Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1843 Films to Buy & Rent
Sesame Street - Best of Ernie and Bert (1987)
- Dir. Jon Stone, Lisa Simon
- Puppetry’s ‘odd couple’, Ernie and Bert, bicker, endure each other, then make–up in a series of classic sketches, incl. …
Sleeping Beauty (1987)
- Dir. David Irving
Feat. Morgan Fairchild, Tahnee Welch
- Musical interpretation of the classic fairy tale with real, flesh–and–blood actors (including Morgan Fairchild), some Disney–ish…
Snow White (1987)
- Dir. Michael Berz
Feat. Billy Barty, Diana Rigg, Sarah Patterson
- Musical interpretation of the classic fairy tale with real, flesh–and–blood actors, some Disney–ish musical numbers and a few plot…
Sylvanian Families Collection (1987)
- Lovable animated adventures of the little animal families (and iconic toy franchise) who reside in Sylvanian Forest. Full of good natured homilies in…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV Series) (1987-1996)
- The cult comicbook turned TV–series about 4 ninja turtles and their endless urban struggles with the forces of evil.
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
- Dir. Leonard Nimoy
Feat. Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg
- Hollywood remake of French comedy makes the grade.
Alf (TV Series) (1986)
- Feat. Max Wright
- Irresistibly cute sitcom about a furry, wise–cracking alien that settles into American suburbia in the 1980s. Season 1 available.
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American Tail, An (1986)
- Dir. Don Bluth
- A Russian mouse called Fievel emigrates to America to escape cat persecution, but loses his parents in the stormy boat trip. This enchanting animated…
Basil The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Dir. Ron Clements
- A Sherlock Holmes–inspired animated feature from Disney.
Set in turn–of–the–century London, Basil sets on the trail of a…
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
- Dir. Gene Saks
Feat. Blythe Danner, Bob Dishy, Jonathan Silverman
- A humourous slice of nostalgia set in pre–war Brooklyn, from the pen of Neil Simon.