Family Films
Pattern Statistics
711
Movies
6.8
Avg Arcplot
100
Avg Runtime
1921-2025
Year Range
NaN
Avg IMDb
54%
Avg RT
54
Avg Metacritic
$77677M
Total Box Office
646
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Family Films - Narrative Patterns
This body of work of 711 family films exhibits solid grasp of narrative structure common to the genre. Spanning works from 1921 to 2025, the average Arcplot score of 7.1 indicates careful attention to story structure.
Within this genre, 1% of films reach scores above 8.0, suggesting that narrative approaches vary considerably. Exemplary works include Aquamarine (8.0), Return to Never Land (8.0), and Short Circuit (8.0).
Duration Characteristics
Family films in this sample average 1 hour and 40 minutes, indicating focused dramatic arcs.
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*batteries not included
1987
101 Dalmatians
1996
102 Dalmatians
2000
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 Little Something Extra
2024
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 Simple Wish
1997
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
Alibi.com
2017
Alice in Wonderland
1951
Alice in Wonderland
2010
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Aliens in the Attic
2009
Aline
2021
All About Steve
2009
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
Autumn and the Black Jaguar
2024
Average Joe
2024
Babe
1995
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
Baby Geniuses
1999
Ballerina
2016
Bambi
1942
Bandslam
2009
Barnyard
2006
Barton Fink
1991
Bean
1997
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Beauty and the Beast
1991
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
Because of Winn-Dixie
2005
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Bedtime Stories
2008
Bee Movie
2007
Bee Season
2005
Beethoven
1992
Beethoven's 2nd
1993
Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter
2018
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
2018
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Cats Don't Dance
1997
Champions
2018
Change of Plans
2009
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Charlotte's Web
1973
Charlotte's Web
2006
Cheaper by the Dozen
2003
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005
Cheetah
1989
Chicken Little
2005
Children of Heaven
1997
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Christmas with the Kranks
2004
Christmas Wreaths and Ribbons
2024
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
College Road Trip
2008
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Cool Runnings
1993
Cop & ½
1993
Coraline
2009
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
1987
Dennis the Menace
1993
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
2010
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2012
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
Dolphin Tale 2
2014
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019
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
Elio
2025
Ella Enchanted
2004
Encanto
2021
Enchanted
2007
Epic
2013
Eragon
2006
Ernest Goes to Camp
1987
Ernest Goes to Jail
1990
Ernest Saves Christmas
1988
Escape to Witch Mountain
1975
Evan Almighty
2007
Explorers
1985
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
Family Switch
2023
Fantasia
1940
Fantasia 2000
2000
Fat Albert
2004
Father of the Bride Part II
1995
Ferdinand
2017
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992
Finding Your Feet
2017
Finian's Rainbow
1968
Firehouse Dog
2007
Flicka
2006
Flight of the Navigator
1986
Flipper
1996
Flow
2024
Flubber
1997
Fly Away Home
1996
Follow That Bird
1985
Frankenweenie
2012
Freakier Friday
2025
Freaky Friday
2003
Freaky Friday
1976
Free Birds
2013
Free Willy
1993
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995
Frequency
2000
Friendly Persuasion
1956
Frozen II
2019
Furry Vengeance
2010
G-Force
2009
Garfield
2004
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
Guest from the Future
2024
Gulliver's Travels
2010
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Hachiko
2023
Hairspray
1988
Hannah Montana: The Movie
2009
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
Hi Nanna
2023
High School Musical
2006
High School Musical 2
2007
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008
Hocus Pocus
1993
Holes
2003
Home Alone
1990
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
Horton Hears a Who!
2008
Hotel for Dogs
2009
Hotel Transylvania
2012
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
How to Eat Fried Worms
2006
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
2024
Howl's Moving Castle
2004
Hugo
2011
Hummingbird
2013
I Love You, Beth Cooper
2009
Ice Princess
2005
Igor
2008
Imagine That
2009
Inkheart
2008
Iron Mask
2019
Iron Will
1994
It Takes Two
1995
It's A Wonderful Life
1946
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1966
Jack
1996
Jack Frost
1998
James and the Giant Peach
1996
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001
Jingle All the Way
1996
Joe Somebody
2001
Johnson Family Vacation
2004
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
2002
Joseph: King of Dreams
2002
Journey to Bethlehem
2023
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
2011
Jumanji
1995
Jungle 2 Jungle
1997
Kangaroo Jack
2003
Kicking & Screaming
2005
Kiki's Delivery Service
1989
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
2008
Kleks Academy
2024
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
Labyrinth
1986
Lady and the Tramp
2019
Larger Than Life
1996
Lassie
1994
Lassie Come Home
1943
Latte and the Magic Waterstone
2019
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Life with Mikey
1993
Lightyear
2022
Like Mike
2002
Like Stars on Earth
2007
Lilo & Stitch
2002
Little Giants
1994
Little Man Tate
1991
Little Women
1949
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
Love Don't Co$t a Thing
2003
Love the Coopers
2015
Luca
2021
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
2022
Mac and Me
1988
Madeline
1998
Major Payne
1995
Maleficent
2014
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
2019
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022
Marley & Me
2008
Marmaduke
2010
Mars Needs Moms
2011
Martian Child
2007
Mary and The Witch's Flower
2017
Mary Poppins
1964
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
Material Girls
2006
Matilda
1996
Max
2015
McFarland, USA
2015
Meet Dave
2008
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944
Megamind
2010
Melody Time
1948
Mia and the White Lion
2018
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
2016
Migration
2023
Million Dollar Arm
2014
Millions
2004
Miracle on 34th Street
1994
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
Miracles from Heaven
2016
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
2023
Mirai
2018
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Missing Link
2019
Monster Family
2017
Monster Family 2
2021
Monster House
2006
Monte Carlo
2011
Moonbound
2021
MouseHunt
1997
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
Mr. Holmes
2015
Mr. Magoo
1997
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
Mulan
1998
Mulan II
2004
Muppets from Space
1999
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
My Bodyguard
1980
My Dog Skip
2000
My Favorite Martian
1999
My Girl 2
1994
My Grandfather's People
2011
My Little Pony: The Movie
2017
Nancy Drew
2007
Nanny McPhee
2005
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
2010
National Velvet
1945
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!
2012
Newsies
1992
Nice View
2022
Night at the Museum
2006
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Nim's Island
2008
Nine Lives
2016
Norm of the North
2016
October Sky
1999
Old Dogs
2009
Oliver & Company
1988
Oliver Twist
2005
Oliver!
1968
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
One Magic Christmas
1985
Open Season 2
2008
Over the Hedge
2006
Overcomer
2019
Oz the Great and Powerful
2013
Paddington
2014
Paddington 2
2017
Paddington in Peru
2024
Paper Planes
2014
ParaNorman
2012
Parenthood
1989
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2010
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
Peter Pan
1953
Peter Pan
2003
Piglet's Big Movie
2003
Pinocchio
2019
Pinocchio
2002
Planes
2013
Playing with Fire
2019
Pocahontas
1995
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1998
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
Pollyanna
1960
Poly
2020
Popeye
1980
Post Grad
2009
Problem Child
1990
Problem Child 2
1991
Prom
2011
Race to Witch Mountain
2009
Racing Stripes
2005
Raise Your Voice
2004
Ramona and Beezus
2010
Rango
2011
Ratchet & Clank
2016
Rebound
2005
Recess: School's Out
2001
Red Dog: True Blue
2016
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
Return to Never Land
2002
Return to Oz
1985
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
1994
Rise
2022
Rise of the Guardians
2012
Road to Morocco
1942
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020
Robin Hood
1973
Robinson Crusoe
2016
Robots
2005
Rock Dog
2016
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
RocketMan
1997
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021
Rookie of the Year
1993
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
2023
Rugrats Go Wild
2003
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000
RV
2006
Santa Claus: The Movie
1985
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
Shaun the Sheep Movie
2015
Sherlock Gnomes
2018
Shipwrecked
1990
Short Circuit
1986
Short Circuit 2
1988
Shorts
2009
Sidekicks
1992
Simon Birch
1998
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
1977
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
Sing
2016
Sky High
2005
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Sleepover
2004
Smart House
1999
Snow Buddies
2008
Snow Day
2000
Snow Dogs
2002
Son of the Mask
2005
Song of the South
1946
Sonic the Hedgehog
2020
Soul
2020
Soul Surfer
2011
Space Jam
1996
SpaceCamp
1986
Speed Racer
2008
Spirit Untamed
2021
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002
Spirited
2022
Spirited Away
2001
Spread Your Wings
2019
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
Star Kid
1997
Stormbreaker
2006
Strange World
2022
Stuart Little
1999
Stuart Little 2
2002
Summer Hours
2008
Super Mario Bros.
1993
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
2004
Superwho?
2022
Surf Ninjas
1993
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
Ta Ra Rum Pum
2007
Tarzan
2013
Tarzan II
2005
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
That Darn Cat!
1965
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958
The Addams Family 2
2021
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
The Adventures of Huck Finn
1993
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 Ant Bully
2006
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
1979
The Bad Guys
2022
The Bad Guys 2
2025
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 Borrowers
1997
The Boxtrolls
2014
The Boy and the Beast
2015
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
The Brave Little Toaster
1987
The Call of the Wild
2020
The Cannonball Run
1981
The Cat in the Hat
2003
The Cat Returns
2002
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
The Country Bears
2002
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
2002
The Croods: A New Age
2020
The Dark Crystal
1982
The Devil and Max Devlin
1981
The Dragon Pearl
2011
The Emoji Movie
2017
The Errand Boy
1961
The Family Plan
2023
The Flintstones
1994
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000
The Forge
2024
The Fox and the Child
2007
The Fox and the Hound
1981
The Game Plan
2007
The Golden Compass
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 Grinch
2018
The Hobbit
1977
The Honeymooners
2005
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
The Indian in the Cupboard
1995
The Journey of Natty Gann
1985
The Jungle Book
1994
The Jungle Bunch: Operation Meltdown
2023
The Karate Kid
1984
The Karate Kid
2010
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
The Karate Kid Part III
1989
The Kid
2000
The Kid
1921
The Kid Who Would Be King
2019
The King and I
1999
The Land Before Time
1988
The Last Song
2010
The Lego Batman Movie
2017
The Lion King
2019
The Lion King 1½
2004
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
1998
The Little Mermaid
2023
The Little Mermaid
1989
The Little Rascals
1994
The Little Vampire
2000
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2003
The Love Bug
1968
The Magic Roundabout
2004
The Man from Snowy River
1982
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977
The Master of Disguise
2002
The Mighty Ducks
1992
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992
The Muppet Movie
1979
The Muppets
2011
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
The Music Man
1962
The Namesake
2006
The NeverEnding Story
1984
The Next Karate Kid
1994
The Night My Dad Saved Christmas
2023
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 Real Sister
2024
The Rescuers Down Under
1990
The Road to El Dorado
2000
The Rocketeer
1991
The Rookie
2002
The Rugrats Movie
1998
The Santa Clause
1994
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 Garden
2020
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 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
2006
The Wild Robot
2024
The Witches
1990
The Wizard of Oz
1939
The Wolf and the Lion
2021
Three Wishes
1995
Thumbelina
1994
Time Bandits
1981
Titeuf
2011
TMNT
2007
Tolo Tolo
2020
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
UglyDolls
2019
Unaccompanied Minors
2006
Uncle Buck
1989
Underdog
2007
Valiant
2005
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
WALL·E
2008
War of the Buttons
2011
We Are Family
2016
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 Park
2019
Wonka
2023
YES DAY
2021
Yours, Mine & Ours
2005
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005
Zookeeper
2011