1977)
The Peanuts gang, including Snoopy and Woodstock, have gone off to summer camp. After a few days of the usual summer-camp activities, they all take part in a rafting race….
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie’s gas tank,…
The Rescuers (1977)
Two agents of the mouse-run International Rescue Aid Society search for a little orphan girl kidnapped by sinister treasure hunters.
A Tale of Two Critters (1977)
A bear cub and a raccoon become fast friends when they’re swept away down a river, away from their families.
For the Love of Benji (1977)
Benji gets lost after a flight overseas and becomes a stray in Athens, Greece. He then tries everyday to reunite with his family while mysterious people pursue him, in a…
Gulliver’s Travels (1977)
Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly animated.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Join pals Pooh, Piglet, Kanga,…
Mary White (1977)
The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect…
Sky Pirates (1977)
Two boys wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model aircraft.
Freaky Friday (1976)
School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal…
The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just…
The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976)
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker’s great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year’s Eve.