Best Thanksgiving Movies for Kids & Families to Stream 2023

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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