Category Archives: Family
How to Train Your Dragon
Release 2010
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Writers: William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, Cressida Cowell, Adam F. Goldberg
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892769/
A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
The Croods
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
Writers: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco, John Cleese
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481499/
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
Wreck-It Ralph
Release 2012
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Rich Moore
Writers: Rich Moore, Phil Johnston, Jim Reardon, Jennifer Lee, John C. Reilly, Sam J. Levine, Jared Stern
Stars: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/
A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the whole arcade where he lives.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Release 2013
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Writers: Erica Rivinoja, John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett
Stars: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1985966/
Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.
Frozen
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Writers: Jennifer Lee, Hans Christian Andersen, Chris Buck, Shane Morris, Dean Wellins
Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Despicable Me 2
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Writers: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1690953/
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Rio
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
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Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Carlos Saldanha, Earl Richey Jones, Todd R. Jones, Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, J.R. Ventimilia, Sam Harper
Stars: Karen Disher, Jason Fricchione, Sofia Scarpa Saldanha, Leslie Mann, Kelly Keaton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1436562/
When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.
The Lego Movie
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman
Stars: Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Berry, Alison Brie, David Burrows
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490017/
An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied 'Special', is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis.
Despicable Me
Release 2010
Genre Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
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Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Writers: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Sergio Pablos
Stars: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323594/
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
Monsters University
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Dan Scanlon
Writers: Dan Scanlon, Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird
Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Peter Sohn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1453405/
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.