Best G Rated Movies for Families

Overview

A young Viking with aspirations of becoming a dragon hunter befriends a young dragon, and learns more about the creatures than he ever assumed.

Director

Chris Sanders

Cast

Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill

Duration

94 minutes

Overview

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

Director

Andrew Adamson

Cast

Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel

Duration

90 minutes

Overview

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.

Director

Rob Reiner

Cast

Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, André Roussimoff

Duration

98 minutes

Overview

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

Director

Wes Anderson

Cast

George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe

Duration

83 minutes

Overview

The story of August Pullman - a boy with facial differences - who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Director

Stephen Chbosky

Cast

Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Julia Roberts, Izabela Vidovic, Danielle Rose Russell

Duration

109 minutes

Overview

Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.

Director

Steven Spielberg

Cast

Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg

Duration

107 minutes

Overview

The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.

Director

Chris Renaud

Cast

Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper

Duration

83 minutes

Overview

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.

Director

Bob Persichetti

Cast

Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry

Duration

112 minutes

Overview

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Cast

Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Patricia Hayes

Duration

94 minutes

Overview

In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

Director

Rob Letterman

Cast

Justice Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe

Duration

100 minutes