Subgenre Sampler
Animation: 950 Films to Buy & Rent
Gandahar (Light Years) (1988)
- Dir. Rene Laloux
- Typically vibrant animation from Laloux has an evil force from a 1000 years in the future threatening an idyllic paradise, where the citizens are in…
Land Before Time, The (1988)
- Dir. Don Bluth
- A young dinousaur named Littlefoot ventures in search of a lush sanctuary of vegetation and tranquility.
An animated charmer particularly…
My Neighbour Totoro (Tonari no Totoro) (1988)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
- Dir. Miyazaki’s first huge hit in Japan is a model family film: realistic characters responding to realistic crises in a realistic way, though…
Oliver and Company (1988)
- Dir. George Scribner
- Walt has a stab at Charles Dicken's 'Oliver Twist', with orphan kitten Oliver set adrift in big bad New York City.
Grittier, and less fairytale…
Bambi Meets Godzilla (1987)
- Dir. Various
- Compilation of various oddities from the early days of animation, including the legendary title track and Betty Boop's hyper–surreal 'Crazy…
Footrot Flats - A Dog's Tale (1987)
- Dir. Murray Ball
Feat. John Clarke, Peter Rowley, Rawiri Paratene
- Murray Ball brings his indigenous comic strip to animated life – Dog, Wal, Jess, Horse and the villainous Murphys provide corka entertainment…
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.
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…