Subgenre Sampler
Family > Adventure: 175 Films to Buy & Rent
Kidnapped (1960)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee…
- The third screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic about a young lad who lands in the middle of the 18th century Scottish uprising. With…
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
- The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
- Dir. Jack Sher
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn…
- Gulliver's travels bring him to the lands of the giants and the tiny in this adaptation of Johnathan Swift's classic. The then break–through…
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- Dir. Nathan Juran
Feat. Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant (Crosby), Richard Eyer…
- In his first and most engaging adventure, Sinbad convincingly duels the Cyclops, a dragon and a hyperactive skeleton without any computer assistance,…
Famous Five, The: Five on a Treasure Island (1957)
- Dir. Gerald Landau
Feat. Rel Grainer, Richard Palmer, Gillian Harrison…
- Ginger beer and picnics are put on hold as the five set out in search of hidden treasure, and in pursuit the requisite dastardly villains.…
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York…
- Fess Parker returns as the frontier folk–hero, here battling his way down the Mississippi enroute to New Orleans. plenty of excitement to be…
Great Locomotive Chase, The (1956)
- Feat. Fess Parker, Jeffrey Hunter, Jeff York
- An adventure story based on a true American Civil War mission behind Confederate lines to steal a Union train and destroy some strategically…
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas…
- Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre are shipwreck survivors aboard the Nautilus under the strange command of Captain Nemo (James Mason). From Jules Verne's…
Davy Crockett - King of the Wild Frontier (1954)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, William Bakewell…
- TV version of the quintessential American story, which created such a phenomenal interest when screened that it was released in a movie version. Fess…
Peter Pan (1953)
- Dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson
- Walt's version of the J M Barrie classic, animated with consummate skill by his army of inhouse artisans.
The flying imp Peter Pan leads Wendy and…