Family-Friendly Movies
Thanks to each of you who have contributed to the Family-Friendly Movie List! The movies on this list have been recommended by listeners. They are not endorsed by WBGL. Every family's standards for family-friendliness are different, so you may want to check movie ratings and reviews, and/or preview movies before allowing your children to watch them.
Two great sites to check movie reviews are:
Plugged In Online and Christianity Today
A Bear Named Winnie (this may be hard to find, but it is excellent)
Abbot and Costello films
Air Buddies
Anne of Avonlea
Anne of Green Gables
Ant Bully
Any of Disney's The Mighty Ducks
Any of the Barbie Movies
Apple Dumplin' Gang - Don Knotts/Tim Conway
Back to the Future I and III (II may not be as family friendly)
Balloon Farm
Balto
Batman (original 1960s version)
Because of Winn Dixie
Cars
Cheaper By the Dozen
Chicken Little
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Christmas in Connecticut
Disney's Incredible Journey
Disney's Iron Will
Disney's Old Yeller
Disney's The Swiss Family Robinson
Dr. Doolittle 3
Dreamer (Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning)
E.T.
Eight Below
Elf
Ever After
Facing the Giants
Family man (for adults with teens only)
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
Fly Away Home
Freaky Friday (1970's version with Jodie Foster)
Heart and Souls
Heidi
Hometown Legend
Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound II
In Search of Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wassie Woodle Woo! (1985) Tim Noah
Invisible
It's a Wonderful Life
John Doe
Joshua
Joshua
Kayla
Lassie
Last Chance Detectives
Little House On The Prairie
Little Princess (remake of the Shirley Temple one)
Little Women
Madagascar (for older kids)
Madeline
Mary Poppins
McGee and Me series
Miracle on 34th Street
Monsters, Inc.
Mrs. Doubtfire
National Velvet
One Night with the King
Polar Express
Remember the Titans
Rigoletto
Roman Holiday - Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn (romance)
Rudy
Sandlot
Sarah Plain and Tall series - Glenn Close, Christopher Walken
Seasons of the Heart
Secondhand Lions
Secret of Treasure Mountain (with the Buttercream Gang)
Shakiest Gun in the West - Don Knotts
Shirley Temple Movies
Stewart Little
Story Lady (with Jessica Tandy)
Summer of the Monkeys
Support Your Local Gunfighter - James Garner
Support Your Local Sherriff - James Garner
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
The Andy Griffith Show
The Buttercream Gang
The Christmas Shoes
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken - Don Knotts
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken with Don Knotts
The Greatest Game Ever Played
The Hobbit (Cartoon Movie)
The Incredibles
The Inspector General - Danny Kaye (Just about any movie with Danny Kaye)
The King and I (the original film)
The Music Man
The Princess Bride
The Ride
The Rogue Stallion
The Rookie
The Rookie
The Sandlot
The Sound of Music
The Trip to Bountiful
The Waltons
Toy Story
Troop Beverly Hills
Veggie Tales series
Walking Across Egypt
White Christmas
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (original version)
Willow
Yours, Mine, and Ours" with Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda
Zathura
