Family Movies
Curious Alice (1971)
The story “Alice in Wonderland” is used as a metaphor about the dangers of accidental drug use among children. Curious Alice’s trip to Wonderland is not through the rabbit hole,…
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children’s initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact…
Hacksaw (1971)
A girl goes on vacation to the mountains where she finds a wild horse named Hacksaw. With a little help, she captures the stud and it doesn’t take long until…
The Cat in the Hat (1971)
In a marvelously animated version of one of the most beloved of all Dr. Seuss tales, two youngsters find themselves at home with nothing to do on a rainy afternoon….
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket…
Scandalous John (1971)
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people–and the law–tell him he has to.
Flight of the Doves (1971)
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.
Black Beauty (1971)
Anna Sewell’s classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, the story sheds light…
Play It Again Charlie Brown (1971)
Play It Again, Charlie Brown is the seventh prime-time animated TV special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. This non-holiday Peanuts special centers on Lucy,…
Animal Treasure Island (1971)
A Japanese adaption of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, featuring animals as the majority of the cast. By chance Jim comes upon a map of Treasure Island. He leaves the…
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post – an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV network. With his eye…
Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971)
The Royal Ballet Company brings Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Thumb, Hunca Munca, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher, Pigling Bland, and Pigwig to the screen doing pirouettes and pas de deux in this…
The Point (1971)
Years ago, there was a place called The Land of Point, because everything in The Land of Point had one: the barns, the houses, the cars, everything, even the people….
How to Frame a Figg (1971)
Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand computer to cover up their financial shenanigans, they promote Figg to look after…
Jack and the Beanstalk (1970)
Retelling of the classic fairy tale, but from a decidedly 1960s point of view, complete with “groovy” dialogue.
The Aristocats (1970)
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on…
The Railway Children (1970)
After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by…
The Wild Country (1970)
Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon,…
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family…
Santa and the Three Bears (1970)
Two bear cubs want to meet Santa despite their mother telling them that Santa does not exist. With the help of the park ranger, their wish might come true!
Scrooge (1970)
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
The Boatniks (1970)
Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard’s ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild,…
Shinbone Alley (1970)
Suicidal poet Archy tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part…
Pufnstuf (1970)
Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island’s inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined…
Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
When a giant stone statue on Wester Island is disturbed, the legendary monster Jiger appears and heads for Japan. Gamera tries to stop this new rival, only to be injured…
Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
In this story, Horton discovers there is a microscopic community of intelligent beings called the Who’s living on a plant that only he can hear. Recognising the dangers they face,…
King of the Grizzlies (1970)
Moki, a Cree Indian, is made foreman of a sprawling cattle ranch owned by his former army commander. But he carries with him through life the lore of his own…
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Some college students manage to persuade the town’s big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the…
All Monsters Attack (1969)
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents’ constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a…
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that…
A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
Poor Charlie Brown. He can’t fly a kite, and he always loses in baseball. Having his faults projected onto a screen by Lucy doesn’t help him much either. Against the…
Pippi Goes on Board (1969)
It Was a Short Summer Charlie Brown (1969)
School is out for the summer and Charlie Brown, Linus, Schroeder and Pig Pen are planning to spend it reading every comic book, watching television, practicing ballplay, and classical music,…
My Dog the Thief (1969)
As ratings for Jack Crandall’s lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall’s new co-pilot helps send ratings sky-high, but…
My Side of the Mountain (1969)
Thirteen-year-old Sam Gribley, a devotee of Thoreau, decides to leave the city to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient…