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.
The Games Maker (2014)
5.7/10
Director: Juan Pablo Buscanini
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Cavanagh, Megan Charpentier
Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian... Read more
The Golden Compass (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker, Eva Green, Jim Ca...
Gifted with the last of the truth-telling Golden Compasses, young orphan Lyra Belacqua embarks on a daring journey to the Arctic Circle to find a miss... Read more
The Golden Compass ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
6.1/10
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Freddie Highmo...
Gifted with the last of the truth-telling Golden Compasses, young orphan Lyra Belacqua embarks on a daring journey to the Arctic Circle to find a miss... Read more
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
6.7/10
Director: Peter Sohn
Starring: Anna Paquin, Frances McDormand, John Ratzenberger, Sam Elliott, Steve Zahn, Jeff...
The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never b... Read more
The Goonies (1985)
7.8/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Joe Pantoliano, Josh Brolin, Kerri Green, Martha Plim...
From the imagination of Steven Spielberg, 'The Goonies' plunges a band of small heroes into a swashbuckling, surprise-around-every-corner quest beyond... Read more
The Goonies ( Blu-ray ) (1985)
7.8/10
Director: Richard Donner
Starring: Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen, Joe Pantoliano, Josh Brolin, Kerri Green, Martha Plim...
From the imagination of Steven Spielberg, 'The Goonies' plunges a band of small heroes into a swashbuckling, surprise-around-every-corner quest beyond... Read more
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
6.5/10
Director: Stephen Herek
Starring: Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, Sophie Nelisse
A feisty foster kids outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, a funny, poignant... Read more
The Great Locomotive Chase / Shipwrecked (1956)
Director: Francis D Lyon, Nils Gaup
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Fess Parker, Kenneth Tobey, Stian Smestad, Gabriel Byrne
'The Great Locomotive Chase' - An adventure story based on a true American Civil War incident of a mission behind Confederate lines to steal a Union t... Read more
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
7.2/10
Director: Jim Henson
Starring: John Cleese, Muppets, Diana Rigg, Peter Ustinov, Charles Grodin, Robert Morley,...
The Muppets investigate the robbery of the fabulous Baseball Diamond, owned by fashion queen Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg) - and Miss Piggy is the prime s... Read more
The Great Yokai War (2005)
6.5/10
Director: Takashi Miike
Starring: Chiaki Kuriyama, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Bunta Sugawara, Kaho Minam...
An extravagant fun-filled fantasy the whole family can enjoy from the prolific and versatile Japanese director, Takashi Miike. Embracing and re-inter... Read more