Family film
Appearance
A family film is a film genre that is designed to appeal to a variety of age groups and, thus, families.
In December 2005, Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came first in a poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films.[1] The genre today generates billions of dollars per annum.[2]
Family films generally do not contain content that would be deemed unsuitable for children. Films such as Dr. Dolittle and Big Momma's House 2 received ratings of PG-13, which does not distinguish between children's films and family films.
Some examples of family film series include:
- The Disney animated classics.
- The Tim Burton films
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- The Lassie film series
- National Velvet (1944)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- Jurassic Park film series
- Tales for All (series of 22 family and children's films)
- The Star Wars film series
- Superman film series
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Short Circuit (1986)
- Short Circuit 2 (1988)
- *batteries not included (1987)
- Indiana Jones series
- The Ghostbusters film series
- The Back to the Future trilogy
- The Home Alone film series
- The Beethoven film series
- The Homeward Bound film series
- The Free Willy film series
- The Air Bud film series
- The Big Momma sequels
- The Harry Potter film series
- The Lord of the Rings film series
- The Chronicles of Narnia film series
- The Muppet films
- The Toy Story films
- The PIXAR computer-animated favorites
- The Shrek film series
See also
References
- ^ "BBC News: ET crowned 'greatest family film'". BBC News. 2005-12-23. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ "Channel 4.com: Hollywood's Family Values". Channel 4.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.