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10 Four-Star Family Movies Streaming Right Now

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Looking for something the whole family can enjoy tonight? These 10 four-star movies deliver plenty of heart, humor, adventure, and positive messages without sacrificing entertainment. From animated favorites like THE IRON GIANT to inspiring live-action stories like BABE, these streaming picks give families plenty of reasons to grab the popcorn and press play.

1

THE KING OF KINGS (2025)

Family Animated/Hist. Drama · PG

THE KING OF KINGS is an animated movie where Charles Dickens tells the story of Jesus to his young son, Walter. Walter and his cat have just destroyed Dickens’ performance of Scrooge before a large London audience. Walter’s mother suggests that her…

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5

TANGLED

Family Animated/Romance Adventure · PG

TANGLED is Disney’s comical animated version of the Rapunzel fairy tale. A wicked old hag steals the baby Rapunzel from the King and Queen because a magical flower created by a drop of sunlight gives Rapunzel’s hair a glow that can heal…

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6

THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND

Family Drama · NR

THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND chronicles the true story of William Kamkwamba, a plucky teenage boy, who dramatically changes his African village forever by harnessing wind power to irrigate crops. William’s MacGyver-like ingenuity saves the agrarian culture from starvation during the…

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7

DESPICABLE ME 4

Family Animated/Comedy/Spy Movie · PG

DESPICABLE ME 4 opens with Gru and three minions traveling to Gru’s old School of Villainy to capture Maxime Le Mal. With help from the Anti-Villain League, Gru captures Maxime, who’s transformed himself into a human-sized cockroach with superpowers. However, Maxime escapes…

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8

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL

Family Animated/Comedy · PG

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL is a very funny British movie, with scary detective story elements. A criminal penguin named Feathers McGraw steals the Blue Diamond. However, Wallace and his dog, Gromit, trap him and turn him over to the police,…

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9

PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE

Family Animated/Action Adventure · PG

PAW PATROL: THE MIGHTY MOVIE follows the adventures of the PAW Patrol pups in this sequel to PAW PATROL: MOVIE. The team of dogs is keeping Adventure City safe when a mysterious meteor crashes. Inside the meteor are crystals that give each…

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10

CHARLOTTE’S WEB

Family Children's Fantasy · G

CHARLOTTES' WEB is a live action movie of the beloved children's novel. Dakota Fanning stars as Fern, a farm girl in the rural village of Somerset who rescues a small runt pig she names Wilbur. Fern keeps Wilbur in her uncle’s barn…

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