Best Family movies of 2000s

Ella Enchanted(2004)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Ella is under a spell to be constantly obedient, a fact she must hide from her new step-family in order to protect the prince of the land, her friend for whom she's falling.



Evan Almighty(2007)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 61

God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.



Tuck Everlasting(2002)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A young woman meets and falls in love with a young man who is part of a family of immortals.



Cheaper by the Dozen(2003)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 60

With his wife doing a book tour, a father of twelve must handle a new job and his unstable brood.



Speed Racer(2008)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 62

A young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.



Herbie Fully Loaded(2005)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.



The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2(2008)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Four college freshmen and best friends find that it may take more than a shared pair of jeans to help them stay in touch as their lives go in different directions.



Confessions of a Shopaholic(2009)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.



Diary of a Wimpy Kid(2010)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 64

The adventures of a teenager who is fresh out of elementary and transitions to middle school, where he has to learn the consequences and responsibility to survive the year.



Cats & Dogs(2001)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, which their human owners are blissfully unaware of.



The Santa Clause 2(2002)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Scott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for nearly ten years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.



The Lizzie McGuire Movie(2003)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager's dream come true.



The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement(2004)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Now settled in Genovia, Princess Mia faces a new revelation: she is being primed for an arranged marriage to an English suitor.



The Prince & Me(2004)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 61

At college Paige meets Eddie, a fellow student from Denmark, whom she first dislikes but later accepts, likes, and loves; he proves to be Crown Prince Edvard. Paige follows him to Copenhagen, and he follows her back to school with a plan.



Kicking & Screaming(2005)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating...



Eragon(2006)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 57

In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.



Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium(2007)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243-year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium.



Nim's Island(2008)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.



Hannah Montana: The Movie(2009)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 62

As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging from her father takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.



Dr. Dolittle 2(2001)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Dolittle must save a forest and a bear's life.




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