Subgenre Sampler
Family > Adventure: 175 Films to Buy & Rent
Story of Robin Hood, The (1952)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch…
- Colourful, uncomplicated rendering of the famous tale should delight younger viewers. Filmed in England by Walt Disney Studios.
Long John Silver (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll, Basil Sydney…
- Rambunctious adventure with arch pirate Long John Silver on the hunt for his young friend Jim Hawkins and maybe some treasure. Arrrrrgh!!! Notably…
Treasure Island (Long John Silver) (1950)
- Dir. Byron Haskin
Feat. Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney…
- This definitive version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story was the first live–action feature from Disney studios, and contains…
Jungle Book (1942)
- Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. Sabu
- Live–action version of Rudyard Kipling's novel with Sabu as Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves who attempts to adapt to human custom.
Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
- Dir. Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan
Feat. Sabu, Conrad Veidt, June Duprez
- Sabu stars in this magical, intoxicating vision of the Arabian Nights, some twenty years before the genre was revived in SINBAD. Romance, tragedy,…