Recommended: Family
38 Family Films we think you’ll enjoy
- Soul (2020)
- Cosmic adventure from Pixar Animation Studios, directed by Pete Docter (INSIDE OUT).
Jamie Foxx voices a middle–school music teacher whose…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
- Wendy (2019)
- A visionary reimagining of the Peter Pan story from director Benh Zeitlin, with two children from different worlds fighting to hold onto their…
- DVD $29.95
- Moana (2016)
- An epic CGI Disney adventure about a Polynesian girl who sets sail on a daring ocean voyage to find a home for her people.
Features Kiwi voice…
- DVD
$29.95 $22.45
- Red Turtle, The (2016)
- The first non–Japanese film to be produced by Studio Ghibli follows a nameless shipwrecked man who meets a giant red turtle on a deserted…
- DVD $34.95
- Cinderella (2015)
- Dir. Kenneth Branagh re–imagines the classic tale of young Ella who finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters, and…
- Blu-Ray $29.95, $39.95
- Nicholas on Holiday (2014)
- Delightful Gallic family comedy based on the popular series of Little Nicholas children's books. This time our titular hero gets caught up in a…
- DVD $24.95
- Song of the Sea (2014)
- From the director and production team behind THE SECRET OF KELLS comes another distinctive hand–made animated feature from Ireland that serves…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- When Marnie Was There (2014)
- Beautifully rendered – but possibly final – Studio Ghibli animated feature focuses on the unlikely friendship between a tomboy and a…
- DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
- From up on Poppy Hill (2011)
- Studio Ghibli's latest offering is an affecting, nostalgia–laden drama of teenage idealism and high school romance, set during the lead up to…
- DVD $29.95
- Hugo (2011)
- A state–of–the–art fantasy and homage to the origins of film and one of its earlier innovators, George Méliès (Kingsley), whose…
- DVD
$20 $15
- War of the Buttons, The (2011)
- A spirited adaptation of Louis Pergaud's classic novel, relocated to the 60s where two rival factions of children wage war in provincial…
- DVD $29.95
- Adventure Time (TV Series) (2010)
- One of the more inspired Cartoon Network creations follows the wildly original, mind altering adventures of Finn, and his best friend Jake – a…
- DVD $19.95, $24.95, $24.95, $24.95
- 5 Centimetres Per Second (Five Centimetres Per Second) (2008)
- Sublimely romantic animated feature divided into three separate episodes tracing the emotional journey of a teenage boy through to manhood, and the…
- DVD $24.95
- Bolt (2008)
- Dog–gone charming furball flick about a pampered puppy called Bolt (voiced by Travolta) who stars in his own superhero show and believes his…
- Blu-Ray
$39.95 $24.95
- Tales of the Riverbank (2008)
- Based on the classic UK tv series, this tells the story of Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig, who, in the wake of a big storm, embark…
- DVD
$24.95 $19.95
- Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
- Faithful adaptation of a much–loved young–adult novel, which tells the story of two 10–year–olds creating a fantasy world to…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Razzle Dazzle (2007)
- Family–friendly Australian mockumentary goes behind the scenes of kids’ dance competitions, spinning the BEST IN SHOW concept to reasonably…
- DVD
$29.95 $19.95
- Corpse Bride (Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) (2005)
- An animated tour–de–force from dir. Burton which fuses spindley puppetry and subtle CGI for its mythic tale of a sallow young bridegroom…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Secret of Roan Inish, The (1994)
- A young girl is sent to live with her grandmother at a coastal town in Ireland, 1949, and makes an unexpected connection with its mystical history…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Robin Williams rummages around in the women's costume closet and finds the biggest hit of his career. Not since Mork and Mindy has he been given the…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Ocean Waves (1993)
- A sweet, sentimental tale of unrequited teen romance as seen in flashback through the eyes of a man attending his high school reunion forms the basis…
- DVD $29.95
- Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta) (1992)
- A world weary pilot, with a pig's head, protects shipping on the Adriatic from air pirates in the wake of World War I.
Although not one of his…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
- Only Yesterday (1991)
- Studio Ghibli's most 'adult' offering is a moving, poignantly drawn rumination on childhood and regret, told through the eyes of a disenchanted…
- DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
- A magical animation from the masterful Japanese dir. Miyazaki, which delivers a contemporary fairytale with strong characters, rich visuals and a…
- DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
- Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (1988)
- Fine BBC production of the C.S. Lewis fantasy tale. This first part of the saga sees Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy travel through the wardrobe into…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988)
- Modest 'classic' of Japanese anime that tells the story of two children caught up in the devastating fire–bombing of Kobe in WW2.
Amid the…
- Blu-Ray $39.95
- Willow (1988)
- Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…
- DVD
$15 $11.25
- Wonder Years, The (TV Series) (1988-1993)
- One of the more endearing US TV series of the period, depicts the 'growing up' of its adolescent protagonists with humour and empathy. This disc…
- DVD $24.95, $34.95, $34.95, $34.95
- Innerspace (1987)
- The premise of FANTSTIC VOYAGE is comically reworked with a vastly different plotline involving a miniaturized Dennis Quaid is inadvertently injected…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4, The (1985)
- Engaging TV adaptation of Sue Townsend's much–loved book about the pains of adolescence chronicled by a teenage diarist as he struggles to come…
- DVD $24.95
- Annie (1982)
- Rumbunctious Broadway musical, set in the Depression–era, follows the young moptop's orphanage experiences, and fateful encounter with…
- DVD
$20 $15
- Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982)
- One of the BBC's most expensive serials was this imaginative, if uneven, handling of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy. In 2089, the Earth is ruled…
- DVD
$25 $18.75
- Man from Snowy River , The (1981)
- Sterling entertainment in the old fashioned sense, this Western has both spectacle and a big–hearted story of a man who must prove himself to…
- DVD
$24.95 $18.70
- Storm Boy (1980)
- Minor Australian classic set in the beautiful, windswept wilds of South Australia, where a young boy leads an isolated existence with his father and…
- DVD
$19.95 $14.95
- Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) (1974-1982)
- Gently focused account of a settler family building their 'little house' on the plains of Minnesota in the 1870s. While not exactly gritty, this is…
- DVD $39.95, $39.95
- Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- This superlative animated Disney feature tells the evergreen story of a pampered cocker spaniel and her faithful friend Tramp, a jaunty,…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
- National Velvet (1944)
- Ever–exciting family classic, with 12 year–old budding equestrian Elizabeth Taylor, taking her horse Velvet all the way to the Grand…
- DVD $14.95
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1939)
- Disney's first animated feature is a milestone in cinema history, with the artistic heights matched by characters, songs and storytelling. As fresh…
- DVD $39.95