Best Family movies of 1980s

Ghost Dad(1990)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 19

Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his wife illness was very costly and this deal could put them out of the red. However he ...



Phar Lap(1983)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 33

The true story of a Australian racehorse that becomes a champion with the help of a local stableboy.



D.A.R.Y.L.(1985)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 12

A seemingly normal young boy turns out to be a top secret military-created robot with superhuman abilities.



Santa Claus: The Movie(1985)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A peasant woodcutter becomes Santa Claus and later foils an evil toy manufacturer's scheme to take over Christmas.



Ernest Goes to Camp(1987)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 9

Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents as well as stop a shady strip mining company from closing the camp.



The Journey of Natty Gann(1985)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 19

In the 1930s, a tomboyish girl runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, because there was work there.



Ernest Saves Christmas(1988)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 10

Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.



3 Men and a Little Lady(1990)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken ...



The Watcher in the Woods(1980)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 16

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.



L'ours(1988)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.



Little Monsters(1989)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 7

A boy discovers an incredible and gruesome world of monsters under his bed.



Ernest Goes to Jail(1990)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 7

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank ...



The Man from Snowy River(1982)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 9

In 1880s Australia when young Jim Craig's father dies Jim takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch and he is forced to become a man.



The Black Stallion Returns(1983)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A teenager loses his horse in Morocco and gets him back after various daredevil adventures.



SpaceCamp(1986)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is accidently launched into orbit.



Khane-ye doust kodjast?(1987)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 8

An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.



Teen Witch(1989)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 7

High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?



Prancer(1989)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.



Jetsons: The Movie(1990)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 11

George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.



Ronja Rövardotter(1984)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Borka and his band and Mattis's band of robbers are rivals. Birk, his parents and their band live in the wild in Mattisforrest. They move in to Metis-stronghold, which belonged to his ...




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