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Rental > Family > Classics: 36 Films to Rent on VHS
Dr Seuss - The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
- Emmy Award–winning tale in which two of Dr. Seuss' most popular characters square off in a whimsical showdown as the ever–clever Cat puts…
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…
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…
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…
Pufnstuf (1970)
- Dir. Hollingsworth Morse
Feat. Jack Wild, Billie Hayes, Martha Raye
- Fabulous feature version of the HR PUFNSTUF TV–series, that's a 60s counter–cultural rival to the WIZARD OF OZ. Mildly psychedelic…
Phantom Tollbooth, The (1969)
- Dir. Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow
- Young lad Butch Patrick gets a ‘magic tollbooth’ which transports him into the crazed animated world of Chuck Jones (Bugs Bunny), whose inhabitants: …
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox…
- Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…
Mary Poppins (1964)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke
- Disney's beloved live–action feature is a timeless, dazzling musical with Julie Andrews as an enchanted London nanny. Dick Van Dyke…
Whistle Down the Wind (1964)
- Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Alan Bates, Hayley Mills
- Alan Bates plays an escaped convict who Hayley Mills meets and believes to be Jesus himself. Unsentimental yet moving account of childhood faith…
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…