Family movies

FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Harvey Keitel | Jason Salkey | Peter O'Toole | Lara Morgan | Adam Franks | Guy Witcher | Joseph May | John Bradley | Anna Chancellor | Florence Hoath | Phoebe Nicholls | Leonard Kavanagh | Elizabeth Earl | Paul McGann | Anton Lesser
Directors: Charles Sturridge
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Based on factual accounts, this is the story of two young girls that, somehow, have the ability to take pictures of winged beings… which certainly causes quite a stir throughout England during the time of the first World War. Everyone, except the girls who think it’s quite normal, are excited about this “photographic proof” that fairies exist… even the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini pay the girls a visit.

Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Family | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Moises Arias | Paul Azarian | Chase Benz | Beau Billingslea | Barry Bostwick | Justin Brown | Lawrence Bull Jr. | Marcel Chagnon | Joshua Childs | John Will Clay | Michael Cornacchia | Bucky Covington | Billy Ray Cyrus | Jay DeMarcus | Jason Earles
Directors: Peter Chelsom
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As Hannah Montana’s popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging from her father takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.

Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ryan Hanson Bradford | Wayne Brady | Michael J. Fox | Tom Kenny | Nathan Lane | Hugh Laurie | Peter MacNicol | Corey Padnos | Rino Romano | Geena Davis | Virginia Madsen | Sophia Paden | Kath Soucie | Tara Strong
Directors: Audu Paden
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Stuart Little’s back in an all-new, adventure! School’s out for the summer and the Little Family is spending their big vacation at a beautiful lakeside cabin near Lake Garland. But meanwhile, there is something lurking in the forest who could spoil all the fun: the Beast; a mean and isolated forest terror who rules the local animals with an iron paw. When Snowbell is taken prisoner, a Little bravery goes a long way as Stuart, along with his new skunk friend, named, Reeko, who heroically rescues Snowbell, frees the other woodland creatures and outwits the wily Beast.

Flubber (1997)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Robin Williams | Marcia Gay Harden | Christopher McDonald | Raymond J. Barry | Clancy Brown | Ted Levine | Wil Wheaton | Edie McClurg | Jodi Benson | Leslie Stefanson | Malcolm Brownson | Benjamin Brock | Dakin Matthews | Zack Zeigler | Sam Lloyd
Directors: Les Mayfield
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Phillip Brainard, who is a professor at a college and a small time worker in his own basement, is trying to create a great invention. Unfortunately he always failed to invent something, but he is so obsessed about it that he even puts off his own wedding to his fiancée, Sara. One day, he finally invents something that works, this substance can cause even the heaviest things to bounce in the air, ‘flying rubber’, but Brainard called it “Flubber”. However, he sees Sara going out with another professor from another college and several criminals trying to rob him. So, Brainard has to find out a way to defeat the criminals and to get back his Fiancee. Hopefully, Flubber can help him.

All Roads Lead Home (2008)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Peter Coyote | Jason London | Peter Boyle | Vivien Cardone | Patton Oswalt | Vanessa Branch | Evan Parke | April Bowlby | Walter Coppage | Allan Kayser | Bruce Heinrich | Hank Rector | Joe Backer | Brent Crawford | Jeffrey Fellin
Directors: Dennis Fallon
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The story is about a 12 year old girl who loses her mother in an automobile accident. Her father struggles with the loss of his wife and trying to raise his young daughter who believes her father is partly responsible for her mother’s death. Belle’s maternal grandfather is a changed man since losing his daughter in the accident. He finds it difficult to have a relationship with Belle since she is a constant reminder of her mother. It is Atticus the new puppy who will change Belle’s life and the lives of those who love her.

Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss | Jenna Elfman | Natasha Lyonne | Gregory Smith | Carl Michael Lindner | Jacob Handy | Zachary Handy | Lily Tomlin | Stephen Root | Doris Belack | Julio Oscar Mechoso | Siobhan Fallon | Amzie Strickland | Phil Leeds | Frances Bay
Directors: Todd Holland
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A university professor is paid to find the last undiscovered tribe of New Guinea. When he fails to find the tribe, he comes home, and rather than admitting that he’s failed, he gives a lecture about the Shelmikedmu tribe (named after his children: Shelly, Mike, and Edmund) and then has his family dress like “Shelmikedmus,” so that he can film them as proof of his discovery.

Bolt (2008)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Sean Donnellan | John Travolta | Mark Walton | Miley Cyrus | Susie Essman | Chloe Moretz
Directors: Byron Howard
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Bolt tells the story a dog who plays a heroic dog in a hit TV show and has some trouble recognizing that he doesn’t even have superpowers. This becomes something of a hindrance when he is accidentally shipped from Hollywood to New York City. From there he has to make his way home with the help of a manky old cat and an overweight hamster in a plastic ball.

Field of Dreams (1989)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Kevin Costner | Amy Madigan | Gaby Hoffmann | Ray Liotta | Timothy Busfield | James Earl Jones | Burt Lancaster | Frank Whaley | Dwier Brown | James Andelin | Mary Anne Kean | Fern Persons | Kelly Coffield | Michael Milhoan | Steve Eastin
Directors: Phil Alden Robinson
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Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella hears a voice in his corn field tell him, “If you build it, he will come.” He interprets this message as an instruction to build a baseball field on his farm, upon which appear the ghosts of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven Chicago White Sox players banned from the game for throwing the 1919 World Series. When the voices continue, Ray seeks out a reclusive author to help him understand the meaning of the messages and the purpose for his field.

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Laurence Olivier | Claire Bloom | Maggie Smith | Ursula Andress | Jack Gwillim | Susan Fleetwood | Pat Roach | Harry Hamlin | Judi Bowker | Burgess Meredith | Siân Phillips | Flora Robson | Anna Manahan | Freda Jackson | Tim Pigott-Smith
Directors: Desmond Davis
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By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus, the son of Zeus, wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos, the princess’s former love, and his mother, the Goddess Thetis. In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa; her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.

Happy Feet (2006)

Friday, June 5th, 2009
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Musical
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Carlos Alazraqui | Lombardo Boyar | Jeffrey Garcia | Johnny A. Sanchez | Robin Williams | Elijah Wood | Brittany Murphy | Hugh Jackman | Nicole Kidman | Hugo Weaving | Elizabeth Daily | Magda Szubanski | Miriam Margolyes | Fat Joe | Alyssa Shafer
Directors: Warren Coleman
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Set deep inside the icy land of Antarctica, two emperor penguins have a baby named Mumble. Hatched upon his feet, he has an amazing skill for tap-dancing. However, penguins are not supposed to tap dance. Even worse, he cannot sing. All emperor penguins are supposed to have a heart song, and he has a try at it - with awful results. Torn apart from his mom, dad, and best friend, Gloria, as a teenager who still has his adolescent feathers, his ventures off into the icy landscape. He is rescued from a leopard seal from a group of Adelie penguins, whom which the leader is Ramon. They take Mumble to their home and discover that all of their fish is being taken from an unknown ‘alien’ source. They ask Lovelace, an unwise and cocky leader of the Adelies, to help them. Unfortunately, he proves no help. Leading on an incredible adventure, they try to discover the threat of their food source and survival. Using courage and bravery, Mumble begins to teach everyone begins to learn that uniqueness isn’t a burden, but is a gift to be treasured.