There are so many ways to celebrate Thanksgiving, from enjoying a delicious turkey dinner with your nearest and dearest to partaking in Thanksgiving traditions like watching football and splitting the wishbone. Even if your day is filled with fun Thanksgiving activities and Thanksgiving games, you're bound to have a little down time at some point. If you ask us, the best way to spend it is by snuggling up on the sofa to watch one or two family-friendly Thanksgiving movies.
To help you kick off your holiday movie marathon, we rounded up the best Thanksgiving movies for kids that are actually enjoyable for the whole family. There are beloved television specials like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, as well asmodern-day fantasies like Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow and Fantastic Mr. Fox. You'll even find a few classic family Christmas movies that will give you a head start on your holiday viewing this year. No matter which film you pick, it's sure to make your little one's hearts feel as full as their bellies!
From the magical mind of the late muppet puppeteer Jim Henson comes a modern-day fairy tale about two kids who travel to the quaint town of Turkey Hollow for Thanksgiving. It's there that they begin an unforgettable adventure to track down the town's elusive "Howling Hoodoo" monster.
Your favorite Looney Tunes stars are back in this two-part Turkey Day special featuring the shorts Bugs Bunny’s Thanksgiving Diet" and "Daffy Duck’s Thanks-for-giving Special."
What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than with a movie about time-traveling turkeys?! In this fun animated comedy, two odd-couple turkeys team up to save their ancestors from the first Thanksgiving.
No holiday is complete without a Peanuts special! In this one, Charlie Brown's lovable pup Snoopy cooks a special Thanksgiving feast along with the rest of the Peanuts gang.
This fun animated adventure follows a group of dinosaurs who are transported to present-day New York City. A memorable Thanksgiving scene involves the dinos posing as animatronics in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
This Thanksgiving, kick off your family's Christmas countdown by watching one of the best holiday movies of all time! If Home Alone doesn't get you in the holiday spirit, we don't know what will.
Thanksgiving is all about cooking—but if you don't want your kids in the kitchen with you, give them a chance to watch another talented chef do his thing in the beloved classic Ratatouille.
It's Thanksgiving and nothing is going according to plan for Winnie the Pooh and his friends. But a nontraditional holiday feast turns out to be the best one of all!
Garfield is known for his insatiable appetite so you can imagine how he must feel when his vet insists that he go on a diet the day before Thanksgiving.
Whether in book or movie form, this heartwarming story of four sisters coming of age in the Civil War era has always been a holiday classic. Greta Gerwig's award-winning adaptation is sure to delight your whole family.
After a man who goes by Kris Kringle saves the famous Thanksgiving parade, his next mission is convince skeptics Dorey Walker and her six-year-old daughter, Susan, that Santa Claus does in fact exist.
Thanksgiving wouldn't be the same without every member of the family, and that includes the dog! So when Arthur's pup Pal disappears, the whole family puts their plans on hold to bring him home in time for the holiday.
Get a head start on your favorite Christmas films by watching this classic fantasy about a young boy who hops a very special ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.
It's the start of the holiday season and only one thing stands between Chicago native Emily Jones and planning the Thanksgiving parade of her dreams. And to her shock and surprise, it turns out that "one thing" just might be the man of her dreams!
In 1963, John-Boy is all grown up and living his dream as a New York writer and television commentator. When he brings his girlfriend home for the holidays, it turns out to be a Thanksgiving they'll never forget.
At first glance, Addams Family Values may feel more like a Halloween movie than a Thanksgiving movie. But we can't overlook Wednesday's impassioned speech about Native American rights during the camp Thanksgiving play.
It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without a little drama, which is exactly why this cult classic about a single mother visiting her dysfunctional family for the holidays feels so relatable.
Do you have a little one who can't get enough of Llama Llama? Then they're sure to love this sweet Thanksgiving episode in which he and his friends spend the day giving back to their community.
Tierney McAfee is a freelance writer and Country Living and The Pioneer Woman contributor who covers entertainment, holiday & entertaining, food & drinks, design ideas, DIY, and more.