This 1993 American family drama film directed by Simon Wincer received commercial and critical success. It features a young foster boy who befriended a captive orca named Willy in an aquatic theme park. The film had used an animatronic stand-in for Willy for his scenes shot above water. 

The real orca portraying Willy, named Keiko, was lobbied by the studio and by fans of the film to be released into the wild (just like in the movie). However, for reasons of failure to adapt to his new environment, Keiko eventually died of pneumonia on 12 December 2003.

This 1994 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie was based on the Harvey Comics character Richie Rich, with Macaulay Culkin as the titular character. Richie is the world's richest kid who has everything money can buy except real friends. His struggle to socialise with kids his age and those outside his social class is made more complicated by his exhilaratingly hilarious chase against those who wanted his family's money. In the end, Richie learns to understand that the real treasures in life are priceless. 

Loosely based on the 1981 children's book by Chis Van Allsburg, this 1995 American fantasy adventure film was the first instalment of the Jumanji franchise. The story centres on a supernatural board game named Jumanji that releases jungle-based hazards upon its players with every turn they take.

Now a smash hit stage musical, Matilda by Roald Dahl was first adapted into the silver screen by Danny DeVito. The 1996 American family comedy fantasy film revolves around the titular character, a bright young girl who developed psychokinetic abilities which she uses to deal with her disreputable family and her school's oppressive and tyrannical principal.

This film is a 1998 family comedy film adaptation of the children's book series and television series Madeline, directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer. It focuses on a young orphan girl named Madeline who attends a Catholic boarding school and is taught by the strict but loving nun Miss Clavel. Its heroine's charming adventures will surely draw not only young kids but adults as well.

Loosely based on the classic novel Swiss Family Robinson, this television series-turned-movie is a science-fiction adventure film that focuses on the Robinson family. Their voyage to a nearby star system to study possible large-scale emigration by Earth inhabitants has suddenly went south, leaving them with no other options but to find their way back home.

Based on J.M. Barrie's classic play and novel Peter Pan, this film by P.J. Hogan and co-written by Michael Goldenberg tells the story of "the boy who wouldn't grow" and his adventures in Neverland with Wendy, John, Michael, Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys.

Based on the 1952 novel of the same name by E. B. White, this 2006 American comedy-drama film retells the story of Fern Arable and the friendship she had with the animals in their farm.

Based on the five books of the Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, this 2008 American fantasy adventure film by Mark Waters follows three children who have just moved in to their great-aunt's decrepit estate. They eventually discover the magical creatures living inside and around the estate and fight to protect the Field Guide that the evil shapeshifting ogre, Mulgarath, would like to possess.