Best Family Movies List

Ratatouille (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 252 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 96 | Earnings: $206.44M

Lead Role: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, | Director:

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Aggregate Rating: 230 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 91 | Earnings: $434.95M

Lead Role: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Dee Wallace, | Director: Steven Spielberg,

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

WALL·E (2008)

Aggregate Rating: 222 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 95 | Earnings: $223.81M

Lead Role: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, | Director: Andrew Stanton,

In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

The Princess Bride (1987)

Aggregate Rating: 218 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $30.86M

Lead Role: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, | Director: Rob Reiner,

While home sick in bed, a young boy's grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 218 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 82 | Earnings: $249.36M

Lead Role: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Richard Griffiths, | Director: Alfonso Cuarón,

It's Harry's third year at Hogwarts; not only does he have a new "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards' Prison and is coming after Harry.

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)

Aggregate Rating: 217 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 96 | Earnings: $10.05M

Lead Role: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi, | Director: Hayao Miyazaki,

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Aggregate Rating: 210 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 95 | Earnings: $218.97M

Lead Role: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti, Rex Everhart, | Director:

A young woman whose father has been imprisoned by a terrifying beast offers herself in his place, unaware that her captor is actually a prince, physically altered by a magic spell.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 204 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 71 | Earnings: $292.00M

Lead Role: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson, | Director: David Yates,

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

Hugo (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 201 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $73.82M

Lead Role: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, | Director: Martin Scorsese,

In Paris in 1931, an orphan named Hugo Cabret who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Aggregate Rating: 198 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 81 | Earnings: $289.99M

Lead Role: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Eric Sykes, | Director: Mike Newell,

A young wizard finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.

Men in Black (1997)

Aggregate Rating: 195 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 71 | Earnings: $250.15M

Lead Role: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, | Director: Barry Sonnenfeld,

A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.

Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)

Aggregate Rating: 195 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 80 | Earnings: $4.71M

Lead Role: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa, | Director: Hayao Miyazaki,

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 191 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 58 | Earnings: $303.00M

Lead Role: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis, | Director: Peter Jackson,

A reluctant hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

Aggregate Rating: 190 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 78 | Earnings: $301.96M

Lead Role: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon, | Director: David Yates,

As Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.

The Jungle Book (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 183 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 77 | Earnings: $364.00M

Lead Role: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, | Director: Jon Favreau,

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo.

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Aggregate Rating: 182 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 65 | Earnings: $504.01M

Lead Role: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, | Director: Bill Condon,

An adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.

Home Alone (1990)

Aggregate Rating: 182 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 63 | Earnings: $285.76M

Lead Role: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, | Director: Chris Columbus,

An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 180 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $234.02M

Lead Role: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, | Director: David Yates,

The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.

Stardust (2007)

Aggregate Rating: 176 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 66 | Earnings: $38.35M

Lead Role: Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Ian McKellen, | Director: Matthew Vaughn,

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.

Corpse Bride (2005)

Aggregate Rating: 176 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 83 | Earnings: $53.34M

Lead Role: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, | Director:

When a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.