Subgenre Sampler
Family > Adventure: 173 Films to Buy & Rent
- Round the Twist (TV Series) (1989)
- Feat. Ebonnie Masini, Andrew S. Gilbert, Rian Mclean…
- Australian television classic from the mind of author Paul Jennings following the off–the–wall adventures of the Twist Family, who leave…
- Man from Snowy River 2, The (1988)
- Dir. Geoff Burrowes
Feat. Brian Dennehy, Tom Burlinson
- Tom Burlinson returns to gather wild horses from up the Snowy River in this lesser sequel.
Fits a love–triangle into the draw as well as the…
- Pippi Longstocking, New Adventures Of (1988)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Tami Erin, Eileen Brennan
- Updated feature film version of the mischievous orphan girl, all pigtails, freckles and high spirits.
- Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
- Dir. Michael Rubbo
- Tommy Tricker is a crafty lad who discovers how to shrink oneself onto postage stamps and thus be mailed anywhere in the world. Quality,…
- Willow (1988)
- Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis…
- Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley–Kilmer employ swords against sorcery to protect a young baby from the powers of evil. A…
- Lionheart (1987)
- Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicholas Clay…
- Young knight Eric Stoltz and a band of medieval tykes join King Richard II's crusade to defeat the Black Prince.
- 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…
- Stand by Me (1986)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman…
- Stephen King adaptation has its darker moments, as four boys journey across 50s rural Maine to see a dead body, but a genuine feeling for childhood…
- Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan
- Adventure fantasy film about a paleontologist and her husband who discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from a…
- Explorers, The (1985)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix
- Imaginative space adventure film also has enormous fun at the expense of American popular culture. Among the explorers are a very baby–faced…