Over 50 Kiddie Matinee faves from The Lost Media Archive
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1. Kingdom in the Clouds (1969)
G | 87 min | Fantasy
A young man's quest for a kingdom promising eternal youth and immortality. To reach his goal he must fulfill the three wishes of the Emperor's daughter, retrieve three golden objects and answer three riddles set by the Lord of Time
Directors: Elisabeta Bostan, Nicolae Codrescu | Stars: Carmen Stanescu, Emanoil Petrut, Anna Széles, Mircea Breazu
Votes: 186
2. Dospeláci muzou vsechno (1970)
83 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Eleven-year old Mísa has the temperament of a proper boy and endless problems with the grown-ups. It is no wonder that he longs to become an adult without further delay. Mísa keeps house ... See full summary »
Director: Radim Cvrcek | Stars: Erik Pardus, Radim Cvrcek, Vera Stepánová, Nina Popelíková
Votes: 12
3. Alakazam the Great (1960)
Not Rated | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A monkey king who learns the secrets of magic goes on a spree and causes no end of aggravation for the gods, who finally imprison him. In order to make up for all the trouble he's caused, ... See full summary »
Directors: Daisaku Shirakawa, Taiji Yabushita, Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Kiyoshi Komiyama, Noriko Shindô, Hideo Kinoshita, Setsuo Shinoda
Votes: 514
4. Jimmy, the Boy Wonder (1966)
Unrated | 69 min | Family, Musical
A boy makes a reckless wish, and everybody in the world stops moving. A wizard's daughter tries to help him get the world restarted again.
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Nancy Jo Berg, Dennis Jones, David Blight Jr., Karl Stoeber
Votes: 90
5. The Day the Earth Froze (1959)
Not Rated | 67 min | Adventure, Fantasy
The evil witch Louhi kidnaps Lemminkäinen's sister to build for her a Sampo, a device that creates salt, grain, and gold. When Lemminkäinen fails to recover the Sampo, Louhi steals the sun, plunging the world into frozen darkness.
Director: Aleksandr Ptushko | Stars: Urho Somersalmi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov, Andris Osins
Votes: 1,465
6. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
G | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea
Votes: 9,369
7. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
A young boy dreams that he is in an imaginary world where, assisted by his family's plumber, he must save other piano-playing kids like himself from the dungeons of his dictatorial piano teacher who also mind-controls his mother.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Hans Conried, Tommy Rettig
Votes: 4,462
8. Johnny the Giant Killer (1950)
58 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Johnny sets out to rid the land of an evil giant but the giant uses a machine to reduce Johnny to the size of a bee. He is welcomed into Bee-Land, and herocially defends the Queen Bee. ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean Image, Charles Frank | Stars: Paul Colline, Suzy Dornac, Fred Pasquali
Votes: 116
9. A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
Not Rated | 83 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
One day a young boy finds a fossil of trilobite. Together with his three friends they set off on an adventurous journey through prehistory, up to the beginning of time.
Director: Karel Zeman | Stars: Vladimír Bejval, Zdenek Hustak, Josef Lukás, James Lucas
Votes: 2,505
10. La caperucita roja (1960)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy
The classic story of the Red Riding Hood spiced up by a couple of funny characters like the dog Duke, companion to the girl in her adventures, and the stinky Skunk, henchman to the Wolf.
Director: Roberto Rodríguez | Stars: María Gracia, Manuel 'Loco' Valdés, Santanón, Prudencia Grifell
Votes: 137
11. Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Unrated | 94 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
On the Isle of Evil, Baron Boris von Frankenstein reveals his imminent retirement and that he has refined the secret of total destruction, only to be upset when the other monsters try to steal the secret and kill his nephew, Felix Flanken.
Director: Jules Bass | Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 3,563
12. Magic Christmas Tree (1964)
TV-G | 60 min | Family, Fantasy
A boy is given a ring by an old witch. He uses the ring along with a magic Christmas tree which grants him 3 wishes.
Director: Richard C. Parish | Stars: Chris Kroesen, Valerie Hobbs, Darlene Lohnes, Richard C. Parish
Votes: 323
13. The Christmas Martian (1971)
65 min | Family, Sci-Fi
The film tells the story of an alien from outer space who befriends two young children when he lands in a small town in Quebec.
Director: Bernard Gosselin | Stars: Catherine Leduc, François Gosselin, Marcel Sabourin, Roland Chenail
Votes: 236
14. Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
Passed | 78 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The happy tranquility of Buggsville is shattered when the populace learns that a colossal skyscraper is to be built over their tiny town.
Director: Dave Fleischer | Stars: Kenny Gardner, Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce, Carl Meyer
Votes: 1,406
15. The Blue Bird (1940)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past, present, and future to locate the Blue Bird of Happiness.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard
Votes: 1,978
16. El gato con botas (1961)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
King Serio must give his daughter Dorita to the evil Ogre. The Lady of Time gives a pair of boots to the shepherd Juanito, who tries them on his cat. This becomes a big and helpful cat that... See full summary »
Directors: Roberto Rodríguez, Manuel San Fernando | Stars: Santanón, Antonio Raxel, Humberto Dupeyrón, Edmundo Benitez
Votes: 71
17. Ringing Bell (1978)
47 min | Animation, Drama, Family
An innocent lamb learns about life and death when he seeks revenge upon the wolf who slaughtered his mother.
Director: Masami Hata | Stars: Hitoshi Takagi, Minori Matsushima, Akira Kamiya, Taeko Nakanishi
Votes: 966
18. Creating Rem Lezar (1989 Video)
48 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
Zack and Ashlee discover the meaning of true friendship when they create an imaginary friend, the superhero Rem Lezar.
Director: Scott Zakarin | Stars: Jack Mulcahy, Courtney Kernaghan, Jonathan Goch, Kathleen Gati
Votes: 447
19. Dead Men Ride (1971)
103 min | Drama, Western
Roy escapes from a work camp and receives help from a miner. The miners are held hostage by the local boss Mr. Redfield. Roy starts to help the miners and also to settle some scores for a friend from the work camp.
Director: Aldo Florio | Stars: Fabio Testi, Charo López, José Calvo, Ben Carra
Votes: 389
20. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey
Votes: 7,163
21. Marosko (1968)
Director: Jozef Medved | Stars: Beno Vich, Frantisek Vilím, I. Zagata, Olga Salagová
22. Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)
G | 96 min | Family, Fantasy
When Santa's sleigh gets stuck in Florida, he tells a group of kids the story of Thumbelina.
Directors: Richard Winer, Barry Mahon | Stars: Jay Ripley, Shay Garner, Pat Morrell, Bob O'Connell
Votes: 1,650
23. Santa's Magic Kingdom (1966)
13 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
Santa and his elves strive mightily to defeat an evil ogre who is intent on disrupting Christmas. With the help of Merlin's magic and the Easter Bunny, they earnestly do battle with their ... See full summary »
Director: Manuel San Fernando
Votes: 64
24. Supersonic Saucer (1956)
50 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A group of schoolchildren come upon an alien from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals who are trying to kidnap him.
Director: Guy Fergusson | Stars: Marcia Manolescue, Gillian Harrison, Fella Edmonds, Andrew Motte-Harrison
Votes: 189
25. The Time Machine (1960)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot
Votes: 44,864
26. Automat na prání (1968)
G | 78 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Vasek and Honza, two pupils of an elementary school in a small village, artfully move through the expositions of the Brno fair. They collect many leaflets, thoroughly inspect everything and... See full summary »
Director: Josef Pinkava | Stars: Vit Weingartner, Milan Zeman, Frantisek Filipovský, Josef Hlinomaz
Votes: 40
27. Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King (1979)
65 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Tells the fable from Chinese mythology about the young warrior Nezha who takes on a group of evil dragons.
Directors: Shuchen Wang, Jingda Xu, Ding Xian Yan | Stars: Ke Bi, Banjô Ginga, Daisuke Gôri, Junko Hori
Votes: 1,289
28. Santa Claus (1959)
G | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: José Elías Moreno, Cesáreo Quezadas 'Pulgarcito', José Luis Aguirre 'Trotsky', Armando Arriola
Votes: 5,164
29. The Story of Chinese Gods (1975)
PG-13 | 85 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
You've never seen Bruce Lee like this before. In this rare animated martial arts film, the legendary Bruce Lee is resurrected as a god with a third eye who helps a group of good gods defeat some bad demons.
Director: Chih Hui Chang | Stars: Chung-Kuang Pai, Ted Thomas
Votes: 127
30. Hello Dracula (1985)
91 min | Comedy, Horror
The master of a traveling acrobatic squad is bitten off, and gets, a hopping vampire. When he begins to terrorize the city, uses Grandpa and Tien Tien master students as bait, so ghostly warriors, to eventually capture the creature.
Director: Chung-Hsing Chao | Stars: Tu Chin, Chung-Yu Huang, Shadow Liu, Chi-Chiang Chen
Votes: 45
31. Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Unrated | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.
Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Nobuhiro Kajima, Miyuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy, Yûko Hamada
Votes: 3,049
32. Fatty Finn (1980)
91 min | Comedy, Family
Fatty Finn raises dough for a new radio. Along the way, he encounters mishaps with a gang of bullies.
Director: Maurice Murphy | Stars: Ben Oxenbould, Rebecca Rigg, Jeremy Larsson, Martin Lewis
Votes: 302
33. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
Passed | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Western
A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, John Ericson
Votes: 5,403
34. Der kleine Zauberer und die große Fünf (1977)
70 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director: Erwin Stranka | Stars: Ernst-Georg Schwill, Jörn Gust, Jürgen Heinrich, Karin Schröder
Votes: 16
35. The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back.
Director: Michael Rubbo | Stars: Mathew Mackay, Siluck Saysanasy, Alison Darcy, Michael Hogan
Votes: 2,699
36. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978)
G | 81 min | Family, Fantasy
A six year old boy has a dream in which he is in jail.
Director: Theodore J. Flicker | Stars: Alex Karras, Stephen Rosenberg, Guy L'Ecuyer, Joy Coghill
Votes: 158
37. Dumbo (1941)
G | 64 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte | Stars: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 142,132 | Gross: $1.60M
38. The Golden Bat (1966)
73 min | Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
When the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.
Director: Hajime Satô | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Osamu Kobayashi, Wataru Yamagawa, Hisako Tsukuba
Votes: 317
39. Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral (1988)
86 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
With the power of a magic crystal, a TV hostess becomes the only hope to defeat a malign subterranean entity, that is sick of her good, generous deeds.
Directors: Anna Penido, David Sonnenschein | Stars: Xuxa, Guilherme Karam, Nair Amorim, Tuca Andrada
Votes: 977
40. Canines of the Caribbean (1985 TV Movie)
TV-G | 97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A woman and her two children are accidentally cryopreserved and awaken at a time when apes dominate the planet.
Directors: Kiyosumi Fukazawa, Atsuo Okunaka | Stars: Reiko Tokunaga, Hiroko Saito, Masaaki Kaji, Hitoshi Ômae
Votes: 1,245
41. The Magnificent Major (1977)
23 min | Family, Short, Musical
A young girl learns the importance of reading, when she ends up in a dystopian future where reading is banned.
Director: Nick De Noia | Stars: Tisha Campbell, Anthony Mucci, Renee Haynes, John Nevitt
Votes: 15
42. The Last Unicorn (1982)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
Votes: 29,548 | Gross: $6.46M
43. The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981)
Not Rated | 90 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When Unico, a young unicorn, is taken from his family by evil gods, his powers of joy and happiness are put to the test. Can Unico's power triumph the darkness?
Directors: Toshio Hirata, Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Katsue Miwa, Ryouko Kitamiya, Kazuko Sugiyama, Junko Hori
Votes: 902
44. When the Cat Comes (1963)
104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
People arrive in a small village with a strange cat wearing glasses. When someone takes them off, he can color people, according to their nature and mood. Adults consider him dangerous; children love him.
Director: Vojtech Jasný | Stars: Jan Werich, Emília Vásáryová, Vlastimil Brodský, Jirí Sovák
Votes: 2,068
45. The Golden Bat (1966)
73 min | Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
When the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.
Director: Hajime Satô | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Osamu Kobayashi, Wataru Yamagawa, Hisako Tsukuba
Votes: 317
46. Aventuras com Tio Maneco (1971)
95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An uncle travels with his three nephews once a year, during the holidays, looking for adventure.
Director: Flávio Migliaccio | Stars: Flávio Migliaccio, Odete Lara, Walter Forster, Rodolfo Arena
Votes: 90
47. Badi (1984)
77 min | Family, Sci-Fi
The adaptation of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Director: Zafer Par | Stars: Cengiz Sayhan, Tolga Sönmez, Orhan Çagman, Tuncer Sevi
Votes: 414
48. Maria, Mirabella (1981)
69 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Two sisters go to the fairy to help the little inhabitants of the forest. Musical film-tale with animation.
Directors: Natalya Bodyul, Ion Popescu-Gopo | Stars: Gilda Manolescu, Medeea Marinescu, Ingrid Celia, Ion Popescu-Gopo
Votes: 698
49. Maria si Mirabella in Tranzistoria (1989)
71 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
The continuation of the adventures of Maria and Mirabella, in which the two girls get lost in a fabulous world inside a television set.
Director: Ion Popescu-Gopo | Stars: Ioana Moraru, Andrianu Kuchinska, Stela Popescu, Grigore Grigoriu
Votes: 110
50. The Drifting Classroom (1987)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An international school in Kobe, Japan is catapulted into the future after a time-slip occurs.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Yasufumi Hayashi, Aiko Asano, Vajra Barzaghi, Leana D'Aloisio
Votes: 294
51. The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
G | 63 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Serge Reggiani, Max Adrian
Votes: 295
52. The Journey to Melonia (1989)
104 min | Animation, Family, Adventure
When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.
Director: Per Åhlin | Stars: Allan Edwall, Robyn Carlsson, Olle Sarri, Tomas von Brömssen
Votes: 1,459
53. Karlsson on the Roof (1974)
99 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
When Karlsson comes flying through Lillebror's window they are up to all sorts of high jinks.
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Lars Söderdahl, Mats Wikström, Catrin Westerlund, Stig Ossian Ericson
Votes: 2,200
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