Family Movies 2020 List

With Forest Whitaker • Keegan-Michael Key • Hugh Bonneville • David E. Talbert • Phylicia Rashad • Anika Noni Rose • Madelen Mills • Madalen Mills • Kieron L. Dyer • Ricky Martin • Nikkita Chadha

Set in the gloriously vibrant town of Cobbleton, the film follows legendary toymaker Jeronicus Jangle (Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker) whose fanciful inventions burst with whimsy and wonder. But when his trusted apprentice (Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key) steals his most prized creation, it’s up to his equally bright and inventive granddaughter (newcomer Madalen Mills) — and a long-forgotten invention — to heal old wounds and reawaken the magic within.

With Michael McLean • Christy Summerhays • Adrien Swenson

“Miracles really do happen at Christmas” says Uncle John to his nurse, Connie Lou. A statement that fills her soul with the hope of Christmas as she hears the “forgotten” carols from this strange, wonderful man. Michael McLean’s beloved international stage phenomenon, The Forgotten Carols, leaps from stage to silver screen this Holiday season. Long-time fans and first-time audiences alike will laugh, cry and find the true meaning and spirit of Christmas as they experience this never-before-seen edition of McLean’s holiday classic. Audiences will be spellbound as Uncle John recounts the story of Christ’s birth as told by lesser-known characters from the Nativity through story and song. The InnKeeper, the Shepherd and others help Connie Lou discover what the world has forgotten about Christmas, ultimately opening her heart to the Joy of this special season.

With Paulina Chávez • Mario Lopez • Melissa Joan Hart • Melissa Bolona

David Morales (Mario Lopez), an Arizona high school principal and single dad, has lost the holiday spirit after also losing his wife a few years ago during the Christmas season. Now, David will do anything to avoid Christmas so he moonlights as a delivery driver during the holidays. But this year David’s 14-year-old daughter, Noel (Paulina Chavez), and his live-in sister, Marissa (Marycarmen Lopez), are determined to bring the yuletide spirit back to the family and, with a little luck, also help David find love again via online dating. So when Sophie (AnnaLynne McCord), a witty musician and customer on David’s delivery route, swipes right on him, something magical happens between them.

With Jenifer Lewis • Christine Baranski • Dolly Parton • Josh Segarra • Treat Williams • Debbie Allen • Maria S. Schlatter • Jeanine Mason • Mary Lane Haskell • Selah Kimbro Jone

Christmas On The Square follows small town "Scrooge" Regina Fuller (Christine Baranski) as she's visited by a rhinestone-bedazzled angel (Dolly) who guides her on a musical journey of redemption. Will this stingy property owner evict the entire town of Fullerville on Christmas Eve, or will her greed give way to the Christmas spirit?

With Ryan Reynolds • Emma Stone • Nicolas Cage • Leslie Mann • Peter Dinklage • Catherine Keener • Clark Duke • Mark Swift • Kelly Marie Tran • Chris Sanders • Joel Crawford • Cloris Leachman • Kirk DeMicco • Kevin Hageman • Dan Hageman

The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, from fanged prehistoric beasts to watching their daughter get heart eyes over a new boyfriend. But now they face something that will shake their pack to its core and make them reconsider everything they hold true: another family.

With Tyrese Gibson • Kurt Russell • Chris Columbus • Julian Dennison • Goldie Hawn • Mark Radcliffe • Judah Lewis • Michael Barnathan • Darby Camp • Matt Lieberman • Jahzir Bruno • Kimberly Williams Paisley

It’s been two years since siblings Kate (Darby Camp) and Teddy Pierce (Judah Lewis) saved Christmas, and a lot has changed. Kate, now a cynical teenager, is reluctantly spending Christmas in Cancun with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack (Jahzir Bruno). Unwilling to accept this new version of her family, Kate decides to run away. But when a mysterious, magical troublemaker named Belsnickel threatens to destroy the North Pole and end Christmas for good, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus (Kurt Russell).

With Jamie Foxx • Angela Bassett • Daveed Diggs • Pete Docter • Richard Ayoade • Tina Fey • Alice Braga • Mike Jones • Phylicia Rashad • Rachel House • Dana Murray • Kemp Powers • Quest Love • Graham Norton

Soul introduces Joe Gardner, a middle-school band teacher whose true passion is playing jazz. “I think Joe is having that crisis that all artists have,” says Powers. “He’s increasingly feeling like his lifelong dream of being a jazz musician is not going to pan out and he’s asking himself ‘Why am I here? What am I meant to be doing?’ Joe personifies those questions.”

In the film, just when Joe thinks his dream might be in reach, a single unexpected step sends him to a fantastical place where he’s is forced to think again about what it truly means to have soul. That’s where he meets and ultimately teams up with 22, a soul who doesn’t think life on Earth is all it’s cracked up to be. Jamie Foxx lends his voice to Joe, while Tina Fey voices 22. “The comedy comes naturally,” says Murray. “But the subtle emotion that reveals the truth to the characters is really something special.”

With Frank McCourt • Damien O'Connor • Lucy O'Connell

Angela's Christmas Wish is a heart-warming tale of a determined little girl who sets out to reunite her family in time for Christmas. Based on the characters from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt, it is a tender and funny story about the importance of family and togetherness.

With Isla Fisher • Jane Curtin • Justin Springer • Jillian Bell • Mary Elizabeth Ellis • Santiago Cabrera • June Squibb • Utkarsh Ambudkar • Jillian Shea Spaeder • Ivan Reitman • Melissa Stack • Artemis Pebdani • Sharon McGuire • Kari Granlund • Willa Skye • Stephnie Weir

Set at Christmas time, “Godmothered” is a comedy about Eleanor, a young, inexperienced fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell), who upon hearing that her chosen profession is facing extinction, decides to show the world that people still need fairy godmothers. Finding a mislaid letter from a 10-year-old girl in distress, Eleanor tracks her down and discovers that the girl, Mackenzie, is now a 40-year-old single mom (Isla Fisher) working at a news station in Boston. Having lost her husband several years earlier, Mackenzie has all but given up on the idea of “happily ever after,” but Eleanor is bound and determined to give Mackenzie a happiness makeover, whether she likes it or not.

With Frank E. Abney III • Paige Johnstone

Tells the story of a Grandfather who, after suffering a devastating loss, is sent into a downward spiral and loses his inspiration to create. Years later, he decides to revisit the easel, and pick up the paint brush… but he can't do it alone.

With Milla Jovovich • Tony Jaa • Paul W.S. Anderson • Meagan Good • Ron Perlman • Robert Kulzer • Diego Boneta • Josh Helman • Martin Moszkowicz • Dennis Berardi • Diego González Boneta • Jin Au-Yeung • Jeremy Bolt • T.I. Harris

Behind our world, there is another: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When Lt. Artemis (Milla Jovovich) and her elite unit are transported through a portal from our world to a new world, they are in for the shock of their lives. In her desperate attempt to get home, the brave lieutenant encounters a mysterious hunter (Tony Jaa), whose unique skills have allowed him to survive in this hostile land. Faced with relentless and terrifying attacks from the monsters, the warriors team up to fight back and find a way home.