Subgenre Sampler
Family > Fantasy: 292 Films to Buy & Rent
Freaky Friday (1977)
- Dir. Gary Nelson
Feat. Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris
- Barbara Harris and a 13–year–old Jodie Foster are mother and daughter who miraculosly swap personalities for a day. Plenty of fun here.
People That Time Forgot, The (1977)
- Dir. Kevin Connor
Feat. Patrick Wayne
- Sequel to THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, sees Patrick Wayne return to the monster–ridden island in search of lost colleagues.
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
- Dir. Sam Wanamaker
Feat. Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton
- The last of Ray Harryhausen's 'Sinbad' series and probably the weakest as hero sails to break a spell that has turned a prince into a baboon. Some…
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Dir. George Lucas
Feat. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford…
- George Lucas' epic trilogy of space adventure begins "long ago and far far away", with the life of Luke Skywalker being disturbed by the galactic war…
Wonder Woman, The New Adventures of (TV Series) (1977-1979)
- Feat. Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner
- Charles Moulon’s 1940s comic strip updated to the feminist 70s, his superheroine fighting terrorist and subversive elements for undercover…
Pinocchio (1976)
- Feat. Danny Kaye
- Bright and energetic musical adaptation of the beloved children's fable, framed around the story of a young theater girl's desire to study and work…
Shaggy D.A., The (1976)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette…
- Extremely shaggy later Disney live–actioner, with Dean Jones playing a District Attorney who finds himself repeatedly turning into a dog.…
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence
- One of Disney's best live–action telemovies, where two orphans with mysterious telekinetic powers flee the attentions of a shifty entrepeneur.…
Land That Time Forgot, The (1974)
- Dir. Kevin Conner
Feat. Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon
- After ending up on a German submarine in WWI several Americans stumble across an undiscovered South American island, which holds adventure in the…
Little Prince, The (1974)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder
- The classic childern's story by aviator Antoine de Saint–Exupery is here translated with whimsy and wit intact. A pilot is stranded in a desert…