It’s hard to believe these family favorites are turning 20 in 2026. Two decades later, they still bring plenty of laughs, adventure, and heart to families who watch them together. From animated classics like CARS to live-action adventures like FACING THE GIANTS, these eight movies have stood the test of time.
8 Family Movies Turning 20 in 2026
THE NATIVITY STORY
THE NATIVITY STORY is one of those very rare movies that brings the Gospel alive in a compelling, interesting, entertaining manner that shatters expectations. The movie references and quotes Scripture throughout. King Herod sends out the troops to kill all the innocents…
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FACING THE GIANTS
FACING THE GIANTS is an entertaining high school football movie with a strong evangelistic thrust. Coach Grant at Shiloh Christian Academy has reached the low point in his life. The football team keeps losing year after year, his car keeps stalling, his…
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CHARLOTTE’S WEB
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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CARS
CARS, Pixar and Disney's new computer-animated movie, is a feast for the eyes and the heart. In the story, hotshot rookie racecar, Lightning McQueen, has his sights on winning the Piston Cup in a three-way race between two rivals. A series of…
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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM stars Ben Stiller as Larry Daley. Larry has a lot of dreams for success, but none of them pay off. His ex-wife complains that their young son, Nicky, is getting tired of his father’s instability. So, Larry takes…
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AKEELAH AND THE BEE
AKEELAH AND THE BEE is an inspiring, entertaining drama. Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson feels like she doesn't fit with her classmates at her middle school in a poor African-American section of Los Angeles. Akeelah's classmates make fun of her intelligence, especially her spelling…
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ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN
ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN opens with a bigger role for Scrat, the squirrel-like animal who's still trying to get his acorn. While the other animals play in the water park formed by the melting glaciers, our heroes find out that behind the…
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EIGHT BELOW
EIGHT BELOW is based on a true story about a Japanese Antarctica expedition. On an American scientific base in Antarctica, survival guide Jerry Shepard tries to take geologist Davis up to an out-of-the-way mountain to look for a meteorite that may be…
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