Best Family movies of 1980s

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson,
Directors : Leonard Nimoy,

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guys' girlfriends.

Actors : John Wesley Shipp, Kenny Morrison, Jonathan Brandis, Clarissa Burt,
Directors : George Miller,

A young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book.

Actors : Judy Morris, Robert Grubb, Tom Burlinson, Richard Morgan,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

The true story of a Australian racehorse that becomes a champion with the help of a local stableboy.

Actors : Kathryn Walker, Michael McKean, Mary Beth Hurt, Colleen Camp,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

A seemingly normal young boy turns out to be a top secret military-created robot with superhuman abilities.

Actors : Iron Eyes Cody, John Vernon, Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo,
Directors : John R. Cherry III,

Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance councilor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents as well as stop a shady strip mining company from closing the camp.

Actors : Douglas Seale, Noelle Parker, Jim Varney, Oliver Clark,
Directors : John R. Cherry III,

Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.

Actors : Lainie Kazan, Ray Wise, John Cusack, Meredith Salenger,
Directors : Jeremy Kagan,

In the 1930s, a tomboyish girl runs away from her guardian to join her single father who is 2,000 miles away, because there was work there.

Actors : Steve Guttenberg, Nancy Travis, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson,
Directors : Emile Ardolino,

Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken ...

Actors : Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, Fred Savage, Margaret Whitton,
Directors : Richard Greenberg,

A boy discovers an incredible and gruesome world of monsters under his bed.

Actors : Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson,

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

Actors : Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Jack Wallace,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

Actors : Barbara Tyson, Gailard Sartain, Jim Varney, Bill Byrge,
Directors : John R. Cherry III,

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank ...

Actors : Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart, Tom Burlinson, Kirk Douglas,
Directors : George Miller,

In 1880s Australia when young Jim Craig's father dies Jim takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch and he is forced to become a man.

Actors : Kelly Reno, Woody Strode, Vincent Spano, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Robert Dalva,

A teenager loses his horse in Morocco and gets him back after various daredevil adventures.

Actors : Lea Thompson, Kate Capshaw, Larry B. Scott, Kelly Preston,
Directors : Harry Winer,

The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is accidently launched into orbit.

Actors : Babek Ahmed Poor, Ahmed Ahmed Poor, Kheda Barech Defai, Iran Outari,
Directors : Abbas Kiarostami,

An 8 year old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school.

Actors : Joshua John Miller, Robyn Lively, Caren Kaye, Dan Gauthier,
Directors : Dorian Walker,

High school misfit Louise, at a loss for romance, discovers magical abilities, but the teenage witch finds that she cannot conjure herself true love, so what?

Actors : Abe Vigoda, Rutanya Alda, Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman,
Directors : John D. Hancock,

A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.

Actors : George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Tiffany, Mel Blanc,

George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.

Actors : Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt, Dan Håfström, Hanna Zetterberg,
Directors : Tage Danielsson,

Borka and his band and Mattis's band of robbers are rivals. Birk, his parents and their band live in the wild in Mattisforrest. They move in to Metis-stronghold, which belonged to his ...