Best Family movies of 1980s

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Cary Elwes,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.

Actors : John Heard, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins, Tom Hanks,
Directors : Penny Marshall,

After wishing to be made big, a teenage boy wakes the next morning to find himself mysteriously in the body of an adult.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Scott Schwartz,
Directors : Bob Clark,

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

Actors : Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs,
Directors : Frank Oz,

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Actors : Daniel Stern, Macaulay Culkin, John Heard, Joe Pesci,
Directors : Chris Columbus,

An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

Actors : Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, Jeff Cohen,
Directors : Richard Donner,

In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure.

Actors : Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Phil Alden Robinson,

An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.

Actors : Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Ralph Macchio, Martin Kove,
Directors : John G. Avildsen,

A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.

Actors : Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Matt Frewer, Kristine Sutherland,
Directors : Joe Johnston,

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

Actors : Shelley Thompson, Toby Froud, Jennifer Connelly, David Bowie,
Directors : Jim Henson,

A 16-year-old girl is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.

Actors : Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono, Divine, Ruth Brown,
Directors : John Waters,

A 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Actors : Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace,
Directors : Steven Spielberg,

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

Actors : Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Barret Oliver, Gerald McRaney,
Directors : Wolfgang Petersen,

A troubled boy dives into a wondrous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.

Actors : Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Diane Salinger, Mark Holton,
Directors : Tim Burton,

When eccentric man-child Pee-Wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.

Actors : Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Aileen Quinn, Ann Reinking,
Directors : John Huston,

A young orphan girl's adventures in finding a family that will take her.

Actors : Adam Baldwin, Chris Makepeace, Matt Dillon, Paul Quandt,
Directors : Tony Bill,

When a boy comes to a new school and gets harassed by a bully, he acquires the services of the school's most feared kid as a bodyguard.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Sidney J. Furie,

The Man of Steel crusades for nuclear disarmament and meets Lex Luthor's latest creation, Nuclear Man.

Actors : Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jodi Benson, Rene Auberjonois, Pat Carroll,

A mermaid princess makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land.

Actors : Joshua Rudoy, John Lithgow, Margaret Langrick, Melinda Dillon,
Directors : William Dear,

The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.

Actors : Robin Williams, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston,
Directors : Robert Altman,

The adventures of the sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.