Mumsnet users share with Prime Video their favourite family films

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Great family films are often passed down through generations and not only do the films themselves bring great memories but also the memorable characters. Coming together to watch a film as a family can be a great way to spend time with your loved ones. Prime Video would love to know what your family films are and why?

Here’s what Prime Video have to say: “The smash hit family film Paddington 2 has just been added to Prime Video, joining thousands of great movies and TV shows the whole family can enjoy. Paddington 2 sees the loveable bear settled into life with the Brown Family and starting to do some odd jobs so he can buy Aunt Lucie a birthday present. Before he can get it, the gift is stolen by a master thief and Paddington is the suspect.”

“To celebrate, we want to hear what classics you watch with your kids. Prime Video has many to enjoy including Yogi Bear, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Gruffalo, Casper, The Wizard of Oz, Nanny McPhee, E.T, Beethoven, Tom and Jerry, Pingu, Thomas and Friends, Scooby-Doo, Kung-Fu Panda and Shaun The Sheep.”

What do you enjoy watching with your whole family? Do you go for the classic such as ET and The Wizard of Oz or do you prefer the new films such as Kung Fu Panda? Or maybe your family has a staple film that you all watch on special occasions?

Whatever your favourite films are to watch as a family, share them on the thread below to be entered into a prize draw to win 1 of 3 Amazon Fire Kids Edition Tablets, made just for kids.

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1. Happy Feet, we watched this on prime countless of times but now that it was taken off (prime) we had to buy it to keep watching it lol
2. Spirit - stallion of the cimarron, this is my favourite 😁
3. The Snowman, Christmas film that we watch every year. I used to watch it as a child every Christmas and I still do now with my own children

Megamind is a favourite film. Also Song of the Sea is great.

Anything by Studio Ghibli.

We don't often get a chance to watch movies as a family but of those we have watched our favourite is probably Aladdin, we love the songs and my boys think the genie is brilliant.

Whole family (despite the children being 16, 6 and 5) love watching the polar express no matter what time of year, top cat the movie as close second and third would be hop. Gotta love the little easter bunny!

We love movie time as a family.

We enjoy watching Beauty and the Beast. The animated and the new film.
We love watching jumanji.
Watching sing it’s a big favourite of my Girls
. Maltilda is watched over and over again.

Disney princesses films are a big hit in my house.

At Christmas we watch miracle on 34th street and the grinch.

My kids (4&6) favourite films are ET, Despicable Me and Mrs Doubtfire. The lion king gets an honourable mention too

All of Shrek
Monsters Inc 1&2
All the Despicable Me’s
Minions
Coco
Moana
Beauty and the Beast (Orginal)
Little Mermaid
Captain Underpants

Despicable me movies have all been enjoyed in this house.
Julia Donaldson films at xmas are a given
Monsters inc is another that you can watch over and over.

I generally love the modern day Pixar / Disney films but do prefer to go back to 80s family favourites such as ET

The greatest showman
Gnome & Juliet
Frozen
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Lion king

Shrek always goes down well here! We also love Rio and Trollz. I find the movies on Prime a bit lack lustre but the TV shows are great.

We rewatched Finding Nemo and Frozen the other week, both new classics for us.

My DC are from teenager down to 7 years old. Films we have all enjoyed are:

The Incdreibles
Despicable Me
Toy Story (all of them)
Older films, Star Wars and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are favourites

Despicable me and minions movies - really laugh out funny for the kids and a few jokes that only the adults will get but without being rude ones! Eg joke about bedtimes being annoying for parents :)

Moana, Lego movie, Paddington, Winnie the Pooh

Paddington was a huge hit here.
Back to the future was a surprise hit with 2 out of 3 daughters.
The harry potters go down well with everyone except DH. Frozen is loved by everyone (including DH ). Mary Poppins is always a good bet too.
I’ve tried to get them to love Labyrinth, Goonies, Princess Bride & Karate Kids... no success so far, but I’m persisting!!

Oh and Big Hero 6 (Although the 7 yr old cries every time at Baymax’s “sacrifice”) she still watches it though - just edges closer to me as the scene comes closer

Toy story 1, 2 & 3
Big favourites in our house

The Great Escape
The Italian Job

Also Sing, The Greatest Showman

Minions and despicable me are a good go to.

Captain underpants is big in the house at the moment as is Boss baby

Then for the eldest we have introduced her to stuff like the goonies, flight of the navigator, Bill and Ted, Back to the future - classics to me

DD says: All the Harry Potter films, we have the boxset on Sky
The 3 Toy Story films
Moana
Nanny McFee, both films

When I was a kid my favourite film was the Poseidon Adventure .

At the moment it's Paddington Bear 2 as we are actually watching it on Prime. Our go to films are:
The Greatest Showman
All the Jurassic parks/worlds
Despicable Me

1. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
2. Sing
3. Paddington

For us it is Cool Runnings .......

(For a very long time it was Parent trap though)