Best Family movies of 2000s

Stardust(2007)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm.



Bridge to Terabithia(2007)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.



Elf(2003)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.



Whale Rider(2002)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.



Freaky Friday(2003)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.



The Polar Express(2004)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express. During his adventure he learns about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.



The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian(2008)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.



Alice in Wonderland(2010)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.



The Karate Kid(2010)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.



The Rookie(2002)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A Texas baseball coach makes the major league after agreeing to try out if his high school team made the playoffs.



The Spiderwick Chronicles(2008)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.



Treasure Planet(2002)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A Disney animated version of "Treasure Island". The only difference is that the film is set in outer space with alien worlds and other galactic wonders.



The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants(2005)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.



Eight Below(2006)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 72

Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.



The Golden Compass(2007)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.



Surf's Up(2007)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick.



Mamma Mia!(2008)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.



Journey to the Center of the Earth(2008)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 69

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.



The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader(2010)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia with their cousin Eustace where they meet up with Prince Caspian for a trip across the sea aboard the royal ship The Dawn Treader. Along the way they encounter dragons, dwarves, merfolk, and a band of lost warriors before reaching the edge of the world.



Charlotte's Web(2006)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.




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