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09.12.22

Best Thanksgiving Movies for Kids & Families to Stream 2023

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Looking for a list of the best Thanksgiving movies for kids? We’ve put together a list of thanksgiving-themed movies that the entire family can enjoy! So grab a piece of pumpkin pie and enjoy your next family movie night!

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The Thanksgiving holiday is a great excuse to spend some quality time with your family. But the family fun doesn’t have to end when dinner is over!

Enjoy even more fun with your kids this Thanksgiving with a movie night.

These Thanksgiving movies for kids are the best family-friendly features to watch when you’re finished eating your turkey.

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Best Thanksgiving Movies for Kids to Watch with Your Whole Family

Whether you’re looking for animated features or classic stories on the big screen, you’ll find plenty of amazing Thanksgiving movie ideas on this list. And the best part is that each of these fun holiday flicks is available to stream right now!

Free Birds

Two turkeys from opposite sides of the track must work together to go back in time and attempt to change history. If these turkeys get their way, they’ll keep turkeys off the Thanksgiving menu for good in this kid-friendly animated movie.

Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

After moving to a new town, a family begins to explore their new home. And without their devices to play with, two siblings find themselves tracking a monster through their new home of Turkey Hollow in this Jim Henson Thanksgiving movie.

Addams Family Values

Enjoy a dark Thanksgiving celebration with the Addams Family this year in this popular sequel. Which see’s the ghoulish family welcoming a baby boy. Your kids will love the darkly humorous Thanksgiving play featured in this classic comedy.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Learn about the true meaning of Thanksgiving with your kids this holiday season with this Charlie Brown animated classic. After hosting a Thanksgiving dinner of toast and jelly beans, Charlie Brown schools his friends on what the holiday means to him.

This is a classic and a must for any fans of the Peanuts gang!

Garfield's Thanksgiving

After a visit to the vet, your favorite orange cat gets some bad news right before Thanksgiving — he must go on a diet. But the news doesn’t stop Garfield from attempting to celebrate the holiday in this special holiday episode of the popular animated series.

Dora the Explorer: Dora's Thanksgiving Parade

This 23 minute animated cartoon is perfect for younger kids! They get to help Dora and Boots save Thanksgiving!

Fantastic Mr. Fox

No one feasts like the Fox family — especially after Mr. Fox comes up with a plan to implement the biggest chicken heist the animal world has ever seen in this cute animated movie.

An Arthur Thanksgiving

Arthur and his family are getting ready for Thanksgiving, but during their preparation, Pal disappears. Their dog goes on his own Thanksgiving adventure throughout Elwood City and the family must come together to find him before the holiday is over in this cute PBS movie.

A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving

Celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck with this fun animated movie. Start the movie marathon with Bug’s Bunny’s Thanksgiving Diet, then watch Daffy Duck’s Thanks-for-Giving Special.

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Since this classic holiday story begins at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, it’s the perfect way to celebrate turkey day and kick off the Christmas season at the same time! In this holiday film, a department store Santa must prove he’s the real Kris Kringle before he gets committed to an asylum.

Best Thanksgiving Movies for Older Kids

The Blind Side

Celebrate family and football with this inspirational film about a family who takes in a teen to give him a chance at a better future.

You've Got Mail

The fall scenery in this classic rom-com is a wonderful setting for a Thanksgiving movie marathon — especially when you pair it with a Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks love story. And since the story takes place over the holiday season, it’s a fun addition to any Thanksgiving movie night.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Thanksgiving isn’t just about the turkey – it’s also about shopping for great deals! Get ready for some Black Friday shopping with this Kevin James comedy about a mall cop who thwarts a robbery at his shopping complex.

Tower Heist

When a group of blue-collar workers find out they fell for a Ponzi scheme, they use the business of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to pull off a robbery and get their money back.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

If you have older kids, Steve Martin and John Candy are hilarious in Plains, Trains, and Automobiles, and the comedy ends up being all about true meaning of the holiday.

The movie is rated R though - so keep that in mind.

We also have a Planes, Trains, and Automobiles movie night theme if you watch this film!

Holiday Inn

Celebrate a year’s worth of holidays in one classic movie about an inn that’s only open on holidays, featuring stylish musical numbers from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.

Thanksgiving With The Carters

A family comes together on Thanksgiving to honor their tradition of a Thanksgiving surprise for everyone at the table in this heartfelt holiday movie.

Best Hallmark Thanksgiving Movies

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The Thanksgiving House

When a woman inherits a house in Plymouth from her late aunt, she discovers her new home is the site of the first Thanksgiving feast.

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A Family Thanksgiving

A successful lawyer has a run-in with a bizarre mystic who sends her into an alternate reality where she is a wife and mother hosting Thanksgiving dinner.

Photo Credit: www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com

Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade

When a successful parade director hires a development consultant to maximize the Thanksgiving Day parade’s profits, they quickly become more than co-workers.

We also aren’t above starting to watch Christmas movies! Grab our The Ultimate Christmas Movies List with printables and recipe ideas!

We hope this list of movies helps you plan an old-fashioned Thanksgiving movie night with your family and best friends!

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And don’t forget our Christmas snack ideas or hot cocoa board to help you get in the holiday spirit over the weekend!

If you loved this list of best Thanksgiving movies for kids, also make sure to check out our 35+ Easy Disney Movie Night Dinner & Dessert Ideas!

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