Family Favourite Films

Looking for a good movie to watch with your family? Finding it too time consuming to select what will suit your children's ages?

Children and Media Australia's movie reviews are prepared by a team with child development expertise.

We've put together a selection of our reviews of family favourite films, from Golden Oldies to newer releases, to help you choose what might be age-appropriate and fun for your family. See these reviews below, as well as video reviews of some selected movies.

Happy viewing.

Despicable Me

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 10 (violence, disturbing scenes)
9 September 2010

Age

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Despicable Me 2

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (violence, scary scenes)
20 June 2013

Age

4

5

6

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8

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10

11

12

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16

Dumbo (1941)

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 6 (sad/disturbing scenes and themes (separation from parent, emotional cruelty), tobacco and alcohol consumption, and dated stereotypes)
26 October 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

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16

Elemental

Not suitable under 4; parental guidance to 6 (themes, language, scary scenes)
19 June 2023

Age

4

5

6

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8

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12

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16

Emil and the Detectives

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 7 (violence, scary scenes)
28 July 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

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13

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16

Encanto

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 8 (violence, scary scenes, themes)
1 December 2021

Age

4

5

6

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8

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16

Escape from Planet Earth

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 10 (violence, scary scenes)
8 April 2013

Age

4

5

6

7

8

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12

13

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16

Fantasia

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 7 (scary scenes, stylised nudity, adult themes (alcohol consumption, romance), and out-dated cultural / gender-related depictions)
16 June 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

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16

Finding Dory

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (scary scenes and themes)
16 June 2016

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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16

Finding Nemo (3D)

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (scary characters and scenes)
23 August 2012

Age

4

5

6

7

8

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10

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13

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16

Flight of the Navigator

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 9 (scary scenes and supernatural themes)
7 May 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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13

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16

Flora & Ulysses

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 8 (scary scenes, themes)
18 March 2021

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Flubber

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (violence, sad themes, mild coarse language)
11 August 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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16

Flushed Away

Parental guidance under 8 (scary scenes, violence)
8 December 2006

Age

4

5

6

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8

9

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16

Fox and the Hound, The

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 6 and for sensitive children (emotionally intense and sad themes (death of parent, wild animals getting hunted), violence, and scary scenes)
6 October 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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16

Frozen

Not recommended under 5, PG to 8 (Violence; Scary scenes and characters)
19 December 2013

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

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Frozen 2

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (themes and scary scenes)
2 December 2019

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

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16

Greyfriars Bobby

Parental guidance under 6 (themes, some mildly scary scenes and possible lack of interest)
2 September 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

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15

16

Happy Feet

Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 11 (Themes; Scary scenes; Sexual references)
18 December 2006

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

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16

Happy Feet Two

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (Scary scenes)
20 December 2011

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 5 (violence, reckless behaviour, dated stereotyping)
25 May 2023

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

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16

Honey I Shrunk the Kids

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 10 (violence, scary scenes of peril, themes)
1 May 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

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16

How to Train Your Dragon

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 9 (violence, scary scenes)
25 March 2010

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

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16

Howl's Moving Castle

Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 12 (violence, scary scenes)
3 November 2020

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

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16

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Not recommended under 13, parental guidance recommended 13 to 15 due to violence, disturbing scenes and themes, and coarse language.
17 May 2016

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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16

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