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.
Flight of the Albatross (1996)
5.5/10
Director: Werner Meyer
Starring: Julia Brendler, Taungaroa Emile, Jack Thompson, Pete Smith
Sarah comes to New Zealand from Germany to visit with her research scientist mother on a remote island, though her mother doesn't seem all that excite... Read more
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
6.9/10
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young
This delightful Disney film concerns a young boy who has the ability to communicate with machines and uses this to help a UFO find its way home. Like... Read more
Flipper (1996)
5.2/10
Director: Alan Shapiro
Starring: Paul Hogan, Elijah Wood, Chelsea Field
This splashy wave of family entertainment based on the popular 60's TV series stars Paul Hogan, Elijah Wood and Flipper the dolphin as they get into s... Read more
Flipper: Season 1 (1964)
6.3/10
Starring: Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin, Tommy Norden
A spin-off from the 1963 film, the friendly dolphin adapted easily to a weekly show, becoming even more intelligent and helping his human pals enforce... Read more
Flubber (1997)
5.2/10
Director: Les Mayfield
Starring: Raymond J Barry, Marcia Gay Harden, Robin Williams, Christopher McDonald, Clancy...
In the remake of the 1961 Disney film 'The Absent Minded Professor', Robin Williams is the kooky but loveable scientist who makes his name by inventin... Read more
Fluke (1995)
6.7/10
Director: Carlo Carlei
Starring: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Nancy Travis, Jon Polito, Max Pomeranc
Touching, often funny family drama about a driven businessman who is killed in a car accident and reincarnated as a dog. As memories of his human life... Read more
Flushed Away (2006)
6.6/10
Director: David Bowers, Sam Fell
Starring: Voices Of, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy, Andy...
Aardman Studio's first CGI animated feature revolves around Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman), a society mouse, living the high life in a Kensington pent... Read more
Fly Away Home (1996)
6.8/10
Director: Carroll Ballard
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany
A stirring, gorgeously filmed family adventure focusing on a young girl (Anna Paquin) who becomes a 'parent' to a flock of newly-hatched geese. Jeff D... Read more
Follow Me Boys! / Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Director: Norman Tokar, Robert Stevenson
Starring: Lillian Gish, Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Sean Connery, Albert Sharpe, Janet Mun...
'Follow Me Boys' is a Disney classic about a simple man who settles in a small town during the 1930s and starts a Boy Scout Troop. Fred MacMurray, Ver... Read more
Follyfoot: Series 1 (1971)
8.3/10
Director: Michael Apted, Stephen Frears, Vic Hughes
Starring: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska, Desmond Llewelyn
Based on Monica Dickens' 1963 novel 'Cobbler's Dream', the series was set in a horse sanctuary and often dealt with the way horses were poorly treated... Read more