Defining Genre
THE FAMILY
CINEMA FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM
The films that have to land for the kid AND the grandparent. The hardest brief in the business, disguised as the friendliest.
Peak 2010s
5,797
Films Catalogued
66.2
Avg Master Score
6.2
Avg IMDb
2010s
Peak Decade
ROBERT STEVENSON
Top Director
Of which 96 earned Oscar nominations or wins
The Defining Three
ESSENTIAL VIEWING
Top-ranked by master score. If you only saw three films from this decade, these are the three.
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5,797/5,797 films
Master Score
Awards
Showing 50 of 5797
01
T
The Kid
1921 · Charles Chaplin
94.3
02Klaus
2019 · Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López
93.1
03Like Stars on Earth
2007 · Aamir Khan
92.8
04My Neighbor Totoro
1988 · Hayao Miyazaki
92.6
05Dangal
2016 · Nitesh Tiwari
92.2
06Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · David Yates
91.9
07Song of the Sea
2014 · Tomm Moore
91.5
08How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
2024 · Pat Boonnitipat
91.1
09Howl's Moving Castle
2004 · Hayao Miyazaki
91.1
10Wonder
2017 · Stephen Chbosky
91.0
11The Sound of Music
1965 · Robert Wise · 5 Oscars
90.6
12Drishyam
2013 · Jeethu Joseph
90.4
13T
The Cameraman
1928 · Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton
90.3
14The Jungle Book
1967 · Wolfgang Reitherman
90.2
15Cinderella
1950 · Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
90.1
16Kes
1969 · Ken Loach
89.7
17Mary Poppins
1964 · Robert Stevenson · 5 Oscars
89.7
18One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961 · Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
89.6
19A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965 · Bill Melendez
89.5
20Chak De! India
2007 · Shimit Amin
89.1
21The Foster Brothers
1976 · Ertem Egilmez
89.0
22Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964 · Larry Roemer
88.6
23The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 · John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Ben Sharpsteen
88.6
24Wolf Children
2012 · Mamoru Hosoda
88.5
25Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Alfonso Cuarón
88.5
26The Muppet Movie
1979 · James Frawley
88.5
27Zootopia 2
2025 · Jared Bush, Byron Howard
88.5
28Bambi
1942 · James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand
88.4
29The Lion King
1994 · Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff · 2 Oscars
88.4
30Happy Days
1978 · Orhan Aksoy
88.4
31The Karate Kid
1984 · John G. Avildsen
88.4
32I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018 · Shin'ichirô Ushijima
88.2
33Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise · 2 Oscars
88.1
34Oficina do Diabo
2025 · Filipe Valerim
88.1
35A Christmas Story
1983 · Bob Clark
88.0
36Alice in Wonderland
1951 · Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
87.9
37Togo
2019 · Ericson Core
87.9
38J
Jibon Theke Neya
1970 · Zahir Raihan
87.8
39Meiyazhagan
2024 · C. Prem Kumar
87.8
40It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1966 · Bill Melendez
87.8
41Inside Out 2
2024 · Kelsey Mann
87.7
42Aladdin
1992 · Ron Clements, John Musker · 2 Oscars
87.7
43Ron's Gone Wrong
2021 · Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez
87.7
44A Christmas Carol
1951 · Brian Desmond Hurst
87.7
45Way Out West
1937 · James W. Horne
87.7
46Peter Pan
1953 · Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
87.7
47The King and the Mockingbird
1980 · Paul Grimault
87.7
48Natsamrat
2016 · Mahesh Manjrekar, Satish Padwal
87.7
49Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 · Chris Columbus
87.7
50E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Steven Spielberg · 4 Oscars
87.6
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