Subgenre Sampler
Animation: 950 Films to Buy & Rent
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979 - 2003 (1979-2003)
- Dir. The Brothers Quay
- Since the late 1970s, the identical twin Quay Brothers have made a unique contribution to animation in general, and the puppet film in particular.…
Aardman Classics (1978-1999)
- Dir. Peter Lord, Peter Peake, Sam Fell
- A collection of 24 classic short films from British model animators Aardman, dating from their earliest years. Included are the following works,…
Battle of the Planets (TV Series) (1978)
- Dir. David E Hanson
- Ground–breaking serial, a dubbed and re–edited Japanese sci–fi cartoon, that became one of the most popular TV–shows of the…
I Love Cult Kids (1978-1990)
- An exemplary compilation of episodes from seven classic kids TV shows spanning several decades. Includes Jamie and the Magic Torch (1978), Chorlton…
Lord of the Rings (1978)
- Dir. Ralph Bakshi
- Likable animation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy classic, admirably captures the personalities of the novel's horde of eccentric characters and…
Water Babies, The (1978)
- Dir. Lionel Jeffries
Feat. James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw…
- The children's classic by Charles Kingsley, given a sterling treatment by its English cast and some nifty animation. A young chimney sweep finds…
Watership Down (1978)
- Dir. Martin Rosen
- A family of rabbits escape impending threats of nature and make a perilous journey in search of a tranquil burrow.
Adapted from Richard Adams'…
Gulliver's Travels (1977)
- Dir. Peter Hunt
Feat. Richard Harris, Catherine Schell
- One of the first films to combine live action and animation, this 1977 version has the gruff old Harris play the shipwrecked sailor who awakens in a…
Hobbit, The (1977)
- Dir. Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jnr
Feat. Orson Bean, Richard Boone, John Huston…
- A homebody demi–human in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon.…
Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The (1977)
- Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
- The original Disney version of A A Milne's classic creation, splices together three mis–adventures of Pooh, Tigger, Eey–Ore etc, all…