Top Rated Family Movies on Kanopy - Page 17

Black Mulberry

2012

Black Mulberry

2012
6.5
In the mining city of Chiatura (Georgia), two teenagers spend a day together, far from their respective lives.
An Act of Love

2015

An Act of Love

2015
2.6
In 2013, United Methodist minister Frank Schaefer was defrocked for officiating at his son's same-sex wedding. Suddenly, the Reverend found himself an accidental LGBTQ activist. Considering all sides of the debate, this powerful documentary shows how the groundwork for a 2016 showdown that may transform American Christianity is being laid.
Icarus

1975

Icarus

1975
6.5
Eight-year-old Matthias dreams that he will someday become a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together. He waits yearningly for his ninth birthday because his father has told him the story of Icarus, and promised to take him on a sightseeing flight. When Matthias' father doesn't come home, he is devastated. He runs throughout the city, talks to his friend about the relationships of adults, looks for his father at his desk, and gets himself into conflict with the police. As he sits alone on the roof of a house, he comes to the conclusion that Icarus didn't plummet to the earth because he didn't listen to his father, but rather because his father had forgotten him.
The Smortlybacks

2013

The Smortlybacks

2013
5
On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.
Miffy the Movie

2013

Miffy the Movie

2013
4.8
Miffy, her friends Melanie and Grunty and her dog Snuffy set out on a treasure hunt through the zoo. Father and Mother Bunny give them five riddles through a Treasure Hunt Song, about a color, a shape, a movement, a number and a sound. While discovering animals that answer to the riddles, Miffy and her friends learn how to work together, find creative ways to collaborate and to reward each other for a job well done. And in the end, they are rewarded with a big surprise.
Precious Life

2011

Precious Life

2011
8.6
With the help of a prominent Israeli journalist, Precious Life chronicles the struggle of an Israeli pediatrician and a Palestinian mother to get treatment for her baby, who suffers from an incurable genetic disease. Each must face their most profound biases as they inch towards a possible friendship in an impossible reality.
Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story

2025

Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story

2025
10
In 1908, eighth grader Alma Richards quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.
My Babysitter the Super Hero

2022

My Babysitter the Super Hero

2022
8
A teenage boy and his little sister are thrust into an adrenaline-charged adventure when they find out their gregarious babysitter is in fact the legendary super hero known as Agent-Action.
Ace & the Christmas Miracle

2021

Ace & the Christmas Miracle

2021
5.7
A clumsy con man meets a beautiful woman who hires him to kidnap Ace, a talking and wisecracking racehorse.
Rally Caps

2024

Rally Caps

2024
5.7
A young baseball player has his dreams of pitching for a Little League travel team derailed by a devastating injury on the field.
Koli Taal

2021

Koli Taal

2021
10
Excited about their grandson's visit, an elderly couple plan to cook chicken curry for dinner. But, things begin to fall apart when the chicken goes missing.
Christmas Staycation

2020

Christmas Staycation

2020
7
When a family can't be together on Christmas, they bring their dysfunctional family Christmas online.
Greyson Family Christmas

2021

Greyson Family Christmas

2021
6.3
Active liberal progressive law student Maya brings her new boyfriend home for the holidays, neglecting to tell her family that he's white.
A Normal Life

2016

A Normal Life

2016
7.2
A week away from leaving for his first year of college, Michael starts to become frustrated with his parent's overprotective tendencies toward his teen brother Nathan, who has Down syndrome.
Living with Dinosaurs

1990

Living with Dinosaurs

1990
7.3
A socially awkward young English boy deals with his fears about his unemployed artist father, his pregnant mother, and his asthma, with the help of his favorite doll, a stuffed dinosaur named Dog.
When Martin Was Fourteen

1964

When Martin Was Fourteen

1964
6.7
Martin′s and his girlfriend′s Kathrin′s childhood comes to an abrupt end in 1920, when their Mecklenburg village is drawn into the events surrounding the Kapp putsch. By accident, Martin discovers a charge of weapons that land owner von Bröder had put away for the reactionary forces, and gives them to the workers in the city. When the village starts to organize a strike against the putsch, soldiers arrive at the village to hold down the residents of the village.
Three Fools

2014

Three Fools

2014
6.7
In a search for a place to settle down, the three friends, Blue, Yellow and Green find their friendship being ruined by greed and headless competition. Only when Blue and Yellow have destroyed and used all surrounding natural resources in their race to build the tallest house on the beach - they discover that Green has found the true values in life on a mountaintop, in harmony with nature, surrounded by family and love.
A Dog's Tale

1999

A Dog's Tale

1999
3
Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
Marina's Ocean

2014

Marina's Ocean

2014
8.7
A 15-year old girl yearns to see the ocean, but her disability interferes. Unable to travel to the beach with her sister, Marina strikes out on an adventure of her own.
The Milky Way

2014

The Milky Way

2014
7
What 'Food, Inc.' did for the food industry in America, this film will do for breastfeeding in our country. It will make every viewer rethink motherhood and how we treat mothers. It is a film that will empower each woman to trust her body, her baby, and herself in her journey as a mother. It will make her laugh, cry, nod fiercely in agreement, get angry, and then get so inspired it will be impossible not to take action.