One of my FAVORITE things to do with our kids is to watch movies that I enjoyed from my childhood as I LOVE seeing how they react to these movies and being a part of their first experience. Last night as we were watching Beethoven, I asked my buddies on Instagram what their favorite non-animated family-friendly movies are, and the list below contains the majority of those answers. I may have missed a few but I hope this list is helpful for you the next time you want to sit down to a good family flick. Many of these I had forgotten about and now look forward to, and many I actually have never seen, so thank you for the recommendations!
3 Ninjas
A Cinderella Story
Air Bud
A League of Their Own
Adventures in Babysitting
Alf
Air Bud
Angels in the Outfield
Anne of Green Gables
Annie
Babe
Babes in Toyland
Baby’s Day Out
Back to the Future
Bed Knobs and Broomsticks
Bedtime Stories
Beethoven
Big
Blank Check
Blended
Borrowers
Bridge to Terabithia
Camp Nowhere
Casper
Cheaper by the Dozen
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Cool Runnings
Curly Sue
Daddy Daycare
Denise the Menace
Dolphin Tale
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Dr. Doolittle
Drop Dead Fred
ET
Father of the Bride
Field of Dreams
Flight of the Navigator
Flubber
Fly Away Home
Freaky Friday
Free Willy
Ghost Busters
Goonies
Grease
Grown Ups
Harry and the Hendersons
Heavyweights
Holes
Home Alone
Homeward Bound
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Hook
I am Sam
Imagine That
Indian in the Cupboard
Iron Will
It Takes Two
Jack
Journey to Mysterious Island
Jumanji
Jurrasic Park
Karate Kid
Labyrinth
Little Giants
Little Rascals
MacFarland
Man of the House
Mary Poppins
Matilda
Merlin
Mighty Ducks
Milo and Otis
Miracle
Mrs. Doubtfire
My Dog Skip
My Girl
Nanny McPhee
National Lampoon
Neverending Story
Night at the Museum
Now and Then
October Sky
Odd Life of Timothy Green
Old Yeller
Paddington
Pippi Longstocking
Pollyanna
Race to Witch Mountain
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ramona and Beezus
Remember the Titans
Richie Rich
Rookie of the Year
RV
Secondhand Lions
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Shiloh
Short Circuit
Simon Birch
Sister Act
So Dear to my Heart
Spy Kids
Stuart Little
Swiss Family Robinson
That Darn Cat
The Brady Bunch Movie
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
The Great Outdoors
The Jungle Book
The Little Princess
The Mighty Ducks
The Parent Trap
The Princess Bride
The Rocketeer
The Rookie
The Sandlot
The Secret Garden
The Sound of Music
The Spy Next Door
The Wizard of Oz
Tom and Huck
Troop Beverly Hills
Turner and Hooch
Uncle Buck
We Bought a Zoo
Where the Red Fern Grows
What About Bob
Wild America
Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken
Willy Wonka
Yes Day
Yours, Mine, and Ours
Out of curiosity, how many have you seen?! I am somewhere around the 60 mark!
As always, thank you for stopping by!
<3 Shannon
Somewhere in the 90’s.
Reading this list. I’m realizing how much harder it is to find a good family friendly movie that’s been put out in our present day. That goes hand in hand with family friendly tv sitcoms…it’s sad
A dog’s journey is another good one
89!! 😬 That’s so many movies!!! 😂 Our family also loves Bringing Up Baby. It’s a cute and funny black and white movie with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
I’ve seen 76! Love this list – thank you for compiling! Another one I thought of is Baby Boom. Love that one w/ Diane Keaton.
Oh wow! I have seen 100 of those movies. Guess I watch a lot.
I was close to 80! Couldn’t believe it!
I’ve seen more than I care to admit lol. I also loved Jungle 2 Jungle and George of the Jungle as a kid.
Great list!, also Signs and Sixt Sense?