Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Classics: 137 Films to Rent
- Son of Flubber (1963)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn…
- A (then) rare Disney sequel in which Fred MacMurray returns as THE ABSENT–MINDED PROFESSOR for another round of visual gags based around the…
- Summer Magic (1963)
- Dir. James Neilson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire
- Sweetly sentimental Disney version of the Kate Wiggins novel 'Mother Carey's Chickens', about a poor Boston family who make a drafty Maine homestead…
- Courtship of Eddie's Father, The (1962)
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones
- Wholesome family comedy, wherein widower Glenn Ford is prodded into romance by his six–year son Ron Howard (who went on to become the…
- Babes in Toyland (1961)
- Dir. Jack Donohue
Feat. Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn
- The second version of Victor Herbert's operetta set in the fantasy world of 'Toyland' where the wedding plans of two young toys are interrupted by an…
- Mysterious Island (1961)
- Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan…
- Robust adventure yarn finds a group of Yankee soldiers escaping a Confederate jail using a hot air balloon during the American Civil War.
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- Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
- The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Albert Sharpe, Sean Connery, Jack MacGowran…
- Sharpe plays an Irish caretaker who befriends the King of the Leprechauns. This live–action classic from Uncle Walt, mixes whimsy, humour and…
- Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (TV Series) (1959)
- The classic family cartoon series. Join the titular reindeer and chipmunk, plus Snidley, Horse, Nell, Dudley, Mr Peabody, Sherman and the rest for…
- Shaggy Dog, The (1959)
- Dir. Charles Barton
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen, Tommy Kirk…
- Fred MacMurray excels in this Disney live–actioner, playing a postman whose son accidentally transforms himself into a talking sheepdog with…
- Smiley Gets A Gun (1959)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Sybil Thorndike, Chips Rafferty, Keith Calvert…
- Sequel to the 1956 Aussie family movie, with Archer and Rafferty again appearing, as young hero and local constable respectively. Likeable,…