Family Movies
Circus Performers (1981)
A circus family encounters hard times and family strife, but is brought into the limelight through their chance encounter with a polar bear cub.
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with…
It’s Magic Charlie Brown (1981)
When Snoopy turns Charlie Brown invisible in a magic act, he has trouble changing him back.
Going Ape! (1981)
When his father – who owned a circus – dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars – and 3 orangutans. However there’s a condition connected to the money: if he gives…
Amy (1981)
A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training…
The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The big city challenges him, though, especially when…
Miracle on Ice (1981)
The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by controversial coach Herb Brooks…
The Munsters’ Revenge (1981)
The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and…
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention…
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980)
Willy Krueger, a lonely and aging widower, lives in a basement apartment with only his cat George for company. Finishing his work for the day as the custodian for the…
Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980)
As Geppetto prepares for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet, Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone…
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric’s grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned…
Life Is a Circus Charlie Brown (1980)
When the circus comes to town, Snoopy naturally pays a visit. There he falls for a beautiful poodle performing there. He soon runs away to join it. While he quickly…
Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back!) (1980)
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie travel to France as foreign exchange students. Also along is Snoopy and Woodstock. While everyone is excited about the opportunity to travel to…
She’s a Good Skate Charlie Brown (1980)
Peppermint Patty is in zealous training for a figure skating competition, but with no help from her grumpy coach, Snoopy. He growls coaching tips that don’t make sense, and Marcie…
C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy’s invention from him.
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of…
Jack Frost (1979)
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him…
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
The Flintstones and the Rubbles win a trip on “Make a Deal or Don’t” to Count Rockula’s castle in Rocksylvania, where they have an unpleasant meeting with the Count and…
The Black Stallion (1979)
While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it…
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, “starring” the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile.E.Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and…
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur’s Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he…
Arabian Adventure (1979)
An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy…
Snow-White and Rose-Red (1979)
In an enchanted forest, the princely brothers Michael and Andreas get lost and are transformed, by a mountain spirit who jealously guards his underground treasure, into animals until the unlikely…
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)
This Emmy Award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first book of C.S. Lewis’ acclaimed series, “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Four children pass through a mystic portal…
Sooner or Later (1979)
Thirteen-year-old Jessie is in love with Michael, a 17-year-old guitar instructor and aspiring musician. When she finally captures his interest, she lies and tells him she’s 16. But what will…
You’re the Greatest Charlie Brown (1979)
Charlie Brown enters the Junior Olympics decathlon – and one of his rivals is a certain masked beagle!
The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.
The Legend of Black Thunder Mountain (1979)
Separated from a wagon train, Mr. Parish and the children are attaced by armed men, forcing young Anna and Jamie to flee into the wilderness with their father’s fate unknown….
The Small One (1978)
Ordered by his father to sell an old mule called Small One, a Hebrew boy in the ancient Holy Land takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers…
Benji’s Very Own Christmas Story (1978)
While on a publicity tour in Switzerland, Benji, Cindy Smith, and Patsy Garrett convince Kris Kringle that his place on Christmas Eve is delivering presents to all “his” families all…
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet – in time for Life Day, their most important day…
The Magic of Lassie (1978)
Lassie is claimed from his family by a “former owner” and then braves a cross country trip to rejoin the ones that love her.
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….