Son of Flubber (1963)
Jun 1, 2015Absent-Minded Professor Sequel
Sequel to Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor that only unimaginatively shuffles around the same elements and lacks the inspired touch of the first film
Ron Miller
Now You See Him, Now You Don’t (1972)
Feb 9, 1999Invisible Teen/Disney Comedy
The second of Disney's Dexter Reilly films with Kurt Russell as a teen genius who invents an invisibility formula
Freaky Friday (1976)
Aug 25, 2002Mother-Daughter Bodyswap Comedy
The original version of the Disney live-action comedy with mother Barbara Harris and a young Jodie Foster as her daughter who swap bodies for one day. The performances are hilarious and this filled with witty deadpan gags
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
Jan 2, 2010Cute Car/Disney Comedy
Third of the original Herbie the Love Bug films from Disney, this takes the series to a race across Europe and is an amiable effort that sees the return of Dean Jones and has Herbie fall in love
Pete’s Dragon (1977)
Mar 29, 1999Boy and Invisible Dragon/Disney Film
Disney live-action film about a boy and his dragon where the dragon is represented by animation
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Jul 5, 2004Cat Alien Visitor/Disney Comedy
From the era of Disney live-action comedies, this involves assorted slapstick tomfoolery as various parties try to aid or capture a telepathic alien cat that is stranded on Earth
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Feb 11, 1999Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Film
Sequel to Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain with the psi-powered alien kids up against a villainous Christopher Lee and Bette Davis
The Black Hole (1979)
Jan 3, 2000Lost Spaceship/Mad Scientist/Journey into a Black Hole
Disney's attempt to join the post-Star Wars SF boom proved a flop that flounders in bad writing and ponderous pretensions. On the other hand, it is almost worth watching for the stunning design and effects
Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
Dec 23, 2002Astronaut in King Arthur's Court/Disney Comedy
A Disney version of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court where the story of a man thrown back in time to Camelot is dragged into the era of Star Wars with the addition of space shuttles and androids
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Jun 22, 2002Other-Dimensional Haunting
Problem ridden Disney ghost story with a science-fiction rationalisation that never quite comes together on screen
Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
Jan 25, 2003Cute Car/Disney Comedy
The fourth and last of the original Herbie the Love Bug films from Disney, this takes a trip to South America where the inanity reaches a nadir for the series