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Thanksgiving Movies: A List of 10 Movies to Watch Over Thanksgiving (Kid's movies included!)

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Thanksgiving is huge in America. Millions of people celebrate the big day with their families. Here is a list of Thanksgiving movies to enjoy with your family.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving - 1973

In a movie written by Charles Schultz and directed by Bill Melendez and Phil Roman, Charlie Brown’s friend Peppermint Patty invites herself, along with all of their friends over to Charlie Brown’s house for Thanksgiving dinner. Now he must figure out what to prepare for everyone to eat.


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Home for the Holidays - 1995

Home for the Holidays is directed by Jodie Foster and written by Chris Radant and W.D. Richter. It stars Holly Hunter as Cynthia, a mom who has just found out that her daughter is spending Thanksgiving with her boyfriend and she must spend Thanksgiving with her family and isn’t sure she will be able to stand their craziness.


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Pieces of April – 2003

Directed and written by Peter Hedges, Pieces of April is a great Thanksgiving movie because it stars Katie Holmes as April, who invites her dying mother and other estranged family members over to her apartment for Thanksgiving.


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Pocahontas – 1995

Pocahontas, a popular Disney animated film, is a great movie for kids to watch around Thanksgiving time as it shows us all that we should be thankful for what we have and who we have in our lives.


Planes, Trains and Automobiles – 1987

This movie is written and directed by John Hughes. It stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, a man struggling to travel home to his family for Thanksgiving and John Candy as Del Griffith, an annoying man who always has something to say whether it be bad jokes, advice or anything else that can start a conversation.


Garfield: Holiday Celebrations – 2004

This was a TV special that went to DVD and is another great Thanksgiving movie for kids. It features Garfield celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. During the Thanksgiving episode, Jon is planning on making a Thanksgiving dinner but he has no idea how to cook a turkey and Garfield of course is starving and ready to eat.


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Holiday Inn – 1942

Bing Crosby stars as Jim Hardy in this film that features an Inn that is only open on holidays where he is trying to get the attention of a beautiful, up-and-coming performer there.


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Miracle on 34th Street – 1994

Miracle on 34th Street opens with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. A young girl has a hard time believing in Santa Claus because her mother told her the secret about him. Now she feels as if she will not receive the things on her Christmas list because she feels as if Santa Claus doesn’t really exist until she meets him at one of the local malls.


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What’s Cooking – 2000

In a movie directed and written by Gurinder Chadha, with the writing help of Paul Mayeda Berges, What’s Cooking is about 4 different ethnic families celebrating Thanksgiving along with their dysfunctional families.


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Hannah and her Sisters – 1986

Hannah and her Sisters is written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Mia Farrow as Hannah and Barbara Hershey as Lee and between 2 Thanksgivings, Hannah’s husband falls in love with Lee, Hannah’s sister which sets off a slew of unfortunate events. It’s a movie filled with laughter and tears and said to be one of Woody Allen’s best films ever.

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Princessa  says:
2 months ago

Pocahontas is the only film I have seen from your list, my little ones liked it a lot.

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