With the Parrs reuniting for Incredibles 2, we’re looking at 24 more great families from movie history!
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, 80%)
Just goes to show the only thing you need to mend family troubles is a little love, a lot of patience, and a few well-placed Nico songs.
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, 71%)
The dad learns to back off, and the stepdad-to-be is actually a really nice guy. It’s rare enough to get a family this grounded in real life, let alone the movies.
Black Panther (2018, 97%)
Despite some light, um, regicide, the royal Wakandan family was able to absorb and expel internal conflict. The family that slays together, stays together, right?
The Addams Family (1991, 62%)
And the family that spooks together, ooks together.
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962, 91%)
If we can ignore the controversial book sequel and focus on only what happens in the movie, we know Jem and Scout Finch grow up just fine with a father like Atticus around, who embodies classic and bygone modes of masculinity: quiet strength with a sense of nobility and justice.
Father of the Bride (1991, 71%)
The original movie is great, but only the remake has Steve Martin’s trademark mix of melacholia and innocence, as a man learning to let his daughter go in love.
Coco (2017, 97%)
Coco and his family go on an epic journey in this loving tribute to Mexican culture.
Little Women (1994, 90%)
The ladies of March have been an inspiration in growing from youth to adolescene to womanhood for generations.
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983, 93%)
Despite manmade disaster awaiting the Griswolds at every turn, they’ve preserved through the years. The secret? The parents eat their young and replace them with new kids every movie.
Swiss Family Robinson (1960, 80%)
Some families can barely endure a vacation together, let alone being stranded in the middle of the ocean with no means of escape.
Despicable Me (2010, 81%)
Super genius and super Grinchy, Gru opened his heart to take in three young girls into his manor of doom, becoming one of contemporary animation’s brightest father figures.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009, 93%)
You can take the animal out of the jungle and put him in a Wes Anderson stop-motion movie, but you can’t take the jungle out of the animal. Mr. Fox leads a few friends (and then, inaverdently, his whole family) on a quest seeking the thrill and glories of the past, finding peace and comfort in the present.
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995, 63%)
Cornball from birth, the Bradys may have started on TV but got transported to the big screen with their trademark spunk and mildly disturbing innocence.
The Family Stone (2005, 52%)
The Stone family closely guard a priceless heirloom ring, which the Stone son is polishing up to use in a marraige proposal.
The Kids Are All Right (2010, 93%)
Bonds are gently, sweetly tested when two women, married together with kids from the same sperm donor, invite the donor to stay with them for a while.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006, 91%)
Beauty pageant parents can get a little weird, but we’ll make exception for the Hoovers.
Summer Wars (2010, 77%)
Who has time to deal with a virus crashing global computer networks? Not Kenji, who pretends to be his crush’s boyfriend as she introduces him to her Jinnouichi family clan, a vibrant bunch who may be the last line of defense in the world crashing online.
Mudbound (2017, 96%)
The Jacksons endure racism and hardship during the years of World War II in a powerfully acted and shot drama.
Akeelah and the Bee (2006, 84%)
Akeelah gets to the highest stage in the world of spelling bees with the support of her family.
Pride and Prejudice (2005, 86%)
The Bennets: Having fun since 1813.
Mary Poppins (1964, 100%)
The Banks family obviously works better from the kids’ perspective: the son and daughter have adventures together, waiting out for their stern father to get with the times. And he does! And all it took was allowing a supernatural entity into their homes.
Selena (1997, 65%)
It was Selena’s father that encouraged her to embrace and pursue her singing skills.
The Sound of Music (1965, 86%)
The hills come alive with grace and virtue as nun-understudy Maria marries into the Von Trapp family.
Good Morning (1959, 88%)
Wily and rambuctious kids go on a silence strike in order to get a TV in this touching, funny, silly look at family.
