Subgenre Sampler
Family > Fantasy: 292 Films to Buy & Rent
Toys (1993)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack…
- Even Robin Williams' enormous talent and inspired art direction fail to enliven this comic fantasy. It plays more like a bad dream from which you…
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
- Dir. Randal Kleiser
Feat. Rick Moranis, Lloyd Bridges, John Shea
- Sequel to HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS sees prof Rick Moranis turn his infant into what fast becomes an Empire State Human!…
Polar Bear King, The (1992)
- Dir. Ola Solum
- Splendid Scandanavian fairy–tale about a noble King who has been cursed with an evil spell making him a Polar bear by day and human unable to…
Radio Flyer (1992)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Adam Baldwin…
- Bittersweet story of two young brothers who free themselves from their wicked stepfather by transforming a red wagon into a fantastical flying…
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV Series) (1991)
- 13 episodes of the first season of this 90's Nickelodeon show following the escapades of the "Midnight Society", a group of teen horror aficionados.
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
- Dir. Ate De Jong
Feat. Rik Mayall, Phoebe Cates, Marsha Mason
- Rik Mayall extends his hyperactive 'Young Ones' persona as the imaginary childhood friend of a grown–up Phoebe Cates. The silly stuff is offset…
Edward Scissorhands (1991)
- Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Vincent Price
- This inspired contemporary fairy–tale posits Johnny Depp as a boy endowed with sharp appendages, a mixed blessing when it comes to fitting into…
Grampire (Moonrise) (1991)
- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Al Lewis
- The Munsters' Al Lewis turns up on our shores to star in a ghoulish comedy as the blood–sucking but well–meaning grandfather of a…
Hook (1991)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts…
- Spielberg's big–budget rendition of the magical fairy tale. Robin Williams stars as a grown–up Peter Pan enticed to Neverland to reclaim…
Rugrats (TV Series) (1991-2004)
- Cartoon series that has a special place in the heart of many 90s kids, following the adventures of babies Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, and Tommy's…