School Holiday Movie Guide

The school holidays are coming! Check out our reviews of movies, in cinemas and streaming.

CMA has gathered together a selection of movies to watch in the school holidays. We hope these reviews will help you choose what might be age-appropriate and fun for your family.  

Happy viewing.

Avatar: The Way of Water

Not suitable under 10; not recommended under 12; parental guidance to 13 (violence, scary scenes)
22 December 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Back to the Outback

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 6 (cartoon violence, threat and peril, themes of bullying and abandonment)
7 December 2021

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Bad Guys, The

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 9 (violence, scary scene, themes)
31 March 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Best Birthday Ever

Parental guidance to 4 (scary scenes)
8 August 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Better Nate Than Ever

Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 11 (themes, sexual inferences and mild language)
18 May 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Big Trip 2: Special Delivery

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 7 (violence, scary scenes)
25 January 2023

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Blueback

Not recommended under 8; parental guidance to 9 (themes, lack of interest for younger viewers)
6 January 2023

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Bob’s Burgers Movie, The

Not suitable under 11; parental guidance to 13 (violence, scary scenes, themes, language, sexual references)
25 May 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

DC League of Super-Pets

Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 10 (violence and scary scenes)
1 September 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2021)

Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 10 (themes, name calling, animated violence)
9 December 2021

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Embrace Kids

Suitable for general audiences though may lack interest under 7; parental guidance to 9 (themes, mild language)
5 September 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Encanto

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

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Enola Holmes 2

Not suitable under 10; parental guidance to 12 (violence, themes, scary scenes)
23 November 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Hocus Pocus

Not suitable under 8; parental guidance to 10 (violence, scary scenes, themes)
2 October 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Hocus Pocus 2

Not suitable under 9; parental guidance to 11 (scary scenes, themes and violence)
5 October 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 8 (scary scenes, animated violence)
19 January 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Jurassic World Dominion

Not suitable under 12; parental guidance to 14 (violence, scary scenes)
12 June 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Lightyear

Not suitable under 7; parental guidance to 10 (violence, themes, scary scenes)
29 June 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Little Eggs: An African Rescue

Not suitable under 6; not recommended under 8; parental guidance to 10 (violence, scary scenes)
6 December 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Love Actually

Not suitable under 15; parental guidance for 15 year olds (sex scenes and references, nudity, coarse language)
23 December 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Luca

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 10 (frightening images, slapstick violence, themes of abandonment)
24 June 2021

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Luck

Not suitable under 5; parental guidance to 6 (scary scenes)
8 August 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (themes, violence, scary scenes)
23 December 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 8 (themes, scary scenes)
14 January 2023

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 9 (animated violence, themes, scary scenes)
29 June 2022

Age

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16+

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