Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family: 1806 Films to Rent
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad (1949)
- Dir. James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney
- Vastly underrated Disney animation with the odd–sounding combination of Washington Irving’s spooky “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and an…
Secret Garden, The (1949)
- Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell…
- Story about an orphan who discovers a secret garden at her Uncle's Victorian manor continues to fascinate young and old. Colour sequences give the…
Story of Seabiscuit, The (1949)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McCallister
- Shirley Temple stars in this version of the Seabiscuit racehorse story in which the 1930s 'underdog' triumphed against the thoroughbred champions of…
Melody Time (1948)
- Feat. Roy Rogers, Bobby Driscoll
- Disney's tenth animated film was this showcase of seven animated vignettes and short stories set to jazz and samba music, making it a contemporary…
Oliver Twist (1948)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh…
- Astonishing version of the Dicken's classic, notable for great atmosphere and Alec Guinness.
Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
- Dir. George Seaton
Feat. Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn
- Original version of the Yuletide fantasy, where child–sceptic Natalie Wood becomes gradually convinced that department–store Santa,…
Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- Dir. Norman Z. McLeod
Feat. Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff
- Danny Kaye shines in this delightful family film as a quiet day–dreamer whose real life catches up with his elaborate adventure fantasies.
Black Beauty (1946)
- Dir. Max Nosseck
Feat. Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers…
- Based on Anna Sewell's much loved novel about the bond between a young girl and her beautiful black colt.
Also contains "Courage of Black…
Looney Tunes (TV Series) (Bugs Bunny) (1946-1969)
- 56 Restored shorts from the Warner Bros classic (violent) cartoon vault. Appearing are Sylvester, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Daffy Duck, Road…
Yearling, The (1946)
- Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Claude Jr. Jarman, Jane Wyman, Gregory Peck
- Delightfully quaint fable of childhood, has innocent lad Claude Jarman Jnr raising a pet deer in backwoods Florida, while Ma and Pa, scrape together…