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18 Family Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite

 
Wind Rises, TheWind Rises, The (2013)Aro Favourite
Hayao Miyazaki's glorious swansong is the poignant story of aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi and his dreams of designing the perfect flying machine…
DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
A Monster in ParisA Monster in Paris (2011)Aro Favourite
A delightfully off–beat Francophile animation exudes class and nostalgia in its heartfelt tale of a friendship between a sassy singer, a…
DVD $29.95
99 (Nine) (2009)Aro Favourite
Successfully expanded from an Oscar–nominated animated short, this quite extra–ordinary fable pits nine thumb–sized creations…
Blu-Ray $29.95
Coraline Coraline (2009)Aro Favourite
The prodigious talents of fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and animator Henry Selick combine for this wonderful – though admittedly creepy –…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Fantastic Mr. FoxFantastic Mr. Fox (2009)Aro Favourite
Wes Anderson’s quirky, buttoned–up sensibility is a fantastic match for Roald Dahl’s classic tale about a sly, debonair fox (George…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
PonyoPonyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) (2008)Aro Favourite
Utterly irresistible, Miyazaki’s latest animated triumph is one for all ages (even toddlers!); a Little Mermaid–inspired adventure of a…
DVD $34.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Howl's Moving CastleHowl's Moving Castle (2004)Aro Favourite
Yet another miraculous animated odyssey from Hayao Miyazaki, who finds a perfect vehicle in the English fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones, about a…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Whale RiderWhale Rider (2003)Aro Favourite
A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
DVD $24.95 $18.70
Spirited AwaySpirited Away (2002)Aro Favourite
Animation visionary Hayao Miyazaki gets to fully unlock his boundless imagination through the otherworldly adventures of an innocent young girl that…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Nightmare Before Christmas, TheNightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)Aro Favourite
Tim Burton's (as producer) unmistakable stamp is on this whimsical marriage of the ghoulish and garish with the warm and fuzzy. Staggeringly…
DVD $20 $15
My Neighbour TotoroMy Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)Aro Favourite
Dir. Miyazaki’s first huge hit in Japan is a model family film: realistic characters responding to realistic crises in a realistic way, though…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Castle in the SkyCastle in the Sky (Laputa) (1986)Aro Favourite
A triumph of craft and narrative sophistication, this is an epic, supremely imaginative feature from master animator/storyteller Miyazaki that will…
DVD $29.95 | Blu-Ray $39.95
Happy Days (TV Series)Happy Days (TV Series) (1974)Aro Favourite
Rockin’ and rollin’ time capsule nostalgia recaptures the simple, all–American life of the Cunninghams in the jukebox fifties, and their…
DVD $15 $11.25
Oliver!Oliver! (1968)Aro Favourite
Perfect screen adaptation of the 1960 stage musical by British writer and composer Lionel Bart, based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale. For a…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Thunderbirds (TV Series)Thunderbirds (TV Series) (1965- 1966)Aro Favourite
The complete series of Gerry Anderson's exemplary puppet suspense TV series that continues to enthrall new generations. Set around the…
DVD $89.95
Jason and the ArgonautsJason and the Argonauts (1963)Aro Favourite
Masterpiece of fantasy based on Greek mythology features the best stop–motion animation work from Ray Harryhausen. The skeleton…
Blu-Ray $24.95
ShaneShane (1953)Aro Favourite
Former gunfighter Alan Ladd comes to the defence of homesteaders menaced by Jack Palance (satanically clad all in black). Classic Western is splendid…
DVD $19.95 $14.95
Thief of Bagdad, TheThief of Bagdad, The (1940)Aro Favourite
Sabu stars in this magical, intoxicating vision of the Arabian Nights, some twenty years before the genre was revived in SINBAD. Romance, tragedy,…
DVD $14.95 | Blu-Ray $19.95

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