Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family > Adventure: 32 Films to Rent on VHS
- Two Brothers (2004)
- Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Feat. Guy Pearce, Jean Claude Dreyfus
- One of the most compelling 'wildlife' films of recent years proffers the tale of two Bengal tiger cubs, orphaned and separated by a remorseless…
- Body Troopers (1998)
- Dir. Vibeke Idsoe
Feat. Adolf Bjerke, Sigve Boe, Leif Dubard
- An adventure of the non–precocious variety, in which an 8–year–old boy is shrunk and injected into his sick grandfather's…
- George of the Jungle (1997)
- Dir. Sam Weisman
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church
- Loose JUNGLE BOOK parody has Brendan Fraser as the hunky klutz in a loin cloth, raised by gorillas, who discovers love in the form of Ursula, whose…
- Alaska (1996)
- Dir. Fraser Heston
Feat. Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict…
- Chilly warm–fuzzies abound in this amenable children's adventure – a kind of CLIFFHANGER for kids! Bro and Sis set off in search of their…
- Robinson Crusoe (1996)
- Dir. George Miller, Rodney K Hardy
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Ian Hart, Polly Walker…
- Pierce Brosnan is washed up on a desert island in another version of Daniel Defoe’s classic.
- To the Ends of Time (1996)
- Dir. Markus Rothkranz
Feat. Joss Ackland, Christine Taylor
- Elaborate fantasy–tale concerns a sorceress who tampers with Time, causing young hero Joss Ackland to prematurely age. While also keeping an…
- Magic in the Water (1995)
- Dir. Rick Stevenson
Feat. Mark Harmon, Joshua Jackson, Harley Jane Kozak…
- Loch Ness–monster concept is ably transposed to the Canadian lakeside hamlet of Glenorky, which has its own 'Orky' mystery. Thrills ensue for…
- Beanstalk (1994)
- Dir. Michael Paul Davis
Feat. Margot Kidder
- A modern retelling of the classic Jack and the Beanstalk yarn, made for small screen and younger viewers. Mad scientist Margot Kidder plants the…
- Far from Home - The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1994)
- Dir. Phillip Borsos
Feat. Mimi Rogers, Bruce Davison, Jesse Bradford…
- A 14–year–old boy becomes separated from his father and is washed ashore in the Pacific Northwest. He overcomes great odds against…
- Iron Will (1994)
- Dir. Charles Haid
Feat. Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers
- A young man embarks on a treacherous cross–country sled race in an endeavour to save his family from financial ruin. True–life story of…