Greatest 17 Family Movies Highly Rated Released in 1929

Mickey Mouse is a mischievous deckhand on a riverboat that is under the command of the tyrannical Captain Pete. Explore Steamboat Willie / IMDB / YouTube

The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit. Look into The Skeleton Dance / IMDB / YouTube

Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner. Look into Big Business / IMDB / YouTube

Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking. Details on Plane Crazy / IMDB / YouTube

With the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece? Info on Liberty / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be haunted. The skeletons command him to play the organ; they dance and play along. Find out about The Haunted House / IMDB / YouTube

On shore leave from the Navy, seamen Stanley and Oliver want to treat two attractive single girls to a glass of soda in the park but only have enough change for three sodas. Explore Men O'War / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey, a hot dog vendor, meets and quickly falls for Minnie the Shimmy Dancer. He serenades her by performing the song Sweet Adeline, much to the dismay of Kat Nipp, who is trying to sleep. See more about The Karnival Kid / IMDB / YouTube

While Tom Cat goes away hunting, Mickey, Minnie, and their mouse friends break into his house and perform music. They play various tunes on the piano while the other mice hit household objects in tune to the music. See more about When the Cat's Away / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey puts on a show in his barnyard. A short dramatic scene by a chicken and rooster; an operatic ode by Patricia Pig, and then the main attraction: Mickey sings and plays his theme song, then dances to it. Info on Mickey's Follies / IMDB / YouTube

Mickey Mouse is a singing lifeguard. Minnie Mouse is the damsel he must rescue before she is swept out to sea. Info on Wild Waves / IMDB / YouTube

The Plowboy is a Mickey Mouse short animated film first released on June 28, 1929, as part of the Mickey Mouse film series. It was the eighth Mickey Mouse short to be produced, the fifth of that year. Info on The Plowboy / IMDB / YouTube