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Mickey Rooney has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 2000s.
The Rescuers
1977
Fantasy · Family

The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Movie · Voice
Top 12%Disney+ · Included

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%MGM+ · Included

The Black Stallion
1979 · Movie · Actor
Top 27%Prime Video · Included

Night at the Museum
2006 · Movie · Actor
Top 37%Hulu · Included

Boys Town
1938 · Movie · Actor
Top 50%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Pete's Dragon
1977 · Movie · Actor
Top 57%Disney+ · Included

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!
Dir. Ted Berman, Art Stevens, Richard Rich · With Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Dir. Victor Fleming · With Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Dir. Stanley Kramer · With Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar

While traveling with his father, young Alec becomes fascinated by a mysterious Arabian stallion that is brought on board and stabled in the ship he is sailing on. When it tragically sinks both he and the horse survive only to be stranded on a deserted island. He befriends it, so when finally rescued both return to his home where they soon meet Henry Dailey, a once successful trainer. Together they begin training the horse to race against the fastest ones in the world.
Dir. Carroll Ballard · With Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
Dir. Clarence Brown · With Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.
Dir. Shawn Levy · With Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke

Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.
Dir. Norman Taurog · With Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull

as Kris Kringle aka Santa Claus (voice) · Voice
Prime Video · Rent
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.
Dir. Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass · With Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn

Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. Aided by a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts and put Santa back in action.
Dir. Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass · With Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
Dir. Don Chaffey · With Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale

as Mr. Cherrywood (voice) · Voice
The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.
Dir. Arna Selznick · With Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
Dir. Terry Jones · With Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Dir. George Miller · With E. G. Daily, Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell

Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup, Scamp, gets fed up with rules and restrictions imposed on him by life in a family, and longs for a wild and free lifestyle. He runs away from home and into the streets where he joins a pack of stray dogs known as the "Junkyard Dogs." Buster, the pack's leader, takes an instant disliking to the "house-dog" and considers him a rival. Angel, a junkyard pup Scamp's age, longs for the safety and comfort of life in a family and the two become instant companions. Will Scamp choose the wild and free life of a stray or the unconditional love of his family?
Dir. Darrell Rooney, Jeannine Roussel · With Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano, Chazz Palminteri
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