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Looking for something to watch with the kids? These are the 51 best family movies to watch and will bring you back to your childhood!
We love family movie nights! Cuddling up on the couch with popcorn, lights off and snuggled under blankets. My oldest son is my biggest movie buff. He is constantly looking for something new to watch.
So lately I have been digging deep for some of those oldies but goodies that I grew up watching! These are the movies that, even now when they come on TV, I get totally sucked into!
Depending on the age of your kids, you may want to edit the list and make sure they are age appropriate, but for the most part, they are all pretty family friendly (this coming from someone whose 3 year-old knew every word to every Star Wars – you have been warned!)
51 (why stop at 50) Best Throwback Family Movies
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Back to the Future
Spaceballs
The Princess Bride
Mrs. Doubtfire
The Goonies
The Toy
Home Alone
The Sandlot
Big
Splash
The Karate Kid
Field of Dreams
Bad News Bears
Elf
The Santa Clause
Spy Kids
A Christmas Story
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Wizard of Oz
The Sound of Music
Star Wars
The Muppet Movie
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Men in Black
Space Jam
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Indiana Jones
Hook
Adventures in Babysitting
Popeye
Tootsie
Three Amigos
Scrooged
The Golden Child
Mannequin
Coming to America
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Batman (1989)
Clue
Gremlins
Ferris Buller’s Day Off
GhostBusters
Beetlejuice
Flight of the Navigator
Hoosiers
Groundhog Day
Edward Scissorhands
Dr. Dolilttle
The Adam’s Family
The Mighty Ducks
Brewster’s Millions
Pfew…. that’s a long list – this should keep you busy for a while! How many of these movies have you seen? What was your favorite??
Now… give ’em up…. what were your favorites? My family could use some new ideas!!!
We are like you guys, we really love family movie night! We do it at least once a week, if not more! I appreciate the list you provided! I think our kids will really love some of these. Thanks for the help!
These are some awesome suggestions! I love Grease, Billy Elliot, and Footloose. My favourite has to be The Sound of Music though.
Great suggestions – planning to try a few next movie night. Some for you: The Dark Crystal, E.T. and the Beethoven series?
I LOVE this list! Awesome, thanks!
thanks, Rebecca!
What about Waynes World, and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure!?
Good additions! Those are actually two of our favorites – can’t believe I left them off!!
Hi Jen – This is such a great list and you have so many of my all-time favorites on here – love! Thanks so much for sharing at Best of the Weekend – pinned and sharing on Twitter and FB this week. Hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day and happy Tuesday!
I love this list! Just shared on Twitter! Thanks so much for posting it on Whimsy Wednesday!
Great list! And very helpful when we are trying to come up with something new that we haven’t seen a million times. Thanks!
Jill – LMK if I forgot any!!! Always looking for suggestions!
I have seen every single one of those movies, some more than three times. My favorites are: Adventures in Babysitting, Flight of the Navigator, and my husband just loves Princess Bride. Those movies were amazing. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Princess Bride is one of my all time favorites!!!
Love these, Jenn!