Best American Family Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best American Family Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: feel good, touching, humorous, inspirational, funny and entertaining. Plot: teenager, friendship, love, family relations, kids and family, father daughter relationship, children, child, escape and girl. Genre: Family, Adventure and Animation. Country: USA, Japan and UK.
Best American Family Movies
Best American Family Movies
TOP Movies: Daddy's Home (2015), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), My Spy (2020), Coraline (2009), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Cars (2006), Moana (2016), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), Coco (2017), The Call of the Wild (2020), Togo (2019), The Croods: A New Age (2020), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), Soul (2020), The Lion King (1994), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Frozen (2013), Zootopia (2016).

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 6.2
 128K
Daddy's Home (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story of a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad ever to his wife's two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling, freeloading real father arrives, forcing stepdad to compete for the ...
Style: funny, sweet, entertaining, satirical, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: father, children, uninhibited rivalry, christmas, kids and family, parents, stepfather stepson relationship, parenting, step parent, divorce, dumb, bullying ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s
Place: louisiana
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style: emotional, tear jerker, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: friendship, childhood, imagination, children, escape from reality, magical, fantasy world, loneliness, classmate, school, imaginary, friends ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: giant, magic, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, princess, save the princess, youth, mythology, good versus evil, heroes, legends and myths, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 2013, middle ages, 2010s
Place: seattle, tower bridge london, london, england
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 6.3
 34K
My Spy (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, action comedy, buddy comedy ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: cia agent, spy, odd couple, muscleman, school, reluctant partners, espionage, child in peril, secret, little girl, undercover agent, partner ...
Time: 2020s, future, 2010s
Place: berlin germany, paris france, chicago, langley virginia, washington d.c. ...
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 7.7
 261K
Coraline (2009)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style: gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, family outing ...
Plot: stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, weirdo, doll, secret place, heroine, fantasy world, loneliness, imagination ...
Time: year 2009, future, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oregon, michigan, usa, texas
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 7.1
 289K
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English ...
Style: feel good, touching, funny, hilarious, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: cross dressing, divorce, nanny, comedy of errors, children, kids and family, transvestite, gender, family relations, custody battle, single father, gender disguise ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, bay area, california, usa
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 7.2
 464K
Cars (2006)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country ...
Style: exciting, feel good, light, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: car, friendship, car race, road trip, small town, happy ending, social relations, mentor, auto racing, on the road, racing, unlikely friendships ...
Time: year 2006, year 2016, 1950s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: arizona, california, madagascar, los angeles, usa
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 7.6
 374K
Moana (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Style: fairy tale, exciting, touching, entertaining, colorful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: ocean, magic, girl, disney princess, island, happy ending, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, friendship, giant crab, little girl ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, anime, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, date night, toddlers
Plot: dragon, female warrior, female protagonist, tough girl, travel, kung fu, disney princess, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, creature, princess, magical creature ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: asia, southeast asia, usa
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 8.4
 583K
Coco (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: day of the dead, afterlife, life after death, musician, music, life & death, death, childhood, memory, good versus evil, boy, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: mexico, tibet
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The Call of the Wild (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A sled dog struggles for survival in the wilds of the Yukon.
Style: captivating, disturbing, sincere, inspirational, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: dog, survival, dog sled, wolf, snow, gold rush, danger, friendship, wolf pack, animal, grizzly bear, gold ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, victorian era, 2020s
Place: alaska, yukon
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the ...
Style: fairy tale, light, exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: magic, witch, wizard, fantasy world, sorcerer, good versus evil, magical creature, friendship, magic wand, chase, harry potter, teleportation ...
Time: 1920s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century
Place: new york, arizona, london, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 7.9
 55K
Togo (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and ...
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot: dog, snow, dog sled, escapades, delivery, save the day, friendship, puppy, plague, blizzard, winter, storm ...
Time: 1920s, future, 1910s, year 2019
Place: alaska, usa
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The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A Sequel to the 2013 animation movie The Croods.
Style: 3d animation, feel good, touching, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen fantasy, preschool
Plot: caveman, teenager, father daughter relationship, female empowerment, father son relationship, friendship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, grandmother granddaughter relationship, teenage boy, grandmother grandson relationship, feminism ...
Time: stone age, prehistory, future, prehistoric times
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
Style: fairy tale, 3d animation, anime, profound, cute ...
Audience: kids
Plot: anthropomorphic cat, wolf, talking cat, talking animal, shrek, cat, furry, animal, anthropomorphic animal, travel, spiritual journey, fencing ...
Time: 2020s
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People ...
Style: cliffhanger, 3d animation, psychotronic, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, peter parker character, african american, villain, teen superhero, alternate dimension, superhero team, father son relationship, police, fight, superheroine, death of friend ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
Place: brooklyn new york city, india, new york, london, manhattan new york city
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Style: touching, emotional, sad, heartbreaking, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: dog, friendship, loyalty, pets, human animal relationship, life & death, animal, loss of friend, loneliness, loss, friends, death ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s
Place: japan, rhode island, usa
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 8.0
 375K
Soul (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls ...
Style: 3d animation, touching, philosophical, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: jazz, self discovery, life after death, afterlife, meaning of life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, following a dream, life, teaching the ways of the world, death ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: hawaii, tibet, manhattan new york city, new york
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 8.5
 1.1M
The Lion King (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style: touching, sentimental, inspirational, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: lion, jungle, friendship, betrayal, love, good versus evil, tragedy, pride and honor, exile, hyena, uncle, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: africa, south africa
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, sad, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, friendly alien, boy, chase, child protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, future, year 1982, 90s
Place: california, usa, persia, los angeles
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 7.4
 660K
Frozen (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, touching, romantic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot: princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, happy ending, power of love, female protagonist, wizards and magicians, love and romance, snowman ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 1800s, 1840s, 19th century
Place: europe, scandinavia
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 541K
Zootopia (2016)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.
Style: feel good, 3d animation, funny, allegory, witty ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, anthropomorphism, police, furry, happy ending, female protagonist, stereotypes, rabbit, friendship, prejudice, conspiracy, racial relations ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 278K
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure ...
Style: road movie, exciting, humorous, 3d animation, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot: friendship, toy story, travel, on the road, astronaut, sheriff, cartoon dog, child, cowboy, toy comes to life, antique shop, ventriloquist dummy ...
Time: year 2019, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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 8.1
 815K
Ratatouille (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, sweet, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: chef, cooking, food, friendship, rat, cooking and food, follow your dream, restaurant, mouse, rise to the top, young man, odd couple ...
Time: year 2007, 60s, 20th century, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place: paris france, europe, france
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 7.2
 258K
Encanto (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family ...
Style: inspirational, emotional, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot: magic, strong female lead, happy ending, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, girl, magical power, magical, small town, supernatural, friendship, dancing ...
Time: future, 20th century, 1950s, 60s
Place: colombia, latin america, south america
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 8.1
 972K
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, sweet, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot: monster, friendship, imaginary, creature, imagination, children, fantasy world, friends, parallel world, rivalry, little girl, rivals ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: persia, himalaya
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My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The ...
Style: sad, touching, sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: cancer, family drama, terminal illness, sisters, lawyer, parenthood, mother daughter relationship, sick child, life is a bitch, leukemia, family relations, family life ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: rhode island, usa, montana, los angeles
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 649K
Home Alone (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style: funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, chick flick ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, mischievous children, home alone, youth, children, home invasion, kids and family, child protagonist, winter, child, when the parents are away ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2016, 80s
Place: chicago, illinois, usa, france, paris france ...
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The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers ...
Style: anime, fairy tale, touching, visually appealing, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teen drama, preschool
Plot: friendship, midget, little people, cat, mysterious character, daring rescue, friends, tiny, self discovery, magical, tragedy, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: japan, seattle, asia
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 167K
Marley & Me (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of ...
Style: touching, sad, feel good, funny, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: dog, pets, animal, couple relations, life, parenthood, marriage, couples, friendship, family relations, children, family life ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: miami, ireland, usa, florida, pennsylvania
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