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Dec 6, 2023 · Discover top family movies for memorable entertainment! Dive into heartwarming tales with the ultimate family-friendly movie list. Perfect for a night in!
- Toni Fitzgerald
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.
- The Goonies (1985) Suitable for: Kids ages 10+ Rating: PG. Who's in it: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman. Run time: 114 minutes. This coming-of-age ’80s classic has got it all: hidden treasure, everlasting friendship, edge-of-your-seat thrills and a young Josh Brolin.
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022) Suitable for: Kids ages 8. Rating: PG. Who's in it: Shawn Mendes, Javier Bardem, Constance Wu, Winslow Fegley. Run time: 106 minutes.
- The Greatest Showman (2017) Suitable for: Kids ages 8+ Rating: PG. Who's in it: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya. Run time: 105 minutes.
- Moana (2016) Suitable for: Kids ages 5+ Rating: PG. Who's in it: Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison. Run time: 103 minutes. The first of many Disney flicks on our list, this musical adventure earns extra points for its killer soundtrack (courtesy of Lin-Manuel Miranda) and total badass heroine (no prince swooping in to rescue her).
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- 'Mean Girls'
- 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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- Sky High. View full post on Youtube. This superhero comedy still holds up with its great effects (for the time), plus a fun, fast-paced script—and a stellar cast that perfectly embodies a hilarious variety of high school movie cliches.
- Kung-Fu Panda. View full post on Youtube. You have to give it up to Kung-Fu Panda for committing to some incredible animated martial arts fights—perfectly using Po’s clumsy character to wreak havoc, even as he becomes more and more capable.
- Kiki’s Delivery Service. View full post on Youtube. Kiki’s is a beautiful coming-of-age fantasy film about a young witch who moves to a new town to live on her own—and begins a delivery service on her broom.
- The Mitchells vs. The Machines. View full post on Youtube. This film is riotous, funny, and bursting from the seams with charm and creativity. Most importantly, there’s a cute pug.
May 1, 2024 · May 1, 2024. Are you looking for a movie night at home the whole family can enjoy? Here's good news: Right now, Netflix is host to a virtual library of family-friendly classics—old and new....
1. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama. 7.1. Rate. 54 Metascore. After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife. Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein.
