Clean Family Friendly Movie Reviews & Ratings
Clean Family Friendly Movie Reviews
Help us start a list of Clean Family Friendly Movies!
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Hard to find Good Clean Family Friendly Movies Online
It is not an easy task to find wholesome, safe movies free of sexual innuendos, sex, violence, vulgar scenes, and bad language. It’s nearly impossible outside of a few children movies (and even many of those are questionable). As someone who spends tons of time with youth students myself, it isn’t easy to find a definitive list of clean movies I can check out.
So I’d like to start a list of Clean Movies as well as Clean Family Friendly Movies so those who will find this post can have a list of movies they know is safe to watch both for their children and for themselves. Also please contribute popular movies that seem safe at first glance.
Please Share Your List of Clean Movies & Clean Family Friendly Movies
Here is what you can do.
Comment below with the Names of Movies that you consider to be clean and/or family safe.
Please label them as Family Friendly / Clean
Clean Movie: This means no sex, no/minimal sexual innuendos, no/minimal bad language, no excessive violence/gore, and no bad message!
Family Friendly: Basically would you take your 10 year old daughter to this and be perfectly comfortable with what she is taking in?
Exceptions: I realize finding perfectly “clean” movies is really hard, so if you know of any movies that violates a portion of these categories, just notate it next to the name. You MUST note any amount of bad language, sexual innuendos, sexual scenes, bad message, violence – think about parents of very young kids who may want to use this list to choose a movie. More information the better. Also if you know the RATING, please note it as well.
Please also contribute movies that come off as family friendly but you found to be unacceptable as well as any popular movie titles! (Ex. The Later Shrek movies are NOT for kids! Tons of Sexual innuendos and jokes). If you see movies below that do not have proper warnings, let us know!
Below are some samples to start off. Please follow the general format.
I’ll update this as people comment. Red = Not Recommended
List of Clean / Family Friendly Movies [+ Unclean "Children" Films]
| Movies Names | Clean | Family Friendly | Exceptions |
| 25th Hour [R] | Lots of Bad Language | ||
| Amadeus [PG] | X | Director’s Cut is rated R for flash nudity & language | |
| Amazing Grace [PG] | X | X | |
| Angels in the Backfield [PG] | X | X | Violence & Bad Language |
| Anne of Green Gables [PG] | X | ||
| Antz [PG] | X | X | |
| Apollo 13 [PG] | X | X | |
| Around the World in 80 Days [PG] | X | X | |
| Babe 1 & 2 [PG] | X | X | |
| Back to the Future Series [PG] | X | Some bad language [see comments], some adult themes | |
| Band of Brothers [NR] | X | War Violence, Sex Scene in Episode 9 | |
| Beaches [PG-13] | X | Some Adult Drama | |
| Bella [PG-13] | X | X | Topic of Abortion & Sad Scene of Car Accident |
| Ben-Hur [NR] | X | X | |
| The Bourne Identity [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language, Sensual Kissing, Characters sleep with each other despite knowing very little about each other | |
| The Bourne Supremacy [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| Bridge to Terabithia [PG] | X | X | |
| The Bucket List [PG-13] | X | Some Cursing & Sexual References | |
| Bugs Life [G] | X | X | |
| Cacoon [PG-13] | X | Brief Nudity? Someone please confirm. | |
| Chariots of Fire [PG] | X | X | |
| Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe [PG] | X | X | |
| Cool Runnings [PG] | X | X | Quick Kissing Scene |
| Dead Man Walking [R] | X | Murder, Rape Scene at a distance, some bad language | |
| Deep Impact [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Die Hard: Live Free, Die hard [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| The Emperor’s New Groove [G] | X | X | |
| End of the Spear [PG-13] | X | ||
| Evan Almighty [PG] | X | X | |
| Finding Nemo [G] | X | X | |
| Gladiator [R] | X | Extreme Violence | |
| Glory Road [PG] | X | X | |
| Goonies [PG] | X | X | |
| Happy Feet [PG] | X | X | |
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince [PG] | X | X | Major Teen Love Drama |
| Homeward Bound Series [G] | X | X | |
| Indiana Jones Series [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Incredibles [G] | X | X | |
| Infernal Affairs (Cantonese) [R] | X | Violence | |
| Iron Giant [PG] | X | X | |
| Jurassic Park [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Kung Fu Panda [G] | X | X | |
| The Land Before Time [G] | X | X | |
| Life is Beautiful [PG-13] | X | Holocaust Themes | |
| Lilo & Stitch [PG] | X | X | |
| Lion King [G] | X | X | |
| Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Lord of the Rings – Return of the King [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Lord of the Rings – Two Towers [PG-13] | X | X | |
| A Man for All Seasons [G] | X | X | |
| Mission Impossible 3 [PG-13] | X | Intense Action | |
| Monsters Inc [G] | X | X | |
| Monsters & Aliens [PG] | X | X | Potty Humor |
| Miracle [PG] | X | X | |
| National Treasure [PG] | X | X | |
| The Negotiator [R] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| Passion of the Christ [R] | Gore, Beatings | ||
| Pay it Forward [PG-13] | X | Mature Elements, Substance Abuse, Sad Parts, Sexual Citations, Language | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean [PG-13] | X | X | Some Violence |
| Prince of Egypt [PG] | X | X | |
| Pursuit of Happiness [PG-13] | X | X | Some Bad Language |
| Remember the Titans [PG] | X | X | |
| The Sandlot [PG] | X | X | |
| Saving Private Ryan [R] | X | Lots of Violence (War Movie) | |
| Schindler’s List [R] | X | Violence | |
| Series of Unfortunate Events [PG] | X | Dark / Sad Movie | |
| Shadowlands [PG] | X | X | |
| Seven Pounds [PG-13] | Sexual Content, Bad Language, Adult Theme [Suicide] | ||
| The ShawShank Redemption [R] | Bad Language, Prison Violence | ||
| Shrek 3 [PG] | Tons of Sexual Innuendos, Adult Humor | ||
| Sixth Sense [PG-13] | X | ||
| Spy Kids [PG] | X | X | |
| Star Trek [PG-13] | X | Sexual Innuendos, Short Sexual Scene | |
| Star Wars – Original Trilogy [PG] | X | X | |
| Time Traveler’s Wife [PG-13] | Rear End Nudity, Sexuality, Bad Language | ||
| Toy Story [G] | X | X | |
| Truman Show [PG] | X | X | |
| Ratatouille [G] | X | X | |
| UP [PG] | X | X | |
| Wall-E [G] | X | X | |
| Wallace & Gromit [G] | X | X | |
| The Waterhorse [PG] | X | X | |
| Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) [G] | X | X |
Please take a minute to contribute some movies!
This will take a long while to become a comprehensive list but slowly and surely we’ll build out this list!
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The following are all clean/family-friendly:
* Chariots of Fire
* Kung Fu Panda
* All Pixar movies (Toy Story, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, Wall-E, Ratatouille, etc)
Fairly Clean:
* Die Hard 4 (violence and bad language)
* The Bourne Trilogy (same reasons as above)
I would add:
Clean–”Glory”, but with violence.
Fairly Clean
-Pirates of the Caribbean (some violence)
-Angels in the Outfield [PG] (some bad language)
Other
-Band of Brothers (lots of violence)
-Seven Pounds (NOT clean) (sexual content & bad language)
still thinking of more…
Until I can post films that I’ve actually seen, this is a good resource.
http://www.breakpoint.org/resources/recommended-films
Pretty Clean:
Back to the Future (all 3)
1) National Treasure
2) Glory Road
3) Iron Giant
4) Bridge to Terabithia
5) Jurassic Park
6) The Sandlot
7) Goonies
9) Indiana Jones (all 3)
10) Star Wars (original trilogy)
11) Spy Kids
12) Deep Impact
Dramas (Probably not appropriate for kids)
1) Amadeus
2) Schindler’s List (violence)
3) Infernal Affairs (violence but it’s in Cantonese)
4) Mission Impossible 3 (intense action)
5) The Negotiator (violence, language)
6) Truman Show
any of the Homeward Bound movies
not sure what we can learn from these movies but they were clean and entertaining to watch as a kid
Highly recommend watching “Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove”. Hilarious!
1. Anne of Green Gables – clean
2. Lilo and Stitch – clean and family friendly
3. Bella – clean, family friendly (although it might not be recommended for the younger ones in the family as it deals with abortion and has a really sad scene of a car accident.)
4. A series of unfortunate events – clean (but dark/sad)
5. The Land Before Time – clean and family friendly (especially the first one)
6. Saving Private Ryan – clean (but lots of violence)
7. Prince of Egypt – clean and family friendly
8. Antz – clean and family friendly
I’ll think of some more and come share!
thanks for starting us off abe – those are great suggestions!
Vanessa – Great suggestions. Band of Brothers is one of my favorites. There is also a bad sexual scene in one of the later episodes. I think it was episode 9.
Jesse – Wow that is a pretty comprehensive list!
D. Dip – haha homeward bound. I loved those movies as a child!
Diana – thanks for the list.. lot of good ones in there. “land before time” brings back memories… of watching it on VHS.. im getting old. I still haven’t seen bella, though I would love to see that movie. thanks for offering to share more!
keep them coming, this is a nice little list.
Ditto on Emperor’s New Groove!
Life is Beautiful
Wallace and Gromit = D
Happy Feet – kids movie but the music is a trip down memory lane for adults
Surf’s Up – kid’s movie, but has a great message about being your true self
Brother Bear 1 & 2 – great and educational about another culture
Just about anything to do with the Muppet’s – both fun for kids and adults
Apollo 13 – can’t remember precisely but I don’t remember any bad language, educational, and a great story to boot
Around the World in 80 Days (Jackie Chan)- Funny for both adults and children, no sex scenes, no bad language
Babe and Babe 2: Pig in the City – a rollicking good story for all with no bad language, violence, or nudity
Cocoon – a beautiful story with no bad language, violence
Pay It Forward – a wonderful story everyone should see though there are some very sad bits
The WaterHorse: Legend of the Deep – a great family film
I hope these fit your criteria
Enjoy
Just remembered 1 more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder) brilliant
Tracy & Dragonfyshe – Thanks for all those great suggestions. Just posted them all.
Really hoping this list becomes useful resources for others.
I would recommend The Pursuit of Happyness (PG-13). It has some bad language, but overall a clean movie.
that’s a good one. I really enjoyed that movie.
The Bucket List- I think it is underrated at PG13 since some of the content is still inappropriate for that age. Has cursing & sexual references.
clean:-the prince of egypt- it’s good for all people. believe me.
Great suggestions.
Updated: The Bucket List, Pursuit of Happiness.
I believe prince of egypt was mentioned before but GREAT suggestions. very clean.
The Passion of the Christ-clean-awesomely powerful movie.
Really gives insight like never before of Christ’s sacrifice.- Graphic because Christ’s beatings and crucifixion are shown in detail.
I would highly recommend it despite its graphicness. In fact, that is a big part of its strength.
back to the future wasn’t very family friendly. I haven’t seen the third one, but the first one had a bit of language, and the second one had adult content in it.
hey tyler – wow I haven’t seen back to the future in ages. Do you remember what kind of language was in the 1st one? Perhaps I was too young to be aware – don’t recall the bad language at all!
thanks for your contribution
Jesus’ name and God’s are abused a good number of times.
4 S-words (2 with the prefix Holy, one used as something out of the ordinary, the other actually used to describe manure). There are also a bunch of hells and damns and at least one “son of a b***h” and “ba****d”.
Beaches
Rated PG-13
Some adult drama.
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