Family Movie Night: Films Everyone Can Agree On

Miguel, a boy from a family that has banned music, ends up in the Land of the Dead on Día de los Muertos and goes looking for his great-great-grandfather. It’s a riot of color and songs, with an ending that tends to leave the adults in worse shape than the kids.

Watch it if: you want a film about family that the whole family feels.

A retired balloon salesman ties thousands of balloons to his house and floats off toward South America, with a young stowaway on the porch. The opening minutes are famous for a reason, and what follows is a proper adventure with a talking dog.

Watch it if: you want laughs, adventure and a lump in the throat.

A family of superheroes living undercover in the suburbs is pulled back into action when Dad takes a mysterious job. It works as a spy movie, a superhero movie and a comedy about family dinners, all at once.

Watch it if: the kids want action and you want jokes.

A rabbit police officer and a fox con artist team up to solve a missing-mammals case in a city where predators and prey live side by side. It’s a real detective story, and the sloth scene will have everyone in tears of laughter.

Watch it if: you want a mystery the kids can follow.

An ogre who just wants his swamp back agrees to rescue a princess, with a talking donkey he can’t get rid of. The fairy-tale jokes fly over young heads and land squarely with the adults, and it’s only about an hour and a half long.

Watch it if: you want something silly that doesn’t overstay its welcome.

A small waste-collecting robot, left alone on an abandoned Earth, falls for a sleek probe named EVE and follows her into space. The first stretch has almost no dialogue and doesn’t need any. Gentle, funny and quietly moving.

Watch it if: you want something calm before bedtime.

Remy is a rat with a remarkable sense of taste who dreams of cooking in a great Paris restaurant, and finds a way in through a clumsy kitchen worker. A warm, grown-up film about doing what you love. It will also make everyone hungry.

Watch it if: you plan to have dinner or snacks close by.

Eleven-year-old Riley moves to a new city, and the five emotions running her mind, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust, struggle to keep up. It’s clever enough to start real conversations with kids afterwards.

Watch it if: you want something to talk about once the credits roll.