Grab The Popcorn! Here Are 10 of The Best Kids Movies on Netflix

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We’ve had a look through the current kids movies on Netflix and we think these 10 family films are the best of the current crop. This is a totally subjective list of course but see if you agree with our choice. Grab the popcorn! Here are 10 of the Best Kids Movies on Netflix:


#1. Secret Life of Pets


Why this makes our top 10 list: the humour and the jokes are just delightful and the idea of the pets having fun while us owners are away from the house.

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#2. Shrek


Why this makes our top 10 list: What’s not to love about grumpy old Shrek, mad Donkey and Puss In Boots, classic characters.

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#3. Madagascar


Why this makes our top 10 list: another very funny movie with great one liners and cool music choices too.

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#4. Kung Fu Panda

Po might just be the laziest, clumsiest panda in the Valley of Peace, but he secretly dreams of becoming a kung fu legend. When the villainous snow leopard Tai Lung threatens Po’s homeland, the hapless panda is chosen to fulfil an ancient prophecy and defend the Valley from attack. Training under Master Shifu, Po embarks on an epic high-kicking adventure as he sets out to thwart Tai Lung’s evil plans.

Why this makes our top 10 list: Po is the coolest anti-hero going, we love that he is such an underdog and overcomes all the obstacles in his way with panache.

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#5. How to Train Your Dragon

Hiccup is a Norse teenager from the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life. His progressive views and weird sense of humor make him a misfit, despite the fact that his father is chief of the clan. Tossed into dragon-fighting school, he endeavors to prove himself as a true Viking, but when he befriends an injured dragon he names Toothless, he has the chance to plot a new course for his people’s future.

Why this makes our top 10 list: it’s just a delightful film with a great story, you’ll love both Hiccup and Toothless the dragon.

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#6. Pete’s Dragon


Why this makes our top 10 list: this is a sweet, throwback film to the 70s before smartphones and Internet. There is also the subtle underlying message about protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants.

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#7. Matilda

This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother. Worse, Agatha Trunchbull, the evil principal at Matilda’s school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull’s wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.

Why this makes our top 10 list: we love a movie with a strong girl character and the way she overcomes her mean family and principal.

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#8. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Enigmatic Nanny McPhee arrives on the doorstep of a harried mother, Isabel Green, who is trying to raise her kids and tend to the family farm while her husband is away at war. Isabel has her hands full with not only her own three, but also with her sister’s spoiled pair. With no time to lose, McPhee uses magic to instill in the children five important lessons.

Why this makes our top 10 list: it’s a fun, slapstick comedy but despite the slapstick and pseudo-violence there is an emphasis on family and community loyalty.

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#9. The BFG


Why this makes our top 10 list: it’s scrum-diddly-icous. The BFG and his lovely garbled words, and his sweet relationship with Sophie makes this a lovely family movie.

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#10. Bridge to Terabithia

The life of Jesse, an adolescent, changes when he befriends Leslie, the class outsider. The children create an imaginary world called Terabithia, which is inhabited by all manner of magical creatures. Though difficulties fill their ordinary lives, Jesse and Leslie rule as king and queen in Terabithia. Soon one of the friends must draw on the strength of their imaginary kingdom to cope with a tragedy.

Why this makes our top 10 list: a touching, coming-of-age movie with plenty of creative imagination.

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Over to you now. Have you watched all these kids movies on Netflix? Do you agree with our list? Any movies we should have had on the list? Tell us in the comments below. 

The Best Kids Movies on Netflix

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