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.
Dog City (1993)
7.2/10
Director: John Van Bruggen
AKA Jim Henson's Dog City - The Movie. In a parody of the Film Noir gangster films of the 1930's wisecracking canine character Ace Yu arrives in Dog... Read more
Dolphin Tale (2011)
6.9/10
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Starring: Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman, Nathan Gamble
Inspired by a fascinating true story, this moving drama for the whole family focuses on Winter, a dolphin who loses her tail after being injured by a... Read more
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Charles Martin-Smith
Starring: Ashley Judd, Carlos Gomez, Harry Connick Jr, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman,...
In Dolphin Tale 2, Winter's companion dolphin dies of old age. Since USDA regulations state that captive dolphins must be paired up with another dolph... Read more
Dolphin Tale 2 (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.4/10
Director: Charles Martin-Smith
Starring: Ashley Judd, Carlos Gomez, Harry Connick Jr, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman,...
In Dolphin Tale 2, Winter's companion dolphin dies of old age. Since USDA regulations state that captive dolphins must be paired up with another dolph... Read more
Donkey Skin (1971)
7.1/10
Director: Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Perrin
At once charming, bizarre and eerie, director Jacques Demy's ('The Umbrellas of Cherbourg') colourful adaptation of the fairytale by Perrault (who als... Read more
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
6/10
Director: James Bobin
Starring: Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Pena, Eva Longoria, Danny Trejo, Temuera...
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle, nothing could prepare Dora for her most dangerous adventure yet -- high school. Accompanied by a r... Read more
Dora the Explorer: Fairytale Adventure (2006)
3.9/10
Dora and Boots journey to magical Fairytale Land. Once there, a mean witch tricks Boots into eating an enchanted banana that puts him into a deep slee... Read more
Dora the Explorer: Pirate Adventure (2003)
3.9/10
Join Dora for a double-length high seas musical adventure! Dora, Boots, Diego and even Baby Jaguar set sail with an ensemble cast in an episode filled... Read more
Dr Dog: Volume 1 (2006)
6.8/10
He's a dog, he's a doctor and he's on-call 24 hours a day. Includes 7 hilarious, tongue-in-jowl episodes, each 13 minutes long, based on Babette Cole... Read more
Dr Dolittle (1998)
4.7/10
Director: Betty Thomas
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle
Eddie Murphy stars in this charmless retread of Rex Harrison's 1967 "Doctor Dolittle", about a doctor who finds out he can understand what animals are... Read more