The best family-friendly movies streaming on Netflix right now
Picking a movie for the entire family to enjoy can be tricky. There’s never a lack of kids' movies to choose from, but most of the time those tend to only cater to the young ones, leaving little to entertain adults. And then there’s the risk of a PG-13 movie being a little too much for the little kids to handle. Thankfully, Netflix offers an especially wide selection of movies for any age to enjoy, both animated and live-action. We’ve scrubbed through the streaming service to find 13 of the very best family-friendly movies, including everything from action-packed adventures to catchy musicals and uplifting emotional dramas to animated wonders. Now no one has to compromise. 1. The Half of It (2020) Credit: KC Bailey / Netflix Rated: PG-13 At a high school in the small Washington town of Squahamish, Ellie Chu is the go-to kid for any student trying to get out of writing an essay. A shy Chinese-American teen, Ellie ghostwrites her classmates’ homework to make some extra cash and help her widowed father pay the bills. That makes her the perfect person for what Paul, the sweet football jock who lives next door, needs: Ellie to write a love letter to his crush. The only problem is, Ellie also secretly has a crush on the same girl. Alice Wu’s sweet coming-of-age film The Half of It is a modern teen take on the classic play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” but with a queer YA twist. As Ellie pens love letters from Paul to beautiful cool-girl Aster, she also grows closer to Aster in real life. The love triangle turns messy as lies, heightened teen emotions, and miscommunication pile up. The Half of It is a heartwarming and charming teen movie that tenderly explores topics of queer identity, religion, and friendship, and would be a great watch for both teens and queer adults who never got a queer high school romance movie in their youth. How to watch: The Half of It is now streaming on Netflix. 2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Rated: PG In the sequel to Into the Spider-Vers
The best family-friendly movies streaming on Netflix right now