Our Family Favorites list has the best movies with the best moral lessons there are, sorted in chronological order. Enjoy!

Recommended for:

Kids-only movie night: Yes

Family movie night: Yes

Grownups movie night: Yes

Grownups only movie night: Yes

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Pinocchio (1940)

Dumbo (1941)

Cinderella (1950)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Peter Pan (1953)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

Mary Poppins (1964)

The Jungle Book (1967)

The Aristocats (1970)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Robin Hood (1973)

Little House on the Prairie (1973) - Series

The Rescuers (1977)

The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Karate Kid (1984)

Anne of Green Gables (1985)

An American Tail (1986)

The Princess Bride (1987)

The Land Before Time (1988)

The Beauty and the Beast (1991)

The Lion King (1994)

The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

Mulan (1998)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Anastasia (1997)

Hercules (1997)

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

Mulan (1998)

A Bug’s Life (1998)

Tarzan (1999)

Stuart Little (1999)

The Road to El Dorado (2000)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Ice Age (2002)

Treasure Planet (2002)

Cars (2003)

Finding Nemo (2003)

Secondhand Lions (2003)

Brother Bear (2003)

The Incredibles (2004)

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

Ratatouille (2007)

Kung Fu Panda (2008)

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

Bolt (2008)

Up (2009)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Megamind (2010)

Despicable Me (2010)

Tangled (2010)

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Brave (2012)

The BFG (2016)