Family
see all genres ›A family film is one that is largely intended for children but, at its best, can (and should) also be enjoyed by adults. Though the animation genre is heavily represented, live action films (especially those with friendly, misunderstood, big-eyed non-human creatures as their protagonists) have certainly appealed to age-diverse audiences.
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Billy and Buddy
A family-friendly French comedy about a boy and his dog, BILLY AND BUDDY is based on the beloved French comic strip "Boule et Bill" which delighted audiences with the adventures of a seven year old boy and his beloved cocker spaniel for over half-a-century. The live action comedy takes us back to...Watch Movie
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Linnea in Monet's Garden
Here she comes, right from the pages of the best selling book! The charming tale of a little girl's love affair with Impressionist Claude Monet's paintings is now brought to life in full animation. Join Linnea and her friend Mr. Bloom as they set off to Paris, and then to...Watch Movie
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Balloonland
Balloonland has appeared in many video collections, often under its 16mm home-movie title THE PINCUSHION MAN. Blackhawk Films Collection holds the original nitrate red/blue Cinecolor negatives, and this astonishing film is presented here with restored pictures and prepared in collaboration with...Watch Movie
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Mt. Head
Koji Yamamura’s Academy Award®-nominated animated short reworks a surreal Rakugo comic monologue concerning a miserly old-timer. Unable to abide waste, he eats the pit of a cherry earlier saved from the trash. In a peculiar turn, the seed begins sprouting out of his head. Hordes of miniature...Watch Movie
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Bunny Mooning
Jack and Jill Rabbit get hitched in this classic Fleischer Studios cartoon (made a year before Bugs Bunny hit the scene). Anthropomorphic to an improbable degree, the short shows the whole menagerie getting polished up for the ceremony. Mae Questel, better known as the voice of Betty Boop,...Watch Movie
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The Point
Directed and animated by Academy Award®-winner Fred Wolf, with story and songs written by Grammy Award®-winner Harry Nilsson, narrated by Ringo Starr and including many colorful characters voiced by a bevy of talented actors, THE POINT is an enchanting fable for the whole family to enjoy! Years...Watch Movie
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Ain't She Sweet
19th century song pluggers in vaudeville theaters and in the streets invited audiences to join in the chorus; this tradition of participation appeared in movie theaters by the mid-teens. When sound arrived, Fleischer Studios' delightful "Screen Songs" added witty animated prologues and celebrity...Watch Movie
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Peeping Penguins
A Fleischer Brothers "Color Classic" with a notably swinging soundtrack, this 1937 cartoon short features a bunch of the naturally tuxedo'd Far Southerners being warned off snooping around human habitats by a Mama Penguin who sings "Curiosity Killed the Cat." Once inside...Watch Movie
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A Child's Metaphysics
The animation may be simple but A CHILD’S METAPHYSICS nonetheless contemplates complex concepts like language acquisition and acculturation. In less than five minutes, Koji Yamamura strikes upon several memorable images of education, some hopeful and others not. Children’s...Watch Movie
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A Car-Tune Portrait
A well-heeled lion conductor introduces a musical performance to correct the misapprehension that “we of the cartoon animal kingdom are lacking in the finer sensibility.” Alas, all those bows and horns prove too much temptation for his orchestra to resist in this delightful...Watch Movie
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The Old Crocodile
“A very old crocodile, so old that he had witnessed the building of the pyramids, was suffering from rheumatism and no longer able to catch his food. In desperation, he decided to eat his great grandson.” So begins Koji Yamamura’s beautifully inked adaptation of Leopold...Watch Movie
