Best Family movies of recent years

Wonka(2023)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers.



The Little Mermaid(2023)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince.



Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.(2023)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 86

When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.



Hocus Pocus 2(2022)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 67

Two young women accidentally bring back the Sanderson Sisters to modern day Salem and must figure out how to stop the child-hungry witches from wreaking havoc on the world.



Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore(2022)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Albus Dumbledore assigns Newt and his allies with a mission related to the rising power of Grindelwald.



Pinocchio(2022)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A puppet is brought to life by a fairy, who assigns him to lead a virtuous life in order to become a real boy.



Haunted Mansion(2023)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 68

A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts.



We Have a Ghost(2023)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 57

Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin's family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin and Ernest investigate the mystery of Ernest's past, they become a target of the CIA.



Candy Cane Lane(2023)

Combined Rating:
61
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A man is determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest. He makes a pact with an elf to help him win--and the elf casts a spell that brings the 12 days of Christmas to life, which brings unexpected chaos to town.



My Penguin Friend(2024)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Inspired by a true story; an enchanting adventure about a lost penguin rescued from an oil spill, who transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They soon become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.



The Munsters(2022)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 53

Reboot of "The Munsters," that followed a family of monsters who moves from Transylvania to an American suburb.



Family Switch(2023)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 36

Jennifer Garner, Emma Myers, Ed Helms,
McG,

When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the Walkers to wake up to a full body switch, can they unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal, and soccer tryout?



Crater(2023)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 56

After the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a legendary crater, along with his four best friends, prior to permanently leaving the Moon and relocated to another planet.



Merry Little Batman(2023)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Damian Wayne is left alone at home while his father, Batman, goes out to help the Justice League on Christmas Eve, but ends up discovering a plot in Gotham to steal Christmas and take the chance to be a superhero like Batman.



Snow White(2025)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Gal Gadot, Rachel Zegler, Emilia Faucher,
Marc Webb,

A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs and a group of rebels to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen.



The Legend of Ochi(2025)

Combined Rating:
48
Combined Critics Rating: 67

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy girl is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when she discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.



Better Nate Than Ever(2022)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 56

13-year-old Nate Foster fantasizes about becoming a big Broadway star. He and his best friend Litty mastermind a daring trip to New York City to audition for "Lilo and Stitch: The Musical".



Spirited(2022)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 58

A musical version of Charles Dickens's story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.



Something from Tiffany's(2022)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Follows a woman as her life gets upended when an engagement ring that was for someone else leads her to the person she's meant to be with.