Best Family Movies & Shows on The Criterion Channel
16 of the best-rated family picks on The Criterion Channel: every one carries an all-ages official rating and passes our Parents' Guide. Updated 2026-10-12.
- Modern Times 90% · 1936 · all ages
Chaplin's Tramp battles factory life and the Depression in a mostly silent comedy. The gags still work, the romance is sweet, and it's short enough to watch even if you've never seen a silent film. - Flow 90% · 2024 · all ages
- The Circus 88% · 1928 · all ages
- The Young Girls of Rochefort 88% · 1967 · all ages
- Dersu Uzala 88% · 1975 · all ages
- Manon of the Spring 87% · 1986 · Rated PG
- The Prisoner 86% · 1967 · ages 8+
- My Dinner with Andre 85% · 1981 · Rated PG
- F for Fake 84% · 1973 · ages 8+
- Microcosmos 84% · 1996 · all ages
- Babette's Feast 82% · 1987 · ages 5+
- Picnic at Hanging Rock 80% · 1975 · ages 8+
- Watership Down 80% · 1978 · ages 8+
- Confidentially Yours 77% · 1983 · Rated PG
- Trafic 77% · 1971 · Rated G
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 76% · 1974 · ages 8+