Top 20 Family Movies Releases from 1962

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town. Info on The Music Man / IMDB / YouTube

Mr. Hobbs wants to spend a quiet holiday at the beach, but his wife has invited all their family to stay with them. Look into Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation / IMDB / YouTube

In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast. Details on In Search of the Castaways / IMDB / YouTube

This musical adaptation of the classic tale by Charles Dickens stars Magoo as the cold-hearted old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge. Explore Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol / IMDB / YouTube

A farmboy-turned-knight must protect a princess from the schemes of an evil wizard. Find out about Jack the Giant Killer / IMDB / YouTube

The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, embarks on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard. Check out The Magic Sword / IMDB / YouTube

A farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite. Find out about Gay Purr-ee / IMDB / YouTube

In 1862, the British commission inventor Fergusson to claim uncharted land in West Africa for Britain by flying his giant hot air balloon there. Info on Five Weeks in a Balloon / IMDB / YouTube

A gentle love story about a Japanese businessman and widower, and a Brooklyn widow. But before a happy ending can ensue, they must learn again the lessons of tolerance, kindness, and forgiveness. Find out about A Majority of One / IMDB / YouTube

Three goofy druggists travel back to Ancient Greece on a milquetoast inventor's time machine. Details on The Three Stooges Meet Hercules / IMDB / YouTube

The Stooges must battle alien spies to safeguard a goofy scientist's revolutionary new vehicle. See more about The Three Stooges in Orbit / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy sportsman's decision to hire a backwoods orphan to exercise a champion Irish Setter has unexpected consequences. Find out about Big Red / IMDB / YouTube

A family takes a long delayed trip to Europe and finds an unending series of comedy adventures. Learn about Bon Voyage! / IMDB / YouTube

Supported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented. The standard initiation ordeals which new boys must endure at the hands of their seniors are intensified in his case because he has aroused the jealousy of Peter, the head chorister, by singing a. Details on Almost Angels / IMDB / YouTube

Using a kit that contains both Tom and Jerry anyone can enter the lucrative field of animated cartoons. Details on The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit / IMDB / YouTube

When both parents are killed by man, the wolf Lobo learns the ways of the hunter. Info on The Legend of Lobo / IMDB / YouTube

Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog punch into work, with Sam guarding a flock of sheep against Ralph's attempts to snatch some mutton for dinner. Ralph uses a lull-a-bye record to put Sam to sleep and steals one of the sheep, but the lamb unzips itself to reveal someone very unexpected beneath! Learn about A Sheep in the Deep / IMDB / YouTube

Away on a short leave before an upcoming moon launch, a NASA astronaut disappears and is feared kidnapped when the security services learn about his friendship with a suspected foreign female spy. Read about Moon Pilot / IMDB / YouTube

A spoiled-rotten monarch orders royal chef Yosemite Sam to make Hasenpfeffer, the basic ingredient of which is rabbit. When Bugs comes to the door asking to borrow some carrots, Sam decides to cook him. Look into Shishkabugs / IMDB / YouTube

Wile E. Coyote tries and fails to catch the Road Runner using a bear trap with a bird seed bait, a jet rocket, an ice-making machine, and a boomerang. More about Zoom at the Top / IMDB / YouTube