Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1846 Films to Buy & Rent
American Tail, An (1986)
- Dir. Don Bluth
- A Russian mouse called Fievel emigrates to America to escape cat persecution, but loses his parents in the stormy boat trip. This enchanting animated…
Basil The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Dir. Ron Clements
- A Sherlock Holmes–inspired animated feature from Disney.
Set in turn–of–the–century London, Basil sets on the trail of a…
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Jonathan Silverman
- A humourous slice of nostalgia set in pre–war Brooklyn, from the pen of Neil Simon.
Castle in the Sky (Laputa) (1986)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Cloris Leachman
- A triumph of craft and narrative sophistication, this is an epic, supremely imaginative feature from master animator/storyteller Miyazaki that will…
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Joey Cramer, Veronica Cartwright, Cliff De Young…
- An ordinary boy is thrown behind the wheel of a fantastic flying machine, accompanied by an assortment of bizarre aliens. A fun–filled odyssey…
Frog Dreaming (The Quest, The Go-Kids) (1986)
- Dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
Feat. Tony Barry, Rachel Friend
- E.T. star Henry Thomas heads to the land down under in this unsettling children's film, directed by the distinguished Ozploitationist Brian…
Labyrinth (1986)
- Dir. Jim Henson
Feat. David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
- Jennifer Connelly goes in search of her baby brother, kidnapped by the Goblin King (David Bowie). An entourage of creatures from Jim Henson highlight…
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
- Dir. Michael Joens
- Extemely cutesy animation about a herd of Little Ponies threatened by witchcraft. Should appeal to most young girls and has a certain 80s cache…
Pee-Wee's Playhouse (TV Series) (1986-1991)
- Feat. Paul Ruebens, Laurence Fishburne
- Successfully spinning–off from his big–screen Big Adventure, Paul Reubens returns as his man–child alter–ego Pee–Wee…
Pingu (TV Series) (1986)
- Pingu the penguin gets in and out of icy water with his pals, in school, playing hockey etc. Suitable for the very young, as Pingu doesn't even…