Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Classics: 137 Films to Rent
- Big John Little John (TV Series) (1976)
- Feat. Herb Edelman
- Wacky 70's sitcom concerning the misadventures of a forty–something school teacher. After drinking from a fountain of youth finds himself…
- Pinocchio (1976)
- Feat. Danny Kaye
- Bright and energetic musical adaptation of the beloved children's fable, framed around the story of a young theater girl's desire to study and work…
- Apple Dumpling Gang, The (1975)
- Dir. Norman Tokar
Feat. Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan…
- Attractive Disney adventure set on the Californian frontier in the 1870s, with an inveterate gambler (Bixby) ending up in charge of three orphaned…
- Shadows (TV Series) (1975-1978)
- Feat. Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke
- Atmospheric and superbly scripted, this quintessential children’s series of the 1970s offers up psychological and supernatural tales in which young…
- Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) (1974-1982)
- Feat. Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert
- Gently focused account of a settler family building their 'little house' on the plains of Minnesota in the 1870s. While not exactly gritty, this is…
- Little Prince, The (1974)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder
- The classic childern's story by aviator Antoine de Saint–Exupery is here translated with whimsy and wit intact. A pilot is stranded in a desert…
- Swallows and Amazons (1974)
- Dir. Claude Whatham
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser
- Solidly crafted adaptation of Arthur Ransome's celebrated children's novel about a group of children having a variety of holiday adventures in the…
- Zoo Gang, The (TV Series) (1974)
- Feat. Brian Keith, John Mills, Barry Morse…
- Old fashioned but fun espionage series centered around five aged resistance fighters scamming scamming the scammers and gifting the money to the…
- Optimists, The (1973)
- Dir. Anthony Simmons
Feat. Peter Sellers
- Gentle, affirmative tale of a busker (Sellers) who inspires London's poor and neglected children to look on the bright side of life. Hard to dislike.
- Tomorrow People, The (TV Series) (1973)
- Dir. Paul Bernard
Feat. Nicholas Young
- Fitted out with stun–guns, digital watches and a talking biotronic computer called TIM, a group of highly–evolved youngsters also enjoy…