Best Family movies of 1980s

Actors : Monica Nordquist, Björn Granath, Liv Alsterlund, Jonna Liljendahl,
Directors : Göran Graffman,

Madicken never means for anything to go wrong, but somehow it gets that way. Neither this time, when her little sister got a concussion, and it's not her fault that she puts a pea up her own nose.

Actors : Josip Marotti, Ljubo Kapor, Emil Glad, Vili Matula,

A painter who can temporarily talk to the creatures of an enchanted forest, must help them stop the evil Cactus King, who's building an army of magical living weapons and machines to turn the forest into a wasteland perfect for the cacti.

Actors : Otto Brandenburg, Susanne Heinrich, Alex Svanbjerg, Peter Schrøder,
Directors : Søren Kragh-Jacobsen,

Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As...

Actors : Doug McKeon, John Hurt, Keith McKeon, Jane Alexander,
Directors : Delbert Mann,

Two men want to escape from East Germany, but they will only go if they can take their families with them.

Actors : Anthony Rogers, Jill Stanley, Lucas Evans, Andrew Whitehead,
Directors : Michael Rubbo,

When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around ...

Actors : Steve Railsback, Ronald France, Siphiwe Mlangeni, Glynis Johns,

An alien called Nukie searches for his brother Miko, who has been captured by the U.S. government.

Actors : Lisa Jai, Gavin Magrath, Elizabeth Hanna, Gordon Pinsent,
Directors : Alan Bunce,

In his spectacular film debut, young Babar, King of the Elephants, must save his homeland from certain destruction by Rataxes and his band of invading rhinos.

Actors : Tatyana Aksyuta, Kseniya Piryatinskaya, Andrey Mironov, Lev Durov,
Directors : Aleksandr Mitta,

In a medieval fantasy kingdom, two orphans, May and his sister Martha, live in poverty. A group of robbers kidnap May to use his magic talent: he feels sick when surrounded by gold, therefore he can feel gold from a long distance.

Actors : Piotr Fronczewski, Slavek Wronka, Leon Niemczyk, Bronislaw Pawlik,
Directors : Krzysztof Gradowski,

Ten-year-old Adas, beginning his education at the Academy, finds the hideout of Bird Matt, who used to be a prince. Touched by his fate, he promises to find the magic button which has the power to restore him to human shape.

Actors : Nicola Stapleton, Juliette Caton, Charlie Sheen, Joanna Clarke,
Directors : Christopher Leitch,

In this version of "Heidi," a young Swiss girl is sent off to boarding school at the beginning of World War I.

Actors : Josef Kemr, Vladimír Dlouhý, Ondrej Vetchý, Jana Dítetová,
Directors : Hynek Bocan,

Petr's greedy stepmother steals everything from her stepson. Meanwhile, Petr meets two daughters of a local duke. He falls in love with one of them, but she is very proud and Petr means ...

Actors : Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Hugh Bigney, Wade Walthall,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as ...

Actors : Katsue Miwa, Junko Hori, Ryouko Kitamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama,

A story about how joy and happiness can be the most powerful weapon ever. A young unicorn is ordered to be taken from his home by the gods. They are envious of little Unico's power to bring...

Actors : Tony Danza, Danny DeVito, Stacey Nelkin, Jessica Walter,
Directors : Jeremy Joe Kronsberg,

When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Foster inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the orangutans or ...

Actors : Eric Foster, John Tallman, Griffin Casey, Maurice Grandmaison,
Directors : Jay Schlossberg-Cohen,

A Bigfoot-type creature befriends Paul, a young student. His father is a park ranger trying to capture an escaped tiger. Everyone in town is on edge and wants the tiger killed. David tries to keep Bigfoot a secret.

Actors : Vera Alentova, Sergey Nikonenko, Irina Cherichenko, Nina Ruslanova,
Directors : Yuriy Kara,

This movie is based on a novel by Boris Vasiliev and describes life in a small Russian provincial town in 1940 - one year before Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Two school girls for the ...

Actors : Bobby Porter, Ned Beatty, Shelley Winters, Linda Talcott,
Directors : Linda Shayne,

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being evicted by their greedy landlord.

Actors : Anne Bloom, Stuart Pankin, Patrick Collins, Peter Billingsley,
Directors : Hoite C. Caston,

When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the ...

Actors : Lisbet Dahl, Pernille Hansen, Vigga Bro, Sofie Bredesen,
Directors : Jannik Hastrup,

An owl, two sparrows, a dove and a pair of would-be aviator mice join forces to fight against an evil bird of prey who threatens the peace in their lovely forest.

Actors : Yôko Asagami, Keiko Takeshita, Tarô Shigaki, Asao Koike,
Directors : Kimio Yabuki,

A prince falls in love with a princess cursed to change into a swan by day, but their love is threatened by the sorcerer who keeps her imprisoned.