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4 days ago · A good era for the classic portrayals of youth ( The 400 Blows ), face-melting action ( Raiders of the Lost Ark ), and romance ( Romeo & Juliet ). Whether you’re a parent looking for a moral, entertaining movie night with your kids, or you’re a young student of movies making the leap on your own, check out these 50 Essential Movies For Kids!
The Lion King (1994) age 6+. Musical king-of-the-beasts blockbuster is powerful, scary. On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 1994) See full review. Common Sense Media editors help you choose 50 Movies All Kids Should Watch Before They're 12. Must-see movie night picks from before the year 2000, packed with great messages and role models.
The LEGO Movie (2014) Warner Bros. This zany, fast-paced adventure somehow approximates the feeling of playing with your own toys. The adventure of Emmett, a regular minifigure who wants to be a ...
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- Miss Juneteenth
- ‘Fighting with My Family’
- ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
- 'The Fabelmans'
- ‘Good Will Hunting’
- 'Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania'
- ‘Elf’
- 'Jerry Maguire'
- 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse'
The Plastics of Regina George, Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith recruit newby Cady Heron into their click at school. On the surface, they're friends. But underneath, they secretly plot against each other. Rating: PG-13
In this drama, a former beauty pageant winner and single mom prepares her rebellious daughter for her first pageant. “Miss Juneteenth” shows the joys and sorrows of Black motherhood and girlhood in a new and refreshing way. Rating: TV-MA
Perfect for watching with teenagers, “Fighting With My Family” is the story of an English family who lives and breathes wrestling, and what happens when two of the children are invited to try out to be part of WWE. Rating: PG-13
Thor is one of the few remaining original Avengers and in the last ensemble movie, “Avengers: Endgame,” Thor struggles with maintaining his mental health and aimlessly joins the Guardians of the Galaxy due to lack of other options. “Thor: Love and Thunder” picks up here, and apparently Thor has turned things around and is working on something big. ...
It only takes one inspirational experience to completely change the direction of a kid’s life. Director Steven Spielberg had that moment in “The Fabelmans,” an award-winning film that shows how he first fell in love with movies and how, step-by-step, he became the beloved director he is today. The Oscar nominated movie may inspire the young people ...
“Good Will Hunting” is a classic starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Robin Williams. Will (Damon) and Chuckie (Affleck) are bootstrapping their way through life in a run down Boston neighborhood, often fighting their way through troubles. Will works as a janitor at MIT and a professor discovers Will is a young prodigy who should be in college, not...
“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” finally answers the questions that previous Marvel movies have teased regarding what’s actually in the quantum realm and how did Ant-Man’s mother-in-law survive down there for 30 years. In the movie, the superhero’s teenage daughter gets them, Hope (her dad’s wife) and her grandparents all sucked into the quantum...
“Elf” is a classic starring Will Ferrell (Buddy), who plays a human raised by Santa’s elves before journeying to New York City to meet his biological father. Leaving the North Pole is hard, but so is bringing its culture to the big apple, so Buddy has to decide who he is in this new city. Rating: PG
The title character in “Jerry Maguire” is a knuckle-busting sports agent who suddenly has a change of heart and wants to do things the right way. He’s fired over it, and only one person at the company, a single mother, leaves with him and they start a new company together. They somehow manage to fall in love despite losing clients, money and Jerry’...
Multiverses is the name of the game in Marvel's world these days. In "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," Miles Morales, who is Spider-Man in the comic book, is thrown to the multiverse. Shameik Moore stars as Miles; Daniel Kaluuya and Issa Rae also star. Rating: PG
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Our editors help you choose the best movies for kids -- movies the whole family will love. Our movie lists offer top picks for Disney films, animated features, and many other kids' movie categories. All of our picks are entertaining and rated to help you decide whether they're age-appropriate for your family. Filter by:
Our editors have hand-picked some of the best kids' and family movies available to rent or stream on Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, or your favorite streaming service, including beloved classics, action-packed adventures, laugh-out-loud comedies, and powerful dramas. No matter what your family is feeling, these films are perfect to watch together.
15 Best Kids Movies That'll Charm Every Member of Your Family - Netflix Tudum. From Matilda the Musical to Enola Holmes, Nimona, and Orion and the Dark, there's something every kid (and kid at heart) can enjoy for your next family movie night.
