Top Family Movies


The Top Family Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Family List". Lists are calculated daily.

41. Dumbo

Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Actors: Edward Brophy, Sterling Holloway, Verna Felton, Herman Bing
Plot: A little elephant with big ears learns what it means to be special.

42. The Sword in the Stone

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Sebastian Cabot, Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews
Plot: A humble young squire named Arthur allies himself with the powerful magician Merlin and discovers his destiny. No one would have guessed that a sword trapped in a churchyard stone would transform Arthur into England's next king.

43. Old Yeller

Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran
Plot: An old lop eared yeller dog takes care of a frontier family...c'mon...it's old Yeller!

44. Elf

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner
Plot: Buddy is an orphan who was stowed away in Santa's sack and raised by elves. Seeking his birth parents, he ends up in New York City, where he tries to bond with his distant father and experiences city life on his own.

45. An American Tail

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Phillip Glasser, Christopher Plummer, Dom DeLuise, John Finnegan
Plot: Fievel, a Russian mouse, is separated from his family as he becomes an immigrant in the U.S.

46. Charlotte's Web

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles A. Nichols
Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Rex Allen

47. The Prince of Egypt

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner
Actors: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock
Plot: The story of Moses is retold in this animated musical.

48. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell
Plot: In this second book of the Chronicles of Narnia, the Pevensie family of children travel back to Narnia only this time it seems like it is years, maybe centuries later. Their new task is to right the world once again and restore power back to the lands rightful owner, Prince Caspian. Based on the book written by C.S. Lewis.

49. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Actors: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees
Plot: A mailman is answering questions about Santa Claus and winds up telling the origin story of the man who delivers the toys every Christmas.

50. My Life as a Zucchini ( Ma vie de Courgette )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Claude Barras
Actors: Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz
Plot: After accidentally killing his alcoholic mother, a nine year old, blue haired boy named Courgette gets sent to an orphanage by a policeman named Raymond, Courgette then finds out from a boy named Simon that the kids in this home have gone through similar tragedies to him including drug addict parents, suicides, etc. Eventually the arrival of a girl named Camille sparks a love interest for Courgette and drama between Camille and her aunt.

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