
Family movies
Wholesome entertainment designed for all ages, bringing generations together with heartwarming tales.
Subgenres include: Holiday Family, Christmas Family, Vacation Family.

932. Whale Rider
Drama Family Coming-of-Age Drama2003•1h 41min
Germany, New Zealand
Director: Niki Caro
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A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
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An old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an eight year old girl.

934. Joseph: King of Dreams
Family Animation Drama Family Animation Family Drama2002•1h 14min
United States
Director: Robert C. Ramirez
Vibe
In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his brilliantly colored coat inspires jealousy in his brothers.
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935. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Comedy Family Christmas Family2002•1h 28min
United States
Director: Kirk R. Thatcher
Vibe
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.
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936. Treasure Planet
Science Fiction Adventure Animation Family Fantasy2002•1h 36min
United States
Director: John Musker
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When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.
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It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents and decorations. The gang makes a list of what they want for Christmas and send it to Santa Claus - except that Pooh forgot to ask for something. So he heads out to retrieve the letter and get it to Santa by Christmas...which happens to be tomorrow!

938. Tuck Everlasting
Drama Family Fantasy Romance Coming-of-Age Drama2002•1h 30min
United States
Director: Jay Russell
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Teenager Winnie Foster is growing up in a small rural town in 1914 with her loving but overprotective parents, but Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.
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Get ready as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the rest of the Veggies set sail on a whale of an adventure in Big Idea's first full-length, 3-D animated feature film. This is the story of Jonah and the Whale as you've never seen it before - a story where we learn that one of the best gifts you can give - or get - is a second chance.

940. Barbie as Rapunzel
Animation Family Family Animation Parent-Child Family2002•1h 24min
Canada
Director: Owen Hurley
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Barbie stars as Rapunzel, a young girl who is entrapped by a magical barrier by the wicked, Gothel. Rapunzel finds an escape where she finds a Prince and a feud between two kingdoms which goes back to the day she was kidnapped as a child.



