Below is a list of movies we’ve watched with our kids over the years as a family. There is no order for these, and some are only relevant for certain ages. What makes them special – other than to our family collective memory – is that when we watched them, we did so as a family, and all the kids enjoyed them together.
(check online for ratings etc. to suit your own family preference)
Musicals
- The Greatest Showman
- Guys & Dolls
- Lil’ Abner
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Mary Poppins
- Sound of Music
Cartoons
Not including all the classic Disney and Dreamworks movies.
- All Classic Disney
- All Classic Dreamworks
- Epic
- Robots
- Rio
- An American Tail
- Wreck-it Ralph
- Onwards
- Shrek
- Toy Story 1+2
- Zootopia
- Bugs Life
- Bee Movie
SciFi
- E.T.
- Ready Player One
- Back to the Future 1,2,3
- Batteries Not Included
- Short Circuit
- Inception
- Flight of the Navigator
- Star Wars episodes 4-6
- Matrix 1
- Men In Black
Fantasy
- Stardust
- Willow
- Princes Bride
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- The Neverending Story
- Eragon
- Enchanted
- Hook
Super Heros
- Sky High
- Ninja Turtles
- All the MCU Movies (Iron Man, all the way to Avengers Engame)
- Spiderman 1+2
- Superman 2
- Hancock
- X-Men
Adventure (non Fantasy and SciFi)
- National Treasure
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
- Indiana Jones 1-3
- Goonies
- Zathura
- Jumanji 1+2 (remake)
Sports
- The Might Ducks
- Remember the Titans
- The Karate Kid 1,2,3 (original)
Comedies
- Ms. Doubtfire
- Parent Trap (1998)
- Home Alone
- Sister Act
- The Three Amigos
- Honey I Shrunk the Kids
- Delirious
- My Cousin Vinny
- Groundhog Day
- Sneakers
- The Dream Team
- Ishtar (this is a cult movie. not everyone gets it. almost no one does)
Dramas
- The Truman Show
- Field of Dreams
- The Natural
- A dogs purpose
- A dogs journey
- Mr. Hollands Opus
- Dangerous Minds
- Life as a House
- Emperors Club
- Dead Poets Society
- I Kill Giants
- Phenomenon
- Gifted
- The Blind Side
- Apollo 13
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