Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Classics: 137 Films to Rent
- Torchy The Battery Boy (TV Series) (1959)
- Children's TV series from the late 1950's with string puppets depicting the adventures of a boy doll who has a battery inside him and a lamp on his…
- Auntie Mame (1958)
- Dir. Morton DaCosta
Feat. Rosalind Russell, Peggy Cass, Coral Browne
- Classic Oscar–nominated showcase for Rosalind Russell, as a colourful, high–living rouser who educates her 10yr old nephew in the ways of…
- Famous Five, The: Five on a Treasure Island (1957)
- Dir. Gerald Landau
Feat. Rel Grainer, Richard Palmer, Gillian Harrison…
- Ginger beer and picnics are put on hold as the five set out in search of hidden treasure, and in pursuit the requisite dastardly villains.…
- Old Yeller (1957)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk…
- Many Mums and Dads (and Grand–folk) will remember queuing up for this Disney classic about a boy's love for his dog in 1850s Texas.
- Great Locomotive Chase, The (1956)
- Feat. Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York
- An adventure story based on a true American Civil War mission behind Confederate lines to steal a Union train and destroy some strategically…
- Red Balloon, The (Ballon Rouge, Le) (1956)
- Dir. Albert Lamorisse
- Classic French short that still manages to captivate audiences with its simple premise of a young Parisian boy who discovers a red balloon with a…
- Smiley (1956)
- Dir. Anthony Kimmins
Feat. Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty…
- An iconic, simple depiction of smalltown life in rural 1950s Australia, loosely revolving around the life of a young boy, whose father is a nomadic…
- It's A Dog's Life (1955)
- Dir. Herman Hoffman
Feat. Jeff Richards, Jarma Lewis, Edmund Gwenn…
- Drama narrated by a bull terrier called Wildfire, and following his adventures in turn–of–the–century New York.
- Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell…
- TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
- Lassie (TV Series) (1954-1974)
- Feat. Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig
- A representative selection of episodes from the long–running US series depicting the adventures of a rather intelligent collie dog with a…