Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family: 1806 Films to Rent
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher…
- From the same stable as Sinbad, comes another fantasy using wonderful stop–motion animation. Jack, against all odds, fights the evil Pendragon…
Jetsons, The (TV Series) (1962)
- Feat. George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo…
- Meet George Jetson… 6 stories from the heyday of Hanna–Barbera’s family of the future. Two tapes. DVD version has all 24 episodes.
Top Cat (1962)
- The irrepressible TC and gang – Benny, Choo Choo, Fancy, and Brain – make mischief at the expense of Officer Dibble.…
101 Dalmatians (1961)
- This 17th Disney animated feature marked a departure from adapting traditional fairy tales. It liberated them to incorporate a jazzy soundtrack and…
Absent-Minded Professor, The (1961)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn…
- One of Disney's perenial comedies conserns absent–minded prof MacMurray and his invention – 'flubber', a gravity–defying substance,…
Babes in Toyland (1961)
- Dir. Jack Donohue
Feat. Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn
- The second version of Victor Herbert's operetta set in the fantasy world of 'Toyland' where the wedding plans of two young toys are interrupted by an…
Magnificent Rebel, The (1961)
- Dir. Georg Tressler
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Ivan Desny
- Unambitious but competent biopic of Ludwig van Beethoven, with Bohm (himself a classical pianist) convincingly ruffled in the lead. Worth a look for…
Mysterious Island (1961)
- Dir. Cy Endfield
Feat. Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan…
- Robust adventure yarn finds a group of Yankee soldiers escaping a Confederate jail using a hot air balloon during the American Civil War.
After…
Parent Trap (1961)
- Dir. David Swift
Feat. Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith…
- Breezy comedy in which Hayley Mills plays estranged twin sisters who meet at summer camp and conspire to bring together their divorced parents.
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Vierne
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot
- One of two live–action adaptations of Herge’s Tintin adventures, this stars a look–alike Jean–Pierre Talbot as the eponymous boy…