Looking for a film the whole family can enjoy? You’re in luck. From heartwarming animation to hilarious live-action offerings, there’s something everyone will enjoy. Browse our list of the best family movies 2022 to find your next great watch.
30 Home Team
Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team.
Directors: Charles Kinnane, Daniel Kinnane
Writers: Chris Titone, Keith Blum
Starring: Kevin James, Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider
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29 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Drac and the pack are back, like you’ve never seen them before in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Reunite with your favorite monsters for an all-new adventure that presents Drac with his most terrifying task yet. When Van Helsing’s mysterious invention, the ‘Monsterfication Ray,” goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late, and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.
Directors: Derek Drymon, Jennifer Kluska
Writers: Amos Vernon, Nunzio Randazzo, Genndy Tartakovsky
Starring: Brian Hull, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
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28 Lightyear
Legendary space ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside ambitious recruits Izzy, Mo, Darby, and his robot companion, Sox. As this motley crew tackles their toughest mission yet, they must learn to work together as a team to escape the evil Zurg and his dutiful robot army that are never far behind.
Director: Angus MacLane
Writers: Andrew Stanton, Lauren Gunderson, Angus MacLane
Starring: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn
Budget: $200 000 000
Box office: $226 425 000
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27 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet. PiB as he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives. But with only one life left, Puss will have to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws. In their quest, Puss and Kitty will be aided against their better judgment by a ratty, chatty, relentlessly cheerful mutt, Perro. Together, our trio of heroes will have to stay one step ahead of Goldilocks and the Three Bears Crime Family, “Big” Jack Horner and terrifying bounty hunter, The Big Bad Wolf.
Directors: Joel Crawford, Januel Mercado
Writers: Paul Fisher, Tommy Swerdlow, Tom Wheeler
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillén
Budget: $90 000 000
Box office: $480 481 000
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26 Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
An extraordinary girl with a sharp mind and vivid imagination takes a daring stand to change her story — with miraculous results.
Director: Matthew Warchus
Writers: Roald Dahl, Dennis Kelly
Starring: Alisha Weir, Andrea Riseborough, Emma Thompson
Box office: $35 198 000
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25 The King’s Daughter
Known as The Sun King, Louis XIV is the most powerful and influential monarch on the planet. Obsessed with his own mortality and the future of France, Louis turns to his spiritual advisor, Père La Chaise, and the royal physician to help him obtain the key to immortality. Believing a mermaid contains a force that grants everlasting life, Louis commissions a young sea captain to search the seas and capture the mystical creature. Further complicating his plans is his orphaned daughter, Marie-Josèphe, who returns to court with an abundance of elegance and an inherent defiance of authority. With a rare solar eclipse approaching, Louis will discover where his daughter’s true loyalties lie as he races against time to extract the mermaid’s life-giving force.
Director: Sean McNamara
Writers: Barry Berman, James Schamus, Vonda N. McIntyre
Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt
Budget: $40 500 000
Box office: $2 231 000
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24 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.
Director: Jeff Fowler
Writers: John Whittington, Pat Casey, Josh Miller
Starring: James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz
Budget: $110 000 000
Box office: $405 421 000
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23 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers. But with the stakes so high, how long can Dumbledore remain on the sidelines?
Director: David Yates
Writers: Steven Kloves, J.K. Rowling
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Ezra Miller
Budget: $200 000 000
Box office: $407 150 000
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22 DC League of Super-Pets
In “DC League of Super-Pets,” Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side. When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto must convince a rag-tag shelter pack – Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel to master their own newfound powers and help him rescue the superheroes.
Directors: Jared Stern, Sam J. Levine
Writers: Jared Stern, John Whittington
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon
Budget: $90 000 000
Box office: $207 557 000
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21 Enola Holmes 2
Fresh off the triumph of solving her first case, Enola Holmes follows in the footsteps of her famous brother, Sherlock, and opens her own agency, only to find that life as a female detective-for-hire isn’t as easy as it seems. Resigned to accepting the cold realities of adulthood, she is about to close shop when a penniless matchstick girl offers Enola her first official job: to find her missing sister. But this case proves to be far more puzzling than expected, as Enola is thrown into a dangerous new world from London’s sinister factories and colorful music halls, to the highest echelons of society and 221B Baker Street itself. As the sparks of a deadly conspiracy ignite, Enola must call upon the help of friends and Sherlock himself to unravel her mystery. The game, it seems, has found its feet again!
Director: Harry Bradbeer
Writers: Jack Thorne, Harry Bradbeer, Nancy Springer
Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, David Thewlis
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