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Family Movies

Ernest Goes to School poster
Comedy, Drama, Family

Ernest Goes to School

12/14/1994
America's favorite class clown finally makes the grade!

Jim Varney's recurring dim-bulb character Ernest P. Worrell returns in this film as a school janitor seeking to obtain a high school diploma.

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years poster
Comedy, Family

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years

06/01/2011
The World's Worst dog is Back

Fall into puppy love with “the world’s worst dog”, who now has a frisky voice and an attitude to match. Join Marley for his mischievous puppy years, as he and his summer pal, Bodie Grogan, wreak havoc on a neighborhood dog contest. Marley outwits Dobermans, Shepherds and Collies, while stealing hearts in his own unique and lovable way. Get your paws on MARLEY & ME: THE PUPPY YEARS and fetch big laughs for the whole family!

Ernest Goes to Jail poster
Comedy, Crime, Family

Ernest Goes to Jail

04/06/1990
Guilty of Maximum Fun in the First Degree!

Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up.

The Santa Clause 2 poster
Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The Santa Clause 2

09/29/2002
What's Christmas Fun without some Reindeer Games?

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

Ernest Goes to Camp poster
Comedy, Family

Ernest Goes to Camp

05/22/1987
Welcome to Kamp Kikakee, the craziest summer camp ever!

Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenile delinquents while stopping a shady strip mining company from closing the camp as well.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! poster
Animation, Comedy, Family

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

12/18/1966
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

Jack Frost poster
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy

Jack Frost

11/15/1998
Jack Frost is getting a second chance to be the world's coolest dad... if he doesn't melt first.

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

A Christmas Story poster
Comedy, Family

A Christmas Story

PG 11/18/1983
A tribute to the original, traditional, one-hundred-percent, red-blooded, two-fisted, all-American Christmas.

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

Doctor Dolittle poster
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music

Doctor Dolittle

12/05/1967
Ride across the sea inside the GIANT PINK SEA SNAIL!

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

October Sky poster
Drama, Family

October Sky

02/19/1999
Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.

Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.

The Man Who Invented Christmas poster
Comedy, Drama, Family, History

The Man Who Invented Christmas

10/12/2017
How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition.

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

Christmas with the Kranks poster
Comedy, Family

Christmas with the Kranks

11/24/2004
Their Christmas will turn the town upside down!

When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever!

Noelle poster
Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Noelle

11/12/2019
Saving Christmas together? Oh, joy.

Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.

Hoosiers poster
Drama, Family

Hoosiers

11/14/1986
They needed a second chance to finish first.

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.

A Castle for Christmas poster
Comedy, Family, Romance

A Castle for Christmas

11/26/2021
Come home to where your dreams began.

To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle -- and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.

Ernest Goes to Africa poster
Comedy, Family

Ernest Goes to Africa

06/27/1997

The title says it all. There's a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene wants a man of action, and doesn't think that Ernest fits the bill. After the bad guys come looking for the stolen diamonds and kidnap Rene, all of her fantasies come true as Ernest has to go to Africa to rescue her.

A Christmas Story Christmas poster
Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy

A Christmas Story Christmas

12/08/2022
Ralphie comes home.

Ralphie is now all grown up and must deal with Christmas and all that comes with it… as a dad.

Home Alone poster
Comedy, Family

Home Alone

11/16/1990
A family comedy without the family.

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.