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

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #74 for
    father figure
  2. Ranked #112 for
    child-friendly
  3. Ranked #116 for
    family-friendly

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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

rating icon 6.821
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #61 for
    non-professional cast
  2. Ranked #94 for
    wonderful
  3. Ranked #223 for
    non-professional actor

Trailer

The Rocket trailer
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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

rating icon 7.767
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #53 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #80 for
    wayward
  3. Ranked #91 for
    with daddy issue

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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

rating icon 6.785
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #200 for
    misty
  2. Ranked #317 for
    antiquated
  3. Ranked #342 for
    like Nomadland

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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

rating icon 6.723
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #78 for
    naturalist
  2. Ranked #182 for
    tragicomic
  3. Ranked #201 for
    Occult

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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

rating icon 7.246
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #27 for
    symmetry plots
  2. Ranked #85 for
    reverse shot
  3. Ranked #109 for
    masterpiece

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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

rating icon 7.5
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #31 for
    like The Da Vinci Code
  2. Ranked #97 for
    emo character
  3. Ranked #118 for
    with daddy issue

Trailer

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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

rating icon 7.286
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    indignant
  2. Ranked #1 for
    publically conscious
  3. Ranked #2 for
    grateful

Trailer

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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

rating icon 7.101
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #43 for
    low-key approach
  2. Ranked #64 for
    good story
  3. Ranked #74 for
    consoling

Trailer

Monsieur Lazhar trailer
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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

rating icon 6.996
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #119 for
    opaque
  2. Ranked #123 for
    arthouse
  3. Ranked #165 for
    Multiple POV

Trailer

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