Aro Favourite: Family
18 Family Films have attained the hallowed status of Aro Favourite
Wind Rises, The (2013)
- 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 Paris (2011)
- 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
9 (Nine) (2009)
- Successfully expanded from an Oscar–nominated animated short, this quite extra–ordinary fable pits nine thumb–sized creations…
- Blu-Ray $29.95
Coraline (2009)
- 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. Fox (2009)
- 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
Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) (2008)
- 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 Castle (2004)
- 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 Rider (2003)
- 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 Away (2002)
- 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, The (1993)
- 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 Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)
- 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 Sky (Laputa) (1986)
- 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) (1974)
- 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! (1968)
- 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) (1965- 1966)
- 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 Argonauts (1963)
- Masterpiece of fantasy based on Greek mythology features the best stop–motion animation work from Ray Harryhausen. The skeleton…
- Blu-Ray $24.95
Shane (1953)
- 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, The (1940)
- 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