Top Family Movies


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

111. Mickey's Christmas Carol

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Burny Mattinson
Actors: Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith, Will Ryan, Eddie Carroll, Patricia Parris
Plot: The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.

112. The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Darrell Rooney
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Moira Kelly, Liz Callaway, Suzanne Pleshette, Andy Dick
Plot: Following his return as king of the Pridelands, Simba and Nala's daughter Kiara finds herself on her own journey when she runs into another lion cub, Kovu. However, Kovu is the son of Scar, and his mother is raising him to overthrow Simba - Kiara holds the key to saving the Pridelands from a conflict with this outcast pride.

113. Red's Dream

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Lasseter

114. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Actors: Bernie Mac, Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Schwimmer, Chris Rock
Plot: The story of the same animals from the first film. Except many are heading back home to Africa to meet her their real relatives.

115. Big Red

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Tokar
Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand, Georges Bouvier, Doris Lussier

116. The Bells of St. Mary's

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan, Joan Carroll, Rhys Williams
Plot: Father O'Malley, still the unintentional priest, is sent to St. Mary's - a parochial school that has seen much better days. He joins with Sister Benedict in trying to save the school even though their differing natures often lead to good-natured disagreements.

117. Benji

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Joe Camp
Actors: Patsy Garrett, Allen Fiuzat, Cynthia Smith, Peter Breck, Terry Carter, Edgar Buchanan
Plot: An adorable and smart stray dog helps to fing two kidnapped children who had befriended him.

118. Song of the South

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Hattie McDaniel, Luana Patten, Lucile Watson
Plot: During the southern reconstruction, A young boy’s father goes on a trip
for a period of time leaving the boy and his mother on a large
plantation. only the stories told by the kindly Uncle Remus and a pet
dog are there to try and fill the hole were his father once was.

The stories that Uncle Remus tells are of a cast of characters including
Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Bear and Br’er Fox. Br’er Bear and Br’er Fox are
constantly trying to capture Br’er Rabbit, but Br’er Rabbit always gets
away and learns a lesson along the way.

Soon the boy’s mother who is also trying to cope with her husbands
leaving try’s to take both the dog and the stories away from him. It’s
up to the boy and Uncle Remus that the stories can helpful rather then
harmful.

119. The Journey of Natty Gann

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Actors: Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Lainie Kazan, Scatman Crothers, Ray Wise, Verna Bloom
Plot: Natty, a twelve year old girl and her father are on their own during the Depression. When Natty's father has to leave her while he looks for work in another state, Natty runs away from her guardian to follow her father. While she travels west, she rescues a wolf who becomes her travel companion. When the train she was on derails, Natty's father is informed that she is dead. Out of despair, her father volunteers for the most dangerous position at his work. Can Natty survive the dangers of life on the road and get to her father in time?

120. Our Hospitality

Year of Release: 1923
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton
Actors: Buster Keaton, Ralph Bushman, Craig Ward, Joe Keaton, Kitty Bradbury
Plot: A man gets tied up in his family's feud with another family.

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