Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical
An apprentice witch, 3 kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defence of Britain.
Starring: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe, Bob Holt, Dal McKennon
Director: Robert Stevenson
The Black Cauldron (1985)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Whoever releases the mysterious Black Cauldron's powers will be invincible! The fearsome Horned King will do anything to possess it, but he is challenged by the most unlikely adversary: a young assistant pig keeper named Taran who dreams of doing heroic deeds. With a motley team of the brave Princess Eilonwy, a minstrel named Fflewddur Fflam, and Hen-Wen, a remarkable pig who can predict the future, Taran embarks on a quest to stop the Black Cauldron's evil once and for all. Will he have the courage to succeed?
Starring: Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, John Hurt, Arthur Malet
Narrator: John Huston
Director: Ted Berman, Richard Rich
Saludos Amigos (1942)
Animation | Family | Fantasy | Music | Short
Live-action segments show members of the Disney staff touring South America and recording their impressions in sketches. These segue into four animated sections: "Lake Titicaca" depicts tourist Donald Duck's troubles with a stubborn llama; "Pedro" tells of a little mail plane's adventures flying over the treacherous Andes; "El Gaucho Goofy" transplants an American cowboy into the Argentine pampas; and in "Aquarela do Brasil," Jose Carioca shows Donald the sights and sounds of Rio de Janiero.
Starring: José Oliveira
Narrator: Fred Shields
Director: Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts
Gabe: the Cupid Dog (2012)
Family
When Eric and Marsha break off their long-term relationship, journalist Eric is able to weather it pretty well. He still has his long time canine companion Gabe, and his boss, Ms Andrews, wants to send him to London to open an office. But first Ms Andrews says Eric must find out the true identity of the best-selling author R L Dutton. A bigger obstacle for Eric's trip, however, comes from his dog. Gabe does not want to face six months in quarantine with big pit bulls and mastiffs waiting for an OK to the UK. Getting ideas from a pretty TV host, Gabe acts as Cupid Dog, doing his best to bring Eric and their neighbor Sara together. Gabe's plan works, only to go up in smoke when Eric realizes Sara is the mysterious author. Now Sara thinks Eric was just using her for a story before leaving for London. Gabe the Cupid Dog must go to new lengths to get Sara and Eric to tie the "leash."
Starring: Boti Bliss, Brian Krause, Gabrielle Conforti, Linden Ashby, Pete Sepenuk
Director: Michael Feifer
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A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
Family
A sassy feline helps a family resolve its problems.
Starring: Kristine DeBell, Johnny Whitaker, Alison Sieke, Daniel Dannas, Janis Pebbles, Justin Cone
Director: David DeCoteau
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Candleshoe (1977)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family
Small time crook Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor house where Lady St. Edmund resides, with three orphans and her butler Priory is the resting place for a hoard of treasure. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where it is. Bundage recruits urchin Casey Brown to dupe Lady St. Edmund into thinking that she is her long-lost granddaughter, so she can search for clues to the location of the treasure. Unbeknownst to Bundage AND her ladyship, Lady St. Edmund is flat broke, and Priory and the children help her ladyship try to keep her home and pride. Joined by Casey, they do all the chores and Priory acts as the butler, gardener, chauffeur and an old major all at the same time!
Starring: Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes, Leo McKern, Veronica Quilligan
Director: Norman Tokar
Problem Child 2 (1991)
Comedy | Family
Junior's back in his first adventure since his last! Junior and Ben move to Mortville which seems like the perfect town to live in. The Healys have a nice new house–and Junior get's a cool new room! And young women have formed a line at Ben's door in order to get a piece of him (romantically). Ben does feel he should get remarried so Junior can have a mom, so while Junior adjusts to his new school which includes a little girl who's as bratty as Junior and a teenage brain-dead ignoramous bully in Junior's sixth grade class, Ben finds some dates, which Junior sends running for the hills, in the meantime Junior pulls his infamous tricks on people: blowing up barbecues, taping the bully to the chalkboard, videotaping his babysitter and her boyfriend having sex and broadcasting it for the whole neighborhood to see, same old same old. Meanwhile, Ben meets the gorgeous school nurse (after the school's satellite dish get's pushed on his head) and they…
Starring: John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Laraine Newman, Amy Yasbeck
Director: Brian Levant
The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
Animation | Family
A little Gruffalo ignores her father's warnings and tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse.
Starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Shirley Henderson, Robbie Coltrane, Rob Brydon, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, James Corden
Director: Uwe Heidschötter, Johannes Weiland
The Little Prince (1974)
Family | Fantasy | Musical | Sci-Fi
Based on the story by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, this magical musical fable begins as a pilot makes a forced landing on the barren Sahara Desert. He is befriended by a "little" prince from the planet Asteroid B-612. In the days that follow, the pilot learns of the small boy's history and planet-hopping journeys in which he met a King, a businessman, an historian, and a general. It isn't until he comes to Earth that the Little Prince learns the secrets of the importance of life from a Fox, a Snake, and the pilot.
Starring: Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Joss Ackland, Clive Revill, Victor Spinetti, Graham Crowden, Donna McKechnie, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder
Director: Stanley Donen
Paulie (1998)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family
Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulies story begins many years earlier when he is given as a gift to a little girl who stutters. Eventually, he teaches the girl to speak correctly but is taken away by her father because he believes the girl cannot distinguish fantasy from reality because she believes the bird can talk. Paulie goes through a series of adventures with a pawn shop owner, an ageing widow, a Mexican-American troubadour and a would be thief before being taken to the institute where he now lives.
Starring: Gena Rowlands, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison, Trini Alvarado, Jay Mohr, Buddy Hackett
Director: John Roberts
Big Fat Liar (2002)
Adventure | Comedy | Family
A take on the classic tale 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', this is the story of a 14-year-old boy named Jason Shephard who lies for the fun of it. He loses an important story assignment entitled 'Big Fat Liar' in movie producer Marty Wolf's limo, which Wolf then turns into a film. When Jason sees a movie preview of his story, he and his best friend Kaylee go to Los Angeles to make Wolf confess to using his story, to clear his name, and to get him out of having to attend summer school. The teen liar then has to match wits with Wolf, who also turns out to be a big liar.
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti
Director: Shawn Levy
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall.
Starring: Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Adventure | Comedy | Family
Steve Martin is funnier than ever in this hilarious sequel! Tom Baker (Martin) and wife Kate (Bonnie Hunt) bring their clan together for a memorable summer getaway. But their dream vacation turns into an outrageous competition with the overachieving, overzealous family of Tom's long-time rival, Jimmy Murtaugh (Eugene Levy). Featuring the original Baker kids, including Hilary Duff, Tom Welling and Piper Perabo, this supersized comedy is fun for the whole family!
Starring: Steve Martin, Eugene Levy, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo
Director: Adam Shankman
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Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Comedy | Family
With his wife doing a book tour, a father of twelve must handle a new job and his unstable brood.
Starring: Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling
Director: Shawn Levy
Meet the Deedles (1998)
Comedy | Family
Two surfers end up as Yellowstone park rangers and have to stop a former ranger who is out for revenge.
Starring: Paul Walker, Steve Van Wormer, A.J. Langer, John Ashton, Dennis Hopper, Eric Braeden, Richard Lineback
Director: Steve Boyum
Nightfur (2011)
Comedy | Fantasy | Music | Romance | Sci-Fi
An introspective astrophysics major visits a remote lab to work with his mentor, Dr. Roberts. After his arrival, he finds that a young woman from the metaphysical side of the fence has been taken in by the doctor. She is found to be sensitive to a mysterious signal coming from the depths of space. The unexplainable phenomena that occur force Frank and Dr. Roberts to look at life from a different, unscientific, angle. When Helen's forest dwelling spiritual guide enters the mix they find that logic, love, and jealousy become easily entangled in the presence of the unknown. Nightfur is a quirky, surreal romance film with elements of science fiction and fantasy. The film features music by world renowned Band Of Horses, The Parson Redheads, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Lucy Langlas, Black Nile, and more.
Starring: Jeter Rhodes, Jana Danae, Creighton Barrett
Director: Jason Corgan Brown
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All I Want Is Christmas / Ira Finkelstein's Christmas (2011)
Comedy | Family
Ira J. Finkelstein is obsessed with Christmas. He's seen every Christmas movie ever made and his dreams are filled with reindeer, sleigh rides and SNOW. The problem? Ira's Jewish – and at 11 years old, Christmas is passing him by. When Ira's hopes for a holiday vacation in Aspen are dashed, he hatches a plan to finally get the Christmas of his dreams. Flying unaccompanied to visit his grandparents in Florida, he swaps tickets with Mikey, another 11-year-old on his way to Christmastown, WA . Ira gets more than he bargained for when he experiences his first "White Christmas".
Starring: Elliott Gould, David DeLuise, Elijah Nelson, Justin Howell, Cynthia Geary, Angela DiMarco, Shaye Hodgins, Julianne Christie, Jenna Levin, Meg Savlov, Tony Doupe, Jack Fleischmann, Lance Rosen, Ashton Herrild, Tracy Hyland
Director: Sue Corcoran
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Peter Pan II: Return to Neverland / Return to Never Land / Peter Pan 2 (2002)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
In London during World War II, Wendy comforts her children with stories about her youthful adventures with Peter Pan in the fantastic world of Neverland. Young Danny loves the stories and believes that they're real, but his older sister, Jane, isn't so certain. Jane soon discovers her mother is indeed telling the truth when she's kidnapped by the evil Captain Hook and spirited away to his lair in Neverland. Hook is still trying to capture his nemesis, Peter Pan, after all these years, and is certain he'll come to the rescue of his old friend, Wendy; however, Hook realizes too late that he's carried away Wendy's daughter instead. Peter comes to the aid of young Jane, but as they do battle with Hook, he realizes it will take some work before Jane will fit in with the Lost Boys.
Starring: Blayne Weaver, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie, Andrew McDonough, Roger Rees
Director: Robin Budd, Donovan Cook
The Color Wheel (2011)
Comedy | Family | Romance
JR has broken up with her professor. She enlists her nervous and obnoxious younger brother Colin to take a short road trip in order to help move out her belongings. They bicker and fight, with one another and pretty much anybody they encounter, before being brought to a place of togetherness and understanding as a result of being pushed away by everybody in their lives except one another.
Starring: Carlen Altman, Bob Byington, Kate Lyn Sheil, Anna Bak-Kvapil, Ry Russo-Young, Craig Butta, Alex Ross Perry
Director: Alex Ross Perry
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Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Animation | Comedy | Family
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters – Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more – to celebrate his daughter Mavis' 118th birthday. For Dracula, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when a human stumbles on the hotel for the first time and takes a shine to Mavis.
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Andy Samberg, CeeLo Green
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
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