Thanksgiving movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant thanksgiving movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic, sentimental, entertaining and melancholic films and TV shows about / with thanksgiving, family relations, family, holiday, christmas, dysfunctional family, storytelling, friendship, dialogue and mentor plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as thanksgiving: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), Turkey Drop (2019), A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973), The Thanksgiving House (2013), A Family Thanksgiving (2010), Grumpy Old Men (1993), The Ice Storm (1997), An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (2008), Lez Bomb (2018), A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993).
Best films
New films
| The Way Back (2020) | 6.7 | |
| Capone (2020) | 4.7 | |
| Here (2024) | 6.3 | |
| All My Life (2020) | 6.3 | |
| The Mauritanian (2021) | 7.5 |
List of thanksgiving movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Style:
feel good, road movie, funny, light, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens
Plot:
thanksgiving, road trip, holiday, train, travel, airplane, on the road, airport, husband wife relationship, railway, buddy, traveling salesman ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
chicago, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, illinois, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Lucy Jacobs, a freshman university student, returns home to her small town for Thanksgiving break and suspects she's about to get turkey dropped— aka dumped by her high school sweetheart. To avoid a Turkey Day travesty, Lucy gets out of her ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, harsh, clever, rom com
Audience:
teens
Plot:
thanksgiving, christmas, unfulfillment, bittersweet, family gatherings, relationships, family relations, breakup, plan gone wrong, life philosophy, stereotypes, suburban life ...
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Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
Story:
Turkey, cranberries, pumpkin pie... and the Peanuts gang to share them with. This is going to be the greatest Thanksgiving ever! The fun begins when Peppermint Patty invites herself and her pals to Charlie Brown's house for a REALLY big turkey ...
Style:
christmas classics, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
thanksgiving, holiday, peanuts, christmas, cartoon dog, vacation, christmas season, gratitude, superhero, friendship, boy and dog, pets ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Boston lawyer Mary Ross inherits a house in Plymouth, Mass., from her great-aunt and plans to sell it. But soon has a change of heart, which is complicated by local historian, Everett Mather who's research indicates that the houses location ...
Style:
emotional, romantic, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, holiday, christmas, autumn, historian, legacy, house, love and romance, family relations, family life, suburban life, holiday romance ...
Place:
massachusetts
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer gets to see how her life would have turned out if she would have made other choices in life.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, christmas comedy ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, couple relations, couples, christmas, starting over, road not taken, family relations, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, love and romance, workplace, family gatherings ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, light, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
thanksgiving, senior citizen, snow, old age, chess, feud, wedding, ice fishing, love triangle, winter, christmas, friendship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1978, 1930s
Place:
minnesota, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hoods are skidding out of control. Benjamin Hood reels from drink to drink, trying not to think about his trouble at the office. His wife, Elena, is reading self help books and losing patience with her ...
Style:
depressing, cerebral, realistic, sexual, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, coming of age, snow, extramarital affair, mate swapping, adultery, sexual awakening, swinger, infidelity, parenthood, virgin ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, year 1997, year 1973
Place:
new york, connecticut, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Based on a short story by the acclaimed author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, comes a holiday story of family and forgiveness. Recently widowed Mary Bassett (Helene Joy) and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm. Suddenly, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, serious, period drama
Plot:
thanksgiving, family problems, family relations, grandmother granddaughter relationship, farm, youth, hopes, parents and children, family life, teenage life, loss of partner, christmas ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 1800s
Place:
america, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to have her coming out efforts thwarted by the unexpected arrival of her male roommate.
Style:
absurd, entertaining, humorous, funny, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
thanksgiving, lesbian love, lesbian, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen, lgbtq, closeted lesbian, lgbt, adaptation, couple relations, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, trying to persuade his fiancée to marry him. Meanwhile, Ben and Cindy's daughter Virginia has died, and Cindy is finding life very lonely without ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece
Plot:
thanksgiving, family drama, family values, small town, getting home, grief, parenthood, homecoming, village life, motherhood, adoption, marriage proposal ...
Time:
60s
Place:
virginia, southern usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In this irreverent, hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy for audiences of all ages, directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who!), two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, computer animated, 3d animation, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
thanksgiving, time travel, changing the past or future, talking animal, secret service, animal, mentor, anthropomorphism, disorder, friends, reluctant partners, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, 15th century, 17th century, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot:
goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
hawaii
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named ...
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
college, thanksgiving, culture clash, fish out of water, engagement, slacker, friendship, unlikely couple, romantic rivalry, farmer, makeover, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place:
south dakota, california, turkey, los angeles, las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A little girl discovers dreams can come true if you really believe. Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle - Santa Claus. Her mother told her the 'secret' about Santa a long time ago. But after ...
Style:
fairy tale, christmas classics, sentimental, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, court, lawyer, department store, thanksgiving, judge, mother daughter relationship, friendship, single mother, girl ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Thanksgiving special starring Lady Gaga performing songs from Artpop and Muppet sketches.
Style:
feel good, not serious, humorous, sentimental, parody
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
muppets, thanksgiving, christmas, music, puppetry, holiday, pop music, singing, variety show, celebration, pop culture, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Krisha returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, haunted by the past, family problems, addiction, mental disorder, friendship, girl, alcoholic, alienation, mental health, family tragedy, mind control ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa, turkey, texas
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sport, Thriller, War
Country: UK, China, USA, Taiwan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, bleak, suspenseful, sad ...
Plot:
post traumatic stress disorder, american football, iraq war, flashback, cheerleader, thanksgiving, military, mission, soldier, war veteran, jihad, hostile takeover ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2004, 2000s, year 1937, 21st century
Place:
iraq, texas, middle east, vietnam, montana ...
Is relevant?
87K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.
Style:
romantic, funny, light, feel good, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, new year's eve, love, happy ending, holiday, fall in love, opposites attract, single, dating, ex boyfriend, chance meeting, romantic friendship ...
Time:
2020s, labor day, 21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves as one son returns for the first time in three years.
Style:
touching, emotional, intense, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, human nature, crumbling marriage, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, dealing with death, estrangement, book, snow ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts, maine
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers.
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, saga, intense ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, spider man, secret identity, courage, vigilante, selflessness, super villain, heroes, transformation, fighting crime, good versus evil ...
Time:
2000s, y2k, year 2001, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, turkey, north america
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Kevin is witness to the holiday heartbreak of his life, Brad and friends come to the rescue with a disastrous guys night out.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, holiday, friendship, friend, supportive friend, friends, friendship between men, best friend, wild party, group of friends, party, breakup ...
Place:
detroit
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
Style:
black comedy, independent film, sentimental, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
love triangle, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, small town, insomnia, adultery, self destructing, infidelity, family relations, erotic scene, forbidden love, extramarital affair ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
connecticut, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a neighboring tribe. Everything changes forever after a ship arrives from England, prospecting the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, unusual plot structure, visually appealing ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, native american, colonial america, savage, slavery, courage, culture clash, american history, indians, village, treasure hunt, new world ...
Time:
17th century, year 1994, 19th century
Place:
england, new england, usa, europe, atlantic ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A dysfunctional family gathers together during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, family reunited, satire, dysfunctional family, holiday, family relations, family drama, relationships, eccentric family, large family, social satire, thanksgiving dinner ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, most specifically her judgmental mother, Meredith Burns, thus far without success. Part of that approval for Hillary is to marry the right man. That's ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, wedding, pretend relationship, fake relationship, thanksgiving, deception, family gatherings, fall in love, couples, disorder, unlikely couple, cons and scams ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Sarah Nolan is a newly divorced woman cautiously rediscovering romance with the enthusiastic but often misguided help of her well-meaning family. As she braves a series of hilarious disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, dating, single father, teacher, canine, thanksgiving, father daughter relationship, divorce, sister sister relationship, online dating, pets, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
love, love story, terminal illness, bittersweet, fall in love, life, tragic love, cancer, opposites attract, leukemia, love and romance, destiny ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Thanksgiving is a time when families get together to eat good food and share in the spirit of thankfulness. That's of course, a best case scenario. Some families are so tangled in a web of drama from financial issues, relationships, and so on ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, serious, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
thanksgiving, holiday, family relations, dysfunctional family, drug use, father son relationship, criminal, sister sister relationship, money, compulsive gambler, family problems, parents and children ...
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, ...
Style:
humorous, parody, not serious, slapstick, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
twins, happy ending, thanksgiving, stupidity, siblings relations, celebrity, family relations, misfit, looking for love, life turned upside down, eccentric family, dating ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, christmas classics, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, childhood, father son relationship, christmas eve, christmas time, child custody, saving christmas, thanksgiving, toys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america
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