{"id":52785,"date":"2025-11-27T19:06:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/10-great-family-movies-to-watch-on-thanksgiving\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:06:56","slug":"10-great-family-movies-to-watch-on-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/10-great-family-movies-to-watch-on-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Great Family Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Each late November families come together to eat, drink and reminisce as they celebrate being thankful. The holiday itself brings a sense of nostalgia as we gather with loved ones, and for movie lovers this time of year tends to draw us back to the relatable family-focused films we grew up with. These are the family movies we love to watch for <a href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/tags\/thanksgiving\/\">Thanksgiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marked by familiar chaos, cozy vibes and heartfelt themes, these easy-viewing, (mostly) family-friendly comfort movies remind us of our own childhood homes and families, as well as why the latter is still so important long after we\u2019ve already grown up and moved away. Simply put, they give us the warm fuzzies, and isn\u2019t that what the holidays are all about?<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/weirdest-christmas-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Weirdest Christmas Movie From Every Year: 1984-2024<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The \u201980s, \u201990s and 2000s were especially known for their family-centric comedies and drama films, from heartwarming childhood classics such as 1993\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/tags\/mrs-doubtfire\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mrs. Doubtfire<\/a><\/em> to relatable portraits of domestic dysfunction like 2005\u2019s <em>The Family Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As we trek back home and gather with our brood for the holidays, we\u2019re rounding up 10 great films \u2014 including the aforementioned \u2014 perfect for comfort-watching this season. These are the nostalgic movies about family to watch for Thanksgiving. (Warming up leftovers for a mid-movie snack not required, though definitely encouraged.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Cozy and Nostalgic Movies About Family<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>These family-centric films from the \u201880s, \u201890s and 2000s will leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy on the inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Erica Russell <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"branded-app-shortcode-inarticle\">\n<div class=\"logo-wrap\" rel=\"fwef\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Movies to Watch if You Love <em>Wicked<\/em><\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>From sweeping fantasy films to big, bright musicals, fans of <em>Wicked <\/em>will be head over ruby-red heels for these 10 other movies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Erica Russell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=70&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/ixp\/442\/p\/family-movies-to-watch-on-thanksgiving\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each late November families come together to eat, drink and reminisce as they celebrate being thankful. The holiday itself brings a sense of nostalgia&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}