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Newsies

1992

Newsies

1992
6.7
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.
Mark Twain and Me

1991

Mark Twain and Me

1991
7.3
During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended by a young girl named Dorothy Quick.
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991
7.4
A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc refuses her pleas. Undaunted, Sonora's gutsy resolve finally convinces him to give her a break. On the brink of stardom, however, a cruel twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.
White Fang

1991

White Fang

1991
6.7
Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.
Edward Scissorhands

1990

Edward Scissorhands

1990
7.7
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Cheetah

1989

Cheetah

1989
6.1
An American boy and girl, spending six months in Kenya with their scientist parents adopt a cheetah, only to realize that they must set it loose so that it can learn to hunt and be free. However, when the animal is captured by poachers planning to race it against greyhounds, the two city kids, together with a young African goat herder they befriended, head off into the wild to rescue the cheetah.
Big

1988

Big

1988
7.2
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
The Christmas Star

1986

The Christmas Star

1986
5.6
A counterfeiter finds the true meaning of the holidays.
Mr. Boogedy

1986

Mr. Boogedy

1986
6.3
A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300 years previously.
The Journey of Natty Gann

1985

The Journey of Natty Gann

1985
6.8
America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.
The Fox and the Hound

1981

The Fox and the Hound

1981
7.1
When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!
Amy

1981

Amy

1981
7.1
A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training she successfully teaches one boy.
Sultan and the Rock Star

1980

Sultan and the Rock Star

1980
4
Paul Winters, a rock star burnout, flees his fame and ends up by chance on an island where he comes face to face with Sultan, a domesticated Bengal tiger left there to be hunted by a wealthy businessman. He then befriends the animal and decides to do everything to save him...
The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World

1977

The Mouseketeers at Walt Disney World

1977
8
Follow the Disco Mice of the New Mickey Mouse Club as they visit America's favorite vacation spot, Walt Disney World!
The Bears and I

1974

The Bears and I

1974
6.2
When a man adopts three black bear cubs, he faces one of the hardest decisions of his life. Set in the wilderness of British Columbia, Canada, Robert Leslie struggles to keep his bears safe and maintain relations with native Americans and park rangers.
The Biscuit Eater

1972

The Biscuit Eater

1972
6.2
Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972
7.8
This is the story of the foundation sire of the Morgan Horse Breed.
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969
6
Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like Arno's illegal businesses..
The Happiest Millionaire

1967

The Happiest Millionaire

1967
6.8
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes?
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967
6.6
To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the California Gold Rush. When their very proper butler gives chase, all roads lead to nonstop adventure, wild and woolly characters, and a lucky punch that leads to a bonanza of belly laughs!