The Ultimate List of the Best Family Movies of All Time (500+ Movies)

Looking for a great family movie to watch with the whole family? I’ve got you covered!

This is the ultimate list of the best family movies of all time.

Movies starting with a #

• 1776 (1972)
• 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Movies starting with A

• A Boy Called Po (2016)
• A Dog of Flanders (2009)
• A Far Off Place (1993)
• A Good Woman (2004) 
• A Home of Our Own (1993) 
• A Little Game (2014)
• A Little Princess (1995) – directed by Alfonso Cuarón
• A Month By the Lake (1995)
• A Month In the Country (1985) 
• A New Leaf (1971) 
• A Passage to India (1984)
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
• A Shine of Rainbows (2009)
• A Walk to Remember (2002)
• The Addams Family (2019)
• Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
• Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
• Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
• Against the Sun (2004)
• The Age of Innocence (1993)
• Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
• Alabama Moon (2009)
• Alegria (1999)
• All About You (2001)
• Amazing Grace (2006)
• American Folk (2017)
• American Friends (1991)
• An Enemy of the People (1978)
• Annie (1982)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Are We Done Yet? (2007)
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
• The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
• As You Like It (2006)
• The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
• August (1996)
• August Rush (2007)
• Avalon (1990)

Movies starting with B

• Babe (1995)
• Babette’s Feast (1987)
• Baby’s Day Out (1994)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• Back to the Future Part 2 (1989)
• Back to the Future Part 3 (1990)
• The Basket (1999)
• Batkid Begins (2015)
• The Bear (1988) 
• Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
• Becoming Jane (2007)
• Bedtime Stories (2008)
• Beetlejuice (1988)
• Believe in Me (2006)
• Belle (2013)
• Beethoven (1992) – apparently, it has a series of 8 films
• The BFG (2016)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Big Hero 6 (2014)
• Big Jake (1971)
• Big Miracle (2012)
• The Big Year (2011)
• Black Beauty (1994)
• The Black Stallion (1979)
• Blank Check (1994)
• Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
• Bonneville (2006)
• Born Free (1966)
• The Boxcar Children (2014)
• The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island (2018)
• Boy Genius (2019)
• Brave (2012)
• Brian’s Song (1971)
• Breaking Away (1979)
• Bridge to Terebithia (2007)
• Bright Star (2009)
• Broken Hill (2009)
• Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

Movies starting with C

• Cairo Time (2009)
• Cars (2006)
• Cars 2 (2011)
• Cars 3 (2017)
• Casper (1995)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Charlotte’s Web (2006)
• Chasing 3000 (2010)
• Chasing Mavericks (2012)
• Children of Heaven (1997, subtitled)
• The Chosen (1981)
• Christmas for a Dollar (2013)
• Christmas in the Clouds (2001)
• Christopher Robin (2018)
• The Chronicles of Narnia films (2005-2010)
• Churchill (2017)
• Cinderella (2015)
• Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012) 
• City of Ember (2008) 
• Coco (2017)
• Condorman (1981) 
• Contact (1997) 
• Cool Runnings (1993) 
• Corrina, Corrina (1994) 
• The Cutting Edge (1992) 

Movies starting with D

• Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) 
• Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959) 
• Dark Horse (1992) 
• Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
• Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956) 
• Dawn (2014, subtitled) 
• The Dead (1987) 
• Dead Poets Society (1989) 
• The Decoy Bride (2011) 
• Despicable Me (2010)
• Despicable Me 2 (2013)
• Despicable Me 3 (2017)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Dingo (1991)
• A Dog’s Purpose (2017)
• Dolphin Tale (2011) 
• Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
• Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
• Dovid Meyer (2013) 
• Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) 
• Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (1990, subtitled) 
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 
• The Duellists (1977) 
• Duma (2005) 

Movies starting with E

• East Side Sushi (2014)
• The Education of Little Tree (1997)
• The Efficiency Expert (1992) 
• Eight Below (2006)
• The Elephant Man (1980) 
• Elf (2003)
• Ella Enchanted (2004) 
• Emma (1996) 
• The Emperor’s New Clothes (2001) 
• Empire of the Sun (1987) 
• Enchanted (2007) 
• Enchanted April (1991) 
• Endurance (1998)
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
• Ethan Frome (1993) 
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 
• Evil Under the Sun (1982)
• Evelyn (2002) 
• Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
• Evita (1996) 
• The Express (2008) 
• Extraordinary Measures (2010) 

Movies starting with F

• FairyTale: A True Story (1997) 
• Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) 
• Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
• Father of the Bride (1991) 
• Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
• Ferdinand (2017)
• Fiddler on the Roof (1971) 
• Field of Dreams (1989) 
• The Final Season (2007) 
• Finding Dory (2016)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Finding Neverland (2004) 
• Flicka (2006) 
• Flight of the Navigator (1986) 
• Flipped (2010) 
• Fluke (1995) 
• Fly Away Home (1996)
• Follow Me, Boys! (1966) 
• For Love or Money (1993) 
• Forever Young (1993) 
• Foster (2011, alternate title Angel in the House)
• The Fox and the Hound (1981)
• The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
• Freaky Friday (2003) 
• Free Willy (1993)
• From Time to Time (2009) 
• Frozen (2013)
• Frozen 2 (2019)

Movies starting with G

• Galaxy Quest (1999) 
• Get Santa (2014) 
• Gettysburg (1993)
• Ghostbusters (1984) 
• Glory Road (2006) 
• Going in Style (1979, remade in 2017)
• The Golden Boys (2008) 
• Good Burger (1997)
• The Good Dinosaur (2015)
• Good Night and Good Luck (2005) 
• Goodbye, Christopher Robin (2017) 
• The Goonies (1985)
• Goosebumps (2015) 
• The Grass Harp (1996) 
• The Great Buck Howard (2008) 
• The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015) 
• The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005) 
• The Greatest Showman (2017) 
• Gremlins (1984)
• The Grinch (2018)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• The Guys (2002) 

Movies starting with H

• Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
• Hairspray (2007) 
• Hamlet (1990) 
• Harry Potter films (2001-11) 
• Hello, Dolly! (1969) 
• Henry Poole is Here (2008) 
• Her Majesty (2001) 
• Here Comes the Boom (2012) 
• Hidden Figures (2016) 
• The Hiding Place (1975) 
• High Strung (2016) 
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) 
• Hocus Pocus (1993)
• Holes (2003)
• Home Alone (1990)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) 
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) 
• Hook (1991) 
• House of Mirth (2000)
• Howard’s End (1992) 
• How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy (2010)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 
• Hugo (2011) 
• The Hundred Foot Journey (2014) 
• The Hunt for Red October (1990) 

Movies starting with I

• I Am David (2003) 
• I.Q. (1994)
• Ice Age Film Series (2002-2016)
• Ice Castles (1978, remake in 2010) 
• Ice Princess (2005)
• If I Had Wings (2013) 
• I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) 
• The Illusionist (2010) 
• Imaginary Crimes (1994) 
• The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
• The Incredible Journey (1963)
• Infinity (1996) 
• Inkheart (2008) 
• Inside Out (2015)
• Into the West (1992)
• Invincible (2006) 
• The Iron Giant (1999) 
• Iron Will (1994) 
• It Could Happen to You (1994) 
• It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) 

Movies starting with J

• Jack of the Red Hearts (2015) 
• Jane Eyre (1996) 
• Johnny English (2003) 
• Johnny English Reborn (2011) 
• Journey of Natty Gann (1985) 
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) 
• Jumanji (1995) 
• Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle (2017)
• Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
• The Jungle Book (2016) 

Movies starting with K

• The Karate Kid (1984) 
• The Karate Kid (2010)
• The Kid (2000) 
• The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
• Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
• Kindness Is Contagious (2014)
• Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) 
• Klaus (2019)

Movies starting with L

• Labyrinth (1986) 
• The Lake House (2006) 
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• Larger Than Life (1996)
• Lassie (2005)
• The Last Mimzy (2007) 
• Last of the Dogmen (1995) 
• Leap Year (2010)
• Leap! (2017) 
• Leave No Trace (2018) 
• Letters to Juliet (2010) 
• Life of Pi (2012) 
• The Lightkeepers (2009) 
• Like Stars on Earth (2007, subtitled) 
• Lilo & Stitch (2002)
• The Lion King (1994)
• The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride (1998)
• Little Giants (1994)
• Little Man Tate (1991)
• Little Manhattan (2005) 
• Little Men (2016) 
• The Little Rascals (1994) 
• Little Red Wagon (2012) 
• Little Secrets (2001) 
• Little Women (1994 and 2019 film adaptations) 
• Local Hero (1983) 
• The Long Day Closes (1992) 
• The Long Walk Home (1990) 
• Lost in Yonkers (1993) 
• Love & Friendship (2016) 
• Love, Kennedy (2017) 
• Lovely, Still (2008) 

Movies starting with M

• Madison (2001) 
• The Majestic (2001) 
• Maleficent (2014)
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
• The Man From Snowy River (1982)
• Man of the House (1995) 
• The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
• The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) 
• The Magic of Belle Isle (2012) 
• Mao’s Last Dancer (2009) 
• Marley and Me (2008) 
• Martian Child (2007) 
• Matilda (1996) 
• Matinee (1993) 
• Maverick (1994) 
• Max (2015) 
• Max 2 (2017)
• McFarland, USA (2015) 
• Meek’s Cutoff (2010) 
• Meet The Robinsons (2007)
• The Mighty Ducks (1992) 
• The Mighty Macs (2009) 
• Million Dollar Arm (2014) 
• Mindwalk (1990) 
• Minions (2015)
• Miracle (2004) 
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994) 
• The Miracle Season (2018)
• Miracles from Heaven (2016) 
• Miss Minoes (2001) 
• Miss Potter (2006) 
• Moana (2016)
• Molokai (1999) 
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• Mousehunt (1997) 
• Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007) 
• Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995) 
• Mr. Holmes (2015) 
• Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007) 
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011) 
• Mr. Scrooge (1970) 
• Mrs. Brown (1997) 
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• Mrs Palfrey at the Clairmont (2005) 
• Mulan (1998)
• Mulan 2 (2004)
• The Muppets (2011) 
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996) 
• Muppets Most Wanted (2014) 
• Music of the Heart (1999) 
• The Music Man (1962) 
• The Music Never Stopped (2011) 
• My All-American (2015) 
• My Brilliant Career (1979) 
• My Dinner with Andre (1981) 
• My Dog Skip (2000) 
• My Girl (1991) 
• My Lucky Elephant (2013) 
• My Neighbor Totoro (1990)
• My Talks with Dean Spanley (2008) 

Movies starting with N

• Nanny McPhee (2005) 
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 
• National Treasure (2004) 
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) 
• Nativity! (2009) 
• The Nativity Story (2006) 
• The Natural (1984) 
• Never Cry Wolf (1983) 
• The Neverending Story (1984) 
• Newsies (1992) 
• Nicholas Nickleby (2002) 
• Night at the Museum (2006) 
• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) 
• Night Crossing (1982) 
• Nim’s Island (2008) 
• No Reservations (2007) 
• The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) 

Movies starting with O

• October Sky (1999) 
• The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) 
• Old Yeller (1957) 
• One Fine Day (1996) 
• One Night with the King (2006) 
• Only You (1994) 
• Onward (2020)
• Opal Dream (2006) 
• Oscar (1991) 
• Osmosis Jones (2001) 
• The Out of Towners (1970) 
• Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) 

Movies starting with P

• The Pacifier (2005) 
• Paddington (2014) 
• Paddington 2 (2017) 
• Paper Moon (1973) 
• The Parent Trap (1998) 
• Pastime (1990) 
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
• Paulie (1998) 
• The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) 
• Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) 
• Penelope (2006)
• Penguins of Madagascar (2014) 
• The Perfect Game (2009) 
• Persuasion (1995) 
• Pete’s Dragon (2016) 
• Peter Pan (2003) 
• Peter Rabbit (2018)
• Phenomenon (1996) 
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) 
• Pippi Longstocking (1969) 
• The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (1991) 
• Places in the Heart (1984)
• Planes (2013) 
• Ponyo (2008) 
• The Princess Bride (1987) 
• Princess Caraboo (1994) 
• The Princess Diaries (2001) 
• Pure Country (1992) 

Movies starting with Q

• Queen of Katwe (2016) 
• The Quiet Room (1996) 

Movies starting with R

• Radio (2003) 
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• Ramona and Beezus (2010) 
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Red Dog (2011) 
• Relative Values (2000) 
• Remains of the Day (1993) 
• Remember the Titans (2000) 
• Return of the Pink Panther (1975) 
• Return to Me (2000) 
• Richie Rich (1994)
• Rio (2011)
• The Rocketeer (1991) 
• Rocky (1976) 
• Rocky Balboa (2006) 
• The Rookie (2002) 
• Rookie of the Year (1993) 
• Roommates (1995) 
• Rudy (1993) 

Movies starting with S

• Sabrina (1995)
• The Sandlot (1993) 
• Sandlot 2 (2005)
• The Santa Clause (1994) 
• Sarah Plain and Tall (1991) 
• Savannah Smiles (1982) 
• Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) 
• Secondhand Lions (2003) 
• Secretariat (2010) 
• The Secret Garden (1993) 
• Secret Life of Pets (2016)
• The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) 
• The Secret of Kells (2009) 
• The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) 
• The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (2008) 
• Selena (1997) 
• Sense and Sensibility (1995) 
• Shadow Magic (2000) 
• Shadowlands (1993) 
• Shall We Dance (1996)
• Shiloh (1996)
• Shooting Fish (1997)
• Shrek (2001)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• Shrek 3 (2007)
• Shrek 4 (2010)
• Simon Birch (1998) 
• Sister Act (1992) 
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) 
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
• The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976) 
• The Smurfs (2011)
• The Smurfs 2 (2013)
• Song of the Sea (2014)
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)
• Soul Surfer (2011) 
• Space Jam (1996) 
• The Spanish Prisoner (1997) 
• The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) 
• Spies in Disguise (2019)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994) 
• Standing Up (2013) 
• Stone of Destiny (2008) 
• The Straight Story (1999)
• Strangers in Good Company (1990)
• Strings (2004) 
• Sunshine on Leith (2013) 
• Swallows and Amazons (2016) 
• Sweet Land (2005) 

Movies starting with T

• Tangled (2010)
• Tea with Mussolini (1999) 
• Tender Mercies (1983) 
• Testament (1983) 
• That Thing You Do! (1996)
• That’s What I Am (2011) 
• Third Man on the Mountain (1959) 
• This Beautiful Fantastic (2016) 
• A Thousand Words (2012)
• Three Musketeers (2011)
• Three Wishes (1995) 
• Tio Papi (2013)
• To Sleep with Anger (1990)
• Tomorrowland (2015)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1975)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• Toy Story 4 (2019)
• Treasure Island (1990)
• Trolls (2016)
• TRON (1982)
• TRON: Legacy (2010) 
• Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
• The Truman Show (1998)
• Tuck Everlasting (2002) 
• Twelfth Night (1996) 
• Two Brothers (2004)

Movies starting with U

• Uncle Nino (2003) 
• Unstrung Heroes (1995) 
• Up (2009)

Movies starting with V

• Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) 

Movies starting with W

• Waking Ned Devine (1998) 
• The Walk (2015) 
• War of the Buttons (1994) 
• Washington Square (1997)
• The Water Horse (2007) 
• We Are Marshall (2006) 
• We Bought a Zoo (2011) 
• What About Bob? (1991) 
• What’s Up Doc (1972)
• When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
• Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
• Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
• Where the Wild Things Are (2009) 
• While You Were Sleeping (1995) 
• White Fang (1991) 
• The Whole Wide World (1996)
• Wide Awake (1998) 
• Widows’ Peak (1994) 
• Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken (1991)
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
• The Winslow Boy (1999)
• The Witches (1990)
• Wise Blood (1979)
• The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
• Wonder (2017) 
• Wonderstruck (2017)
• Won’t Back Down (2012)
• The Woodlanders (1997)
• Woodlawn (2015)

Movies starting with Y

• The Young Victoria (2009) 
• The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013) 
• You’ve Got Mail (1998) 

Movies starting with Z

• Zootopia (2016)

Which of the family movies listed above are your favorites?

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