Thanksgiving Movies, a list by fuzi0n

71

/3138/

71

/415/

3.5

/216445/

87

/214/

85

/472/

66

/37/

2.0

age 15+

A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname 'Roofman'. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.

78

8.2

/913486/

81

/24883/

81

/12666/

4.3

/1941622/

81

/248/

87

/5970/

70

/53/

2.5

age 18+

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

45

5.6

/13356/

65

/2931/

65

/442/

2.4

/20865/

31

/29/

34

/104/

38

/8/

1.0

age 13+

Now that Dan's assassin days are behind him, all he wants for Christmas is quality time with his kids. But when he learns his daughter has her own plans, he books a family trip to London—putting them all in the crosshairs of an unexpected enemy.

74

7.4

/952533/

75

/33100/

73

/20177/

3.9

/2160457/

90

/278/

67

/1692241/

73

/38/

2.5

age 11+

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.

75

8.0

/1237755/

82

/122824/

76

/32224/

3.7

/2508176/

85

/345/

90

/10923/

65

/49/

2.0

age 17+

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

69

6.7

/565314/

69

/21921/

70

/15837/

3.3

/1600281/

83

/227/

51

/1479913/

72

/40/

3.0

age 8+

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.

82

7.8

/480999/

78

/11140/

75

/5824/

3.9

/307833/

81

/213/

90

/84/

76

/38/

4.0

age 17+

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

79

8.0

/364087/

80

/6287/

77

/3775/

3.9

/390830/

82

/50/

92

/5058/

57

/14/

3.5

age 16+

Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.

52

6.3

/64725/

66

/1580/

63

/1015/

2.9

/50199/

24

/114/

49

/1136/

38

/32/

2.5

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.

71

7.2

/232888/

73

/6223/

72

/4175/

3.4

/132840/

72

/170/

73

/18434/

68

/35/

age 17+

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.

65

6.8

/167089/

70

/4359/

68

/2305/

3.2

/98514/

53

/132/

80

/11140/

49

/31/

3.0

age 18+

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

85

7.9

/379873/

75

/10243/

74

/5396/

3.8

/596359/

97

/331/

80

/5046/

100

/50/

4.0

age 15+

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

65

6.6

/146864/

72

/8236/

65

/2235/

3.2

/272113/

73

/59/

66

/8128/

57

/13/

2.5

age 9+

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

51

6.3

/26780/

Trakt

65

/1775/

65

/592/

3.0

/118617/

36

/188/

59

/586/

39

/41/

1.0

age 13+

An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

71

7.6

/383068/

78

/12105/

76

/6679/

3.4

/435161/

66

/204/

85

/19477/

53

/29/

age 11+

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

67

6.7

/50562/

73

/2744/

67

/1128/

3.4

/72234/

59

/34/

62

/1656/

3.0

age 5+

Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.

79

7.6

/178858/

76

/6247/

72

/2129/

3.8

/260730/

93

/68/

87

/5815/

72

/22/

3.5

age 15+

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

51

5.5

/29444/

60

/2464/

58

/416/

2.3

/96623/

48

/104/

33

/438/

51

/30/

2.5

age 15+

When two weddings are accidentally booked on the same day at the same venue, each bridal party is challenged with preserving their family's special moment while making the most of the unanticipated tight quarters. In a hilarious battle of determination and grit, the father of the bride and sister of the other bride chaotically go head-to-head as they stop at nothing to uphold an unforgettable celebration for their loved ones.

79

7.4

/240621/

77

/14723/

76

/6920/

4.1

/971634/

86

/154/

78

/9342/

75

/31/

3.5

age 6+

As Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet, wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischievous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and ʻohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family.

62

6.4

/175498/

68

/6735/

63

/3226/

3.2

/169083/

76

/38/

54

/11117/

63

/11/

2.0

age 6+

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

40

4.7

/82851/

54

/3154/

52

/1953/

2.3

/108985/

17

/48/

32

/6155/

33

/14/

age 15+

Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.

67

6.5

/68662/

62

/2202/

62

/802/

3.1

/323336/

78

/335/

57

/734/

77

/62/

3.0

age 15+

A towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

84

7.8

/166225/

78

/4389/

76

/2163/

4.0

/280184/

96

/71/

93

/3912/

76

/20/

4.0

age 17+

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

63

6.0

/63944/

62

/3638/

61

/1356/

3.1

/150133/

75

/184/

51

/68/

64

/31/

3.0

age 16+

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

79

7.8

/278664/

77

/5985/

75

/3038/

3.8

/218403/

83

/208/

90

/27741/

72

/39/

3.5

age 15+

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

70

6.8

/328595/

70

/14327/

66

/6367/

3.4

/310327/

85

/280/

63

/8460/

70

/38/

3.0

age 15+

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

72

6.7

/56077/

69

/3750/

66

/1287/

3.3

/74494/

85

/215/

84

/629/

66

/40/

3.0

age 16+

A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

50

6.2

/87206/

65

/4582/

69

/2314/

2.6

/275646/

45

/60/

54

/226/

44

/15/

0.5

age 16+

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

63

6.5

/186061/

65

/5518/

63

/2583/

2.8

/101394/

65

/194/

66

/11943/

56

/33/

3.0

age 18+

Lifelong platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve their respective cash-flow problems by making an adult film together. As the cameras roll, however, the duo begin to sense that they may have more feelings for each other than they previously thought.

82

7.9

/60708/

78

/2151/

73

/815/

3.8

/78270/

96

/52/

87

/1364/

88

/10/

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

72

7.3

/134100/

77

/9234/

75

/3149/

3.5

/265568/

82

/155/

83

/919/

57

/28/

2.5

age 13+

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

52

5.9

/112767/

63

/3405/

62

/2566/

3.0

/182848/

34

/204/

42

/4756/

50

/39/

2.0

age 14+

Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali.

60

5.3

/27465/

57

/3220/

61

/902/

2.3

/47264/

60

/125/

50

/136/

53

/29/

4.0

age 16+

A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge his son's death.

68

6.2

/78804/

64

/4307/

64

/1488/

2.9

/366005/

83

/150/

77

/300/

63

/34/

3.0

age 17+

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

59

6.5

/122827/

67

/4114/

66

/2316/

3.2

/164803/

58

/40/

60

/3512/

38

/12/

age 15+

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

72

7.3

/246684/

75

/7780/

72

/4660/

3.8

/305200/

70

/33/

82

/6740/

61

/9/

age 11+

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.

63

7.3

/22663/

73

/675/

76

/481/

2.9

/6976/

32

/59/

84

/2559/

49

/16/

age 10+

When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.

78

7.3

/123217/

73

/3054/

72

/1709/

3.3

/62185/

85

/106/

81

/1620/

81

/17/

4.0

age 13+

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

76

7.5

/196121/

72

/2996/

69

/1813/

3.7

/84600/

84

/194/

87

/24531/

77

/36/

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.

64

7.1

/40555/

73

/2333/

71

/870/

3.4

/41086/

53

/165/

70

/332/

56

/40/

2.0

age 14+

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

57

6.4

/157303/

67

/11458/

65

/4929/

2.9

/315722/

51

/166/

54

/828/

48

/26/

2.0

age 14+

Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

77

7.5

/73500/

75

/1902/

73

/724/

3.6

/61706/

80

/49/

90

/5401/

71

/22/

3.5

age 11+

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.

59

6.8

/275578/

70

/7382/

66

/4061/

2.9

/66961/

56

/200/

55

/6269/

56

/38/

2.0

age 15+

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

67

7.2

/106184/

72

/2273/

71

/1543/

3.4

/92781/

57

/63/

79

/3281/

62

/19/

2.5

age 16+

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

67

6.9

/122137/

72

/5465/

69

/3233/

3.8

/281155/

76

/115/

64

/5760/

61

/21/

2.0

age 12+

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

66

7.2

/95067/

73

/2563/

73

/1981/

3.5

/108657/

57

/42/

69

/405/

49

/13/

age 17+

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

65

7.0

/57033/

73

/2125/

67

/721/

3.4

/27448/

67

/46/

74

/2088/

53

/16/

2.0

age 14+

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.

60

6.2

/156509/

65

/6068/

61

/3095/

2.8

/98450/

67

/195/

48

/4087/

59

/39/