The Best Family Movies of All Time

We love a good family movie night, and for the last few years, I’ve been keeping track of all the titles that have kept our family engaged together and share them with you! These are seriously, the best family movies of all time!

I left out animated movies, since those are easy to find and sift through and instead I concentrated on shows that would be great for our stage of life, with kids 8-17. These titles haven’t been too old or too young, they are just all around good entertainment! (Most are best for 8 and up.)

I know that every family has different levels of what is “appropriate” and some of the movies have a little language or a topic or a scene you might want to skip over depending on age and maturity, but for the most part they are great shows with a good message or are just a lot of fun. (Titles are linked so they are easy to find).

If you are a sports loving family, I also have a list of our favorite sports movies you won’t want to miss!

 

Old School Movies we Loved As Kids

 

Sister Act 1 & 2

 

Big Fat Liar

 

Troop Beverly Hills 

 

Parent Trap (1961 version)

 

Mrs. Doubtfire

 

Princess Bride

 

Home Alone

 

A League of their Own

 

Sandlot

 

Father of the Bride 1 & 2

 

Matilda

 

Free Willy

 

Newsies

 

Hook

 

Honey I Shrunk the Kids

 

Groundhog’s Day

 

Cool Runnings

 

Freaky Friday

 

Angels in the Outfield

 

The Rookie

 

Field of Dreams

 

Rookie of the Year

 

The Mighty Ducks

 

Karate Kid

 

Swiss Family Robinson

 

The Sound of Music

 

Old Yeller

 

E.T.

 

My Girl

 

Follow Me Boys

 

Star Wars

 

Newer Family Classics

Parental Guidance

 

Cheaper by the Dozen

 

Dan in Real Life

 

Finding Neverland

 

Evan Almighty

 

The Kid

 

The Chronicles of Narnia

 

Harry Potter (1-3 for younger viewers)

 

School of Rock

 

Marley & Me

 

Princess Diaries

 

Camp Rock

 

High School Musical 

 

National Treasure

 

Bedtime Stories

 

Enchanted

 

Cinderella

 

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

 

Freaky Friday

 

Jumanji

 

Akeelah and the Bee

 

Queen of Katwe

 

Hidden Figures

 

ELF

 

The Blind Side

 

Radio

 

Miracle

 

McFarland USA

 

Whale Rider

 

That Thing You Do

 

Coach Carter

 

Glory Road

 

Remember the Titans

 

Annie

 

Spy Kids

 

Parent Trap (new)

 

 

 Silly Movies the Kids Will Love Anyway

 

Nacho Libre

 

Napoleon Dynamite

 

Johnny English

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

 

Good Burger

 

Dr. Doolittle

 

A Cinderella Story

 

Herbie Fully Loaded

 

What a Girl Wants

 

Paul Blart Mall Cop

 

Great Current Titles

 

Yesterday

 

The Jungle Book

 

Little Women

 

Spies in Disguise

 

Peter Rabbit

 

The Greatest Showman

 

The Kid who Would be King

 

Wonder

 

Gifted

 

Call of the Wild

 

Finding Ohana

 

Blue Miracle

 

Safety

 

Faith Stories

 

I Can Only Imagine

 

Breakthrough

 

Greater

 

The Miracle Season

 

Love, Kennedy

 

Overcomer

 

Forever Strong

 

God’s Not Dead

 

17 Miracles

 

Soul Surfer

 

Miracles from Heaven

 

Heaven is For Real

 

The Cokeville Miracle (not for young viewers)

 

The Other Side of Heaven

 

The Saratov Approach

 

Christmas Jars

 

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

 

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My family is always looking for a good, new (or old) movie to enjoy together. What movie would you add to our list of the best family movies of all time?

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