Family movies

Old Yeller (1957)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Western
Countries: USA
Actors: McGuire, Dorothy | Parker, Fess | York, Jeff | Connors, Chuck | Washburn, Beverly | Kirk, Tommy | Corcoran, Kevin
Directors: Stevenson, Robert
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Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860’s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly adopts the dog. After a series of scrapes involving raccoons, snakes, bears and all manner of animals, Travis grows to love and respect Old Yeller, who comes to have a profound effect on the boy’s life.

That Darn Cat (1997)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Action | Comedy | Family | Mystery
Countries: USA
Actors: Ricci, Christina | Doug, Doug E. | Jones, Dean | Dzundza, George | Boyle, Peter | McKean, Michael | Armstrong, Bess | Cannon, Dyan | Ratzenberger, John | Cavanagh, Megan | Parsons, Estelle | Schull, Rebecca | Wilson, Thomas F. | Haley, Brian | Lawrence, Mark Christopher
Directors: Spiers, Bob
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In a small Massachusetts town, two bumbling criminals mistakenly kidnap a maid, thinking her to be the wife of a prominent businessman. D.C., short for Darn Cat, is an alley cat who, while looking for his nightly snack, stumbles upon the kidnap victim, bound and gagged in a shed. The kidnap victim scratches a plea for help on the back of her wristwatch and puts it around the cat’s neck. Patti finds the watch and links it to the missing maid. Playing amateur detective, she enlists the aid of an FBI agent, Zeke, who has been assigned to the case. Patti and Zeke follow D.C. through tight openings to track down the captive.

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Allen, Tim | Sullivan, Nicole | Miller, Larry | Furst, Stephen | Knight, Wayne | Carolla, Adam | Bader, Diedrich | Warburton, Patrick | Richardson, Kevin Michael | Kimbrough, Charles | Warden, Cindy | Welker, Frank
Directors: Stones, Tad
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Buzz Lightyear is an ultimate space ranger hero that must fight against his arch enemy the evil Emperor Zurg, who steals the “Unimind,” a device that enables three-eyed aliens to function as a single intellect. The aliens, referred to as “LGMs” the little green men, form the support crew that keep Star Command running, but as individual thinkers, they’re inept. Buzz acquires the sidekicks who form Team Lightyear: Booster, an oversize, overeager alien; XR short for “Experimental Ranger”, one of the aliens’ less successful robot inventions; and the inevitable spunky girl, Princess Mira Nova of the planet Tangeah. Together, this group of disparate heroes find they must work together to save the galaxy when Emporer Zurg hatches his grandest scheme for conquest yet and take on Emperor Zurg in intergalactic combat.

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Banderas, Antonio | Gugino, Carla | Vega, Alexa | Sabara, Daryl | Buscemi, Steve | Judge, Mike | Trejo, Danny | Marin, Cheech | O'Leary, Matt | Osment, Emily | Montalban, Ricardo | Taylor, Holland | Cumming, Alan | Momsen, Taylor | McDonald, Christopher
Directors: Rodriguez, Robert
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Juni and Carmen are on a mission to search for a mysterious island where they encounter 2 of their competitors. There they meet a scientist who accidentally created the curious creatures with mixed features of normal animals. Both of them have to destroy a powerful object (which could disable all electrical signals and gadgets) that, till then, kept the island from being detected and thus prevent it from reaching wrong hands and ultimately save the world!

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Bartlett, Peter | Boakye, Kwesi | Campos, Bruno | Colyar, Michael | Cummings, Jim | David, Keith | Goodman, John | Howard, Terrence | Kernion, Jerry | Montgomery, Ritchie | Wooley, Michael-Leon | Bassett, Angela | Brooks, Breanna | Cody, Jennifer | Dampier, Elizabeth M.
Directors: Clements, Ron
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A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.

Spy Kids (2001)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Banderas, Antonio | Gugino, Carla | Vega, Alexa | Sabara, Daryl | Cumming, Alan | Shalhoub, Tony | Hatcher, Teri | Marin, Cheech | Patrick, Robert | Trejo, Danny | Judge, Mike | Linklater, Richard | Navarro, Guillermo | Reno, Johnny
Directors: Rodriguez, Robert
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Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez are the world’s best secret agents. Their mission is to assassinate each other. When they get within one inch, they fall in love. They marry, and have two kids, Carmen and Juni. They don’t tell their kids. Ten years later, they are called into a mission. When their Uncle Felix babysits the Cortez kids, and rogue agents invade the house, Uncle Felix reveals the truth, their parents are spies and were just kidnapped, and Felix is not their uncle. Carmen and Juni escape, and try to rescue Mom and Dad, and save the world.

My Life as McDull (2001)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Drama | Family
Countries: Hong Kong
Actors: Banner, Buxx | Lamb, Jan | Wong Chau-Sang, Anthony | Ng Kwan Yue, Sandra
Directors: Yuen, Toe
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McDull is not the brightest kid on the block, but he continuously tries to do his best to please his mother. Still it seems he may not be destined for great things like she wishes, but McDull strives to try anyway.

A Christmas Story (1983)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Dillon, Melinda | McGavin, Darren | Billingsley, Peter | Petrella, Ian | Schwartz, Scott | Robb, R.D. | Moore, Tedde | Anaya, Yano | Ward, Zack | Gillen, Jeff | Fox, Colin | Hubbard, Paul | Carlson, Leslie | Hunter, Jim | Johnson, Patty
Directors: Clark, Bob
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It’s Christmas time and there’s only one thing on Ralphie Parker’s Christmas list this year: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot, Range Model Air Rifle, but many obstacles stand in the way of his dream because every adult that he confronts keeps telling him he’ll shoot his eye out. Meanwhile The Old Man just got a major award (a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg), and Mom is making sure The Old Man doesn’t come near her turkey, Ralphie’s friend gets his tongue stuck to a flag pole, and Ralphie utters the f-word infront of his father. Christmas is drawing nearer and Ralphie visits Santa at the department store in hopes of asking him for his dream gift. Will he receive it? Let’s hope so.

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Records, Max | Emmerichs, Pepita | Pfeifer, Max | Greaves, Madeleine | Jay, Joshua | Corr, Ryan | Keener, Catherine | Mouzakis, Steve | Ruffalo, Mark | Gandolfini, James | Dano, Paul | O'Hara, Catherine | Whitaker, Forest | Berry Jr., Michael | Cooper, Chris
Directors: Jonze, Spike
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An adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world—a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

A Christmas Carol (2009)

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Genres: Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Carrey, Jim | Valentine, Steve | Sabara, Daryl
Directors: Zemeckis, Robert
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An animated retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.