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- Magazine reporters Hiroyuki Kurosaki and his colleagues brought back to Japan a monster child who had just hatched from an egg issued on the isolated island of Obelisk in the South Sea.
- A young girl on another planet waits for the sun to come out.
- During the American Revolution, young John Laurens is torn between loyalty to his native land, America, and his duty to the crown of England. His dilemma is made more difficult by the fact that he is living in England attending school, but more so by the fact that his father has been elected president of the new Continental Congress -- which is determined to tear the American colonies free from English rule.
- A nurse grows attached to a young Neanderthal child that was snatched from his time as part of a time travel experiment.
- Charlie Wilder is about to spend his summer at Camp Minnewatha. The camp's director announces at opening day that camp will provide togetherness, a retreat in the country and a "home away from home." But when Charlie is greeted by an attractive, blonde -haired teenager, Lydia Travers, his thoughts are preoccupied with romance.
- A teenage girl falls in love with a boy, then discovers that his mother is the drunk driver who killed her sister.
- A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused and subsequent releases from jail. Dark and gritty, but not frightening.
- Two con artists kidnap an unruly son of a wealthy industrialist only to be hopelessly victimized by their own kidnapping victim.
- Upon the arrival of the worst teacher imaginable, a group of students try to find their original teacher Miss Nelson, gaining a new appreciation for her in the process.
- As the American Revolution drags on, John Laurens returns to America to support his father Henry Laurens in his position as leader of the Continental Congress. But young Laurens's return leads to tragedy.
- Set in the 1930s, this memorable tale extols the virtues of friendship and honesty. When an unpopular, brainy girl receives her only Valentine's Day card from the class clown, she is flattered. Emily's loneliness makes her easy prey for Virgil's scheming. He convinces her to submit a petition against geography homework to their stern teacher (played by Margaret Hamilton.) Emily is punished for her foolish deed, but she refuses to snitch on Virgil. The historical setting offers "an interesting contrast in social behavior" with the present, says School Library Journal. Based on "The Scarlet Letter" by Jean Stafford.
- Big Joe is a lineman for the telephone company. Angel is a teenage migrant worker. They form an unlikely alliance and start a rose-growing business. At first wary of each other, they grow to trust and like one another. Eventually, Angel must leave the area when his father relocates the family in search of migrant work. This touching little film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short.
- Actor Gary Coleman appears in this instructional video designed to show children how to be safe and stay safe. Included are tips on accident prevention, how to stay safe when home alone, and other procedures that have been developed by the National Safety Council and the American Red Cross.
- Set In Manhattan's Central Park, this film is the poignant story of a teenage girl's encounter with a homeless old woman (movingly portrayed by distinguished actress Mildred Dunnock) who carries all her belongings around in shopping bags. This encounter eventually leads to the girl's understanding of the problems of aging and the dignity of all individuals, regardless of their place in society.
- This is a silent short film about a young boy who loses his dog and frantically searches for him until he finds him in a bittersweet reunion.
- Teeny Little Super Guy lives in a cup and sometimes helps his friend R.W. Shipshape, a boy in a salt shaker.
- 1869. A widow and her family struggle to eke out a living in the bleak and largely uninhabited Kansas plains.
- Felipa, a first-generation American girl, dreams of becoming a teacher. Her first pupil is her uncle, who she tutors in English so he can get a driver's license and a better job.
- A family of Polish immigrants has a difficult time adjusting to life in the United States. The story centers on the son, named Janek, who has trouble fitting in at school and with his family.
- A little boy and his family move from Georgia to live with his aunt and cousin in Harlem, NYC.
- A young Indian inherits a tribal artifact from his grandfather and decides whether to keep it or trade it for a new TV.
- A boy's penchant for vandalism threatens the deer he loves.
- Young Gilbert lives in an urban apartment building. One day he discovers a duck in the building's elevator. Gilbert decides to keep the duck, but to keep his new friend secret from his mother. But his mother suspects something is up. In the meantime, Gilbert uses his detective skills to find the owner of the duck in his no-pets-allowed apartment building.
- Drama about a troubled teenager who is sent to a summer cabin to help a woman, who turns out being her actual birth mother.
- An old man lives in a house on the docks with his old dog Peppy, his old cat Ginger, and his old fish, Lightning. The man and his pets decide they need someone to look after them, so they put out an advertisement looking for a companion.
- A young boy whose heart is set on owning a set of drums becomes involved in a get-rich-quick scheme.
- A young boy is confronted by the painful reality of his beloved grandfather's imminent death.
- The text of ten Shakespeare sonnets spoken off-screen provides a counterpoint to a wordless drama played out in a modern setting: an ageing poet witnesses a bond developing between the woman he loves and his young friend.
- A baby is born in a mining camp and soon orphaned. The miners band together to raise the baby and he brings them luck in finding gold.
- A child's first discovery of wind, the silent, invisible something that tickles his fancy, ruffles his hair, ripples the grass around him, portrayed in animated drawings. But wind is also an elemental force that carries all before it.
- A safe cracker finds love, will that be enough to take him from his criminal lifestyle?
- An anthology of five animated cartoons from Hungary.
- An anthology of four animated cartoons from Hungary and East Germany, which satirize man in society.