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.
Popeye: All New Cartoons (1996)
5.2/10
Starring: Popeye
All new Popeye features a whole boatload of action adventures. With all your favourite characters. Includes the cartoons: 'Popeye's Roots', 'Come Back... Read more
Postman Pat: The Pirate Treasure (2005)
6.5/10
Join Pat and Jess along with all their friends from Greendale for three brand new episodes - "Green Rabbit", "Flying Saucers" and the feature length s... Read more
Powerpuff Girls: Season 1 (1998)
7.3/10
Starring: Animated
Sugar, spice and everything nice...this is how the well-meaning Professor Utonium starts his experiment, only for Chemical X(!) to fall into the mix.... Read more
Pride (2004)
6.5/10
Director: John Downer
Starring: Voices Of, Kate Winslet, Rupert Graves, Helen Mirren, Sean Bean, Martin Freeman,...
Combining documentary footage of a Tanzanian pride of lions, and cutting-edge Jim Henson animation, this film tells the story of a rebellious cub, Suk... Read more
Princess Anastasia (1997)
The lost Russian Princess Anastasia and her incredible quest to find her true identity. When the shadow of revolution falls across Russia, Anastasia,... Read more
Princess From The Moon (1987)
6.3/10
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi
A poor bamboo cutter and his wife witness a mysterious light in the sky crashing into the nearby forest. Investigating the strange occurence, the bamb... Read more
Princess Mononoke (1997)
8.4/10
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver
This stunning masterpiece by animation wizard Hayao Miyazaki is set during Japan's Muromachi era, when a maddened Boar God infects a prince with a dea... Read more
Pufnstuf - The Movie (1970)
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Starring: Billie Hayes, Jack Wild, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Martha Raye
Sid and Marty Krofft's 1960s TV favourite gets the big screen treatment, as young Jimmy (Jack Wild), his pal Pufnstuf, and the creatures of Living Isl... Read more
Queen of Katwe (2016)
7.4/10
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Madina Nalwanga
Living in the slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) and her family. Her world changes one... Read more
R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015)
5.8/10
Director: Peter DeLuise
Starring: Dove Cameron, Katherine McNamara, Ryan McCarten, Tiffany Espensen
Dare to enter a mysterious realm, where the cost of admission just might be your soul. From the dark imagination of renowned author R.L. Stine and sta... Read more