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Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
1972, 88 minutes. Dexter Riley invents an invisibility potion at Medfield College and loses it to a crook who sees how useful it might be. This Kurt Russell comedy makes a laboratory trick into a quick series of capers.
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Run, Cougar, Run (1972)
5.8/10on IMDb
Released
1972, 87 minutes. The story follows a mountain lion raising three kits when hunters arrive in the Southwest. Choose it for an older Disney animal film built around parenting and survival in the wild, with sustained danger for the animals.
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Herbie Rides Again (1974)
5.7/10on IMDb
Released
1974, 88 minutes. Herbie helps an older woman refuse a real-estate developer who wants her San Francisco firehouse. This particular Herbie sequel works for a short urban chase comedy with a neighborhood at stake.
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The Bears and I (1974)
6.1/10on IMDb
Released
1974, 89 minutes. A Vietnam veteran takes in three orphaned bear cubs and becomes involved in a dispute over land. The cubs are the draw if you like Disney’s vintage animal adventures, and the handling of Indigenous people reflects the film’s era.
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
1979, 89 minutes. Tim Conway and Don Knotts play men who want to leave their outlaw days behind and keep wandering into worse trouble. Pick the sequel for comic timing, a bungled investigation, and a Western that fits a short slot.
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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
6.2/10on IMDb
Released
1980, 84 minutes. Seventeen-year-old Jan discovers that the English house her family rented has a connection to a disappearance. The 84-minute figure is for the revised U.S. release in 1981, when the eerie mystery had a different ending from the briefly screened 1980 cut.
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One Magic Christmas (1985)
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
1985, 89 minutes. Ginnie has lost her patience with Christmas, and her daughter becomes part of the attempt to change that. This short holiday film delves into family hardship and frightening events before its Christmas magic has a chance to help.
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Cheetah (1989)
5.9/10on IMDb
Released
1989, 83 minutes. Two visiting teenagers and a Kenyan boy find an orphaned cheetah and have to help it return to the wild. The later chase adds urgency. Pick it for a short live-action adventure where a friendship with an animal drives the plot.
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Benji the Hunted (1987)
6.3/10on IMDb
Released
89 minutes. Disney’s theatrical Benji film starts with the dog stranded away from people, then follows him watching over a group of cougar cubs. There is little talking once he is in the wild, so much of the story lives in which animal he watches and what he does next.
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The Living Desert (1953)
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
69 minutes. This theatrical True-Life Adventure uses close views of desert animals to make a busy place out of what can look empty. A flash flood changes the film’s pace near the end. Choose it if you want to see how early Disney nature features told a story with a camera and a narrator.
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The African Lion (1955)
7.2/10on IMDb
Released
72 minutes. The original True-Life Adventure feature follows a changing year in the lives of lions and the animals around them. The full theatrical feature gives a different sense of scale from the later abbreviated television showing.
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Jungle Cat (1960)
7.2/10on IMDb
Released
70 minutes. Disney’s theatrical documentary puts a jaguar and the surrounding Amazon wildlife at the center of the program. The changes in animals and places make the film more varied than its simple title suggests. Choose it if you want another example of the studio’s early wildlife filmmaking.
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Perri (1957)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
74 minutes. Wildlife photography and animated effects work together to tell a story about a young squirrel. This is a staged narrative with observable animal behavior inside it. It offers a useful comparison to the way Disney approached a fictional animal’s life in Bambi.
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