Common Sense Media's Best Movies for Families
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"This guide includes our favorite time-tested movies for families with kids from toddlers to teens."
The list is categorized by age and by genre.
Age 2-6 (1-44)
Animated favorites (1-27), classics for kids (28-39), lovable live-action animals (40-44)
Age 7-12 (45-138)
Classics for tweens (45-65), coming-of-age tales (66-83), dramatic stories (84-93), laugh out louds (94-110), sci-fi and fantasy (111-138)
Age 13-17 (139-194)
Classics for teens (139-144), coming-of-age tales (145-157), dramatic stories (158-178), laugh out louds (179-186), sci-fi, action, and fantasy (187-194)
On the Common Sense website, they tell you what ages each film is appropriate for.
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
119 new
Star Wars
1977, in 40 top lists Check -
58 new
Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
63 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
169 new
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
128 new
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check -
38 new
The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
143 new
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...
1964, in 37 top lists Check -
36 new
Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
193 new
Blade Runner
1982, in 36 top lists Check -
171 new
Schindler's List
1993, in 35 top lists Check -
61 new
Some Like It Hot
1959, in 35 top lists Check -
142 new
Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
170 new
Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
55 new
It's a Wonderful Life
1946, in 33 top lists Check -
113 new
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982, in 31 top lists Check -
136 new
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001, in 31 top lists Check -
31 new
Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
60 new
North by Northwest
1959, in 30 top lists Check -
154 new
The Graduate
1967, in 29 top lists Check -
132 new
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check -
192 new
The Dark Knight
2008, in 27 top lists Check -
134 new
Wo hu cang long
2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check -
17 new
WALL·E
2008, in 26 top lists Check -
129 new
Back to the Future
1985, in 25 top lists Check -
173 new
Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
159 new
Forrest Gump
1994, in 25 top lists Check -
14 new
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
37 new
The Sound of Music
1965, in 25 top lists Check -
163 new
Titanic
1997, in 25 top lists Check -
16 new
Toy Story
1995, in 25 top lists Check -
45 new
Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
23 new
The Lion King
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
172 new
The Shawshank Redemption
1994, in 24 top lists Check -
139 new
Amadeus
1984, in 23 top lists Check -
50 new
Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
120 new
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977, in 23 top lists Check -
135 new
Jurassic Park
1993, in 23 top lists Check -
182 new
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
13 new
Tonari no Totoro
1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check -
106 new
Groundhog Day
1993, in 22 top lists Check -
144 new
This Is Spinal Tap
1984, in 22 top lists Check -
62 new
West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
176 new
The Pianist
2002, in 21 top lists Check -
158 new
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check -
191 new
The Sixth Sense
1999, in 20 top lists Check -
18 new
Beauty and the Beast
1991, in 19 top lists Check -
101 new
The Princess Bride
1987, in 19 top lists Check -
130 new
Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
52 new
A Hard Day's Night
1964, in 18 top lists Check
Last updated on Dec 9, 2018; source