Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Family: 1808 Films to Rent
James and the Giant Peach (1997)
- Dir. Henry Selick
- The animators behind NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS bring their fastidious stop–motion work to gradual bloom as a boy journeys along a magical path…
Joey (1997)
- Dir. Ian Barry
Feat. Jamie Croft, Alex McKenna, Rebecca Gibney
- A boy, a girl and a lost baby kangaroo set forth on a perilous homeward journey via Aussie wilderness and cityscapes. Look no further for a bonza…
Johnny Bravo (TV Series) (1997)
- Elvis–emulating, Fonz–imitaing man–child Johnny Bravo postures his way through this nonsensical Cartoon Network romp, preoccupied…
Jonny Quest (1997)
- Animated special–agents Jonny, Hadji and the Quest Team, fight for the sake of the environment, in this Hanna–Barbara cartoon. Two…
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
- Dir. John Pasquin
Feat. Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams…
- New–Yorker Tim Allen (in his second big–screen outing), discovers he has a 13–yr old son who's had an Amazon rainforest unbringing.…
Kiwi Cartoon Collection, The (1997-2007)
- A showcase of homegrown children's animation, highlighting a decade of work from the award–winning Flux Animation Studios.
Features episodes…
Land Before Time 5: The Mysterious Island (1997)
- More charming adventures for dinosaur tot Littlefoot and his family as they set off from the Great Valley to find a new home, now that their feeding…
Leave It to Beaver (1997)
- Dir. Andy Cadiff
Feat. Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner, Cameron Finley…
- Update of the golden–age television classic for the Wired generation, proving that's nothing changed in fifty years. The little Beaver…
Matilda (1997)
- Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Mara Wilson, Danny De Vito, Rhea Perlman
- An achingly funny and mischievous Roald Dahl story about a browbeaten nine–year–old girl who has the last laugh when bestowed with…
Mighty, The (Freak the Mighty) (1997)
- Dir. Peter Chelsom
Feat. Elden Henson, Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone…
- Poignant, well–crafted story of two phenomenally mismatched boys who become perfectly complementary friends, escaping the slings and arrows of…