Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1840 Films to Buy & Rent
War Games (1983)
- Dir. John Badham
Feat. Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman
- One of the best movies about computer hacking, is a highly effective comedy–thriller, with child–star Matthew Broderick accessing an…
Wind in the Willows, The (1983)
- Stop–motion puppetry brings the world of Toad, Ratty and Mole to delightful life in this nice TV version of Kenneth Graham's classic book..…
Annie (1982)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry
- Rumbunctious Broadway musical, set in the Depression–era, follows the young moptop's orphanage experiences, and fateful encounter with…
Dark Crystal, The (1982)
- Dir. Jim Henson, Frank Oz
Feat. Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw…
- Wonderful fantasy from the Muppet main–man about a cute Gelfling who is must return light to a dark world by restoring the Crystal. With an…
Dr Seuss - The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
- Emmy Award–winning tale in which two of Dr. Seuss' most popular characters square off in a whimsical showdown as the ever–clever Cat puts…
E.T. (E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial) (1982)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Dee Wallace Stone, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote…
- Steven Spielberg cemented his genius with this, possibly the best live–action family film ever made. It's the moving tale of a benign alien who…
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) (1982-1985)
- Feat. Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Teri Garr…
- Shelley Duvall curated this popular Cable TV series in eighties (which she also hosts and narrates), attracting an impressive roll call of Hollywood…
Garfield (TV Series) (1982)
- The classic comic–strip about a sardonic house–cat who presides over his owner and the other pets, animated faithfully into a TV series.…
Ginger Meggs (1982)
- Dir. Jonathan Dawson
Feat. Garry McDonald
- Colourful movie adaptation of the iconic Australian comic strip, following the antics of a red–haired prepubescent mischief–maker who…
Last Unicorn, The (1982)
- Dir. Arthur Rankin Jnr, Jules Bass
Feat. Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Mia Farrow…
- Underrated (and under–known) animated gem, concerns the quest of the world’s last unicorn to find the rest of the unicorn herd. Strongly…