Top rated family-friendly movies on Sundance Now
Check out today’s highest ranked family-friendly movies on Sundance Now! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best family-friendly movies on Sundance Now, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 Growing Up Smith (2017)
In 1979, an Indian family moves to America with hopes of living the American Dream. While their 10-year-old boy Smith falls head-over-heels for the girl next door, his desire to become a "good old boy" propels him further away from his family's ideals than ever before.
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- 2017-02-03 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Roni Akurati, Brighton Sharbino
Rating
- 7.2
2 The Rocket (2013)
Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. After his village is displaced to make way for a massive dam, Ahlo escapes with his father and grandmother through the Laotian outback in search of a new home. Along the way, they come across a rocket festival that offers Ahlo a lucrative but dangerous chance to prove his worth.
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- 2013-02-10 | Drama
Cast
- Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam
Rating
- 6.821
3 Short Term 12 (2013)
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
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- 2013-08-23 | Drama
Cast
- Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr.
Rating
- 7.767
4 Ixcanul (2015)
María, a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya, lives with her parents on a coffee plantation at the foot of an active volcano. She is set to be married to the farm's foreman. But María longs to discover the world on the other side of the mountain, a place she cannot even imagine. And so she seduces a coffee-harvester who wants to escape to the USA. When this man leaves her behind, María discovers her own world and culture anew.
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- 2015-01-20 | Drama
Cast
- María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón
Rating
- 6.785
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5 I Am Not a Witch (2017)
Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.
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- 2017-10-20 | Drama
Cast
- Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri
Rating
- 6.723
6 Ida (2013)
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
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- 2013-10-25 | Drama
Cast
- Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska
Rating
- 7.246
7 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece
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- 2009-02-27 | Drama / Thriller
Cast
- Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
Rating
- 7.5
8 My Darling Vivian (2020)
The story of Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife and the mother of his four daughters. Includes never-before-seen footage and photographs of Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash, as well as footage featuring Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Tim Robbins, Whoopi Goldberg, John C. Reilly and many more.
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- 2020-04-27 | Documentary
Cast
- Johnny Cash, Reese Witherspoon
Rating
- 7.286
9 Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.
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- 2011-09-10 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Mohamed Fellag, Émilien Néron
Rating
- 7.101
10 Long Day's Journey into Night (2018)
Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.
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- 2018-12-31 | Drama / Mystery
Cast
- Tang Wei, Huang Jue
Rating
- 6.996