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.
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
6.7/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple
Next to that underage Brooklyn kid in the war picture, the surest kiss of death in movies is to play Shirley Temple's natural parents. This time an In... Read more
Swallows and Amazons (2016)
6.2/10
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Rafe Spall, Jessica Hynes, Andrew Scott
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the... Read more
T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous ( IMAX ) (1998)
4.7/10
Director: Brett Leonard
Starring: Peter Horton, Liz Stauber, Kari Coleman
During a museum visit with her paleontologist father, a teenage girl drops one of his latest finds...a mysterious dinosaur egg...and is magically tran... Read more
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
6.5/10
Director: Goro Miyazaki
The son of legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki makes his directing debut with this adapatation of the third and fourth books in Ursula K. LeGuin's belov... Read more
Tales of the Riverbank (2008)
5.2/10
Director: John Henderson
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Peter Serafinowicz, Mi...
Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP Guinea Pig are caught in a violent storm and embark on an epic journey in search of their lost homes. Their journey... Read more
Tarka the Otter (1979)
6.9/10
Director: David Cobham
Starring: Narrated by, Peter Ustinov
A captivating tale set in the 1920s and based on the best-selling book by Henry Williamson. This is one of those highly unusual films told almost enti... Read more
Tarzan (Disney) (1999)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Starring: Glenn Close, Minnie Driver, Tony Goldwyn
A vibrant animated Disney production of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic about the ape-raised orphan. With its thrilling treetop action and groundbreakin... Read more
Tarzan 2 (2005)
5.6/10
Before he was King of the Jungle, Tarzan was an awkward young kid just trying to fit in. When one of his missteps puts his family in jeopardy, Tarzan... Read more
Tarzan and Jane (2002)
5.4/10
Director: Victor Cook
Return to Africa for all new thrills, laughs and songs with this feature length follow-up to the 1999 Disney hit "Tarzan." To mark the one y... Read more
Teen Titans: Divide and Conquer (2003)
7.8/10
Director: Michael Chang, Ben Jones
From DC Comics comes a winning band of teenage superheroes led by Batman's sidekick, Robin. Together with the brooding Raven, electronics wiz Cyborg,... Read more