Nothing is more enjoyable than having to bond with family over a giant bowl of popcorn while watching a movie. But let’s face it, finding a good film you all agree upon is very hard, especially when you have kids with a far age range. The eldest kid may want something teens would enjoy, like the “Harry Potter” series, while your youngest may want some cartoons. Here we have listed some suggestions that may help you in your next family movie night.
#40 Mulan (2020)
Director: Niki Caro
Box Office: $70 million
Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Tzi Ma, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Ron Yuan, Gong Li, Jet Li
Synopsis:
“Mulan” (2020) is a live movie adaptation of a Disney cartoon of the same name. It follows the story of a young maiden who broke all gender norms by disguising herself as a man and enlisting in the army instead of his ailing father. She excels despite her gender. The movie is excellent, especially for young girls, since it teaches us that a person’s abilities are not hampered by gender.
#39 Home Alone (1990)
Director: Chris Columbus
Box Office: $476.7 million
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara
Synopsis:
The McCallister family is getting ready to travel to Paris, France, around Christmas. Kevin, the youngest child in the family, got into a quarrel with Buzz, their older brother, and was taken to his room, which was located on the third floor of the house. In their haste to go to the airport on time the next morning, the rest of the family forgot about Kevin, who was now left alone in the house.
Kevin took pleasure in being alone himself, leaping on his parent’s bed, and ordering a whole pizza for himself. Later, Kevin learns that two burglars named Harry and Marv are planning to break into his home on Christmas Eve. Kevin takes immediate action to halt the robbers and catch them by wiring his home with homemade booby traps.
#38 Encanto (2021)
Director: Jared Bush, Byron Howard
Box Office: $256.7 million
Starring: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow, Angie Cepeda, Carolina Gaitán, Diane Guerrero, Wilmer Valderrama
Synopsis:
In the remote mountains of Colombia lives a family with extraordinary abilities. The family’s matriarch is Abuela Alma. Abuela Alma had a magical candle that supplies all the wondrous enchantments in the town, beginning at their house. La Familia Madrigal, as the villagers call them, is blessed with supernatural powers given to them by the candle, except for one member, Mirabel. They use their abilities to help their community. Mirabel, who has not received any power, often feels outcasted and unimportant. Unbeknownst to her, the magic was already starting to fade. With the fading magic, Encanto is in grave danger. Though she has no powers, Mirabel is their family’s last hope.
#37 The Christmas Chronicles 2
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Darby Camp, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jahzir Bruno, Julian Dennison, Tyrese Gibson, Judah Lewis, Sunny Suljic, Darlene Love, Malcolm McDowell
Synopsis:
A girl and a boy who genuinely believe in Santa Claus are abducted by a rebellious Santa hater while on holiday in Cancun with their respective parents as part of his plan to enter Santa’s Village on the North Pole and destroy it. Santa rescues the children and takes them to Mrs. Claus, the elf-populated Santa’s Village, for dinner and a bedtime story. The anti-Santa person begins his sabotage.
#36 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Director: Chris Columbus
Box Office: $226.4 million
Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Joe Pantoliano, Uma Thurman
Synopsis:
Zeus accuses Poseidon’s son Percy Jackson of stealing his lightning bolt and gives him fourteen days to return it, or else he will start a war amongst the gods. While visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the meantime, Percy, a dyslexic and ADHD-afflicted teenager, is attacked by a fury dressed as his instructor. His instructor Mr. Brunner gives him a pen and tells him that it is a powerful weapon, and Percy’s physically challenged best buddy Grover discloses that he is his defender and a demigod.
Before traveling to Camp Half-Blood with his mother Sally, they stop by Percy’s house. But before Percy can assist Sally, the Minotaur attacks her, and she disappears. When Hades strikes them at the camp because he wants the lightning bolt for himself, Percy befriends the stunning Annabeth and learns that his mother is in the Underworld with Hades. To get the lightning bolt and save his mother, Percy chooses to embark on a perilous journey. Luke joins him and offers Percy a formidable shield of his own, while Grover and Annabeth also join him.
#35 Ghostbusters (1984)
Director: Ivan Reitman
Box Office: $295.2 million
Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis
Synopsis:
Three eccentric scientists who investigated the occult are fired from their comfortable jobs at a university in New York City. They decide to open up shop in an abandoned firehouse as the Ghostbusters and begin capturing pesky ghosts, spirits, haunts, and poltergeists in exchange for cash. They stumble upon a portal to another dimension that would unleash unimaginable evil upon the metropolis as they wisecrack their way through the city. The Ghostbusters are requested to help defend New York City.
#34 The Jungle Book (1967)
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Box Office: $378 million
Starring: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, John Abbott, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman
Synopsis:
A family of wolves adopts and raises the abandoned newborn Mowgli after an accident. The older the child gets, the more the sage panther Bagheera understands that he needs to be returned to the surrounding man-village where he belongs. The young Mowgli, however, is taught by Baloo that the bear residing in the jungle is the best life there is, in contrast to Baloo’s way of thinking. Mowgli is in danger, especially from Shere Khan, the tiger, who despises all humans, Bagheera realizes. When Baloo eventually turns around, Mowgli flees into the jungle, where he manages to avoid Shere Khan first, then manages to survive a second meeting with Kaa, the snake. However, Mowgli only visits the neighboring man-village and stays there because he sees a gorgeous girl.
#33 Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Director: Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada
Box Office: $130.4 million
Starring: Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Sandra Oh, Thalia Tran, Lucille Soong, Alan Tudyk
Synopsis:
Synopsis:
Dragons were the glue that kept Kumandra intact. When the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity, greed overpowered the people causing Kumandra to be divided into five nations in constant war. The reunification of the Kingdom is placed in the hands of Raya, daughter of a chief, Princess of Heart, and above all, Guardian of the Dragon Gem. Together with Sisu, the last dragon, they will embark on a perilous journey towards restoring peace in Kumandra.
#32 Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Director: Bill Condon
Box Office: $1.264 billion
Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson
Synopsis:
A strange enchantress curses young Prince Adam to appear to be a hideous beast because he has led a life of selfishness. His only chance of redemption is to learn to love a young woman and gain her love in return. Ten years later, his opportunity arises when Belle, a little girl, agrees to serve as his prisoner in exchange for the release of her sick father, Maurice. With assistance from the enchanted staff at the castle, Belle comes to respect her captor and falls in love with him immediately. However, shady hunter Gaston has other ideas for Belle back in the hamlet.
#31 Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Director: Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
Box Office: $67.3 million
Starring: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jackie Chan
Synopsis:
Po, an ungainly panda, works at his father’s noodle shop in the Valley of Peace. Po is clumsy and overweight. Po, a kung fu fan, attends the selection of the Dragon Warrior, the kingdom’s top fighter. He is picked to be the Dragon Warrior, much to his astonishment. This infuriates the Furious Five, who guard the valley and consider Po much below par, as well as their trainer Shifu. Po is at a low point when Tai Lung, the valley’s most significant threat, escapes from prison. To save the valley, Po will now have to battle Tai Lung.
#30 Little Rascals (1994)
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Box Office: $67.3 million
Starring: Travis Tedford, Kevin Jamal Woods, Jordan Warkol, Zachary Mabry, Ross Elliot Bagley, Courtland Mead, Sam Saletta, Blake Jeremy Collins
Synopsis:
Alfalfa has been dating Darla, and Spanky and the He-Man Woman Haters Club learn about it. After a trial, they order him to never think of her or other girls again. Since Waldo, the new rich kid, is encroaching on his turf and trying to get her back, he is struggling with his punishment. The club’s coveted go-cart for the upcoming race is being attempted to be stolen by Butch and Woim in the meantime. The gang also faces financial challenges because they want to construct a new clubhouse but are having trouble finding the funds.
#29 White Christmas (1954)
Director: Michael Curtiz
Box Office:$30 million
Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger
Synopsis:
Following World War II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis joined forces to launch a successful song-and-dance show. As a kind of matchmaker, Davis introduces Wallace to two stunning sisters named Betty and Judy, who also do a song and dance show. Wallace and Davis accompany Betty and Judy as they head to a Vermont lodge to put on a Christmas performance, only to discover General Waverly, their previous commander, as the resort’s proprietor. The performers attempt to assist the General, but a series of romantic misunderstandings result.
#28 Free Willy (1993)
Director: Simon Wincer
Box Office: $153.7 million
Starring: Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Michael Madsen
Synopsis:
A young orca whale gets separated from his parents because fishermen put the young Orca in captivity. A young kid befriends the Orca named Willy and teaches him something that trainers aren’t able to do. The friendship between the two is so great that the young boy is willing to go all mile to free his friend.
#27 The Addams Family (1991)
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Box Office: $191.5 million
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
Synopsis:
After learning that Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years, a wicked doctor creates a phony Fester to inherit the Addams family’s riches. Even though the new Uncle Fester fits in exceptionally well with the unusual family, young Wednesday has questions about his honesty. A lawyer named Tully Alford is successful in having the Addams family removed from their home.
#26 The Incredibles (2004)
Director: Brad Bird
Box Office: $631.6 million
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Peña
Synopsis:
Mr. Incredible is a superhero, or at least he used to be before a wave of lawsuits brought by the people saved by superheroes compelled the government to place them in witness protection programs where they could live everyday, anonymous lives. He now only goes by the name Bob Parr and resides with his wife Helen, formerly Elastigirl, and their three kids, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack. His wife has fought too hard to establish a regular life for her family to put up with his longing for heroism. He works as an insurance claims specialist and is tired of his overbearing supervisor and his immoral line of work. The entire family must come out to save Mr. Incredible and a significant number of helpless people when he accepts a strange informant’s offer to play the hero once more.
#25 Wreck-it Ralph (2010)
Director: Rich Moore
Box Office: $496.5 million
Starring: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch
Synopsis:
The bad guy from the video game Wreck-it Ralph decides that he is sick of being the bad guy and that it would be more fun to be good like his opponent Fix it Felix. Ralph goes out of his game to demonstrate his goodness because he is driven to do so. He unintentionally brings a dangerous bug into a candy-coated racing game after sneaking into another game while earning a medal.
In contrast, Felix begins looking for Ralph and has to inform him that their game will be stopped if they don’t get back home. Ralph meets youthful glitch Vanellope von Schweetz on his mission; she wants to be a professional racer in her video game. But Ralph learns that someone wants to get rid of Vanellope when he sees her picture on the console. And it will take all of Ralph’s courage and will to prevent the closure of the arcade and the candy game.
#24 Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Director: Tim Burton
Box Office Gross: $1.025 billion
Starring: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Mia Wasikowska, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall
Awards:
83rd Academy Awards- Best Art Direction
64th British Academy Film Awards- Best Makeup and Hair
15th Annual Satellite Awards – Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design
37th Saturn Awards – Best Costume and Best Fantasy Film
Synopsis:
Nineteen-year-old Alice Kingsleigh is a free-spirited woman engaged to an English aristocrat. She noticed an oddly familiar rabbit as she was in the estate’s garden. She ends up in a mystical realm that resembles the location from her childhood nightmares after following the rabbit.
She reunites with her childhood friends by staying in the place As she grew older, she had already forgotten about the Wonderland trip she had taken as a little child. Wonderland is substantially different today than it was in the past. She will discover her actual purpose upon her return, which is to put an end to the Red Queen’s terrorizing rule.
#23 Paddington (2014)
Director: Paul King
Box Office: $282.8 million
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman, Ben Whishaw
Synopsis:
British explorer Montgomery Clyde discovers a previously undiscovered type of bear in the darkest forests of Peru. One bear jokingly pulls his gun away as he prepares to shoot it and bring it back to the UK as a specimen. He discovers that this bear family is intelligent, capable of learning English, and extremely fond of marmalade. He gives them the names Lucy and Pastuzo. Before walking away, he throws his hat to Pastuzo and informs the bears that they are always welcome to visit London.
A few years later, the two bears coexist peacefully with their nephew when an earthquake causes their home to be destroyed, forcing them to seek sanctuary underground. Uncle Pastuzo is injured and unable to get to the shelter in time after becoming caught by a falling tree. He then passes away from his wounds. The following morning, Paddington, a nephew of Uncle Pastuzo, discovers his hat. After encouraging her nephew to run away on a cargo ship and travel to London to seek peace, Aunt Lucy announces that she will move into the Home for Retired Bears.
#22 Moana (2016)
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Box Office: $645 million
Starring: Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk
Synopsis:
The people of Motunui, a Polynesian island, revere the goddess Te Fiti, who gave the ocean life and used a stone as her heart and the source of her power. The shape-shifting demigod and sailing guru Maui captures the spirit of Te Fiti to grant the people the ability to procreate. .
However, Te Fiti breaks apart, allowing Te Ka, a volcanic monster, to attack Maui and cause him to lose both his heart and his magically large fishhook to the depths. A thousand years later, Moana is chosen by the ocean to give the heart back to Te Fiti. Moana, the daughter of Motunui’s chief Tui, is discouraged by her parents from going near the sea. Tui wants his daughter to prepare for her ascension as village chief.
#21 Babe (1995)
Director: Chris Noonan
Box Office: $254.1 million
Starring: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski
Synopsis:
Babe is a young pig still learning where he belongs in the world. He discovers that he has the potential to become the most excellent sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hoggett is aware of it. He has a group of peculiar companions, including Ferdinand, the duck who believes he is a rooster, and Fly, the sheepdog he calls Mom. With Fly’s assistance, he discovers that a pig can be anything he wants.
#20 The Princess Diaries (2001)
Director: Garry Marshall
Box Office: $165.3 million
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Héctor Elizondo, Heather Matarazzo, Mandy Moore, Caroline Goodall, Robert Schwartzman, Julie Andrews
Synopsis:
Mia Thermopolis is a typical teenager residing in San Francisco. Unbeknownst to her, she is the daughter of the heir apparent to the Genovian crown, Phillippe Renaldi. With the recent passing of her long-absentee father, Mia is contacted by a grandmother she did not know about, Queen Clarisse Renaldi of Genovia. After being told by the Queen that she is to inherit the throne of Genovia, Mia’s life starts to change from a nobody to a princess.
#19 Ratatouille (2007)
Director: Brad Bird
Box Office: $623.7 million
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Janeane Garofalo, Brad Garrett, Peter O’Toole, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Will Arnett
Synopsis:
Despite his family’s wishes and the apparent difficulty of being a rat in a rodent-phobic profession, Remy the rat aspires to become a renowned French chef. Remy finds himself in a great location beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau, until fate dumps him in the sewers of Paris. Remy’s love of cooking quickly ignites a humorous and fascinating rat race that flips the Parisian food scene on its head despite the apparent risks of being an unusual and unwelcome visitor in a great French restaurant’s kitchen.
#18 Inside Out (2015)
Director: Pete Docter
Box Office: $858.8 million
Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan
Synopsis:
Riley is uprooted from her childhood in the Midwest when her father accepts a job in San Francisco. Adapting to her new environment and growing up may be a complex process in and of itself. Like all of us, Riley is driven by her emotions: Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness. The emotions reside in Headquarters, Riley’s mental command center, where they guide her daily activities. Chaos breaks out in Headquarters as Riley and her feelings try to adapt to a new life in San Francisco. Riley’s primary and most significant emotion, Joy, try to keep things upbeat, but the feelings disagree on how to go around a new city, home, and school.
#17 Matilda (1996)
Director: Danny DeVito
Box Office: $33.5 million
Starring: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris, Mara Wilson
Synopsis:
Matilda Wormwood is different from all her peers. Despite her young age, she’s capable of doing things that her peers cannot. But above all, she is very much different from the rest of her family. She does not get these things to get a hold of her. Instead, she immerses herself in the world of reading. While her family ignores her, Matilda enhances her intellectual ability through books earning her telekinetic powers. After getting transferred to Crouchem Elementary School, ruled by the nasty Agatha Trunchbull, she finds a glimmer of hope in the person of Jennifer Honey. Miss Honey admired the youngster’s abilities, and finally, Matilda found someone that could understand her.
#16 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Director: Andrew Adamson
Box Office: $745 million
Starring: William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson
Awards:
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards – Best Family Film (Live Action)
Synopsis:
During the WWII onslaught, four siblings are sent away from their homes. Old Professor Kirke, the owner of a vast mansion, is assigned to keep an eye on them. Once there, they come across a large wardrobe that carries them away to the land of Narnia. The pleasant land of talking animals, fauns, giants, and dwarves, now known as Narnia, lies under the evil White Witch’s curse of an endless winter. With the mighty lion Aslan’s assistance, the four plunges Narnia into a full-scale conflict to defeat the Witch and reestablish peace.
#15 Finding Nemo (2003)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Box Office: $940.3 million
Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush
Awards:
- Academy Award – Best Animated Film
- Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Movie
Synopsis:
Nemo, the son of Marlin, a clown fish who lives in the Great Barrier Reef, is lost after venturing into the open ocean despite his father’s repeated warnings about many of the ocean’s hazards. Nemo is kidnapped by a boat, caught in a net, and taken to a Sydney dentist’s office. Marlin encounters Dory, a blue tang fish with short-term memory loss, while he is on his quest to find Nemo.
To rescue Nemo from the dentist’s office in Sydney Harbour, the friends must travel a vast distance and come into contact with numerous deadly sea creatures, including sharks, anglerfish, and jellyfish. On the other hand, Nemo and the other sea creatures in the dentist’s fish tank plan to return to the water to spend their lives free once more as the two explore the ocean extensively.
#14 Jumanji (1995)
Director: Joe Johnston
Box Office: $262.8 million
Starring: Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Jonathan Hyde, David Alan Grier
Synopsis:
Young Alan Parrish finds a fascinating board game. But, he doesn’t understand its incredible powers until he is suddenly taken into the wild jungles of Jumanji in front of his buddy Sarah. He stays there for 26 years until two innocent kids break the game’s magic. Alan, now an adult, meets Sarah again, and together with the kids, they attempt to outwit the game’s strongholds.
#13 The Little Mermaid (1989)
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Box Office: $235 million
Starring: Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Kenneth Mars, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin, Buddy Hackett
Synopsis:
Princess Ariel longs to live on land since she is unhappy with her life as a mermaid. The only issue is that King Triton, her father, has forbidden all communication and ties with humans. Ariel is desperate to find a way to be with her prince charming after saving the lovely Prince Eric from drowning in a storm. In her desire to become human, she bargains with the cruel sea witch Ursula for three days of human existence to do this, not realizing that it is all a part of Ursula’s malicious scheme to depose her father, King Triton, and take control of the oceans.
#12 Freaky Friday (2003)
Director: Mark Waters
Box Office: $160.8 million
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Harold Gould, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon
Synopsis:
The relationship between Dr. Tess Coleman and her fifteen-year-old daughter Anna is strained. They disagree on music, fashion, hairstyles, and their respective tastes in men. On Thursday night, their arguments reach a boiling point: Tess, a widow who is set to remarry, can’t understand why Anna won’t give her fiancé a break, and Anna is furious that her mother doesn’t support her musical ambitions.
Two identical Chinese fortune cakes generate a little mystic mayhem, which quickly causes everything to change. The following morning, their Friday turns bizarre as Tess and Anna discover that they are inhabiting the incorrect bodies. They better understand the other’s viewpoint after practically walking a mile in each other’s shoes. But because Tess’s wedding is on Saturday, the two must quickly figure out a method to switch back.
#11 Frozen (2013)
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Box Office: $1.280 billion
Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
Awards:
Academy Awards – Best Animated Picture and Best Original Song
Synopsis:
In the Kingdom of Arendelle rules, two sisters with polar opposite personas. One with a heart cold as snow, while the other had a heart capable of warming even the chilliest night. Their names are Elsa and Anna. Elsa had magical powers capable of creating ice and snow. The sisters used to be close until an accident happened creating a rift between the two. Elsa accidentally hits Anna in the head, a fatal blow almost killing her. Trolls aided their family in restoring Anna back to health, but it created a deep scar in Elsa’s heart, and she distanced herself from her sister.
Due to the tragic death of their parents, Elsa was made Queen of Arendelle, prompting royals from other Kingdoms to attend the occasion. Among the bunch was Prince Hans, who captured Anna’s heart, to Elsa’s dismay. Elsa did not want her sister to marry someone she had just met, and the two began arguing, causing Elsa to lose control of her powers and freeze Arendelle. Embarrassment and fear caused Elsa to flee Arendelle. She retreated into the icy mountains. Anna teams up with Kristoff and Sven to find Elsa and restore Arendelle. Elsa accidentally freezes Anna’s heart, but the warm sisterly love Elsa had for her sister restores her.
#10 Mary Poppins (1964)
Director: Robert Stevenson
Box Office: $103.1 million
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen, Ed Wynn
Synopsis:
In Edwardian London, George Banks is having trouble finding a nanny that would last long for his children, Jane and Michael. The kids do not want to have another nanny and do things that would make their new nannies resign. With the arrival of Mary Poppins, a magical world opens for the children transforming the chaotic Banks household into order.
#9 Coco (2017)
Director: Lee Unkrich
Box Office: $807.8 million
Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renée Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguía, Edward James Olmos
Synopsis:
Miguel, a young boy, adores music. However, performing the piece by any members of his family’s lineage is mysteriously forbidden. Despite the long history of the prohibition, Miguel aspires to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, and become a successful musician. Miguel finds himself in the vibrant Land of the Dead, eager to demonstrate his musical prowess. Hector, a charming trickster he encounters along the road, joins him as they search for the truth about his family’s enigmatic music prohibition.
#8 The Lion King (1994)
Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Box Office: $968.5 million
Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane, Robert Guillaume, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Madge Sinclair
Synopsis:
This Disney animated film depicts the journey of Simba, a young lion who is Mufasa’s successor as King of the Jungle. Scar, Simba’s evil uncle, plans to take Mufasa’s throne by tricking the father and son into a wildebeest stampede. Only Mufasa is murdered, and Simba manages to flee. With the aid of his pals Timon and Pumbaa, Simba makes a comeback as an adult to reclaim his nation from Scar.
#7 Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
Director: Walt Becker
Box Office: $107.3 million
Starring: Jack Whitehall, Darby Camp, Tony Hale, Sienna Guillory, David Alan Grier, Russell Wong, Kenan Thompson, John Cleese
Synopsis:
Emily Elizabeth, a middle school student, finds a small red puppy from a mystical animal rescuer who will grow up as her best companion while she battles to fit in at home and school. Emily and her ignorant Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they flee across New York City and take a bite out of the Big Apple after Clifford grows into a big red dog in her New York City apartment and catches the notice of a genetics corporation that wants to supersize animals. Clifford changes the lives of everyone around him along the way and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unrestricted love.
#6 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Director: Chris Columbus
Box Office: $441.3 million
Starring: Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Robert Prosky
Synopsis:
Daniel Hillard, a divorced man, is troubled by the little time he spends with his kids and comes up with a complex scheme. He poses as an older British woman with the aid of his artistic brother Frank and persuades his ex-wife Miranda to engage him as a nanny. “Mrs. Doubtfire” charms the kids and makes Daniel a better parent, but when he has to attend separate meetings at the same restaurant with Daniel and his nanny, his secrets can be revealed.
#5 The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Director: Chris Renaud
Box Office: $875.5 million
Starring: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Steve Coogan, Albert Brooks
Synopsis:
Max, a Jack Russell Terrier, resides in an apartment in Manhattan, New York, with his owner Katie. He socializes with Chloe, the tabby cat, Mel, the pug, Buddy, the dachshund, and Sweet Pea, the budgerigar, while his mommy is at work. One day, Katie takes in Duke, a sizable mongrel from the pound, making Max envious of her split attention on Duke. Duke, upset with Max’s treatment of him, tries to leave Max in an alley but is assaulted by cats headed by the Sphynx cat Ozone, who takes off both dogs’ collars and abandons them to be captured by Animal Control. Duke is terrified of being killed if he returns to the pound. Max goes missing, and Gidget, a white Pomeranian who is not so secretly in love with him, starts to search for him.
#4 The Parent Trap (1998)
Director: Nancy Meyers
Box Office: $92.1 million
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan
Synopsis:
While on a summer camp in Maine, two girls, Hallie Parker and Annie James, discover that they look so much like each other. At first, their relationship was not good until they realized they were twin sisters. The girls exchange places to feel what it’s like to live with their other parents. Upon finding out that their father is to wed his new girlfriend, the two girls devise a plan to make their parents rekindle their love for one another.
#3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Director: Chris Columbus
Box Office: $1.022 billion
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters
Award:
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award – Best Family Film
Synopsis:
Harry Potter is a young 11-year-old boy living at 4 Privet Drive, Surrey, with his maternal Aunt Petunia, her husband Vernon, and their son Dudley. Unbeknownst to the young boy, an incredible journey lies ahead. He has come of age to know the truth regarding his life and reclaim his fate as a gifted wizard.
Harry Potter did not know that he was a living legend, The Boy Who Lived, in a world far from where he grew up. He is the lone survivor known to have lived to tell the tale of how the dark lord Voldemort tried to kill him. Harry receives an acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which greatly pisses his Aunt and Uncle. They try to prevent him from going, but destiny has its way of doing things.
With the help of Rubeus Hagrid, Harry can go to Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, he befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. The trio would soon discover that somewhere in the castle of Hogwarts, something precious is hidden, and Lord Voldemort is so anxious to have it.
#2 The Greatest Showman
Director: Michael Gracey
Box Office: $434.9 million
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Award:
- AARP Movies for Grownups Awards – Best Grownup Love Story
- Billboard Music Awards – Top Soundtrack
- Casting Society of America – Big Budget – Comedy
- Golden Globe Awards – Best Original Song – Motion Picture (This is Me)
- Golden Reel Awards – Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical
- Grammy Awards – Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Teen Choice Awards – Choice Drama Movie
Synopsis:
Phineas Taylor Barnum, an American performer, will always be known as the guy with the ability to blur the lines between truth and fiction. He was an orphan, impoverished, ambitious, and had a mind loaded with creativity and new ideas. The tailor’s son opens a wax museum because he is ambitious and driven to succeed. Soon, he changes his attention to the extraordinary and the strange by putting rare, previously unheard live performers on the circus stage. Barnum’s impressive collection of freaks is currently referred to as a freak show by some, but Phineas will lose sight of the most critical component of his life: his family, when he gambles everything on Jenny Lind, an opera singer, to win praise and respect.
#1 Toy Story (1995)
Director: John Lasseter
Box Office: $363 Million
Starring (Voices): Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, Erik von Detten
Award: Toy Story was able to get three Academy Award nominations for:
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Original Song for “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”
- Best Original Score
Synopsis:
Toy Story follows toys’ adventures, which assume life without human presence. Their owner Andy Davis, her sister Molly and their Mom plan to move into a new place.
Andy Davis’ toys assume life without them knowing. Woody, Mr. Potatohead, Slinky, and others live a peaceful life not until Andy’s mom decides that they must move out of the house. Before moving out, she throws Andy a birthday party which makes the toys anxious about the new member that might come in. Andy’s favorite toy Woody leads a team of toy soldiers to monitor the party and to find out the new toy that Andy may get.
Buzz Lightyear joined the crew and instantly became a hit among the toys and Andy. Feeling left out, jealous, and scared that Andy might neglect him, Woody devices a plan to get Andy to spend time with him. But, everything went wrong. Instead of falling behind the desk, Buzz falls down into the backyard of Andy’s sadistic neighbor Sid who finds joy in torturing poor toys.
Woody and Buzz embark on a fun-filled journey from escaping Sid’s grasp to going back to Andy, causing the two to develop a very tight friendship.