Every year Movieguide gives an award to the Best Movie for Families. In 2026 they added a separate category for Best Movie for Children.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Movie Year Ceremony Year Winner / Nominees Source 1992 1993 The Muppet Christmas Carol 1993 1994 Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 1994 1995 Little Women 1995 1996 Toy Story 1996 1997 The Preacher's Wife 1997 1998 Air Bud 1998 1999 The Prince of Egypt 1999 2000 Toy Story 2 2000 2001 The Basket 2001 2002 The Princess Diaries 2002 2003 Spider-Man 2003 2004 Finding Nemo 2004 2005 The Incredibles 2005 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 2006 2007 Charlotte's Web 2007 2008 Ratatouille 2008 2009 Wall-E 2009 2010 Up 2010 2011 Toy Story 3 2011 2012 Soul Surfer 2012 2013 Ice Age: Continental Drift 2013 2014 Frozen 2014 2015 Heaven is for Real 2015 2016 Home Cinderella The Good Dinosaur Inside Out Max Paddington The Peanuts Movie Shaun The Sheep Movie The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water War Room 2016 2017Miracles from Heaven Finding Dory The Jungle Book Pete's Dragon Queen of Katwe The Secret Life of Pets Sing Trolls The Young Messiah Zootopia 2017 2018The Boss Baby Cars 3 The Case For Christ Despicable Me 3 The Emoji Movie Ferdinand The Lego Batman Movie The Man Who Invented Christmas Smurfs: The Lost Village The Star 2018 2019The Grinch God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness I Can Only Imagine Incredibles 2 Mary Poppins Returns Paddington 2 Paul, Apostle of Christ Peter Rabbit Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2019 2020 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part Apollo 11 Breakthrough Dumbo How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story The Lion King Overcomer The Pilgrim's Progress Toy Story 4 2020 2021 Safety The Croods: A New Age I am Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Onward Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon The Social Dilemma Sonic the Hedgehog StarDog and TurboCat 2021 2022 The Boss Baby: Family Business American Underdog Blue Miracle Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Ron's Gone Wrong Sing 2 Space Jam: A New Legacy 2022 2023 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (tie) Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (tie) The Chosen: Episodes 3.1 and 3.2: "Homecoming" and "Two by Two" Lyle, Lyle Crocodile Marcel the Shell With Shoes On 2023 2024 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Wonka Trolls Band Together Journey to Bethlehem Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2024 2025 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Despicable Me 4 Inside Out 2 Mufasa: The Lion King The Wild Robot 2025 2026 For Children: Light of the World The King of Kings Lilo & Stitch Paddington in Peru Zootopia 2 For Families: The Last Rodeo The Chosen: Last Supper - Part Two The Christmas Ring David The Senior
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