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Movieguide® Moms December 3, 2024

10 Heart-Warming Family Films for a Cozy Movie Night

10 Heart-Warming Family Films for a Cozy Movie Night

By Movieguide Contributor

Winter is the perfect time of year to snuggle up as a family and enjoy a movie together. It can be tricky, though, to find a crowd-pleaser that entertains us parents and is fun and safe for our children. Movieguide® has lined up ten flicks that are easy choices for you to watch with your family. From the important themes of finding joy in the midst of anxiety in INSIDE OUT 2 to the heroic story of persistence and defying the odds in OUT OF MY MIND, there is a movie to warm everyone’s heart this season.

 

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INSIDE OUT 2

Family Animated/Comedy · PG

INSIDE OUT 2 is a sequel to the acclaimed 2015 animated comedy. Riley, the young girl of the first movie, turns 13 and starts having teenage angst. She longs to join the champion varsity girls high school hockey team. However, new, unruly…

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2

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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3

OUT OF MY MIND

Family Coming of Age, Drama · TV-PG

OUT OF MY MIND is a wonderful uplifting story on Disney+ about Melody, a girl with cerebral palsy who proves she’s just as capable as any other girl her age. Melody gets the chance to join a normal classroom. Also, she proves…

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4

LEO

Family Animated/Comedy · (Not yet rated)

LEO is Adam Sandler’s latest movie on Netflix. LEO is a clean, clever, wonderful animated musical comedy for all ages. It follows a talking lizard named Leo. Leo has spent his entire 74 years of life in a glass-encased terrarium at a…

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5

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON

Family Fantasy/Comedy · PG

HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON is a comical fantasy for all audiences. Harold lives in the pages of a book. He wonders where he came from as he grows older. The narrator tells Harold that he created him. The narrator says he…

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6

SNOOPY PRESENTS: WELCOME HOME, FRANKLIN

Family Animated/Comedy · G

SNOOPY PRESENTS: WELCOME HOME, FRANKLIN is a wonderful 40-minute animated movie on Apple TV+ about a young boy named Franklin who moves to Charlie Brown’s hometown and searches for friends. Franklin’s dad is in the military, so the family often moves to…

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7

DISENCHANTED

Family Fantasy/Musical · PG

DISENCHANTED is a sequel on Disney Plus to the 2007 theatrical movie ENCHANTED. Fifteen years later, Giselle and Robert have a new baby and an angsty teenager, Morgan. Giselle is no longer happy in Manhattan. She believes her family will find happiness…

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8

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT

Family Fantasy · TV-G

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT is a wonderful short movie on Apple TV+. William is a shy boy who has trouble connecting with other children. Things become even more difficult when his family moves. His parents give William a stuffed rabbit for Christmas. Rabbit…

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9

THE INCREDIBLES

Family Animated/Science Fiction Adventure/Comedy/Superhero Movie · PG

THE INCREDIBLES is another incredible animated movie from Pixar and Disney. It opens by introducing several superheroes, including Mr. Incredible, a superhero uncomfortable with his celebrity. Because of his superhero duties, Mr. Incredible gets to his wedding with “Elastigirl” a little late.…

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10

THE MUPPETS

Family Comedy · PG

In THE MUPPETS, a fan named Walter learns that oilman Tex Richman wants to buy the Muppets studio for $10 million dollars, to drill for oil. Distraught, he searches for Kermit the Frog to tell him the oilman’s plans. Kermit is saddened,…

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