Family film

A family film is a film genre that is designed to appeal to a variety of age groups and, thus, families.

In December 2005, Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came first in a poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films. The genre today generates billions of dollars per annum.

Family films generally do not contain content that would be deemed unsuitable for children. Films such as Dr. Dolittle and Big Momma's House 2 received ratings of PG-13, which does not distinguish between children's films and family films.

Some examples of family film series include:

• The Disney animated classics.
• The Tim Burton films
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• The Lassie film series
• National Velvet (1944)
• The Sound of Music (1965)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
• Jurassic Park film series
• Tales for All (series of 22 family and children's films)
• The Star Wars film series
• Superman film series
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• Short Circuit (1986)
• Short Circuit 2 (1988)
• *batteries not included (1987)
• Indiana Jones series
• The Ghostbusters film series
• The Back to the Future trilogy
• The Home Alone film series
• The Beethoven film series
• The Homeward Bound film series
• The Free Willy film series
• The Air Bud film series
• The Big Momma sequels
• The Harry Potter film series
• The Lord of the Rings film series
• The Chronicles of Narnia film series
• The Muppet films
• The Toy Story films
• The PIXAR computer-animated favorites
• The Shrek film series

See also

• Four-quadrant movie
• PG