Subgenre Sampler
Labyrinth (1986)
- Dir. Jim Henson
Feat. David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly - Jennifer Connelly goes in search of her baby brother, kidnapped by the Goblin King (David Bowie). An entourage of creatures from Jim Henson highlight…
Stand by Me (1986)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman… - Stephen King adaptation has its darker moments, as four boys journey across 50s rural Maine to see a dead body, but a genuine feeling for childhood…
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)- Dir. Bill L. Norton
Feat. William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan - Adventure fantasy film about a paleontologist and her husband who discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from a…
Explorers, The (1985)- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix - Imaginative space adventure film also has enormous fun at the expense of American popular culture. Among the explorers are a very baby–faced…
Goonies, The (1985)- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton - Junior edition of 'Indiana Jones', from a Steven Speilberg story, has seven bored kids on the Oregon coast hunting for pirate booty after they…
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Roshan Seth… - The second in the Indiana Jones trilogy follows further outlandish exploits of the intrepid archeologist.
Neverending Story, The (1984)- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Barret Oliver, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn - A boy escapes the neighbourhood bullies by retreating into a mysterious book, where fantasical and exhilirating adventures take flight. Visually…
Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi (1983)- Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford… - Final installment in George Lucas' space–trilogy sees the conclusion of the galactic war between the Empire and the 'Rebel forces'. Mark…
Mysterious Cities of Gold, The (TV Series) (Taiyô no ko Esteban) (1982-1983)- Richly detailed 80's kids anime series centred on a young boy on a worldwide quest to discover his true identity via the Seven Cities of Gold. A…
Tripods, The (TV Series) (1982)- Dir. Graham Theakston
Feat. John Shackley, Jim Baker II, Peter Dolphin - One of the BBC's most expensive serials was this imaginative, if uneven, handling of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy. In 2089, the Earth is ruled…
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