10 Best 2000s Family Movies

By Vlad Zakh · November 24, 2025

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The 2000s split family movies between live-action fantasy (Narnia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and the first wave of animated films with real emotional ambition, The Incredibles chief among them.

Nanny McPhee (2005) 01

Nanny McPhee (2005)

IMDb ★ 6.2

A magical nanny disciplines seven unruly children with a walking stick and hard lessons.

Night at the Museum (2006) 02

Night at the Museum (2006)

IMDb ★ 6.4

A night guard discovers every exhibit in the museum comes alive after dark.

Enchanted (2007) 03

Enchanted (2007)

IMDb ★ 6.9

An animated princess gets pulled into real-world New York and stays in character the whole time.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) 04

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

IMDb ★ 6.9

Four siblings step through a wardrobe into a kingdom frozen by an eternal winter.

Holes (2003) 05

Holes (2003)

IMDb ★ 6.9

A boy sentenced to dig holes at a desert camp uncovers a decades-old buried secret.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) 06

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

IMDb ★ 6.7

Tim Burton's stranger, darker take on the golden-ticket factory tour.

Bridge to Terabithia (2007) 07

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

IMDb ★ 7.2

Two kids invent a fantasy kingdom together, until the story turns genuinely devastating.

School of Rock (2003) 08

School of Rock (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A failed musician poses as a substitute teacher and turns his class into a band.

Elf (2003) 09

Elf (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A human raised as an elf moves to New York looking for his real father.

The Incredibles (2004) 10

The Incredibles (2004)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A superhero family forced back into action, still Pixar's sharpest action film.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.