Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Classics: 137 Films to Rent
- Adventure's of Black Beauty, The (TV Series) (1972-1974)
- Based on the classic children's book, in which a thoroughbred horse is adopted into the household of a local doctor and widower, and befriended by…
- Biscuit Eater, The (1972)
- Dir. Vincent McEveety
Feat. Lew Ayres, Earl Holliman, Patricia Crowley
- Sweetly sentimental version of James Street's novel about two young lads – one black, one white – who combine their efforts in training a…
- Dr Seuss - The Lorax (1972)
- Award–winning animated version of the Dr. Seuss environmental fable about the greedy, tree–chopping Once–lers and the brave little…
- Escape into Night (TV Series) (Marianne Dreams) (1972)
- Feat. Vikki Chambers
- A convalescent young girl's drawings become the basis for her dreams in this six–part British TV serial that left an indelibly haunting…
- Railway Children, The (1972)
- Dir. Lionel Jeffries
Feat. Jenny Agutter
- When their father is jailed for espionage, Jenny Agutter and her siblings are relocated to rural Yorkshire. Local adventures slowly turn into an…
- Sounder (1972)
- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks…
- Celebrated tale of a family of black sharecroppers struggling in the the American South during the 1930s.
Hooks is excellent as a teenager who…
- Dr Seuss - The Cat in the Hat (1971)
- Animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss' iconic children's story is a television classic in its own right, with script and musical direction overseen by the…
- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)
- Dir. Al Viola
Feat. John Hurt, Hayley Mills, Dudley Sutton…
- Worthy version of NZ–er Graham Billing's classic novel about an immature young scientist who volunteers for a season observing penguin…
- Catweazle (TV Series) (1970-1971)
- Feat. Geoffrey Bayldon, Charles Tingwell
- An eccentric, disheveled 11th century wizard teleports to the 1970s, spending much of his time in a state of utter bewilderment at the many…
- Dr Seuss - Horton Hears a Who (1970)
- Dir. Chuck Jones
- Remastered edition of the original animated Seuss story of a sentimental elephant who determinedly protects the tiny inhabitants of the microscopic…