Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.

A Flintstone Family Christmas

1993

English

6.3

♡ 13

husband wife relationship

stone age

Ray Patterson Director

Frank Welker as Barney Rubble

B.J. Ward as Betty Rubble

Nick Jameson as (voice)

Alan Young as (voice)

While the Flintstones and the Rubbles are waiting for Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and the twins to begin the holiday festivities, they end up tring to teach a homeless boy about values.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989

English

6.4

♡ 67

76%

parent child relationship

Sci-Fi

shrinking

Joe Johnston Director

Matt Frewer as Big Russ Thompson

Marcia Strassman as Diane Szalinski

Robert Oliveri as Nick Szalinski

Frank Welker as (voice)

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.

Bambi II

2006

English

6.1

♡ 35

44%

based on novel or book

parent child relationship

relationship problems

Romance

Brian Pimental Director

Jeremy Shada as Additional Voices

Andrea Bowen as Faline

Patrick Stewart as The Great Prince

Frank Welker as (voice)

Return to the forest and join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn on his own. But in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers there is much he can learn from his spirited young son.

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

2003

English

6.7

♡ 12

64%

Howy Parkins Director

Clancy Brown as BoE Agent #1

Justin Shenkarow as Gelman

Ashley Johnson as Gretchen Grundler

Frank Welker as (voice)

Everyone's favorite fourth graders have graduated! It's an all-new school year for the kids — and the gang hits the fifth grade running! But they're stopped in their tracks when they discover some unwelcome changes — no pizza, no playground... no lockers! And to make things worse, their teacher turns out to be the cantankerous Miss Finster! It's all too much for T.J., who is determined to find a way to stand up for what the gang believes in and improve the school they love! The fifth grade brings out the best in everyone... even Miss Finster and Principal Prickly!