Best Movies For Family Night

A family movie night is a great way to spend an evening. You can spend some time together inexpensively, with a movie rental, Netflix, Disney + or others! These movies are rated G, for General Audience, or PG, for Parental Guidance. Parents know their children best and know whether or not they can handle a scarier movie or an occasional bad word. Use this list below as a source of ideas to find the best movies for family night. The movies are recent releases on BluRay/DVD and old movies that have become beloved classics.

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Best Family Movies

Check out the following list of movies for family night that are age-appropriate for young ones, but still interesting enough to keep an adult’s attention.

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List of Family Friendly Movies

The movies below are excellent choices for a family movie night!

1. Alice in Wonderland
2. Antz
3. A Bug’s Life
4. Beauty and the Beast
5. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
6. Bee Movie
7. The Black Cauldron
8. Bridge to Terabithia
9. Chicken Little
10. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
11. Corpse Bride
12. Dinosaur
13. Ella Enchanted
14. Enchanted
15. ET
16. Finding Nemo
17. Frozen
18. Ghostbusters
19. Goonies
20. Happy Feet
21. High School Musical
22. Hocus Pocus
23. Hoot
24. Horton Hears a Who
25. Ice Age
26. The Incredibles
27. Indiana Jones series (Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Temple of Doom are PG, the rest are PG-13.)
28. James and the Giant Peach
29. Jumanji
30. The Last Mimzy
31. The Little Mermaid
32. Madagascar
33. Mary Poppins
34. My Fair Lady
35. Monsters Inc.
36. The Neverending Story
37. The Nightmare Before Christmas
38. Open Season
39. Over the Hedge
40. The Princess Diaries series
41. Ratatouille
42. The Rescuers
43. Robin Hood
44. Robots
45. Shark Tale
46. Shrek
47. Snow Buddies
48. The Sound of Music
49. The Spiderwick Chronicles
50. Spy Kids
51. Stuart Little
52. Surf’s Up
53. The Sword in the Stone
54. Toy Story series
55. Wallace & Gromit
56. The Wizard of Oz

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Other Movie Choices with Multiple Ratings

Some other good movie options for family night have different ratings depending on which one it is in a series or if it is a remake. For example, the original 1967 Dr. Dolittle movie was rated “Approved.” The 1998 remake was PG-13, but all the Dr. Dolittle sequels since then were rated PG. Other movies were originally rated G, but the modern remake has earned it a PG rating. Movies in this category include Freaky Friday and The Parent Trap. Some movie series got less family-friendly as newer ones were created.

The first three Harry Potter movies, like the books, are more suitable for younger ones and have a PG rating, while movie number four and on is rated PG-13. Two of the Indiana Jones movies, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Temple of Doom, are rated PG while the others earned a PG-13 rating. And finally, all the Star Wars movies except for The Revenge of the Sith, are rated PG. The Revenge of the Sith (Episode III) is rated PG-13.

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Elements for Making Family Movie Night Perfect

There are a couple of other things to keep in mind in order to have a great family movie night beside the film. Make sure you have comfortable seating. Bring in pillows and blankets and put younger kids in their “jammies” if they may fall asleep during the film, or if it runs past their bedtime so you can get them up to bed faster when the movie is over. And don’t forget snacks such has popcorn, chocolates, candies as well as beverages such as water, soft drinks, or shakes! Popcorn is the traditional favourite, but not safe for kids under age 2. Try trail mix or even fresh-baked cookies can be served! Another fun idea is to make a snack that fits the movie.

There are hundreds of family movies you can watch with the kids, so why not make tonight movie night!

What is your favourite movie to watch with the family?