Best Animal Movies For Kids & Families

10 Best Animal Movies For Kids & Families In 2023

We all love movies featuring animals, especially kids. There are countless animal-featured movies out there. Even new movies are coming out every month. Well, 2023 is already looking like a very good year for kid-friendly animal movies. A good number of animal-featured movies expected to come out this year include Netflix’s The Magician’s Elephant, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Elemental, Wish, and another sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy.

There are a few animal-themed movies you should add to your must-watch list before heading to the theatres. These movies offer a mix of animation, live-action, and documentary styles, providing a variety of entertaining and educational experiences for kids.

Here is a list of must-see animal-featured movies for kids and families.

Best Animal Movies For Kids

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Who doesn’t love superhero movies? One of the best from DreamWorks Animation and a sequel of the 2011 “Puss in Boots” film, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish features heroic characters and action-packed scenes with meaningful lessons for kids.

No doubt that the vibrant action sequences will offer a fun time for the whole family.

PAW Patrol: The Movie

PAW Patrol: The Movie will be a fun, rollicking, masterminded adventure for kids from start to finish. Based on Nickelodeon’s beloved preschool-targeted animated series, this movie tells the story of a friendship between a human boy Ryder (voiced by Will Brisbin) and his group of puppy hero friends, who works together to save a city from its Mayor Humdinger’s (Ron Pardo) dangerous plans.

Directed and written by Cal Brunker, the movie has a good voice-over cast, such as Tyler Perry, Ron Pardo, and Will Brisbin.

Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is an animated masterpiece from Pixar Studios. The movie portrays the struggle of a father (Marlon) to protect his son (Nemo) after his wife dies.

The movie shows that it’s natural for kids to fantasize, experiment, and explore. Sadly, we parents don’t inspire kids to explore and experiment. But there are many benefits of imaginative play for kids at an early age. Watching this family-friendly movie with your kids will definitely be a fun experience.

Zootopia

The story of Zootopia revolves around an ambitious and intelligent rabbit Judy Hopps who wants to become a police officer but is assigned as a parking duty officer by her superior. To fulfill her ambition, she must solve a missing predator case within 48 hours.

The movie sends some good messages to kids about diversity and working together. The most important message is you can overcome societal prejudice and bigotry to be whatever you want to be.

How to Train Your Dragon

If your kids love movies with animals, then they should surely watch this masterpiece. The story of Hiccup, a young Viking, and Toothless, a young dragon, will keep everyone engaged throughout the movie. After watching this one, they wouldn’t want to wait to watch the sequels of this movie.

The animated movie has a great story and is full of positive messages of friendship, intolerance, peace, and harmony. The kid-friendly characters and visuals make it one of the must-see animal-themed movies.

The Lion King

The Lion King is a live-action remake of Disney’s original The Lion King, released back in 1994. If you loved the original, you would also love watching this remake with your kids. The storyline is the same and revolves around Simba, who decides to go back to his place after being betrayed by his uncle.

You might think the previous one was better in terms of music and portraying emotions. Overall, you won’t regret watching it with your kids.

Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a popular topic in children’s books. Watching a Dinosaur-featured movie will allow kids to explore the fascinating world of these ancient creatures in an imaginative and entertaining way.

Produced by Walt Disney, Dinosaur is a visually stunning animated feature film that both kids and adults will enjoy watching together.

The Jungle Book

Disney’s live-action adaptation of “The Jungle Book” in 2016 has been widely praised for its stunning visuals and realistic characters. 

Keeping up with Rudyard Kipling’s original story, the live-action adaptation centers around a young boy, Mowgli, raised by wolves in the jungle of India. With the help of his friend Bagheera, Mowgli embarks on a journey to find his place in the jungle.

Ice Age

If your kids like adventure films, they’re going to love Ice Age. The animated movie series follows a group of prehistoric animals as they navigate various adventures during the Ice Age.

It’s a perfect movie to watch when snowing has just started during the winter season. Overall, this is a great movie to introduce your kids to the world of fantastic animals.

Up

Up is a beautiful and well-written Pixar-Disney animation movie directed by Pete Docter. It is no surprise that this list has a few movies directed by Pete Docter. Like most other Disney films, Pete Docter has tried to take us into a magical world filled with attractive, colorful characters.

Up has tried to show what life is like to be a younger teenager. The result is a fun, exquisitely animated-featured movie for kids and families.

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