Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Thunder Stone (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Jeffrey Walker, Kate Keltie
- Effective Aussie sci–fi kid's series of a heroic teenager who exists in a future where all animals have become extinct, once he figures out the…
Tom Sawyer (1999)
- Dir. Paul Sabella
- Tom Sawyer and best–buddy Huckleberry Finn float down a Disney–fied Mississippi in this sparkly animation, which appropriately features…
Tweenies, The (TV Series) (1999)
- A BBC children's show for ages 3–5, with four quasi–muppet creatures (Fizz, Jake, Milo and Bella) directing the songs, dances,…
Watership Down (TV Series) (1999)
- Feat. Richard Briers, Jane Horrocks, Andrew Falvey
- Extended adaptation of Richard Adam's bestselling novel following a group of rabbits leaving their endangered warren in search of a new home, and the…
Alice Through The Looking Glass (1998)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Kate Beckinsale, Jonathan Bailey, Steve Coogan…
- Impressively cast version of Lewis Carroll's second Alice book takes the unusual liberty of presenting Alice (Beckinsale) as a young adult woman.…
Anastasia (1998)
- Dir. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
- After disappearing into an animated turmoil of Russian history, the lost Romanov Princess quests to regain her inheritance with the help of various…
Antz (1998)
- Dir. Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Feat. Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone…
- Fully computer–animated family film takes best advantage of current technology, and successfully implants the voice and persona of Woody Allen…
Babe 2: Pig in the City (1998)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Elizabeth Daily, Mary Stein, Magda Szubanski
- More walking–talking bacon, this time trotting off to the big city in search of cash to save the farm. Special–effects are again…
Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
- Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Bajram Severdzan, Srdjan Todorovic, Branka Katic
- An endearingly chaotic and convivial comedy from Bosnian–born film–maker Kusturica that follows the slapstick rivalry between criminal…
Bob the Builder (TV Series) (1998-2002)
- Dir. Sarah Ball
- The jolly and quite sensible clay–mated builder has everyday adventures with friends Scoop, Muck, Wendy and Spud. Of course backed by one of…