List of 50 Best Family Movies

There are various ways to spend time with your family, for instance outdoors making barbecue in your backyard or indoors eating pizza and chatting. Watching good family movies is also a great opportunity to wile away the time with your family members. However, there can be a dilemma what film to choose to enjoy, when he loves motion pictures, she would like to cry over the romantic story and true love feelings, and the kids would prefer something funny or comic. It seems the idea of watching a film with a family vanishes away, it would but for this family movies list, where you can surely find a movie to meet the demands of each viewer. But first you should choose what film genre is close to you.

Animated movies for a start. A good animated movie will surely please your kids, but it would be a mistake to think kids movies are light-hearted and made with the initial goal - to entertain. "The Lion King", Up, WALL-E, "Finding Nemo" and Toy Story will be a great surprise for you. High critics acclaim and thousands of positive viewer reviews assure you will spend good time while watching one of them. Be ready for serious issues and lessons to learn by the end.

Drama movies. If you like to watch the characters dealing with emotional issues, problematic situations and going through certain development during the film, then drama movie is what you need. Smooth stream of events, usually hasteless plot and deep underplot are peculiar for this film genre. The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Forrest Gump, American Beauty and other films from the following family movie list are must-see ones.

If you would like to plunge in the world of fantasy together with your family and to forget about the reality at least for a while, then opt for a fantasy movie to enjoy. "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" or Avatar for example with plenty of fantastic scenes and amazing characters will impress both kids and adults. For other movies, like comedies or romance, you are welcome to browse the following list where there are only best family movies for you to choose.

N Title Year Director IMDB Rating IMDB Votes
1 WALL-E 2008 Andrew Stanton 8.5 204,742
2 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers 8.2 153,918
3 Avatar 2009 James Cameron 8.2 299,683
4 Spirited Away 2001 Hayao Miyazaki 8.5 112,683
5 Up 2009 Pete Docter 8.3 133,808
6 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 8.7 332,430
7 Back to the Future 1985 Robert Zemeckis 8.4 222,458
8 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 7.9 161,478
9 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 8.2 111,285
10 Toy Story 1995 John Lasseter 8.2 169,563
11 Toy Story 2 1999 John Lasseter 8 131,190
12 Toy Story 3 2010 Lee Unkrich 8.7 113,258
13 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 8.8 417,996
14 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 8.7 353,793
15 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 8.8 395,186
16 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 9.2 568,815
17 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 8.1 182,680
18 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson 7.9 173,059
19 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 8.1 147,284
20 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 8 129,633
21 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 8.1 130,368
22 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 8.6 315,183
23 The Green Mile 1999 Frank Darabont 8.4 219,864
24 Star Wars: Episode V - The Epire Strikes Back 1980 Irvin Kershner 8.8 299,246
25 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 8.1 174,344
26 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 8.7 110,657
27 A Christmas Story 1983 Bob Clark 8 56,166
28 My Neighbor Totoro 1988 Hayao Miyazaki 8.2 35,229
29 Beauty and the Beast 1991 Gary Trousdale 8 74,896
30 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 8 86,538
31 The Gold Rush 1925 Charles Chaplin 8.3 23,191
32 The Kid 1921 Charles Chaplin 8.3 16,360
33 Hachi: A Dog's Tale 2009 Lasse Hallstrom 8 15,572
34 Finding Neverland 2004 Marc Forster 7.9 90,994
35 Children of Heaven 1997 Majid Majidi 8.1 7,291
36 The Circus 1928 Charles Chaplin 7.9 6,252
37 Whisper of the Heart 1995 Yoshifumi Kondo 7.9 8,392
38 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 7.9 13,797
39 Castle in the Sky 1986 Hayao Miyazaki 8.1 23,321
40 The Diamond Arm 1969 Leonid Gaidai 8 3,382
41 Tangled 2010 Nathan Greno 7.9 20,877
42 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Charles Reisner 7.9 4,400
43 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 Wes Anderson 7.9 33,470
44 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 7.9 3,662
45 The Iron Giant 1999 Brad Bird 7.9 41,376
46 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 7.9 7,795
47 The Little Fox 1981 Attila Dargay 8 2,212
48 Pinchcliffe Grand Prix 1975 Ivo Caprino 7.9 6,220
49 Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future 1973 Leonid Gaidai 8.1 3,578
50 My Fair Lady 1964 George Cukor 7.9 29,213








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