Camp Cool Kids (2017)
Family
Encouraged by his quirky grandfather, a young boy faces his fears at summer camp.
Starring: Markie Post, Michael Gross, Sean Ryan Fox, Logan Shroyer, Connor Rosen
Director: Lisa Arnold
The Butterfly Tree / The Insect King (2017)
Drama | Family
Evelyn, an ex-burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, it reopens old wounds over the death of Fin's mother.
Starring: Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould, Sophie Lowe, Ella Jaz Macrokanis, Lauren Dillon
Director: Priscilla Cameron
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The Perfect Man (2005)
Comedy | Family | Romance
A lonely mother begins receiving romantic e-mails from a secret admirer, unaware that this perfect man is really a creation of her daughter who is trying to cheer her up.
Starring: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Chris Noth, Mike O'Malley, Ben Feldman, Caroline Rhea
Director: Mark Rosman
Mary and the Witch's Flower / Meari to majo no hana (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Based on "The Little Broomstick" by Mary Stewart, a strange flower grants a girl magic powers.
Starring: Hana Sugisaki, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Yûki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hikari Mitsushima
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Yoru wa mijikashi aruke yo otome / Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Romance
The story of the titular girl known only as "Otome" and her insanely long night of partying and drinking-complete with a book fair, festival, and many adventures in between. It is also the story of "Senpai," her upper class man who has been attempting to get closer to her by "coincidentally" running into her again and again. However, on this night, meeting up with her may be the greatest challenge of his life.
Starring: Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryûji Akiyama, Kazuya Nakai
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Born Free (1966)
Adventure | Drama | Family
The story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub they adopt, Elsa.
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye, Omar Chambati, Bill Godden
Director: James Hill, Tom McGowan
Dear Etranger / Osanago warera ni umare (2017)
Drama | Family
A 40-year old man sees his life change when his wife gets pregnant. He already has a daughter from his first marriage whom he rarely sees and two step-daughters, from his wife's first marriage. The youngest of his step-daughters is looking forward to a baby brother or sister, but the oldest doesn't welcome the news and suddenly decides that she wants to live with her father. And as if that were not enough trouble, he is forced out of his good office job into an inferior position.
Starring: Rena Tanaka, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Yukiko Mishima
Benji: Off the Leash! / Benji Returns: Rags to Riches / Benji 3 (2004)
Drama | Family
Three unlikely, unsuspecting souls who come face-to-face with that moment in their lives when they must stand and be counted. For Sheldon, it's difficult because he doesn't appear to be the brightest guy in the world (although he might be the funniest). For Colby, it's even more difficult because he's only 14 years old, and up against enormous odds. For Benji, it's almost impossible–because, after all, he's just a dog, lost and alone, with nothing but a belligerent bird and a bungling stray mutt to help. A band of unlikely comrades, brought together by the least likely of the bunch, for a common, courageous purpose. Things will change. Lives will be saved. Because Benji is off the leash!
Starring: Nick Whitaker, Nate Bynum, Randall Newsome, Christy Summerhays, Melinda Haynes, Jeff Olson
Director: Joe Camp
Paddington 2 (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters
Director: Paul King
Benji (2018)
Family
Two school kids strike up a friendship with an orphaned puppy named Benji. When danger befalls them and they end up kidnapped by robbers who are in over their heads, Benji and his scruffy sidekick come to the rescue.
Starring: Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp, Jerod Haynes, Gralen Bryant Banks, Angus Sampson, Will Rothhaar, James W. Evermore
Director: Brandon Camp
Ferdinand (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure.
Starring: John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Gabriel Iglesias, Carlos Saldanha, David Tennant, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Monsters at Large (2018)
Family
Alex decides to end his kid brother's nightmares by forming a task force to take care of imaginary monsters. When their business becomes a hit, nothing can go wrong…until one of the monsters turns out to be real, and really big.
Starring: Mischa Barton, Stephen Tobolowsky, Austin St. John, Matthew Kosto, Auggie Pulliam, Alicia C. Del Aguila
Director: Jason Murphy
Lu Over the Wall / Yoake tsugeru Rû no uta (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid.
Starring: Kanon Tani, Shôta Shimoda, Shin'ichi Shinohara, Akira Emoto, Sôma Saitô, Minako Kotobuki
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland / Muumien taikatalvi (2017)
Animation | Family
Moomintroll decides to stay awake to explore the winter instead of having his winter slumber as usually. Winter is certainly totally different than he had imagined.
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgård, Alicia Vikander
Director: Ira Carpelan, Jakub Wronski, Bartosz Wierzbieta
An American Tail (1986)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical
While emigrating to the United States, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his family and must relocate them while trying to survive in a new country.
Starring: Phillip Glasser, Amy Green, John Finnegan, Nehemiah Persoff, Erica Yohn, Pat Musick
Director: Don Bluth
Juggernaut (2017)
Crime | Drama | Family
After a lengthy absence, a small town outlaw returns to his hometown, violently obsessed with the notion that his Mother's death was not a suicide.
Starring: Amanda Crew, Ty Olsson, Jack Kesy, Stephen McHattie, David Cubitt, Peter McRobbie
Director: Daniel DiMarco
Coco (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music | Mystery
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt, Gael García Bernal, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil
Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
The Breadwinner (2017)
Animation | Drama | Family
A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.
Starring: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq, Ali Kazmi
Director: Nora Twomey
Napping Princess / Ancien and the Magic Tablet / Hirune-hime: Shiranai watashi no monogatari (2017)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
In the near future, a high school senior discovers that events in her waking life begin to parallel events in her dreams.
Starring: Yôsuke Eguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Wataru Takagi, Mitsuki Takahata, Brina Palencia
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Elements of Matter (2018)
Comedy | Family | Romance
Elements of Matter is about a famous actress who has a nervous breakdown during a junket for a new franchise film. She asks a complete stranger (who mistakenly thinks he's rented her family's house), to pretend to be her boyfriend for the holidays and spend it with her eccentric family.
Starring: Holley Fain, Dylan Kenin, Cassi Colvin, Shaughn Buchholz
Director: Assaf Ben Shetrit
