Thanksgiving weekend has typically been a time when movie studios make their greatest box-office numbers, and watching family-friendly Thanksgiving movies together is a great way to kick off the holiday season. Plan your holiday entertainment with this list — Thanksgiving movies to watch with friends and family — and settle in with a cup of coffee and some pumpkin pie.
We tend to underestimate the power of a good flick to bring our families together on Thanksgiving. "As far as holiday-themed movies go, the attention is always on Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day. The best Thanksgiving movies for families are far less considered," Anna Moeslein wrote for Glamour. "And that's a shame considering all the drama — or joy! — that comes with putting your entire family in a room filled with turkey and potatoes."
If you don't feel like leaving the house to see a film at a movie theater, this list of family Thanksgiving movies can be watched right from the comfort of your home.
Family-friendly movie options for young kids
Put these on your watch list: Thanksgiving movies for grown-ups
Sometimes you just need to watch a movie made for adults, but with everyone over for Thanksgiving dinner, it's imperative that it's family-friendly. This list of Thanksgiving movies is safe to watch even with little ones in and out of the room.
9. Best Leftovers Ever
The Netflix series Best Leftovers Ever might just inspire you to create something amazing. In this series, home cooks compete to turn leftovers into something new in hopes of going home with the $10,000 prize.
10. Home for the Holidays
Holly Hunter plays single mom Claudia, who travels without her teen daughter to her childhood home to spend the holiday with her dysfunctional family.
11. Dutch
Ed O'Neill (Dutch) finds himself in charge of driving his divorced girlfriend's snobby teen son from his private school in Atlanta to his mother's home in Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday.
12. You've Got Mail
The classic Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan pairing never disappoints. This movie may even have you feeling nostalgic for the old days of dial-up internet.
13. Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
In true Hallmark Channel holiday movie fashion, this boy-meets-girl Thanksgiving movie from 2012 begins with a misunderstanding but blossoms into something more.
