By Movieguide® Contributor
If you’re looking for a magical family movie night, this curated list is for you. From action movies like PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH to gentle films like PADDINGTON, these fantasy movies streaming on Netflix are safe for the whole family to watch.
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Mike Myers plays the title role in SHREK, a fractured fairy tale about a smelly ogre with a bad disposition. Shunned by the human townspeople around him, Shrek is a cynical, no-nonsense creature, whose swamp has been overrun by annoying fairy tale…
Read the Full Review →In SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE, Smurfette wants to understand her true purpose. While playing with Clumsy, Hefty and Brainy in the forest, she accidently gets too close to the forbidden forest. In the bushes, Smurfette sees two eyes looking back at her…
Read the Full Review →LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE is a fun comedy about a talking and singing crocodile and a boy in middle school. Josh is nervous because he has moved to New York City and is going to a new school. One night he hears noises…
Read the Full Review →PADDINGTON is based on the beloved children’s books about a friendly talking bear from “deepest, darkest Peru” who comes to London to find a new home. Paddington the bear finds a temporary home with the Brown family, which includes Henry, his wife,…
Read the Full Review →TROLLS is a delightful animated comedy. King Peggy has led the trolls away from the troll eating Bergens to a safe home. Years pass, and the King’s daughter, Princess Poppy, decides to throw the biggest party to celebrate the years of safety…
Read the Full Review →CHUPA is a delightful, animated fantasy on Netflix. It follows the adventures of a Mexican boy from Kansas, Alejandro, who meets a young Chupacabra on summer vacation in Mexico with his grandfather and his two cousins. Alejandro decides to try and return…
Read the Full Review →THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (2023) is a new movie based on the iconic Nintendo video game about brothers Mario and Luigi, two plumbers from Brooklyn, New York. After Mario and Luigi find a green pipe in the sewers, they are transported…
Read the Full Review →In SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Miles Morales encounters a new supervillain calling himself “The Spot.” The Spot is able to throw a large black spot onto a bank vault and steal money or escape through one of the spots he casts. When…
Read the Full Review →A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON is another great, funny, heartwarming, delightful Aardman Studio stop motion family cartoon. Shaun tries to help an alien find his missing spaceship after it’s taken by a mean government UFO official. Meanwhile, farmer gets the crazy…
Read the Full Review →In the animated movie PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, Puss in Boots realizes he’s on his last life and needs to find the Last Wish star to ask for more lives. However, Puss isn’t the only one searching for the Last…
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