Best Italian Family Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Italian Family Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, humorous and fairy tale. Plot: family relations, girl, coming of age, escapades, father son relationship, friendship, teenager, youth, magic and fight. Genre: Family, Comedy and Fantasy. Country: Italy, USA and UK.
Best Italian Family Movies
Best Italian Family Movies
TOP Movies: Pinocchio (2019), When Mom Is Away (2019), Dakota (2022), The Kid with a Bike (2011), Luca (2021), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Tolo Tolo (2020), I Remember (1973), Everyone on Board (2022), The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966), You Are My Home (2020), The Invisible Thread (2022), Cinderella (2015), Wonderwell (2023), Maleficent (2014), Inkheart (2008), See You Tomorrow (2013), The little prince (2015), The Vegetable (2018), Jungle Cruise (2021).

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 6.3
 15K
Pinocchio (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Live-action adaptation of the classic story of a wooden puppet named Pinocchio who comes to life.
Style: fairy tale, light, entertaining, enigmatic, costume drama ...
Audience: kids
Plot: pinocchio, circus, life changing experience, transformation, metamorphosis, carpenter, teaching the ways of the world, adaptation, foreigner, animal, european, child ...
Time: 19th century
Place: italy
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When Mom Is Away (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A father left in charge of his three children while mum goes away on a 10-day holiday… What could possibly go wrong?
Style: feel good, light, funny, humorous
Plot: children, father son relationship, family relations, youth, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, responsibility, love and romance, society, life turned upside down, lifestyle change, parenthood ...
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 5.2
 3K
Dakota (2022)
Genre: Family
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dakota, an ex-service dog, joins single mum Kate and her daughter Alex to live on their small-town family farm. Dakota quickly adjusts to her new home and becomes somewhat of a local hero, soon becoming inseparable from Alex. But when the farm’s ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: human animal relationship, girl dog relationship, fire department, mother daughter relationship, owner dog relationship, dog, family relations, pet dog, animal human communication, human dog relationship, firefighter, rancher ...
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The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Our story starts with Tonio, the son the bears King, being kidnapped by some hunters in the Sicilian mountains. Because of the harshness of a winter that threatens its clan with famine, the Bear King decides to invade the land of men (in the hope of ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, captivating, funny
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: father son relationship, talking animal, wizard, bear, chase, fear, friendship, rescue, good versus evil, theft, bonding, animal life ...
Place: sicily, italy
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch 2: The Origins (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story: 18th century. Paola, a young, reckless street urchin inadvertently gets in the way of the plans of terrifying Baron De Michelis, a small and mean hunchback always escorted by his trusted (and abused) minion Marmotta, with an unquenchable thirst for ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: witch, magical creature, satire, teenage witch, magic, magician, magical, friendship, destiny
Time: 18th century
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The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
Style: sincere, realistic, meditative, emotional, surreal ...
Plot: childhood, kids in trouble, boy, adoption, realism, orphan, youth, adoptive mother, coming of age, social problems, petty criminal, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2011, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france
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 7.4
 191K
Luca (2021)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Italy, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, two young boys experience an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another ...
Style: captivating, funny, entertaining, 3d animation, cute ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: water, friendship, coming of age, ocean, sea voyage, disguise, seaside town, sea adventure, sea, monster, creature, male female friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 2020s, future, year 1959, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, riviera, mediterranean sea
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting ...
Style: fairy tale, atmospheric, surreal, gothic, visually appealing ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot: fantasy world, magic, escape from reality, magical, imaginary kingdom, transformation, teenage girl, dream, cat, imaginary, alice in wonderland, good versus evil ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 1870s ...
Place: cornwall, england, london, china
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 5.8
 4K
Tolo Tolo (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Checco is a young Apulian entrepreneur dreamer who has opened a sushi restaurant in his Apulia. However, after one month, the restaurant went bankrupt and he chose to emigrate to Africa to escape from debt. Here he adapts to being a waiter in a ...
Style: captivating, neorealism, funny, light, controversial
Plot: bankrupt, entrepreneur, terrorist attack, money lender, migration, islam, terrorist, village, italian abroad, immigration, escape, resort ...
Place: africa
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 7.8
 47K
I Remember (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the ...
Style: art house, surreal, sentimental, atmospheric, visual ...
Plot: coming of age, fascism, surrealism, satire, big breasts, memory, family life, group of friends, social relations, human nature, childhood, art ...
Time: 20th century, year 1973, 1930s
Place: italy, europe
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When Mom Is Away... With the Family (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Carlo (Fabio De Luigi), Giulia (Valentina Lodovini) and their three children go to Lapland to meet Santa Claus (Diego Abatantuono). Things will not go as planned
Style: feel good, entertaining, satirical, funny, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, santa claus, family relations, husband wife relationship, parents and children, humour, kids and family, christmas season, travel, satire, family vacation, children
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Everyone on Board (2022)
Genre: Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Missing the train is very bad. Seeing it leave with your children and those of your friends you had to accompany on vacation is a whole other story ... that of the crazy pursuit from Turin to Sicily of a father and grandfather as different as they ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: train, father, family problems, satire, father and son, problem, chase, escapades, children
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The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story: Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.
Style: epic, christian film, biblical, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: noah's ark, bible, adam and eve, religion, old testament, christian, redemption, faith, sacrifice, flood, heroes, religious ...
Time: biblical epic, ancient times, year 1966
Place: rome italy
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You Are My Home (2020)
Genre: Family
Country: USA, Italy, UK, Mexico, Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story: This drama follows the relationship of a heartbroken woman and a young immigrant girl who has lost her mother at the border, coming together just before Christmas.
Style: tense, melancholic, psychological, romantic, talky ...
Plot: christmas, love and romance, male female relationship, love, couples, love at first sight, friendship, love interest, true love, couple relations, love affair, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Invisible Thread (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary film about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay couple, gay father, gay relationship, coming of age, gay parent, gay interest, friendship, love, family values, teenage boy ...
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 6.9
 189K
Cinderella (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Denmark, Canada, Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Style: fairy tale, romantic, sweet, feel good, cute ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: cinderella, happy ending, princess, love, cinderella story, magic, prince, imaginary kingdom, kindness, love and romance, royalty, fall in love ...
Time: 19th century, 17th century, year 2015, victorian era
Place: europe, france
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 5.4
 2K
Wonderwell (2023)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In an idyllic Italian village, a young American girl on the threshold of adolescence is swept into a timeless magical adventure in Wonderwell.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: journey, teenage girl, adventurer, adventure hero, grownups, girl, children, kingdom, fictional kingdom, imaginary kingdom, coming of age, reality vs fantasy ...
Time: future
Place: italy
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 6.9
 398K
Maleficent (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, India, Canada, Italy, UK, Zambia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic 'Sleeping Beauty'. A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading ...
Style: fairy tale, dark fantasy, entertaining, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, teens, family friendly ...
Plot: witch, fantasy world, princess, magical, fairy, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, imaginary kingdom, kingdom, transformation, imaginary, true love ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place: france, scotland, europe
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 6.1
 82K
Inkheart (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Style: fairy tale, touching, exciting, dark fantasy, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: adventurer, fictional reality, young heroes, imaginary, supernatural, writers, family relations, book, magic, parents and children, father daughter relationship, kidnapping ...
Time: year 2008, middle ages
Place: alps, italy
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See You Tomorrow (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 2013 Italian comedy
Style: captivating, semi serious, humorous, satirical, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: funeral home, introspection, satire, senior citizen, funeral, lifestyle, life & death, social satire, elderly, elderly man, lifestyle change, society ...
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The little prince (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, Italy, USA, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, computer animated, colorful, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, preschool
Plot: imaginary, stop motion, imaginary kingdom, life philosophy, philosophy, little boy, friends, little girl, children, child, coming of age, surrealism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016
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 5.0
 505
The Vegetable (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Fabio struggles with a cumbersome father and a capricious and spoiled little sister who consider him a good for nothing, a “vegetable” in fact. The unfortunate recent graduate looks for a job reacts to the contempt of his family and demanding ...
Style: semi serious, entertaining, satirical, psychological, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: job seeking, graduate student, father, social problems, unemployed, family relations, family problems, social issues, satire, ambition, new job, estranged father ...
Place: italy
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 6.6
 211K
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Hungary, Thailand, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style: scenic, captivating, funny, light, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: jungle, treasure, amazon river, myth, snake, amazon jungle, danger, dangerous animal, artifact, expedition, amazon rainforest, explorer ...
Time: 1910s, 2020s, future, year 1916, 16th century ...
Place: brazil, london, spain, europe, south america
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Merry Little Batman (2023)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Italy, Finland, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: This Christmas, Damian Wayne wants to be a superhero like his dad – the one and only Batman. When Damian is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham’s worst supervillains on Christmas Eve, he stumbles upon a villainous plot to steal ...
Style: 2d animation
Plot: christmas, superhero, holiday, city, villain, gotham city, snow, exploration, burglar, fight, super villain, christmas eve ...
Time: 2020s
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My Brother Chases Dinosaurs (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Gio was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book. Now that he is about to go to high school, however, Jack no longer believes that his brother is a superhero, in fact, ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental
Plot: life philosophy, family relations, brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, siblings relations, family life, bittersweet, small town, nursing, happy ending, youth, escapades ...
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Beware the Gorilla (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Lorenzo is a lawyer who files a lawsuit against the zoo of his town but after winning it he has to take home a gorilla.
Style: captivating, feel good, humorous, sincere, slapstick comedy
Plot: gorilla, wild animal, rescue, husband wife relationship, family relations, bossy wife, rivalry, love triangle, dysfunctional family, rescue attempt, money, trial ...
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Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Style: fairy tale, feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: lie, pinocchio, puppet, fish out of water, mischievous children, obsessive quest, teaching the ways of the world, parents and children, friendship, danger, misfit, escapades ...
Time: year 2002
Place: italy
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Lucky and Zorba (1998)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Italy
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the cat to fulfill three promises: that when she lays her egg he must not eat it; that he must take ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, feel good, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, seagull, partner, rescue, escapades, danger, gang, buddies, self discovery, heroes, odd couple ...
Place: italy, hamburg germany
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Foreign Bodies (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Antonio and Pietro, a man and his child, alone in Milan to fight against illness. Pietro has a brain cancer, to move from South to North Italy seems to be a chance, maybe salvation. Jaber, fifteen years old, lives in Milan with a group of fellow ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: hospital, fighting illness, coping, life is a bitch, family relations, relationships, child illness, family problems, illness, immigration, cancer, adolescence ...
Place: milan italy
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 5.3
 783
Elf Me (2023)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A bumbling Christmas elf whose Santa's helper job is jeopardized by a complete inability in building toys teams up with a kid harassed by bullies.
Plot: santa claus, elf, christmas, north pole, bad boy, child protagonist, male protagonist, bullying, christmas present, absent father, mother, girl ...
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