Well, we have been watching significantly more movies lately than ever before, and it has been so much fun sharing old favorites and new releases with our kids. So, I thought I would keep track of all the titles that have kept our family engaged together and share them with you!
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).
Add your favorites to the comments, we can always use a good, new (or old) movie! If you are a sports loving family, we have all our favorite sports movies listed HERE.

MOVIES WE LOVED AS KIDS
Sister Act 1 & 2
Big Fat Liar
Troop Beverly Hills
Parent Trap (old 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
Matilda
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
The Other Side of Heaven
The Saratov Approach
Christmas Jars
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
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Useful information. Lucky me I found your site by chance, and I am shocked why this accident didn’t happened in advance! I bookmarked it.
Thanks for being here!
You are awesome! I so appreciate the time you take to put these lists (and the “if you’ve read…you’ll enjoy” lists and the gift guides. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
So so happy these are helpful for you!