Family Films
Pattern Statistics
379
Movies
7.0
Avg Arcplot
99
Avg Runtime
1921-2024
Year Range
NaN
Avg IMDb
59%
Avg RT
59
Avg Metacritic
$43694M
Total Box Office
142
With Awards
14.3
Avg Plot Points
Family Films - Narrative Patterns
This compilation of 379 family films demonstrates solid grasp of narrative structure representative of the genre. Covering works from 1921 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 7.0 reveals strong command of beat sheet principles.
Within this genre, 1% of films reach scores above 8.0, suggesting that narrative approaches vary considerably. Genre highlights include Aquamarine (8.0), The Flintstones (8.0), and 3 Men and a Little Lady (7.9).
Length Conventions
Family films in this collection average 1 hour and 39 minutes, indicating focused dramatic arcs.
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1987
101 Dalmatians
1996
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
3 Ninjas
1992
3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
A Christmas Carol
1984
A Christmas Story
1983
A Cinderella Story
2004
A Close Shave
1996
A Dog's Journey
2019
A Dog's Purpose
2017
A Dog's Way Home
2019
A Far Off Place
1993
A Letter to Momo
2012
A Little Princess
1995
A Mile in His Shoes
2011
A Million Minutes
2024
A Monster Calls
2016
A River Runs Through It
1992
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
2019
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
A Wrinkle in Time
2018
Addams Family Values
1993
Agent Cody Banks
2003
Air Bud
1997
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
1998
Aladdin
2019
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Alaska
1996
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Aliens in the Attic
2009
Aline
2021
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
1996
All I Want For Christmas
1991
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2011
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
2015
American Underdog
2021
An American Tail
1986
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
An Extremely Goofy Movie
2000
Angels in the Outfield
1994
Anne of Green Gables
1985
Annie
1982
Annie
2014
Annie
1999
Aquamarine
2006
Are We Done Yet?
2007
Are We There Yet?
2005
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009
Astro Boy
2009
August Rush
2007
Author! Author!
1982
Babe
1995
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
Baby Geniuses
1999
Ballerina
2016
Bambi
1942
Bandslam
2009
Barbie as Rapunzel
2002
Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol'
2008
Barnyard
2006
Barton Fink
1991
Bean
1997
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Bedtime Stories
2008
Bee Movie
2007
Beethoven
1992
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation
2022
Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues
2015
Benji the Hunted
1987
Big Fat Liar
2002
Bigfoot Family
2020
Black Nativity
2013
Blank Check
1994
Bolt
2008
Bratz
2007
Bridge to Terabithia
2007
Brother Bear
2003
Brother Bear 2
2006
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
2017
Casper
1995
Castle in the Sky
1986
Catch That Kid
2004
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Cats Don't Dance
1997
Champions
2018
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Charlotte's Web
1973
Charlotte's Web
2006
Charming
2018
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005
Chicken Little
2005
Children of Heaven
1997
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
Cinderella
2015
Cinderella
1950
Cinderella
1997
Cinderfella
1960
City of Ember
2008
CJ7
2008
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013
Coconut the Dragon
2014
College Road Trip
2008
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Cool Runnings
1993
Cop & ½
1993
Corrina, Corrina
1994
Curious George
2006
Curly Sue
1991
D.A.R.Y.L.
1985
D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994
D3: The Mighty Ducks
1996
Daddy Day Camp
2007
Daddy Day Care
2003
Deck the Halls
2006
Dennis the Menace
1993
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
2010
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2011
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
2017
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Doctor Dolittle
1967
Dolittle
2020
Dolphin Tale
2011
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990
Dudley Do-Right
1999
Dumbo
2019
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Early Man
2018
Earth to Echo
2014
Eight Below
2006
Elf
2003
Ella Enchanted
2004
Encanto
2021
Enchanted
2007
English Vinglish
2012
Furry Vengeance
2010
G-Force
2009
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
Garfield's Pet Force
2009
Getting Even with Dad
1994
Ghost Dad
1990
Gnome Alone
2017
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995
Good Burger
1997
Goodbye Christopher Robin
2017
Gulliver's Travels
2010
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Hairspray
1988
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
Happily N'Ever After
2007
Harriet the Spy
1996
Harry and the Hendersons
1987
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2011
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001
Heavyweights
1995
Help! I'm a Fish
2000
Herbie Fully Loaded
2005
Herbie Goes Bananas
1980
Herbie Rides Again
1974
Hercules
1997
High School Musical
2006
High School Musical 2
2007
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
Hocus Pocus
1993
Holes
2003
Home Alone 3
1997
Home Alone 4
2002
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
1996
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
2011
Hoodwinked!
2005
Hook
1991
Hoosiers
1986
Hoot
2006
Hotel for Dogs
2009
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
How to Eat Fried Worms
2006
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
Hummingbird
2013
I Love You, Beth Cooper
2009
Ice Princess
2005
Igor
2008
Imagine That
2009
Inkheart
2008
It's A Wonderful Life
1946
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Like Stars on Earth
2007
Mac and Me
1988
Madeline
1998
Major Payne
1995
Maleficent
2014
Monster Family
2017
Monster Family 2
2021
Monster House
2006
Monte Carlo
2011
MouseHunt
1997
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
Mr. Holmes
2015
Mr. Magoo
1997
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Mulan
1998
Mulan II
2004
Muppets from Space
1999
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
Race to Witch Mountain
2009
Racetime
2018
Racing Stripes
2005
Raise Your Voice
2004
Ramona and Beezus
2010
Rango
2011
Ratchet & Clank
2016
Rebound
2005
Recess: School's Out
2001
RV
2006
Scoob!
2020
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2004
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
2009
Scrooge
1970
Secondhand Lions
2003
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero
2018
Spirited Away
2001
The Adventures of Milo and Otis
1986
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1996
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
2005
The Air Up There
1994
The Amazing Panda Adventure
1995
The Anderssons Hit the Road
2013
The Anderssons in Greece: All Inclusive
2012
The Anderssons Rock the Mountains
2014
The Ant Bully
2006
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
The Bad Guys
2022
The Bad News Bears
1976
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
1978
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
The Bear
1988
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
The BFG
2016
The Black Cauldron
1985
The Black Stallion
1979
The Black Stallion Returns
1983
The Flight Before Christmas
2008
The Flintstones
1994
The Flying Classroom
2003
The Fox and the Child
2007
The Fox and the Hound
1981
The Game Plan
2007
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
The Good Dinosaur
2015
The Goonies
1985
The Gospel
2005
The Great Mouse Detective
1986
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
The Great Yokai War
2005
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
The Hairy Tooth Fairy
2006
The Kid
1921
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993
The Nut Job
2014
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
2017
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
The Parent Trap
1998
The Parent Trap
1961
The Peanuts Movie
2015
The Polar Express
2004
The Prince of Egypt
1998
The Princess and the Frog
2009
The Princess Bride
1987
The Princess Diaries
2001
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
2004
The Queen's Corgi
2019
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
The Road to El Dorado
2000
The Rocketeer
1991
The Rookie
2002
The Rugrats Movie
1998
The Santa Clause 2
2002
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
2006
The School of the Magical Animals
2021
The Secret Garden
1993
The Secret of Roan Inish
1994
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
2007
The Shack
2017
The Shaggy Dog
2006
The Smurfs 2
2013
The Son of Bigfoot
2017
The Sound of Music
1965
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
2020
The Spy Next Door
2010
The Sword in the Stone
1963
The Tale of Despereaux
2008
The Three Caballeros
1944
The Tigger Movie
2000
The Toy
1982
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
The War with Grandpa
2020
The Water Horse
2007
The Wild Chicks
2006
The Wild Robot
2024
The Witches
1990
The Wizard of Oz
1939
Thumbelina
1994
Time Bandits
1981
Tinker Bell
2008
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
2014
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2009
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
2014
Tom and Huck
1995
Tomorrowland
2015
Tooth Fairy
2010
Top Dog
1995
Toys
1992
Treasure Island
1950
Treasure Planet
2002
Trolls
2016
Trolls Band Together
2023
Trolls World Tour
2020
Tuck Everlasting
2002
Turbo
2013
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
1997
Turner & Hooch
1989
Two Brothers
2004
Two by Two: Overboard!
2020
UglyDolls
2019
Uncle Buck
1989
Underdog
2007
Valiant
2005
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
WALL·E
2008
We Bought a Zoo
2011
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
2008
What a Girl Wants
2003
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
2019
When the Game Stands Tall
2014
Where Is the Friend's House?
1987
Wild Chicks in Love
2007
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971
Wish Dragon
2021
Wolf Children
2012
Wonder
2017
Wonder Park
2019
Wonka
2023
YES DAY
2021
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005
Zookeeper
2011