Thanksgiving Movies

Turkey, expressing your gratitude, turkey, expressing your appreciation to God and family and friends, more turkey and a huge sumptuous feast and having your loved ones near you....what a great way to spend a Thanksgiving day. Come 25th November, and people all over the United States will be busy celebrating this day, the day when people express their gratitude, their appreciation and their thankfulness to their Creator and to their family and friends, for playing an important part in their lives. After a HUGE happy meal, the best part of this day is to get all your friends and family together and watch some really great Thanksgiving movies. Planning to spend this Thanksgiving like this year? Need some movies which the whole family can enjoy and that will also suit the festive mood? Here is a list of some of the best movies that you can get hold of this year and enjoy.

Family Movies

A cup of hot chocolate drink or coffee in hand, a full stomach, and all your loved ones near you, and some really good movies... a perfect way to wind up a perfect day. Go to your nearest video store and collect them before they are all out.

The Ice Storm (1997)
Directed by Ang Lee, this movie is set in the United States Thanksgiving day, 1973. It is all about how two families are trying to cope up with the political and the social change that the United States was going through in the 70's and also about how each of them gets out from practices like drugs, alcoholism, and even sexual experimentation.

Pieces of April (2003)
Directed by Peter Hedges, this story is about a girl, April, who tries to cook a Thanks dinner for her family (probably the last dinner for her mother who is suffering from cancer), only to discover that her oven is broken. Find out how she manages to make the dinner with the help of her new friends and neighbors and also how she realizes the importance of having a family.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Directed by John Hughes, this comedy movie stars Steve Martin and John Candy, so rest assured that all you will get from this movie is laughter. It's about how Martin tries to go home for Thanksgiving, meets Candy along with one disaster after another. There are of course some touching scenes when Martin realizes the truth behind Candy's life and how from the most hated person in his life, he becomes a part of Martin's life.

Scent of a Woman (1992)
It's about how a young student changes the life of a blind, medically retired army officer and how he saves his life and how that same officer changes the life of this student for the better and how he finds out the woman who loves him truly.

The Next Three Days (2010)
This movie, directed by Paul Haggis, will be released this November. It's a story about how a woman is accused of murder and how her husband (Russell Crowe) and their son, try to free her from prison. I am sure that you are going to love this movie.

Here some more movies' list for families which you can watch.

• The House of Yes (1997)
• Home for the Holidays (1995)
• The Daytrippers (1996)
• Alice's Restaurant (1969)
• Nobody's Fool (1994)
• Faster (2010)
• An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (2008)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Tangled (2010)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Nim's Island (2008)

Now that we have seen the list of movies for families, let us now check out some of the movies for kids.

Movies for Children

• Mighty Joe Young (1998)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 1 (2010)
• Winnie the Pooh 'Seasons of Giving'
• Garfield Holiday Celebration
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
• Dennis the Menace
• Ratatouille
• The Little Rascals
• Rugrats Thanksgiving
• Pocahontas
• Home for the Holidays
• Avalon
• Prize Thanksgiving Turkey

These are some Thanksgiving movies which I am sure that kids as well as adults are going to enjoy. So grab that bowl of popcorn or that hot cup of coffee and sit with your family and bring a wonderful end to this wonderful day.