Best Family movies of 1980s

Actors : Linda Denise Martin, Michele Palermo, Rusty Cooper, Jim Fitzpatrick,
Directors : David Klass,

Four friends wrestle with moving out the town they were born and raised in, when they suddenly find themselves out of work because the towns only factory has been shut down.

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 : 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 : Hugh Pollard, Emily Richard, David Warner, Nicola Stapleton,
Directors : Len Talan,

Based on the fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm. Hansel and Gretel are trapped in the deceptively decorated house of the witch Griselda who wishes to fatten Hansel so that he may be baked ...

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 : 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 : 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 : Farooq Shaikh, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak, Smita Patil,
Directors : Sagar Sarhadi,

Najma and Salim are in love, but their's is a platonic relationship, as Salim is a deep thinker and prefers that women like Najma be financially independent, and not be dependent on men. On...

Actors : Pat Fraley, Barry Gordon, Bob Holt, Bob Arbogast,

To fight evil, a young rabbit can transform into a star spangled superhero.

Actors : David Sluga, Kaja Stiglic, Boris Kralj, Marjana Karner,
Directors : Tugo Stiglic,

Young Tomaz has many problems. Not only is he quite lonely, but he also has to leave his hometown and move to the city with his family because of his father's new job. In these difficult ...

Actors : Shammi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Sunny Deol,
Directors : Rahul Rawail,

Sunny owns a small livestock farm and lives a poor but happy life style with his mother, Sumitra. They wanted the farm to become up to date, so Sumitra decides to make a move abroad in ...

Actors : Sreenivasan, Mammootty, Asokan, Mohanlal,
Directors : Sathyan Anthikad,

A jobless Malayali youth poses as a Nepali to get a job as a watchman.

Actors : Ivo Rogulja, Emil Glad, Nada Rocco, Dragan Milivojevic,
Directors : Milan Blazekovic,

Thistle the magician and his forest friends (from _The Elm Chanted Forest (1986)_) take on an ice emperor, Mrazomor, and his horde.

Actors : Fatemah Motamed-Aria, Hamid Jebeli, Fariba Jeddikar, Adel Bezdoudeh,

Probably the most famous puppet show for children and all ages. Mice who have to leave their school and immigrate because of a wild cat who wants to eat them up. Eventually the mice defeat the cat and go back to their home.

Actors : Rebecca De Mornay, John Savage, Yossi Graber, Michael Schneider,
Directors : Eugene Marner,

To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.

Actors : Youssra, Adel Imam, Hussien El Sherbiny, Essad Youniss,
Directors : Raafat El-Mihi,

Actors : Jason Connery, Carmela Marner, Yossi Graber, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Eugene Marner,

A cat belonging to a poor miller's son thinks up a great plan for bringing a title, wealth, and marriage for his owner. He begins to carry it out, using a few birds and rabbits as gifts for...

Actors : Denis Bernard, Mahée Paiement, Doris Blanchet-Vasiloff, Véronique Lavoie,
Directors : André Mélançon,

Fanny is a young orphan girl who is sent to live with her detached Uncle Jonathan when her grandmother enters a nursing home. As Jonathan prepares for an organ recital of music by Bach, he ...

Actors : Nicola Stapleton, Billy Barty, Diana Rigg, Sarah Patterson,
Directors : Michael Berz,

Dame Diana Rigg (TV's "The Avengers"), Billy Barty ("Willow") and Sarah Patterson ("The Company of Wolves") as Snow White star in this feature-length, live-action, musical version of the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

Actors : Vijayshanti, Anil Kapoor, Saeed Jaffrey, Asha Sachdev,

Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.