Clean Family Friendly Movie Reviews
Help us start a list of Clean Family Friendly Movies!
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It’s hard to find truly clean movies suitable for children
There are so many ways to watch or rent a movie. From Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, to Youtube, you can stream movies online at a flick of a finger, yet it is not an easy task to figure out which movies are wholesome, safe, and free of sexual innuendos, sex scenes, violence, vulgar scenes, and bad language. It’s nearly impossible outside of a few children’s movies (and even many of those are questionable). As someone who spends tons of time with youth students myself, it isn’t easy to find a definitive list of clean movies I can check out.
So I’d like to start a list of Clean Movies as well as Clean Family Friendly Movies so those who will find this post can have a list of movies they know is safe to watch both for their children and for themselves. Also, please contribute popular movies that seem safe at first glance.
Please Share Your List of Clean Movies & Clean Family Friendly Movies
Here is what you can do.
Comment below with the Names of Movies that you consider to be clean and/or family safe.
Please label them as Family Friendly / Clean
Clean Movie: This means no sex scenes, no or minimal sexual innuendos, no or minimal bad language, no excessive violence/gore, and no bad message!
Family Friendly: Basically would you take your 10-year-old daughter to this and be perfectly comfortable with what she is taking in?
Exceptions: I realize finding perfectly “clean” movies is really hard, so if you know of any movies that violate a portion of these categories, just notate it next to the name. You MUST note any amount of bad language, sexual innuendos, sexual scenes, bad message, violence – think about parents of very young kids who may want to use this list to choose a movie. The more information the better. Also if you know the RATING, please note it as well.
Please also contribute movies that come off as family-friendly but you found to be unacceptable as well as any popular movie titles! (Ex. The Later Shrek movies are NOT for kids! Tons of sexual innuendos and jokes). If you see movies below that do not have proper warnings, let us know!
Below are some samples to start off with. Please follow the general format.
I’ll update this as people comment. Red = Not Family Friendly
List of Clean / Family Friendly Movies [+ Unclean “Children” Films]
| Movies Names | Clean | Family Friendly | Exceptions |
| 25th Hour [R] | Lots of Bad Language | ||
| 100 First Dates [PG-13] | X | X | |
| 30 Minutes or Less [R] | “Horrible Language, Massively Inappropriate” “Horrifying” “Skipped through whole film then turned it off” | ||
| 12 Angry Men [PG] | X | X | |
| A Little Princess[PG] | X | X | |
| Adjustment Bureau, The [PG-13] | X | Some Sexuality | |
| The Adventures of Tin Tin [PG] | X | X | |
| The Adventures of the Wilderness Family Series [G] | X | X | |
| Aladdin [G] | X | X | Clean movie, other than how absurdly skinny the princess is as in all Disney movies. Beware of the impact! |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven [PG] | X | X | |
| Amadeus [PG] | X | Director’s Cut is rated R for flash nudity & language | |
| Amazing Grace [PG] | X | X | |
| Angels in the Backfield [PG] | X | X | Violence & Bad Language |
| Anne of Green Gables [PG] | X | ||
| Annie [PG] | X | X | |
| Ant Man [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Antz [PG] | X | X | |
| Apollo 13 [PG] | Foul Language, Short sex scene in shower | ||
| Around the World in 80 Days [PG] | X | X | Some Nude statues & Pictures |
| August Rush [PG] | X | X | “very mild foul language” – Arica |
| Babe 1 & 2 [PG] | X | X | |
| Back to the Future Series [PG] | X | Some bad language [see comments], some adult themes | |
| Band of Brothers [NR] | X | War Violence, Sex Scene in Episode 9 | |
| Beaches [PG-13] | X | Some Adult Drama | |
| Bedtime Stories [PG] | X | X | |
| Bella [PG-13] | X | X | Topic of Abortion & Sad Scene of Car Accident |
| Ben-Hur [NR] | X | X | Violence during the race. |
| The Big Year [PG] | X | X | Few Bad words, some sensuality. Sensual kissing scene b/w married couple. Clean, Family Film |
| Billy: The Early Years [G] | X | X | |
| Black Beauty [G] | X | X | |
| Black Stallion [G] | X | X | |
| Blind Side, The [PG-13] | X | X | Some language typical of football players. Some images of alcohol drinking |
| Bolt [PG] | X | X | |
| The Bourne Identity [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language, Sensual Kissing, Characters sleep with each other despite knowing very little about each other | |
| The Bourne Supremacy [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| The Bourne Ultimatum [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| Brave [PG] | X | X | |
| Bridge to Terabithia [PG] | X | X | |
| The Bucket List [PG-13] | X | Some Cursing & Sexual References | |
| Bugs Life [G] | X | X | |
| Cacoon [PG-13] | X | Brief Nudity? Someone please confirm. | |
| Captain America [PG-13] | X | X | Action/Violence |
| Captain America 2 [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Captive 2015 [PG-13] | X | Drug Use | |
| Cars [G] | X | X | |
| Chariots of Fire [PG] | X | X | |
| Charlotte’s Web [G] | X | X | |
| Charly [PG] | X | X | |
| Cheaper by the Dozen [PG] | X | X | Sexual References, Schoolyard name calling |
| Chicken Run [G] | X | X | I found this movie too scary for children under age of 4-5 |
| Christmas Child [NR] | X | X | |
| Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe [PG] | X | X | |
| Cinderella Story [PG] | X | X | |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs [PG] | X | X | |
| Cool Runnings [PG] | X | Quick Kissing Scene, Some Foul Language | |
| Cop and a Half [PG] | X | X | Mild Language, Violence |
| Cop Out [R] | “Horrible Language, Massively Inappropriate” “F every other word” | ||
| Courageous [PG-13] | X | ||
| Cranford BBC Series [G] | X | X | |
| Dead Man Walking [R] | X | Murder, Rape Scene at a distance, some bad language | |
| Dead Silence [PG-13] | X | X | Clean Language (some use of “hell”), Frightening scenes |
| Deep Impact [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Deja Vu [PG-13] | Violence & Terror | ||
| Die Hard: Live Free, Die hard [PG-13] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| Despicable Me [PG] | X | X | |
| Despicable Me 2 [PG] | X | X | |
| Dumbo [G] | X | X | |
| Dustin Checks In [PG] | X | X | Mild Language, Sensuality |
| The Emperor’s New Groove [G] | X | X | |
| Ella Enchanted [PG] | X | X | |
| End of the Spear [PG-13] | X | ||
| Evan Almighty [PG] | X | X | |
| Ever After [PG] | X | X | Death of Father & Scary Scene with Villian unsuitable for the very young |
| Facing the Giants [PG] | X | ||
| Fiddler on the Roof [G] | X | X | |
| Finding Nemo [G] | X | X | |
| Fireproof [PG] | X | X | |
| First Dog | X | X | |
| Five Mile Creek Disney Series [NR] | X | X | |
| Forrest Gump [PG-13] | |||
| Fried Green Tomatoes [PG-13] | X | X | “very minimal language, sad death scene” – J Rae |
| Frozen [PG] | X | X | Actually a good message about true love. |
| Frozen 2 [PG] | X | X | |
| The Fugitive [PG-13] | X | X | Violence. Murder Scene. |
| Galaxy Quest [PG] | X | X | Older Kids 8+, minimal violence, positive msg |
| Gifted Hands The Ben Carson Story [NR] | X | X | |
| Gladiator [R] | X | Extreme Violence | |
| Glory Road [PG] | X | X | |
| God’s not dead [PG] | X | ||
| Goonies [PG] | X | Kids curse | |
| Gravity [PG-13] | X | X | |
| The Great Escape [NR] | X | X | |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played [PG] | X | X | |
| Groundhog Day [PG] | X | Romantic Comedy. Mild Profanity, No nudity but implied sex | |
| Happy Feet [PG] | X | X | |
| Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince [PG] | X | X | Major Teen Love Drama |
| Heaven Can Wait [PG] | X | X | |
| The Help [PG-13] | X | X | Few scenes may be too mature for kids. 1 character suffers miscarriage, another victim of domestic violence, but viewers doesn’t see anything. Police office hits black woman. All around safe, clean film. |
| Hitch [PG-13] | X | Shows people in bed together before marriage | |
| The Hobbit [PG-13] | X | Lot of Violence. Clean Film for Adults. | |
| Home Alone [PG] | X | X | |
| Homeward Bound Series [G] | X | X | |
| Horton Hears a Who [G] | X | X | |
| Hotel for Dogs [PG] | X | X | |
| How to Train Your Dragon [PG] | X | X | |
| Hugo [PG] | X | X | |
| Ice Age [PG] | X | X | |
| Ice Princess [G] | X | X | |
| Inception [PG-13] | X | Violence. Slightly disturbing scenes. Suicide. | |
| Indiana Jones Series [PG-13] | X | X | Temple of Doom has some upsetting, graphic scenes. |
| Incredibles [G] | X | X | |
| Infernal Affairs (Cantonese) [R] | X | Violence | |
| The Inheritance Hallmark [NR] | X | X | |
| Inside Out [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Iron Giant [PG] | X | X | |
| Iron Will [PG] | X | X | |
| The Italian Job [PG-13] | X | Mild Language, Violence, Shows girl in bra | |
| John Q [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Jurassic Park [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Jurassic World [PG-13] | X | Dinosaurs eating humans | |
| Kings Speech [R] | X | One Scene where speech therapist has the main character curse the F word numerous times as part of the treatment. Other than that, it’s a clean movie. | |
| Kung Fu Hustle [R] | Mild and cartoon-like violence | ||
| Kung Fu Panda [G] | X | X | |
| Lady and the Tramp [G] | X | X | |
| The Lake House [PG] | X | Language, Disturbing Images | |
| The Land Before Time [G] | X | X | Entire Series |
| The Land of Oz [PG] | X | X | |
| Lark Rises to Candleford BBC [NR] | X | X | shows superstitions of village people |
| The Last Airbender [PG] | X | X | |
| Last Chance Harvey [PG-13] | X | X | |
| The Last Samurai [R] | X | Action/Violence/Gore Sensual Scene | |
| The Lego Movie [PG] | X | X | |
| Letters to Juliet [PG] | X | X | |
| Life is Beautiful [PG-13] | X | Holocaust Themes | |
| Life on Liberty Street [NR] | X | Holocaust Themes | |
| Lilo & Stitch [PG] | X | X | |
| Lion King [G] | X | X | |
| Little Giants [PG] | X | X | |
| Little Mermaid [G] | X | X | Does anyone find it problematic the main character is barely wearing anything and is super skinny and what kind of effect it has on girl’s self-perception and guy’s view towards girls? I do. |
| Little Rascals [PG] | X | X | #1 & #2 |
| Love Comes Softely [NR] | X | X | |
| Lord of the Rings – Fellowship of the Ring [PG-13] | X | X | Violence |
| Lord of the Rings – Return of the King [PG-13] | X | X | Violence |
| Lord of the Rings – Two Towers [PG-13] | X | X | Violence |
| Lorenzo’s Oil [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Madagascar [PG] | X | X | |
| The Magic of Ordinary Days Hallmark [NR] | X | X | |
| A Man for All Seasons [G] | X | X | |
| Mandie and the Secret Tunnel [NR] | X | X | |
| Masterless [PG-13] | X | X | |
| The Matrix [R] | X | ||
| Marry Poppins [G] | X | X | |
| The Messengers [PG-13] | X | X | Clean Language, Frightening scenes |
| Miracle [PG] | X | X | |
| Miracle Dogs [N/A] | X | X | #1 & #2 |
| Miss Potter [PG] | X | X | Mild Language |
| Mission Impossible 3 [PG-13] | X | Intense Action | |
| Monsters Inc [G] | X | X | |
| Monsters & Aliens [PG] | X | X | Potty Humor |
| Moondance Alexander [G] | X | X | |
| Mulan [G] Animated | X | X | |
| Muppets, The [G] | X | X | |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding [PG-13] | X | Non-sexual scene, but implied between unwed partners | |
| My Girl [PG] | X | X | |
| Nanny Mcfee [PG] | X | X | |
| My Spy [PG] | X | X | Clean. Fun. |
| Napolean Dynamite [PG] | X | X | It’s one of those love it or hate it movies.. |
| National Treasure [PG] | X | X | |
| The Negotiator [R] | X | Violence & Bad Language | |
| Newsies [PG] | X | X | |
| Night at the Museum [PG] | X | X | Mild Flirting, Checking a girl out, can be a little scary for very young children |
| The North and South BBC [NR] | X | X | |
| Oliver and Company [G] | X | X | |
| The Other Guys [PG-13] | “Horrible Language, Massively Inappropriate” Not for Kids. | ||
| Overboard [PG] | Some Bad Language & Sexual Content | ||
| Passion of the Christ [R] | Gore, Beatings | ||
| Pay it Forward [PG-13] | X | Mature Elements, Substance Abuse, Sad Parts, Sexual Citations, Language | |
| Penelope [PG] | X | X | Some Innuendo |
| Perfect Man [PG] | X | X | |
| Pink Panther 2006 [PG] | Beyonce’s clothing are tight fitting & revealing. Sexual innuendos. Should be PG-13. | ||
| Pirates of the Caribbean [PG-13] | X | X | Some Violence |
| Pride & Prejudice [PG] | X | X | |
| Prince of Egypt [PG] | X | X | |
| Princess Bride [PG] | X | X | |
| Princess Dairies [G] | X | X | |
| Protocol [PG] | Some Bad Language & Sexual Content | ||
| Pursuit of Happiness [PG-13] | X | X | Some Bad Language |
| Raising Arizona [PG-13] | X | X | |
| Raising Helen [PG-13] | X | Thematic theme issues involving teens | |
| Ratatouille [G] | X | X | |
| Remember the Titans [PG] | X | X | |
| Return to Snowy River [PG] | X | X | Mild Language |
| Road to Avonlea Sullivan Series [G] | X | X | |
| The Rookie [G] | X | X | |
| Saints & Soldiers [PG-13] | Originally rated R, cut down to lower rating, War Violence. Mormon Sniper? | ||
| The Sandlot [PG] | X | X | For-e-ver. For-e-ver. (#1 & 2 both OK) |
| Saving Private Ryan [R] | X | Lots of Violence (War Movie) | |
| Schindler’s List [R] | Violence, Holocaust Themes | ||
| Second Hand Wedding [PG] | X | X | Young Couple living together. Teenage Appropriate |
| The Secret Garden [G] | X | X | |
| Secret of Nimh [G] | X | X | Both #1 and 2 are clean |
| Secrets of Jonathan Sperry [PG] | X | X | Both #1 and 2 are clean |
| Series of Unfortunate Events [PG] | X | Dark / Sad Movie | |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers [G] | X | X | |
| Seven Pounds [PG-13] | Sexual Content, Bad Language, Adult Theme [Suicide] | ||
| Shadowlands [PG] | X | X | |
| The ShawShank Redemption [R] | Bad Language, Prison Violence | ||
| Shrek 3 [PG] | Tons of Sexual Innuendos, Adult Humor | ||
| Sign of the Beaver [N/A] | X | X | |
| Signs [PG-13] | X | X | Few curse words, scary but no gore |
| Sixth Sense [PG-13] | X | There is a scene where you see a fuzzy silhouette of the wife in the shower. The focus in the scene is elsewhere though. Too scary for kids. | |
| Sleepless in Seattle [PG] | X | X | Two bad words, couple sexual innuendos |
| Social Network [R] | Not Clean – that’s why its Rated R! | ||
| Somewhere in Time [PG] | X | X | |
| Soul [PG] | X | X | Topics are around death and afterlife. |
| Spy Kids [PG] | X | X | |
| Stand and Deliver [PG] | X | X | |
| Star Trek [PG-13] | Several Sexual Innuendos, Short Sexual Scene | ||
| Star Wars – Original Trilogy [PG] | X | X | |
| Stardust [PG-13] | X | Fantasy Violence, Risque Humor | |
| Stormbreaker [PG] | X | X | PG for Action Sequences |
| Stuart Little [PG] | X | X | Includes: Stuart 1, 2 and 3 |
| Sugarland Express [PG] | X | X | Great for Older kids. Young won’t get the humor. |
| Summer of the Monkeys [G] | X | X | |
| Sweet Home Alabama [PG-13] | X | Language, Sexual References | |
| Sword in the Stone [G] | X | X | |
| Sydney White [PG-13] | X | Mild Language, Sexual Humor, Partying, Nudity implied but not seen | |
| The Tale of Despereaux [G] | X | X | |
| Tarzan [G] | X | X | |
| Thor [PG-13] | X | ||
| Though None Go With Me [PG] | X | X | |
| Time Traveler’s Wife [PG-13] | Rear End Nudity, Sexuality, Bad Language | ||
| Total Recall [R] | 1990 Version. Profanity, Violence, Bed Scene | ||
| Toy Story [G] | X | X | |
| Toy Story 2 [G] | X | X | |
| Toy Story 3 [G] | X | X | A little intense for young kids. Sneaky reference to “Nice As..cot” |
| The Treasure Seekers [N/A] | X | X | |
| True Grit [PG-13] | X | Violence | |
| Truman Show [PG] | X | X | |
| Try Try Again [N/A] | X | X | |
| Two Week’s Notice [PG-13] | X | Sexual Related Humor, Language | |
| The Ultimate Gift [PG] | X | X | |
| Unbreakable [PG-13] | X | X | |
| UP [PG] | X | X | |
| US Marshall [PG-13] | X | X | |
| The Village [PG-13] | X | X | No Cursing, Some frightening scenes |
| A Walk to Remember [PG] | X | X | Some Sensual Material |
| Wall-E [G] | X | X | |
| Wallace & Gromit [G] | X | X | |
| The Waterhorse [PG] | X | X | |
| Veggie Tales [G] | X | X | Includes all Veggie Tale Titles. See Comments for Fuller List |
| The Wager [N/A] | X | X | Family Friendly |
| War Horse [PG-13] | X | ||
| War Room [PG] | X | ||
| We are Marshall [PG] | X | X | “grab your box of tissue! it’s sad- tells the story of a town and how they dealt with the tradegy of their football team’s plane crash- sad but definately uplifting!”
Note: At least 7 “s” words, 10 hells, 5 damns and few others. |
| We Were Soldiers [R] | X | “Extreme Violence, but Excellent Message” | |
| What Dreams May Come [PG-13] | X | X | |
| The Winter Stallion [N/A] | X | X | |
| What the Deaf Man Heard Hallmark [NR] | NA | NA | |
| When Calls teh Heart [TV] | X | X | |
| When Zachary Beaver Came to Town [PG] | X | X | |
| White You Were Sleeping [PG] | X | X | Some Sexual References and Kissing. Mild Language |
| Wild Hearts Can’t be Broken [PG] | X | X | Mild Language |
| Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) [G] | X | X | May be scary for small children |
| World War Z [PG-13] | |||
| The Young Victoria [PG] | X | X | “some sensual material bw the married couple but no sexual scenes, mild language” |
| You’ve Got Mail [PG] | X | Father & Grandfather being involved with series of younger women portrayed as humorous. Scene about Cyber Sex. People living together before marriage. Parents should explain talking to strangers online is never good. | |
| Zathura [PG] | X | X | |
| Zeus and Roxanne [PG] | X | X | “Zeus is a little dog and Roxanne is a dolphin, and how they manage to bring a lonely man with a son and a career woman with two teenagers together. Sweet movie!” |
Please take a minute to contribute some movies!
It would help a lot if you noted the movie rating!
This will take a long while to become a comprehensive list but slowly and surely we’ll build out this list!
156 Comments
The following are all clean/family-friendly:
* Chariots of Fire
* Kung Fu Panda
* All Pixar movies (Toy Story, Bugs Life, Monsters Inc, The Incredibles, Wall-E, Ratatouille, etc)
Fairly Clean:
* Die Hard 4 (violence and bad language)
* The Bourne Trilogy (same reasons as above)
thanks for starting us off abe – those are great suggestions!
I would add:
Clean–“Glory”, but with violence.
Fairly Clean
-Pirates of the Caribbean (some violence)
-Angels in the Outfield [PG] (some bad language)
Other
-Band of Brothers (lots of violence)
-Seven Pounds (NOT clean) (sexual content & bad language)
still thinking of more…
Until I can post films that I’ve actually seen, this is a good resource.
https://www.breakpoint.org/resources/recommended-films
Pretty Clean:
1) National Treasure
2) Glory Road
3) Iron Giant
4) Bridge to Terabithia
5) Jurassic Park
6) The Sandlot
7) Goonies
8) Back to the Future (all 3)
9) Indiana Jones (all 3)
10) Star Wars (original trilogy)
11) Spy Kids
12) Deep Impact
Dramas (Probably not appropriate for kids)
1) Amadeus
2) Schindler’s List (violence)
3) Infernal Affairs (violence but it’s in Cantonese)
4) Mission Impossible 3 (intense action)
5) The Negotiator (violence, language)
6) Truman Show
any of the Homeward Bound movies
not sure what we can learn from these movies but they were clean and entertaining to watch as a kid
Highly recommend watching “Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove”. Hilarious!
1. Anne of Green Gables – clean
2. Lilo and Stitch – clean and family friendly
3. Bella – clean, family friendly (although it might not be recommended for the younger ones in the family as it deals with abortion and has a really sad scene of a car accident.)
4. A series of unfortunate events – clean (but dark/sad)
5. The Land Before Time – clean and family friendly (especially the first one)
6. Saving Private Ryan – clean (but lots of violence)
7. Prince of Egypt – clean and family friendly
8. Antz – clean and family friendly
I’ll think of some more and come share! 🙂
Vanessa – Great suggestions. Band of Brothers is one of my favorites. There is also a bad sexual scene in one of the later episodes. I think it was episode 9.
Jesse – Wow that is a pretty comprehensive list!
D. Dip – haha homeward bound. I loved those movies as a child!
Diana – thanks for the list.. lot of good ones in there. “land before time” brings back memories… of watching it on VHS.. im getting old. I still haven’t seen bella, though I would love to see that movie. thanks for offering to share more!
keep them coming, this is a nice little list.
Ditto on Emperor’s New Groove!
Life is Beautiful
Wallace and Gromit = D
Happy Feet – kids movie but the music is a trip down memory lane for adults
Surf’s Up – kid’s movie, but has a great message about being your true self
Brother Bear 1 & 2 – great and educational about another culture
Just about anything to do with the Muppet’s – both fun for kids and adults
Apollo 13 – can’t remember precisely but I don’t remember any bad language, educational, and a great story to boot
Around the World in 80 Days (Jackie Chan)- Funny for both adults and children, no sex scenes, no bad language
Babe and Babe 2: Pig in the City – a rollicking good story for all with no bad language, violence, or nudity
Cocoon – a beautiful story with no bad language, violence
Pay It Forward – a wonderful story everyone should see though there are some very sad bits
The WaterHorse: Legend of the Deep – a great family film
I hope these fit your criteria
Enjoy
Just remembered 1 more
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder) brilliant
Tracy & Dragonfyshe – Thanks for all those great suggestions. Just posted them all.
Really hoping this list becomes useful resources for others.
I would recommend The Pursuit of Happyness (PG-13). It has some bad language, but overall a clean movie.
that’s a good one. I really enjoyed that movie. 🙂
The Bucket List- I think it is underrated at PG13 since some of the content is still inappropriate for that age. Has cursing & sexual references.
clean:-the prince of egypt- it’s good for all people. believe me.
Great suggestions.
Updated: The Bucket List, Pursuit of Happiness.
I believe prince of egypt was mentioned before but GREAT suggestions. very clean.
The Passion of the Christ-clean-awesomely powerful movie.
Really gives insight like never before of Christ’s sacrifice.- Graphic because Christ’s beatings and crucifixion are shown in detail.
I would highly recommend it despite its graphicness. In fact, that is a big part of its strength.
back to the future wasn’t very family friendly. I haven’t seen the third one, but the first one had a bit of language, and the second one had adult content in it.
hey tyler – wow I haven’t seen back to the future in ages. Do you remember what kind of language was in the 1st one? Perhaps I was too young to be aware – don’t recall the bad language at all!
thanks for your contribution
Jesus’ name and God’s are abused a good number of times.
4 S-words (2 with the prefix Holy, one used as something out of the ordinary, the other actually used to describe manure). There are also a bunch of hells and damns and at least one “son of a b***h” and “ba****d”.
Beaches
Rated PG-13
Some adult drama.
I loved Bolt – very family friendly and clean.
thanks vanessa & kathy. just letting you know I added those to the list 🙂
Miss Potter about children’s author Beatrix Potter – lovely film for whole family.
Cool Runnings – lots of foul language
Willy Wonka – Scary for small children. Definitely did not like new version.
Apollo 13 Foul Language. Short sex scene in shower. Not clean.
A Walk to Remember. Refreshingly clean teen romance. Good soundtrack.
Hilary Duff movies like Cinderella Story and the Perfect man
jo, TGRD,& KV – thanks for adding to the movie list.
thanks for your notes about the foul langugage in cool runnings and a scene in Apollo 13. We always welcome more detail as well!
if anyone has more to add, please let us know, especially if you disagree with any of the contributions… always good to get everyone’s thoughts and opinions.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Princess Bride! Or Remember Wynn-Dixie, Roman Holiday, all the Hitchcock movies, Heaven Can Wait, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, While You Were Sleeping, etc.
Some of our favorites, all of these are clean, and all (except We Were Soldiers) are apropriate for young children:
-The Last Sin Eater (PG) (scary for small children)
-Cranford BBC series (G)
-Billy: The early Years (G)
-North and South BBC miniseries
-Lark Rise to Candleford BBC series (shows alot of superstitions of the village people)
-Road To Avonlea Sullivan Films Series (G)
-Wild Hearts can’t be Broken (PG)(some mild language)
-We Were Soldiers (R) (extreme violence(war movie) but excellent message)
-The Magic of Ordinary Days Hallmark
-What the Deaf Man Heard Hallmark
-Five Mile Creek Disney series
-The Inheritance Hallmark
-The Tale of Despereaux (G)
-The Young Victoria (PG) (some sensual material between the married couple but no sexual scenes, mild language)
also, Feature Films for Families are all clean films.
Thanks for the great list. A quick note about Evan Almighty. I think it’s awful to mock God like that so I would strike it from my list!
Don’t forget about the phenomenal teen movie Napoleon Dynamite! One of those college lab movies that went viral! My teenagers have half of it memorized! So funny and tells a great moral story of the importance of friendship!
Okay- just thought of a few more of our family favorites! For sure these are clean movies.
We Are Marshall- grab your box of tissue! it’s sad- tells the story of a town and how they dealt with the tradegy of their football team’s plane crash- sad but definately uplifting!
Zeus and Roxanne- When our children were little (over the past 10 years)our family has literally seen this at least 3 or 4 times a year. One of the quirky things we have done but we really do just love it! Zeus is a little dog and Roxanne is a dolphin, and how they manage to bring a lonely man with a son and a career woman with two teenagers together. Sweet movie!
Star Wars
Night at the Museum- Ben Stiller
Cheaper by The Dozen
Dennis, Kim – thanks for the contributions!
Deaunna – Thanks for all the details! For a few I just took a quote or two since I’d thought it’d be helpful for others. that’s a lot of movies!
-The Orphanage (Exceptions)
-The Fragile
Rush Hour[s]
Here are a few others I don’t think I saw on the list:
Flywheel
Facing the Giants
Fireproof
The above 3 are produced by the same company. More for older children or adults, but completely clean with a great message!
The Ultimate Gift upper elementary-adult..great message…star cast
Sarah Plain and Tall series…young children-adult
12 Dogs of Christmas
321 Penguins Amazing Carnival of Complaining T
321 Penguins Cheating Scales of Bullamaka The
321 Penguins Moon Menace on Planet Tell a Lie
321 Penguins Runaway Pride at Light Station Kilowatt
321 Penguins Trouble on Planet wait Your Turn
A Horse for Danny
Adventures of Milo and Otis The
Adventures of Swiss family Robinson The
Adventures of the Black Stallion The
All Dogs Go to Heaven
An All Dogs Christmas Carol
Angelina Ballerina Friends Forever
Angelina Ballerina Lights Camera Action
Angelina Ballerina Luck Penny The
Angelina Ballerina Meet
Angelina Ballerina Rose Fairy Princess
Angelina Ballerina Show Must Go On Christmas in Mouseland
Ann of Green Gables
Babe
Babe Pig in the City
Baby Explorer World of Wonder
Baileys Billions Dog Movie
Balto
Bear in the Big Blue House Party Time with Bear
Bear with Me
Because of Winn-Dixie Dog Movie
Beethoven’s 3rd
Beethoven’s 4th
Beethoven’s 5th
Beethoven’s Big Break
Benji
Benji Off the Leash
Benji Very Own Christmas Story
Berenstain Bears Fun Family Adventures The
Berenstain Bears Take a Car Trip The
Berenstain Bears Team Up The
Black Beauty
Blind Side The
Blues Clues Blues Big Musical Movie
Blues Clues Blues Jobs
Blues Clues Bluestock
Blues Clues Classic Clues
Blues Clues Shapes and Colors
Boz a wowiebozee Christmas
Boz Adventures in Imagination
Boz Bananas Bubbles and Busy Bodies
Brainy Baby Left Brain
Brainy Baby Right Brain
Cats and Dogs Things Are Gonna Get Hairy
Cats the Movie
Charlottes Web
Chicken Run
Christmas Blessing The
Clancy
Derby Stallion The
Disney 101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Bach
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Beethoven
Disney Baby Einstein Baby da vinci
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Galileo
Disney Baby Einstein Baby MacDonald
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Monet
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Mozart
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Neptune
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Newton
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Noah
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Santa’s Music Box
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Shakespeare
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Van Gogh
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Wordsworth
Disney Baby Einstein Baby’s Favorite Places
Disney Baby Einstein Baby’s First Moves
Disney Baby Einstein Baby’s First Sounds
Disney Baby Einstein Discovering Shapes
Disney Baby Einstein Language Nursery
Disney Baby Einstein Lullaby Time
Disney Baby Einstein Meet the Orchestra
Disney Baby Einstein My First Signs
Disney Baby Einstein Neighborhood Animals
Disney Baby Einstein Number Nursery
Disney Baby Einstein On the Go
Disney Baby Einstein World Animals
Disney Baby Einstein World Music
Disney Bambi Platinum Edition
Disney Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition
Disney Cinderella Platinum Edition
Disney Cinderella Two
Disney Dinosaur
Disney JoJo’s Circus Animal a Go-Go
Disney JoJo’s Circus Take a Bow
Disney Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition
Disney Lion King The Platinum Edition
Disney Monsters, Inc.
Disney Nature Earth
Disney Other Side of Heaven The
Disney Peter Pan Platinum Edition
Disney Pinocchio Platinum Edition
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Baby Bot Chase The
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Great Defender of Fun The
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Olie’s Winter Wonderland
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Scavenger Hunt
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Spring-Time Fun
Disney Search for Santa Paws The
Disney Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition
Disney Snow White Platinum Edition
Disney Tigger Move The
Disney Tinker Bell
Disney Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Disney Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Disney Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Disney Where’s Spot and Other Stories
Disney Where’s Spot and Spot Goes to the Farm
Disney Wild The
Disney Winnie the Pooh Grand Adventure
Disney Winnie the Pooh Heffalump Halloween Movie
Disney Winnie the Pooh Heffalump Movie
Disney Winnie the Pooh Springtime with Roo
Dreamer (Horse Movie)
Evan Almighty
Everyone’s Hero
FernGully The Last Rainforest
Fire Proof
Flicka (Horse Movie)
Flipper
Fly Wheel
Forbidden Territory
Fox and the Child The
Franklin and the Green Knight
Franklin in the Dark
Franklin’s Birthday Party
Franklin’s Homemade Cookies
Garfield a Tail of Two Kitties
Gold Retrievers The
Good Morning Maisy
Hermie a Common Caterpillar
Hermie a Fruitcake Christmas
Hermie and the High Seas
Hermie Antonio Meets His Match
Hermie Buzby and the Grumble Bees
Hermie Flo Show Creates a Buzz The
Hermie Flo the Lyin Fly
Hermie Milo the Mantis Who Wouldn’t Pray
Hermie Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp
Hermie To Share or Nut to Share
Hermie Webster the Scaredy Spider
Hidden Places
Hope Floats
Ice Age
Imax Under the Sea
Kayla (Dog Movie)
Kit Kittredge An American Girl
Land Before Time Adventuring in the Mysterious Beyond
Land Before Time Amazing Adventures
Land Before Time Big Freeze The
Land Before Time Good Times and Good Friends
Land Before Time Great Day of the Flyers The
Land Before Time Great Longneck Migration The
Land Before Time Great Valley Adventure The
Land Before Time Invasion of the Tinysauruses The
Land Before Time Journey to Big Water The
Land Before Time Secret of Saurus Rock The
Land Before Time Through the Eye of a Spiketail The
Land Before Time Wisdom of Friends The
Lassie- The Painted Hills (Dog Movie)
Legend of Tillamooks Gold The
Little Heroes (Dog Movie)
Little House on the Prairie- The Premiere Movie (1974)
Little Rascals
Little Women
Madagacar
Miracle Dogs
Miracle Dogs Too
Miss Spider Sunny Patch Friends Adventures of the Sunny Patch Friends Volume One
Miss Spider Sunny Patch Friends Adventures of the Sunny Patch Friends Volume Two
Miss Spider Sunny Patch Friends Dashing Through the Snow
Miss Spider Sunny Patch Friends Humbug
Miss Spider Sunny Patch Kids
Mr Magoriums Wonder Emporium
Nims Island
Once Upon a Forest
Over the Hedge
Penguins in a Christmas Caper The
Penguins Whacked Out Holiday The
Quigley
Retrievers The
Robots
Rubbadubbers Here Come the Rubbadubbers
Sand Lot The
Sand Lot Two
Sarah Plain and Tall
Second Chances (Horse Movie)
Secret Garden The
Secret of Nimh The
Secret of Nimh Two Timmy to the Rescue
Sign of the Beaver
Singing Babies
Stuart Little 1
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 3 Call of the Wild
Through None Go with Me
Treasure Seekers The
Try Try Again
Ultimate Gift The
Veggie Tales a Snoodles Tale
Veggie Tales Abe and the Amazing Promise
Veggie Tales An Easter Carol
Veggie Tales Are You My neighbor
Veggie Tales Ballade of Little Jo The
Veggie Tales Dave and the Giant Pickle
Veggie Tales Duke and the Giant Pie War
Veggie Tales Esther the Girl Who Became Queen
Veggie Tales Gideon Tuba Warrior
Veggie Tales God Made You Special
Veggie Tales God Wants Me to Forgive Them
Veggie Tales Jonah a Veggie Tales Movie
Veggie Tales Josh and the Big Wall
Veggie Tales King George and the Ducky
Veggie Tales Larry Boy and the Bad Apple
Veggie Tales Larry Boy and the Fib From Outer Space
Veggie Tales Larry Boy and Rumor Weed
Veggie Tales Lessons From the Sock Drawer
Veggie Tales Lord of the Beans
Veggie Tales Lyle the Kindly Viking
Veggie Tales Madame Blueberry
Veggie Tales Minnesota Cuke & the Search for Noah’s Umbrella
Veggie Tales Minnesota Cuke & the Search for Samsons Hairbrush
Veggie Tales Moe and the Big Exit
Veggie Tales Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
Veggie Tales Rack Shack and Benny
Veggie Tales Saint Nicholas
Veggie Tales Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs Dance of the Cucumber
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs Do the Moo Shoo
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs I Can Be Your Friend
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs I Love My Lips
Veggie Tales Star of Christmas The
Veggie Tales Sumo of the Opera
Veggie Tales Tomato Sawyer & Huckleberry’s Big River Rescue
Veggie Tales Toy That Saved Christmas The
Veggie Tales Ultimate Silly Song Countdown The
Veggie Tales Where’s God When I am Scared?
Veggie Tales Wonder World of Auto-tainment The
Veggie Tales Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s
Wager The
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Where the Red Fren Grow Original 1974
White Fang (Dog Movie)
Winter Stallion The
Yours Mine and Ours
Zeus and Roxanne
Holy Moly. that’s a big list… 🙂 thanks Lora
Last Chance Harvey is a good one. Minimal language(2 at most.) Very good.
How refreshing! I’ve been searching and searching for clean movies online. I gave up cable/satellite television (have had them both) over a year ago and I don’t plan to go back. None of them seem to actually know what a “family tier” would consist of. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
I’d love to help someone design an internet based family “television” style programming. Hulu gives you mostly cartoons when you look for family movies there. Pretty pathetic.
And we love Veggie Tales at our house!!
Nancy, what a great idea! I would love to talk with you about developing this idea. Send me a note at Deaunna@gmail.com and we’ll see what we can come up with!
Fireproof is a great movie with some action and a whole lot of heart.
Facing the Giants is a great family film with sports and heart.
It inspired me very much at one point in my life when I needed a lift. If you’re there, this movie will help, because in the film a man is really struggling, as is his football team. But something amazing turns it around, and he finds the strength to carry on.
Highly recommended for all ages.
UPDATED: New additions to my christian movie list.
1.) Aussie and Ted’s Great Adventure (Dog Movie)
2.) Blind Side The
3.) Christmas Child
4.) Gifted Hands The Ben Carson Story
5.) Hotel for Dogs
6.) Land Before Time Journey Through the Mist The
7.) Land Before Time Mysterious Island The
8.) Life on Liberty Street
9.) Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
10.) Moondance Alexander (Horse Movie)
11.) Passion of the Christ The
12.) Summer of the Monkeys
13.) Veggie Tales Its a Meaningful Life
14.) What Dreams May Come
thanks for that list Lora!
How to train your dragon (love that movie)
Love comes softly
Horton hears a who
Treasure planet
Princess of thieves (some action)
Princess diaries 1 and 2 (clean for the most part)
Cinderella the real one with brandy
Oliver and company
Tiny the movie ( dog movie loved that one growing up)
Most of these movies I watched as a child and fell in love with, no they are not all just kids movies but ones I enjoy as an adult without all the crap also
Aladdin
Mulan
Oliver &company
The other side of heaven
the best two years
pride and prejudice
Ella enchanted
cars
protocol( there is some reference to gays in this movie, bad language and sexual content, but not bad even for me)
nanny mcfee
little mermaid
spirit
saints and soldiers
Charly
rigaletto
the karate kid trilogy and the new one, there is some violence, not appropriate for young viewers
first night some kissing that gets a little carried away can’t remember if it shows more than that
quest for Camelot
the sword in the stone
Deja Vu(not appropriate for young viewers)
overboard(this is hilarious) but does have some language and sexual content
The bewitching of Ben Wagner
The buttercream gang
Three men and a baby trilogy some language and sexual references but very funny
Ever after
Little giants
The rookie
Remember the titans if this has been suggested sorry
The fox and the hound
robin hood both the cartoon and the one with Kevin costner, mild violence and language that I remember
Somewhere in time
The scarlet pimpernel
the fugitive
US marshals
John Q
Tarzan
Annie
Newsies
Stand and deliver
The man from snowy river trilogy
Hitch
Dumbo
Fiddler on the roof
Marry poppins
The sound of music
Lady and the tramp
Ice princess
A little princess
The mummy series
Seven brides for seven brothers
The ice princess
Quigly down under
My daughter finds the little mermaid deeply disturbing, she has now a fear of going on ships/boats in fear it will crash, and she fears for us to go to the trips alone without her in case we don’t come back! She’s seven yes old now but she’s been is since 4-5yrs old, now she can express her feelings more clearly.. also the fact that the main character is all the time in bras made her awkward and wants all her clothes to b like this!!
Letters to Juliet is a great clean movie.
The King’s Speech has one bad scene where they say the F word a bunch of times which gave it an R rating but there isn’t any sex or violence in it. It won Best Picture this year.
Great suggestions!!
I just wanted to add “Galaxy Quest”… fantastic family film (probably more for older kids, 8+?). No sex, very minimal violence, no language that I remember, no sexual inuendo (some Segourney Weaver cleavage though!) and a positive message! Its a fun sci-fi too (still great if you don’t like the genre).
Some Personal good clean Favourites:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Lake House
Two Week’s Notice (sexual language)
The Italian Job (mild violence)
Cellular (mild violence)
Sydney White (nudity implied but not seen – sexual language)
Penelope
Stardust
Sweet Home Alabama
My Girl
Raising Helen
Yours, mine and ours [1968]
Love Wrecked
The Man From snowy River
Return to Snowy River
Remember the Titans (might have some language – racial descrimination)
Joe Somebody
family friendly:
dunstin Checks in
Little Rascals
Born to be Free
Robots
The Secret Garden
Pollyanna (1960 or tv 2003)
Cop and a half
The Sandlot
Stormbreaker
Oh, and Zathura to family friendly!
How is a PG-13 movie family friendly(remember this is for young kids)? How is a R movie clean? You can’t put a comment saying it has language, voilence, and a sex scene but is still clean. I wouldn’t dare show my young kids a PG-13 movie, and they’re rated PG-13 for a reason. A lot of this list is a joke. I’m looking for “clean movies”, not “cleaner than most movies”. I think the good movies on this list is very valuable and I appreciate those that helped, but lets label them correctly .
hey vaughn,
by all means, if you have seen any of these movies and feel it is inappropriate please comment! this list really depends on people’s feedback. hope is that as that as more people give feedback the list will only get better. also please note know just because they are on the list doesn’t mean it is clean or family friendly at all, some are marked NEITHER. I believe they only made the list because there are movies that SEEM like family films that are actually not very clean at all so we wanted to note them here so people will be warned!
i personally wouldn’t even want to show some of the PG stuff here because it romanticizes romance or rebellious living to be honest..
thanks
i AGREE COMPLETELY, WE ARE A MUSLIM FAMILY AND FIND IT HARD TO FIND MOVIES THAT ARE CLEAN IE) NO KISSING, NO PARTIAL NUDITY, NO SWEAR WORDS…WHY IS IT SO HARD? WE WANT FAMILY FILMS, NOT CARTOONS OR ANIMATION. i’M SICK OF WATCHING ANIMAL MOVIES TOO! NO MORE DOLPHINS, WHALES, DOGS CATS OR PIGS! AS A SOCIETY WE ARE JUST INDIFFERENT TO THIS STANDARD NOW AS THE MAJORITY SEEM NOT TO CARE AND ARE DESENSITIZED TO IT ALL. THANKS TO THESE LISTS I HAVE MANAGED TO DOWNLOAD A FEW NEW ONES. THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING EVERYONE.
Vaughn, I do agree with you that there are movies on this list I wouldn’t want my 13 y.o. daughter to see or my 10 y.o. son to see. However, I think the term “clean cut” is relative and that’s why we have comments. Many people are ok taking their children to a movie that has no nudity and no sex scenes but has bad language. My own children know what’s appropriate language in our household and though they ride the subway and go to school where foul language is used and heard daily (certainly as young as 4th grade and sometimes younger) they understand what is tolerable in our household.
Also, the website clearly states (I copy/pasted from the top of the website):
Family Friendly: Basically would you take your 10 year old daughter to this and be perfectly comfortable with what she is taking in? (This is sexist–why “daughter”? Is it ok for my 10 y.o. son to see violence but not my daughter? What’s with that statement?).
I guess you still have to do your own research and judge for yourself but there are still many wonderful movies on this list. Do what I do: if you’re not sure of the cleanliness of the movie watch it by yourself first.
Obviously, people have many different standards. The fact that I’ve never seen 90% of these makes me wonder if folks are growing desensitized by the sheer volume of entertainment they pursue.
I would not call Forest Gump a family film.
Ever After is a great take on Cinderella, with a shocking s-word thrown in out of the blue. Also, the death of dear father and a scary scene with the villain make it unsuitable for the very young.
First Dog and The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry would qualify as family friendly.
The Christmas Card is a holiday favorite.
Hi Cleancutmedia,
I am SO glad to have found your website. Thank God for your initiative behind this website.
I love movies, but what with the growing insensitivity to immorality and violence.. I have to generally restrict myself to animation movies. They are a God-send. (Pixar, i love you guys.)
Ok, can some one please help me with these:
Are the following movies clean (clean as per CCM standards) Unstoppable.
Planet of the Apes.
Captain America.
Hey Narnian,
thanks for the kind words.
I personally have not seen those 3 movies, hopefully someone here will read your comment and give you feedback.
Meanwhile I’ve been meaning to write a post talking about a couple good review sites (since our site doesn’t have an extensive list).. but search for “kids in mind” and “christian spotlight”, i find those two resources helpful as they tend to have higher standards then elsewhere.
please come back and let us know what you find so we can add them to the list!
UPDATED & REVISED: My Christian Movie List
12 Dogs of Christmas
321 Penguins Amazing Carnival of Complaining The
321 Penguins Cheating Scales of Bullamaka The
321 Penguins Moon Menace on Planet Tell a Lie
321 Penguins Runaway Pride at Light Station Kilowatt
321 Penguins Trouble on Planet wait Your Turn
Adventures of Milo and Otis The (Cat/Dog Movie)
Adventures of Swiss family Robinson The (TV Series/Episodes)
Adventures of the Black Stallion The (TV Series/Episodes)
All Dogs Christmas Carol An
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Andre (Seal Movie)
Angelina Ballerina Friends Forever
Angelina Ballerina Lights Camera Action
Angelina Ballerina Luck Penny The
Angelina Ballerina Meet
Angelina Ballerina Rose Fairy Princess
Angelina Ballerina Show Must Go On Christmas in Mouseland
Aussie and Ted’s Great Adventure (Dog Movie)
Babe (Pig Movie)
Babe Pig in the City
Baby Explorer World of Wonder
Baileys Billions (Dog Movie)
Balto (Dog Cartoon)
Bear in the Big Blue House Party Time with Bear
Bear with Me (Bear Movie)
Because of Winn-Dixie (Dog Movie)
Beethoven’s 3rd (Dog Movie)
Beethoven’s 4th (Dog Movie)
Beethoven’s 5th (Dog Movie)
Beethoven’s Big Break (Dog Movie)
Benji (Dog Movie)
Benji Off the Leash (Dog Movie)
Benji Very Own Christmas Story (Dog Movie)
Berenstain Bears Fun Family Adventures The
Berenstain Bears Take a Car Trip The
Berenstain Bears Team Up The
Black Beauty (Horse Movie)
Blind Side The
Blues Clues Blues Big Band
Blues Clues Blues Big Musical Movie
Blues Clues Blues Jobs
Blues Clues Bluestock
Blues Clues Classic Clues
Blues Clues Shapes and Colors
Boz a wowiebozee Christmas
Boz Adventures in Imagination
Boz Bananas Bubbles and Busy Bodies
Brainy Baby Left Brain
Brainy Baby Right Brain
Cats and Dogs Things Are Gonna Get Hairy
Cats the Movie (NOT to be confused with 1981 “Cats the Musical”)
Charlottes Web
Chicken Run
Chonda Pierce Did I Say That Out Loud? (Christian Comedy)
Christmas Blessing The
Christmas Child
Clancy
Derby Stallion The (Horse Movie)
Disney 101 Dalmatians Platinum Edition
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Bach
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Beethoven
Disney Baby Einstein Baby da vinci
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Galileo
Disney Baby Einstein Baby MacDonald
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Monet
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Mozart
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Neptune
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Newton
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Noah
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Santa’s Music Box
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Shakespeare
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Van Gogh
Disney Baby Einstein Baby Wordsworth
Disney Baby Einstein Baby’s Favorite Places
Disney Baby Einstein Baby’s First Moves
Disney Baby Einstein Baby’s First Sounds
Disney Baby Einstein Discovering Shapes
Disney Baby Einstein Language Nursery
Disney Baby Einstein Lullaby Time
Disney Baby Einstein Meet the Orchestra
Disney Baby Einstein My First Signs
Disney Baby Einstein Neighborhood Animals
Disney Baby Einstein Number Nursery
Disney Baby Einstein On the Go
Disney Baby Einstein World Animals
Disney Baby Einstein World Music
Disney Bambi Platinum Edition
Disney Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition
Disney Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Disney Cinderella Platinum Edition
Disney Cinderella Two
Disney Dinosaur
Disney JoJo’s Circus Animal a Go-Go
Disney JoJo’s Circus Take a Bow
Disney Lady and the Tramp Platinum Edition
Disney Lion King The Platinum Edition
Disney Monsters, Inc.
Disney Nature Earth
Disney Oliver and Company
Disney Other Side of Heaven The
Disney Peter Pan Platinum Edition
Disney Pinocchio Platinum Edition
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Baby Bot Chase The
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Great Defender of Fun The
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Olie’s Winter Wonderland
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Scavenger Hunt
Disney Rolie Polie Olie Spring-Time Fun
Disney Search for Santa Paws The
Disney Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition
Disney Snow White Platinum Edition
Disney Tinker Bell
Disney Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
Disney Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Disney Where’s Spot and Other Stories
Disney Where’s Spot and Spot Goes to the Farm
Disney Wild The
Disney Winnie the Pooh Grand Adventure
Disney Winnie the Pooh Heffalump Halloween Movie
Disney Winnie the Pooh Heffalump Movie
Disney Winnie the Pooh Springtime with Roo
Disney Winnie the Pooh Tigger Move The
Dreamer (Horse Movie)
Evan Almighty
Everyone’s Hero
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Ben Stein’s Christian Documentary)
FernGully The Last Rainforest
Fire Proof
Flicka (Horse Movie)
Flipper (Dolphin Movie)
Fly Wheel
Forbidden Territory
Fox and the Child The (Fox Movie)
Franklin and the Green Knight
Franklin in the Dark
Franklin’s Birthday Party
Franklin’s Homemade Cookies
Garfield a Tail of Two Kitties
Gifted Hands The Ben Carson Story
Gold Retrievers The (Dog Movie)
Good Morning Maisy
Hermie a Common Caterpillar
Hermie a Fruitcake Christmas
Hermie and the High Seas
Hermie Antonio Meets His Match
Hermie Buzby and the Grumble Bees
Hermie Flo Show Creates a Buzz The
Hermie Flo the Lyin Fly
Hermie Milo the Mantis Who Wouldn’t Pray
Hermie Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure
Hermie Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp
Hermie To Share or Nut to Share
Hermie Webster the Scaredy Spider
Hidden Places
Hope Floats
Horse for Danny A (Horse Movie)
Hotel for Dogs (Dog Movie)
Ice Age
Imax Under the Sea
Kayla (Dog Movie)
Kit Kittredge An American Girl
Land Before Time Adventuring in the Mysterious Beyond
Land Before Time Amazing Adventures
Land Before Time Big Freeze The
Land Before Time Good Times and Good Friends
Land Before Time Great Day of the Flyers The
Land Before Time Great Longneck Migration The
Land Before Time Great Valley Adventure The
Land Before Time Invasion of the Tinysauruses The
Land Before Time Journey Through the Mist The
Land Before Time Journey to Big Water The
Land Before Time Mysterious Island The
Land Before Time Secret of Saurus Rock The
Land Before Time Through the Eye of a Spiketail The
Land Before Time Wisdom of Friends The
Lassie The Painted Hills (Dog Movie)
Legend of the Three Trees The (Dog Movie)
Legend of Tillamooks Gold The (Dog Movie)
Life on Liberty Street
Little Bit of Faith A
Little Heroes (Dog Movie)
Little Rascals
Madagacar
Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
Miracle Dogs (Dog Movie)
Miracle Dogs Too (Dog Movie)
Moondance Alexander (Horse Movie)
Mr Magoriums Wonder Emporium
MSSP Friends Adventures of the Sunny Patch Friends Volume One
MSSP Friends Adventures of the Sunny Patch Friends Volume Two
MSSP Dashing Through the Snow
MSSP Humbug
MSSP Kids
Nims Island
Once Upon a Forest
Over the Hedge
Passion of the Christ The
Penguins in a Christmas Caper The
Penguins Whacked Out Holiday The
Pistol The
Quigley (Dog Movie)
Red Fury The (Horse Movie)
Retrievers The (Dog Movie)
Robots
Rubbadubbers Here Come the Rubbadubbers
Sand Lot The
Sand Lot Two
Second Chances (Horse Movie)
Secret of Nimh The
Secret of Nimh Two Timmy to the Rescue
Secrets of Jonathan Sperry The
Shiloh (Dog Movie)
Shiloh Season (Dog Movie)
Sign of the Beaver
Singing Babies
Stuart Little 1
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 3 Call of the Wild
Summer of the Monkeys (Monkey Movie)
Through None Go with Me
Treasure Seekers The
Try Try Again
Ultimate Gift The
Veggie Tales a Snoodles Tale
Veggie Tales Abe and the Amazing Promise
Veggie Tales An Easter Carol
Veggie Tales Are You My neighbor
Veggie Tales Ballade of Little Jo The
Veggie Tales Dave and the Giant Pickle
Veggie Tales Duke and the Giant Pie War
Veggie Tales Esther the Girl Who Became Queen
Veggie Tales Gideon Tuba Warrior
Veggie Tales God Made You Special
Veggie Tales God Wants Me to Forgive Them
Veggie Tales Its a Meaningful Life
Veggie Tales Jonah a Veggie Tales Movie
Veggie Tales Josh and the Big Wall
Veggie Tales King George and the Ducky
Veggie Tales Larry Boy and the Bad Apple
Veggie Tales Larry Boy and the Fib From Outer Space
Veggie Tales Larry Boy and Rumor Weed
Veggie Tales Lessons From the Sock Drawer
Veggie Tales Lord of the Beans
Veggie Tales Lyle the Kindly Viking
Veggie Tales Madame Blueberry
Veggie Tales Minnesota Cuke & the Search for Noah’s Umbrella
Veggie Tales Minnesota Cuke & the Search for Samsons Hairbrush
Veggie Tales Moe and the Big Exit
Veggie Tales Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
Veggie Tales Pistachio
Veggie Tales Rack Shack and Benny
Veggie Tales Saint Nicholas
Veggie Tales Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs Dance of the Cucumber
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs Do the Moo Shoo
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs I Can Be Your Friend
Veggie Tales Sign Alongs I Love My Lips
Veggie Tales Star of Christmas The
Veggie Tales Sumo of the Opera
Veggie Tales Sweetpea Beauty
Veggie Tales Tomato Sawyer & Huckleberry’s Big River Rescue
Veggie Tales Toy That Saved Christmas The
Veggie Tales Twas the Night Before Easter
Veggie Tales Ultimate Silly Song Countdown The
Veggie Tales Where’s God When I am Scared?
Veggie Tales Wonder World of Auto-Tainment The
Veggie Tales Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s
Wager The
What Dreams May Come
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
White Fang (TV Series/Episodes)
Winter Stallion The (Horse Movie)
Yours Mine and Ours
Zeus and Roxanne (Dog/Dolphin Movie)
The Count of Monte Cristo – rated PG-13 for violence (prison scenes in dark ages, beatings) good for kids over 13 (as rated); great story line; two scenes with strong sexual innuendos, but no nudity; language can be offensive
The Conspirator – excellent, based on true story about assassination of Abe Lincoln; violence; no sexual connotations
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This is an excellent idea! I don’t trust the MPAA (or any other ratings agency) to tell me what’s appropriate for children to watch. Even in the last 20 years, the standards have come way down!
Seems like your list is getting quite long. If it starts getting any bigger, you should consider starting a database of sorts, that’s searchable and editable. I wonder if anyone has already started such an effort?
yes the MPAA ratings have changed quite a bit over the years… hard to trust it anymore. thanks for visiting Dave.
We have most of these movies and more on our website. We specialize in good, clean movies and tv shows.
that’s great. I’ll be sure to poke around and see what you got there!
Any good movies you feel like we should add to the list?
I’m so glad I found this site! I’ve been so dismayed as of late at the realization that the majority of films being brought to the public nowadays are filled with foul language and sexual content! I can’t watch a good, funny action film without sexual references, sexual displays and the F word every other sentence! It’s horrible.
Anyway, the past few days I’ve been on the hunt for good family films (and even some fast-paced action movies for my dad- but without the inappropriateness) Here are a few that I didn’t see noted above…
The Help
*rated PG-13 for thematic material; no foul language that I can remember; a few scenes and/or material that may be too mature for kids (?) i.e: one character suffers a miscarriage, another woman is a victim of domestic violence (viewer doesn’t see anything), a police officer hitting a black woman, etc. All around safe, clean film though.
The Big Year
*rated PG for language and some sensuality. Very few bad words. A sensual kissing scene between a married couple. Clean, family film.
I rented 30 minutes or less, The Other Guys, and Cop Out for my dad- without checking the rating first. BIG mistake! Horrible language, massively inappropriate, (30 minutes or less was horrifying- I skipped through the whole film then turned it off) The Other Guys was funny, but definitely not for kids. I even fast-forwarded some scenes. Cop Out was F every other word. Just a word of warning! DON”T see these movies!
Can anybody recommend some action movies that I can feel free to watch with my dad? Minimal foul language, little or no sexuality, NO inappropriate humor?
Hey Ruth,
First of all, thank you for your contributions. I haven’t even heard of “The Help” or “The Big Year”! Also always helps others to name off those movies that may seem clean on the outside but not so much in the inside. I added the good movies and the bad ones to the list!
It is indeed horrible how every movie just has to squeeze something bad in there. I think why! it was so clean so far!
Action Films…
BOURNE – Have you tried to Bourne series? It’s a movie series that every guy I know loved and even some girls liked as well. Lots of action and it is relatively pretty clean. There are some sensual scenes in #1, but nothing obscene. #3 “Bourne Ultimatum” was easily my favorite. You feel tense throughout the whole movie. Director did a great job.
LOTR – no comment needed here. super clean. lot of good moral stories embedded as well. plus battle, war and manliness! (a good kind)
Band of Brothers – for guys, this was a pretty enjoyable series. the only one not clean is episode 9. Can just skip that altogether.
Remember the Titans – a big fan of this football movie. clean.
Chronicles of Narnia
Godzilla – haha!
the Incredibles
Batman movies (recent & old)
Indepedence Day – clean
Con Air – clean
Terminator Movies
Die Hard – clean
Die Hard 4 – action packed. bad language, but nothing beyond that i remember..
Beyond that, the farther you go back in time, the more likely it will be clean. It’s the sad truth.
I tried to look up what other people say in other websites, and honestly am horrified at the recommendations.
Hi Ruth – LadyHawke is a great movie for older teens & adults. I don’t recall any swearing but there are a lot of action scenes with knights fighting. Other than that its great.
Ruth, have you tried the Jesse Stone TV miniseries with Tom Selleck? I sell all but Stone Cold on my website. Thanks!
I agree with all the above selections. I would add several that I’ve seen recently: War Horse, Hugo, The Adventures of Tin Tin, Toy Doll, Blind Side, and Thor. I don’t watch R-rated movies.
Hey Dennis,
thanks for those suggestions.
how would you rate those in terms of whether it is “clean” and whether it is “family -friendly” (meaning you are fine with your 12 yr daughter to watch it).
Schindler’s List has murder and nudity, NOT suitable for children and not family friendly.
I’d just like to post a reminder, because sometimes what we see in the world we see so often that we don’t even see it as wrong anymore. Cleavage — bad. Under-dressed females like the one in the ad at the top right of this webpage at the time I wrote this… this is not something we should teach our daughters, should we ? AND, please, if we would keep this in mind, when people in movies say things like “Oh my G–“, it IS using the Lord’s Name in vain. We can’t serve two masters ! Thank you very much for the hearing.
Hey Kerry,
thanks for your comment! I completely agree with you. My hope both in this post as well as in other review articles is to point out those exact things. There is enough review sites out there that talk about how “good” the story was or the acting was.. I am more interested in what underlying lifestyle is this show teaching? What habits is it promoting? How does this show or song or video change what we consider the “norm”. a PG-13 movie now is a far cry from what PG-13 was in like 1990. Standards are changing and I hope people are able to become better aware of this.
By all means Kerry and anyone out there, if you see these things or know them in any of the movies listed above, please mention them. I rather we get super conservative (if we can even call that!) because that would make this resource more useful for those seeking truly clean, family-friendly movies.
I see you have Chronicles of Narnia’s “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”, but now there’s also “Prince Caspian”, and “Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader”. They are titled as such, and that’s how they’re listed in our library consortium. There is some violence in them, but it’s not graphic and the message is good, especially if you’re Christian and point out the correlation between Aslan and Jesus. My children love them, and like to play that they’re characters out of the books/movies.
As far as nudity in “Cocoon”, as far as I remember it’s very tame, and I wouldn’t object to my children seeing that movie. I loved it when I was a kid!
Remember the Titans shows a guy kissing another guy! Very inappropriate!
Having adult children now, I don’t scrutinize like I used to, but my video library makes other adults laugh, because it is so tame! My hubby and I switched mostly to the classics years ago, because we were tired of being offended and embarrassed at the theater and then having to walk out of an expensive movie or return a rental without watching it.
Some favorites, in addition to others that have been listed above: (Just personal conviction: I would watch these sans small kids due to themes and mild language):
Groundhog Day – Romantic Comedy. Very funny! Mild profanity (2 words maybe?, no nudity or cleavage, but implied sex between two people.
Waking Ned Devine – Comedy. An old man is nude riding a motorcycle, no private parts shown, and as you can imagine, the scene is NOT sexual at all! 🙂
A Christmas Story – Comedy. Small amount of cursing. Might be disturbing to some as children curse. A man gets a “lady leg” lamp, and there seems to be sexual interest in it, but it’s really mild.
What’s Up Doc? Screwball Comedy. Very funny. Barbra S. is seen in a tub. It is implied that she is not wearing clothes though no nudity is seen, and it’s a bubble bath. Ryan O.’s pants fall off revealing boxer shorts. Barbra S. is seen wrapped only in a towel, but all in comedy routine. Barbra S. seems to be not wearing a bra in one scene, but it’s not “in your face”.
Nacho Libre – Comedy (Sophomoric, I admit!) Nacho flexes his glutes in tight pants to impress a girl. (This might be OK to you for your kids. Watch it once and then decide.)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Romantic Comedy. I would check out https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259446/parentalguide for the details on this one. They are all mild, but my hubby said he does look away on this one scene with the lady and her cleavage. It’s a non-sexual scene, but still…
True Grit – old and new version, but I am talking about the new version here. Western. Good bit of violence, with one really graphic scene. A smattering of curse words, with one F bomb at the end, but it’s muttered under the breath.
The Princess Bride. Fantasy / Comedy. Nothing bad in this flick at all.
Inception. Adventure / Sci-Fi. OK. This one is also hard to rate. Check out the IMDB parental guide. A lady does wear cleavage revealing shots, but it is like ball gown, off the shoulder stuff, and more elegant that trashy. I still wish they had less of that. Violence and some language.
Sleepless in Seattle. Romantic Comedy. This is about the leading man getting back into the dating scene after his wife dies, so there is some sexual innuendo, and his young son asks him if he will have sex on his date. There is one GD. No nudity.
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Screwball Comedy. There is one scene where a woman dances in a bikini for a good while in the background. My hubby usually refills his soda at that point. 🙂 It’s a 60’s style bikini, so it covers more than it would today, and it’s a comedy scene. Even her dancing is funny.
B&W or Old Classics we love: (Bear in mind that even the classics have women with low cut or tight garb from time to time, adult themes such as adultery or even voyeurism like in Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Official movie censorship didn’t really start in force till 1934. The mid to late 50’s, restrictions let up as well, so you still have to be careful when you rent that “classic”! I would guess 98% of the movies listed below would be hard pressed to offend anyone!
The Maltese Falcon
The Quiet Man
Harvey
The Thin Man Series
Casablanca
My Favorite Spy
My Favorite Brunette
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (This is one I introduced my son to when he said he was ready for “scary movies”!)
Abbot and Costello Hold That Ghost
Abbott and Costello Hit The Ice
Abbott and Costello Naughty Nineties
Alfred Hitchcock Spellbound
Alfred Hitchcock Suspicion
Alfred Hitchcock Strangers On A Train
Alfred Hitchcock Shadow Of A Doubt
Alfred Hitchcock Rear Window
Alfred Hitchcock Notorious
Alfred Hitchcock To Catch A Thief
Alfred Hitchcock Dial M For Murder
Bob Hope Never Say Die
Holiday
Born Yesterday
Topper
Laura
My Man Godfrey
Palm Beach Story
The Lady Eve
To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
Fort Apache
Singin’ In The Rain
Arsenic And Old Lace
Desk Set
Pillow Talk
That Touch of Mink
His Girl Friday
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Roman Holiday
The Great Escape
Rio Grande
My Favorite Wife
The Awful Truth
Bringing Up Baby
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby “Road To” series
Key Largo
wow what a list! thanks for sharing so much detail. I hope others find this helpful…
The disney characters are not all skinny look at lilo
Great list I must say! I’ll be referring to this for movies to watch with my 7-yr old! As for recommendations, I’d put in a lot of the movies made by the likes of Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks. My favorite movie to watch with kids has to be Home Alone, while my little one just loves Full House (the TV show) and so do I! They really don’t make stuff like that any more do they.
1. Sugarland Express with a very young Goldie Hawn. Hysterical though younger kids won’t get a lot of the humor. Great for older kids.
2. Raising Arizona with Nicholas Cage and Holly Hunter. They portray a couple unable to have a child of their own so they steal one from parents who are blessed with quints (they have so many anyway).
Each movie is extremely hilarious though probably better for the 8+ age crowd.
You may want to rethink the Goonies. I bought the dvd thinking with a pg rating it would be good for my little sister to watch. Had to turn it off. The kids in that movie curse more than a little. It is peppered throughout. Most others in your list look great. Thanks for taking the time to do this btw. May I add a couple of “scary movies”? The messengers is clean language wise, it does have freightening scenes. Also Dead Silence is clean language wise (I think h**l is used a few times) but it does have scary images and could be freightening.
thanks jeff for those suggestions. updated the goonies!
Would like to add a couple others:
The village – no curse words, no sex scenes or immodesty, some freightening scenes.
Signs – very few curse words, no sex scenes, scary (no gore).
thanks jeff for those suggestions. updated the goonies! it’s always hard to find good, safe scary movies.
Super cool website!
Btw, Star Wars should have a warning on the Return of the Jedi box.
Princess Leia is scantily clad as a female slave. It’s provacative and not an
appropriate association of women for anyone, let alone children.
Again, thanks for this page and your website.
Mark
A lot of the “clean” movies listed are not clean at all. The Italian Job shows a girl in her bra, You’ve Got Mail, a whole scene about cyber sex, people live together before marriage. So many on the list are not clean at all. Very disappointing.
Hey Katie! thanks for those tips. these are the kind of comments we really value. I am glad your standards are high.. that was purpose of this list – to be a source when people can understand with much more depth whether a movie was clean or not and what they should expect. Going to update the list with some of your notes. please share more that you know of. Downgraded those movies
Hitch-shows people in bed together before marriage.
First and foremost, I wanted to say thank you for your very appreciated effort and hard work. Putting this list together opens you to criticism. I applaud what you’ve done here and how many movies you’ve had to watch to get this list. Can’t please everyone all the time but we really need to bring back some kind of standard.
I have never been much of a movie watcher and now that I’m older, I don’t even watch regular tv. The commercials are worse than the movies.
I’m so ridiculously picky about what I watch, I make it where nobody wants to watch movies or tv with me lol. I am just careful about what I let come into my eye and ear gates. That includes music. I don’t listen to mainstream radio, either.
I have all but given up on being able to watch a movie that doesn’t make me want to plug my ears at least once or get up and walk out of the room. I’m sensitive to profanity, sex, violence, premarital sex, occult themes, drug/alcohol use and blurring the lines of who God is.
Whatever Dreams May Come is one of my very favorite movies. I did want to mention that the theme of that movie involves death, suicide and hell. He goes to hell to get his wife. There is partial nudity, as well and scary scenes. My biggest problem with that movie is the depiction of a butt-naked Cuba Gooding Jr. as a spirit guide and the fact that God is absent in heaven and that your eternity is entirely what you make of it. Not an accurate depiction of heaven.
Speaking of God, Bruce Almighty is a good movie, except the sex scene.
Lady in the Water by M. Night Shamalan. Classic good vs. evil. No nudity, no violence and I believe no profanity. Scary scenes for younger children.
What about all the superhero movies? Batman, Superman, Transformers, etc.
Bruce Willis in Unbreakable.
The Land of Oz. Classic good vs. evil. Didn’t make me flinch once.
Daddy Day Care. Yay!
Holes. Yay! However, there is a witchcraft theme (curse),
Kicking and Screaming. Yay!
Forest Gump. I believe there is violence but all around a family film.
The Matrix. No nudity. No profanity. Classic good vs. evil. GREAT action scenes.
Freedom Writers. Haven’t seen it but the reviews peg it as the classic kids in the ghetto make good stories.
The Tooth Fairy. Cheesy and dumb but family friendly.
Kung Fu Hustle. Parody of classic kung fu fighting but way more epic. Mild and cartoon-like violence.
Now You See Me. Not for young viewers but a good movie.
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. I had the misfortune of trusting the PG13 designation. Bad mistake. I was mortified by all the sexual references and innuendo. The movie is packed full of nasty. Horrible movie unless you’re into that kind of thing.
I avoid just about anything with Jim Carey and Adam Sandler in it and that other guy who does the car commercials now…what’s his name? The anchor guy. Filthy. All of them.
When I think of more, I’ll post them.
Hey Chele,
first of all, thank you so much for all the contributions. will take me a while to update the list but this list will be very helpful for everyone.
secondly, i agree with you that standards have been getting lower. What would have been a rated R movie a mere 10 years ago is easily labelled PG-13 these days. I have similar standards as you do actually. All these movies on this list.. i haven’t seen most of them. They are mostly from contributions of commenters such as yourself. of course everyone’ standards are different, so I expect a little push back and forth from everyone, but I am definitely in your camp. In fact.. confession.. i don’t even own a tv. very selective about movies I watch as well.
thanks again for all the details in the comments!
I applaud you not even owning a tv. If it weren’t for my being married, I probably wouldn’t either. It bothers me a lot that he loves horror movies. He knows the first time I hear the music change or gurgling sounds, I’m out of my seat and probably the room.
Just wondering – you put The Matrix as an all around good movie – why is it rated “R”?
I want to thank again the efforts made here as you said Chloe, I was also looking for the superhero movies references.. For me I find them too influential on kids, they all think they are superheros and I can’t emphasise enough the number of children passing away from trying to fly out of the window or trying other tricks on their siblings… parents please sit and watch with your kids, you will have excellent family time, discuss the movie with your kids you will have an incite on what they are thinking.. I wish people who did put the effort to let us all enjoy the movies and download them to create a clean cut from all the movies for the sake of bringing up a better generation..
Holes — disturbingly abusive forced labor on children….digging dirt
Unbreakable – implied nighttime rape that Bruce avenges
I know this post is from years back but Frozen is a good one =)
I noticed, no reference to Total Recall w/ Arnold. With Arnold and Sharon Stone getting friendly in bed, at the very beginning, and tons of profanity and blasphemy, along with extreme violence, this movie is neither clean or family friendly. Since I like the story and plot of Total Recall, I tried to save it by editing the entire movie, by deleting the profanity and blasphemy out of it, which removed about 8 minutes from the movie. I didn’t touch the violence, since that would require deleting the entire movie. In my opinion, the violence isn’t nearly as harmful to a mature mind, as the profanity and nudity, since the violence is fake… you just can’t fake nudity, profanity, and blasphemy.
I am trying to find a version of Band Of Brothers without the Lord’s name splattered all over it. How you can call it clean is beyond me. I doubt if I would hear Mohammed damn or Jesus mohammed being used. You think it’s clean because there’s no ” F ” word. Give me a break.
There were a couple of things, as I read through that surprised me. First, some of the movies that have been listed as clean are not – would never recommend or view again. Also, have a question – if The Matrix has nothing bad in it, why is it rated “R”? I saw a TV version of it – very clean – however, I have not watched the regular movie because of the “R” – I just don’t watch R movies. Another suggestion to the person who said Adam Sandler is just not clean at all. l felt that way for some time and am not a big fan of his. However, I was talked into watching “Bedtime Stories” and was pleasantly surprised. It was a good movie – his friend leaves a bit to be desired but the movie is good. Also, I watched “100 First Dates” (something like that) with Sandler and found it a delightful movie. Sandler has got at least two good movies. I apologize if there is any bad language in them. I simply do not remember. However, there is not sex, no violence, no nudity, mostly just good clean fun.
I noticed the Lord of the Rings trilogy is listed – I saw only one and was quite put off by the violence – there was a lot. And – Gandolf (I think that is the name of the little evil guy) – he is really bad news. Some parts of the movie are great but I really didn’t like other parts – too violent. Even if it is fake, it is still etched into our brains as violent actions.
If the person is still wondering about Captain America – be sure to see it. Even the violence is not bad – lots of things get blown up. The evil guy is scary but one of the other offensive things are part of this movie. They have done a good job keeping our hero clean and upstanding – and – all of the people around him – except the bad guy – he really is bad.
I really appreciate finding this site. Wish I had gotten into the smart search sooner. Not much of a movie goer but love to relax with a video – just need to know which ones I can trust. Thanks, everyone. I just like clean – in all areas and don’t want to fill my mind with alot of negative scenes.
Around the World in 80 Days [PG] – Is not clean
Around the World in 80 days has some nude statues and pictures.
I recently hired The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty and had to turn it off after a few minutes as it used the Lord’s name in vain. I also didn’t like The Lego Movie, can’t really say why but it felt off, so we turned that off too. However we did watch a great movie called Second Hand Wedding. It was PG. There was no language but the young couple were living together however no nudity or sex scenes. It was a great movie and certainly teenage appropriate.
Just reviewed the list and found Ben Hur with no reference to the violence during the race and a couple of other spots and the discomforting scene after the chariot race. I noticed the Indiana Jones movies are all marked as clean and family friendly – sorry, but I have to strongly disagree. Temple of Doom has some extremely upsetting scenes. I saw it once and will never see it again and would not recommend it to anyone. The scenes are not only upsetting but gross. When a guy is shown trying to pull the heart out of another guy – not good viewing in my estimation. Again, I am very grateful for the time and effort that has gone into putting this list together. It is a valuable tool when trying to find something good to watch and one doesn’t really have a title to go on in order to look it up. Thank you, to everyone for helping put this together and to Paul for making it happen.
thanks for the updates! I’ll update those points now.
I cannot tell you enough how helpful kidsinmind.org has been for me personally. I am a 26 year old female and have been through a lot. I think the world is very messed up with what we show on tv, advertisements, movies etc. I had to write to the local grocery store to tell them how disgusted I was with their magazine choice by the checkout. (Rolling Stone magazine where a girls breasts were barely covered). I received a response that they agree that it’s inappropriate and would speak to the magazine rep to either get rid of it or cover it. More people need to stand up to these issues. Anyway, that website tells you in detail, the sexual content, violence etc in most movies in the market. I do not watch movies with nudity, and dislike movies that have women in skimpy clothing, so I use that website to determine what movies I watch. I know how all of this has negatively effected me as well as the men my age.
http://www.kids-in-mind.com I would like to start off by saying that I am a 26 year old female that has been through a lot if tough times.. The website I just listed has helped me tremendously. On a side note… I was at the neighborhood grocery store the other day and as I walked up to the checkout, came across a very disturbing magazine right at eye level. This was an issue of the Rolling Stone magazine where a women is shown barely covering anything but her nipples. I found it very offensive and inappropriate, so I emailed corporate about it. The next day I received an email from the male manager that said he agreed completely and would work with the magazine distributor to either take things like that out or have them covered. More people need to stand up to things like this to help clean up society, so that young girls and boys do not have to go through the things we have.
The website rates all of the new movies that come out and gives complete detailed descriptions on the sexual content, violence and gore, as well as profanity. This has helped me so much when looking for movies to watch, as I do not watch anything with nudity nor do I enjoy watching anything with scantily dressed women. I would highly recommend checking it out whether you are looking for yourself or your children.
I was disappointed when watching Annie and Happy Feet. Both are children’s movies that contain a remarkable amount of sexual innuendo.
‘All Dogs Go to Heaven’ has a terrible MESSAGE of gambling.
‘Adventures of TinTin’ should be noted; getting drunk portrayed; though portrayed negatively.
How come some of the classic, super-fun movies are missed?
1) The computer wore tennis shoes (Disney) – 99% clean, one short kis scene, but not as yiickkky as the ones in newer movies.
2) Now you see him, now you don’t (Disney) – 100% clean (as far as I remember at least.. but I am pretty sure it is completely clean) This is a sequel to the “Computer wore tennis shoes” movie.
3) That darn cat – 99.99% clean (1 very short forehead ki s. And the recipient is an unwilling party (sort of obligated). Don’t get alarmed, this does not glorify harassing uninterested girls – because the recipient sort of scrowls at the guy behind him after he leaves. And later at the end of the movie completely cuts off all relations (and obligations) with him too. So it gets the message across. And this is NOT the main theme of the movie)
That darn cat is very very ROFL funny!
VERY IMPORTANT: The “That Darn Cat” recommendation/description I gave above applies ONLY to the *1965 version*.
Theere is a newer version of it which I’ve not watched & about which I had seen bad reviews. So I think that version is not recommended.
But the 1965 version is very good, clean & very entertaining, very funny!
VERY IMPORTANT: The “That Darn Cat” recommendation/description I gave above applies ONLY to the 1965 version.
THere is a newer version of it which I’ve not watched & about which I had seen bad reviews. So I think that version is not recommended.
But the 1965 version is very good, clean & very entertaining, very funny!
I like hula only to watch my shows the movies and shows are sick mixed with kid shows I don’t let my kids on hula at all because of it. I would rather just see the shows. To bad netficks doesn’t show episodes of tv shows like hula too. At least there kids movies on Netflix are under categories. My kids love to watch lego movie, frozen, all barbie movies, sky high, spiderman which as violence I would recommend not to show to children that have nightmares, and to children under ten. My boys are old enough but I still watch the movies they see with caution. Thevent language in movies like back to future does have so much bad language I can’t believe it took being a parent to see how bad some movies I grew up with were like. I will always l love classic movies and ones I really like, love bug and all the movies, sand lot, Annie green gables, carney jane-musical, any movie with Doris day is clean that I know about, easter parade, pride and prejudice with Colin firth, princess for Christmas, the witches of Oz has a good message but for children over ten years old, My kids love it. Malefic entry loved the message inside, star dust not for little kids but is a favorite with my 14 year old, ever after- Cinderella story, ella enchanted , nanny McPhee great message about not being selfish and family, wives daughters very clean, not even a kissing scene but so romantic, when calls the heart collection, sound of music, Mary popins, chitty, chitty bang bang, molly brown I love the hollowed town 1, 2 ,3 4. Ticker bell 1, 2, 4, 5. Swan princess, Petes dragon, annie,legend of the guardians, the little princess black and white film and the new verison, the secret garden that’s how I fell in love with flowers and mystery novels.the Don Knotts movies all clean with him in it. Scooby-Doo the curse of the lake monster closer to cartoons,inspector gadget 1 and 2, courage mountain for teen age and older, violence, the secrets of the mountain, Casper movies, space jam, moon spinners, 16 wishes- pg, enchanted, high school musical, star struck,teen beach, star struck mine and my daughter’s favorite musical came out 2014 on netficks. Neverending story 1, 2. Veggie tells, pagemaster loved the message about conquering our fears.captain America 1 and 2 for adults, Thor 1 and 2 adult’s view. Harry potter, my boys still have trouble sitting through movies because they are long but they have violence in them and are not for every child I love Harry potter movies and read books Which I found the movies to be more happier then the books because Harry can be depressing, I wouldn’t let my child younger then ten or even at ten see it unless they were ready. Narnia, good movie, is violent and has battle scenes in movies I think it’s to much for kids and scares younger children. Parents must choose wisely. Today movies have more swear words, movies that should be R are not but put as PG–13 instead. Finding clean movies to enjoy on a date with my husband is not easy anymore, red box films are not good movies and where to rent good clean movies for families without getting charged over 30.00 a month for it.
I don’t mean to sound horrible but there are movies on here that are NOT clean. I don’t understand why they are on this list. Schindler’s list? Lots of sexual acts and nudity. :). Just curious how that’s on there lol.
The very first Back to the Future movie has cursing within 15 minutes.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned Old Yeller or Where the Red Fern grows
Here are some I feel should make this list:
Prince Caspian”, and “Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Also to be included are: Jurassic Park, National Treasure, Star wars, Amadeus and Mission impossible – These are all great movies, very clean and family friendly
THE HELP is not clean. There is all kinds of language in it.
The movie Cars has a sexual innuendo.
Have to disagree with the fugutive, back to the future and lord of the Rings from what I noticed so far.
Would like to add:
Letters to God
Do you believe(older children quite dramatic violence , excelleent for teens)
Possums
Radio
Ploar Express
My Fair Lady
The Miracle Worker (story of Helen Keller)
Dolphin Tale 1 ( havn’t seen 2nd one)
How to train your dragon 1 & 2
Mighty Joe Young (gorilla movie from 1990’s)
I have questions about these ( haven’t seen yet ): War Room , Peanuts movie, Peabody & Sherman, Inside Out.
secretariat (famous horse movie)
The fugitive, and forrest gump are not clean.
Some recommendations are:
Letters to God
Possums
Dolphins Tale
Do you believe (teens only, trauma and violence)
Radio
Mighty Joe Young
Secretariat
How to Train your Dragon
National Velvet
attempted to post a list of movies twice, do not see it. Is this conversation discontinued?
sorry rachael. we’ve been behind is reading and approving comments. Got to sort through all the spam remarks!
Princess Bride has BAD cusswords at the end. Not clean. I won’t own it even though I love the movie because of that cussword, AND the killing at the end. I don’t want ANY violence or cussing. And I don’t have children at home anymore, but certainly have grandkids and want to protect them as well as my own Christian conscience.
Thanks for your comment. I had written this series down to watch, but am deeply offended by cursing in the names of God and Jesus. Please, people, let us know if your recommendations of so-called “clean” entertainment include profaning the names of God and Jesus.