Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

A perennial Thanksgiving classic, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles tells the story of a devoted husband and father (Steve Martin) who simply cannot make his way home to his family on Thanksgiving. Anything and everything seems to be working against his trip home even though he gains the help of fellow traveler John Candy, who naturally causes as much trouble as he helps to stop. Along the way, the movie shows the true meaning of friendship and family and, therefore, the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Just be aware, Martin is a bit of a potty mouth from time to time as his quest to get home becomes more and more desperate.

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*Teens

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Every single year, this holiday special will hit your TV screens, and we're all the better for it. The good ol' Peanuts gang's specials have become synonymous with nearly every holiday. Generations of kids know them word for word and love them all. Hopefully, that tradition continues through our kids and our kids' kids. In this one, the gang works together to make a Thanksgiving feast!

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*All Ages

Free Birds

This is a fun animated movie where two turkeys (voiced by Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson) go back in time to the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth to prevent turkeys from being on the Thanksgiving menu year after year. Not all goes according to plan. You're eating turkey this Thanksgiving after all, aren't you?

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*All Ages

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Home for the Holidays

Sometimes getting all the extended family members into one household isn't the ideal scenario that Thanksgiving is supposed to be. The family in this movie is that kind of family. I think this often rings true to life with many families as people follow different paths, but as with the movie (sorry for the spoilers), reconnecting can bring any family closer together.

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* Teens

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Garfield's Thanksgiving

If you've never heard Garfield chanting "Deep fat fry, deep fat fry", you're really missing out. In this great family holiday special, everybody's favorite cat is along for the ride as John pretty much ruins Thanksgiving dinner because he seemingly knows absolutely nothing about cooking. Luckily, his grandma rides in on her motorcycle to save dinner and the day.

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*All Ages

Dutch

Much like Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, this is a story of trying to get home for Thanksgiving and everything that can go wrong doing so. This time, Ed O'Neill has the simple goal of picking up his girlfriend's son to bring him back home from school on Thanksgiving. Little does he know that the son is a little jerk with no intention of befriending his mom's new boyfriend.

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*Older Kids and Teens

Winnie the Pooh's Seasons of Giving

Winnie the Pooh's Seasons of Giving is a collection of smaller Pooh movies, including one for Thanksgiving, one for Christmas, and one for Groundhog Day. Each of the 100 Acre Wood characters brings their own type of food to the Thanksgiving feast, each different that what you'd expect to find typically...much to the chagrin of Rabbit.

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*All Ages

Son-in-Law

A small town country girl befriends Pauly Shore at college and brings him home with her for Thanksgiving break. Ok, starting with the obvious for some, not everyone is a fan of Pauly's antics in movies. However, his weirdness is the focus of this movie. He is off-putting to essentially an entire town. That weirdness eventually becomes endearing and passes along the message that people should keep open minds and accept all sorts of other people. 

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*Older Kids and Teens