Subgenre Sampler
Family > Adventure: 179 Films to Buy & Rent
Tintin and the Mystery at Shark Lake (Lake of Sharks) (1972)
- Dir. Raymond LeBlanc
- Standalone animated Tintin feature (and second of two) finds Snowy, Captain Haddock and co. on a lakeside vacation – picturesque front to a global…
Treasure Island (1972)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Orson Welles, Walter Slezak, Lionel Stander
- Well–shot, though fairly hammy version of Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate classic, with Welles playing the peg–legged Long John Silver.
Treasure Island (animated) (1972)
- Dir. Hal Sutherland
- Warner Brothers' animated feature–length version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic.
Catweazle (TV Series) (1970-1971)
- Feat. Geoffrey Bayldon, Charles Tingwell
- An eccentric, disheveled 11th century wizard teleports to the 1970s, spending much of his time in a state of utter bewilderment at the many…
Love Bug, The (1969)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson…
- The original Disney live–action comedy classic about Herbie, the VW with a mind of it's own. He takes his faithful new owner (Dean Jones) for…
Born Free (1965)
- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen
- Famous family film about the real–life adventures of Joy and George Adamson and the lion cub, Elsa. Richly emotional with an enduring theme.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, James Fox…
- Great theme tune sets the tone of this large–scale, rip–roaring comedy about a 1910 aeroplane race, rife with international conflicts,…
Famous Five, The: Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1964)
- Dir. Ernest Morris
Feat. Darryl Read, Mandy Harper, Paula Boyd…
- Jolly hockey sticks! The Five are back, and set for even more adventures this time on a mysterious island, with perilous cliffs, and secret treasure.…
Tintin and the Blue Oranges (1964)
- Dir. Philippe Condroyer
Feat. Jean-Pierre Talbot, Jean Bouise, Félix Fernández
- Second live–action version of Herge’s cult boy journalist, this time in pursuit of some valuable ‘blue oranges’ in Valencia, Spain.
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Incredible Journey (1963)
- Dir. Fletcher Markle
Feat. Emile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed…
- Two dogs and a Siamese cat attempt to return to their family by travelling over 200 miles of lush Canadian countryside. The original Disney adventure…