Common Sense Media's Best Movies for Families
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"This guide includes our favorite time-tested movies for families with kids from toddlers to teens."
The list is categorized by age and by genre.
Age 2-6 (1-44)
Animated favorites (1-27), classics for kids (28-39), lovable live-action animals (40-44)
Age 7-12 (45-138)
Classics for tweens (45-65), coming-of-age tales (66-83), dramatic stories (84-93), laugh out louds (94-110), sci-fi and fantasy (111-138)
Age 13-17 (139-194)
Classics for teens (139-144), coming-of-age tales (145-157), dramatic stories (158-178), laugh out louds (179-186), sci-fi, action, and fantasy (187-194)
On the Common Sense website, they tell you what ages each film is appropriate for.
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Anne of Green Gables
1985, in 2 top lists Check -
171 new
Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
163 new
Titanic
1997, in 25 top lists Check -
64 new
Gandhi
1982, in 15 top lists Check -
59 new
Fiddler on the Roof
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
136 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
174 new
The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
37 new
The Sound of Music
1965, in 25 top lists Check -
148 new
Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
34 new
My Fair Lady
1964, in 18 top lists Check -
152 new
Boyhood
2014, in 16 top lists Check -
139 new
Amadeus
1984, in 23 top lists Check -
158 new
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check -
165 new
The Color Purple
1985, in 8 top lists Check -
54 new
Oliver!
1968, in 7 top lists Check -
62 new
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
192 new
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
114 new
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001, in 5 top lists Check -
33 new
The Music Man
1962, in 6 top lists Check -
160 new
Lincoln
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
176 new
The Pianist
2002, in 21 top lists Check -
28 new
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
187 new
The Avengers
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
137 new
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...
2003, in 13 top lists Check -
124 new
Superman
1978, in 11 top lists Check -
159 new
Forrest Gump
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
190 new
The Hunger Games
2012, in 2 top lists Check -
172 new
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
138 new
Wonder Woman
2017, in 4 top lists Check -
93 new
Apollo 13
1995, in 6 top lists Check -
29 new
Mary Poppins
1964, in 15 top lists Check -
120 new
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
60 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
92 new
Sense and Sensibility
1995, in 11 top lists Check -
55 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
35 new
The Parent Trap
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
91 new
Pride & Prejudice
2005, in 1 top list Check -
65 new
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962, in 18 top lists Check -
147 new
Dead Poets Society
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
104 new
A League of Their Own
1992, in 5 top lists Check -
161 new
Selma
2014, in 7 top lists Check -
89 new
Hidden Figures
2016, in 4 top lists Check -
135 new
Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
168 new
Moulin Rouge!
2001, in 17 top lists Check -
90 new
Selena
1997, in 1 top list Check -
122 new
Hugo
2011, in 6 top lists Check -
189 new
Iron Man
2008, in 8 top lists Check -
77 new
The Karate Kid
1984, in 3 top lists Check -
125 new
Willow
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
110 new
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 9, 2018; source