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1. Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
Stars: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, Conrad Bain, Dana Plato
Votes: 12,410
2. Silver Spoons (1982–1987)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Ricky Stratton is a spoiled rich kid who lives the life that many kids dream of, but he still suffers from the problems that many teens do.
Stars: Ricky Schroder, Erin Gray, Joel Higgins, Franklyn Seales
Votes: 4,978
3. Fury (1955–1960)
30 min | Drama, Family, Western
A horse and the boy who loved him.
Stars: Peter Graves, William Fawcett, Bobby Diamond, Highland Dale
Votes: 576
4. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1998)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Western
The trials and adventures of a female doctor in a small Wild West town.
Stars: Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, Shawn Toovey, Chad Allen
Votes: 13,728
5. The Cosby Show (1984–1992)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The goings-on in the life of a successful African-American family.
Stars: Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe
Votes: 36,369
6. A Champion Heart (2018)
G | 90 min | Family
A troubled girl finds faith, hope, and healing through a relationship with a wounded horse.
Director: David de Vos | Stars: Mandy Grace, Devan Key, Donna Rusch, David de Vos
Votes: 449
7. Full House (1987–1995)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A widowed sportscaster raises his three daughters with assistance from his rock and roll brother-in-law and madcap best friend.
Stars: Bob Saget, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron Bure
Votes: 63,111
8. A Lifelong Love (2023 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Romance
While trying to reunite her grandfather with his lost love, Annika teams up with college sweetheart Ryan to create a book about the experience, documenting different love stories along the way.
Director: Nicholas Humphries | Stars: Andrea Brooks, Patch May, Tom Young, Averie Peters
Votes: 367
9. Family Affair (1966–1971)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Bill's comfortable lifestyle must change when he receives a group of unexpected long-term guests.
Stars: Brian Keith, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones, Johnny Whitaker
Votes: 3,266
10. My Two Dads (1987–1990)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
When Marcy Bradford dies, she leaves her teenage daughter Nicole in the custody of two ex-boyfriends: straight-laced, formal Michael and wild artist Joey.
Stars: Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan, Staci Keanan, Florence Stanley
Votes: 4,219
11. Bonanza (1959–1973)
TV-PG | 49 min | Western
The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 10,998
12. When Calls the Heart (2014– )
TV-G | 43 min | Drama, History, Romance
Elizabeth Thatcher, a young schoolteacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.
Stars: Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner, Martin Cummins
Votes: 14,943
13. Big Sky River: The Bridal Path (2023 TV Movie)
TV-G | Drama, Romance
Tara, now settled in Montana and dating Cowboy Boone, works to bring their family lives together but tensions arise, as blending their families will be more of a challenge than anticipated.
Director: Peter Benson | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Kavan Smith, Lochlyn Munro, Peter Benson
Votes: 349
14. The Rifleman (1958–1963)
TV-PG | 30 min | Family, Western
The adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.
Stars: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Paul Fix, Joe Benson
Votes: 5,016
15. To Find My Son (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with the government bureaucracy and ... See full summary »
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Richard Thomas, Molly Cheek, Julie Cobb, Steve Kanaly
Votes: 119
16. 7th Heaven (1996–2007)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.
Stars: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell
Votes: 26,997
17. Love for Starters (2022 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
To save her father's lake-front restaurant, a talented interior designer must partner with the celebrity chef her father hired without her knowledge to revamp the place before time runs out.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Stephanie Bennett, Jonathan Cherry, Andrea Agur, Harrison Coe
Votes: 237
18. Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.
Directors: Mike Mitchell, Stephanie Stine | Stars: Jack Black, Awkwafina, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman
Votes: 33,355
19. Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young girl's love for a tiny puppy named Clifford makes the dog grow to an enormous size.
Director: Walt Becker | Stars: Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, Izaac Wang, John Cleese
Votes: 17,093 | Gross: $48.95M
20. Learning to Love (2023 TV Movie)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Stephanie, recently single, moves to Miami and takes a job working as a tutor for two daughters of an architect. Steph's feelings for Harry start to grow, and the two girls decide they have to put a stop to the romance.
Director: Damián Romay | Stars: Ina Barrón, Philip Boyd, Caroline Skye, Zoe Willis
Votes: 187
21. The Hill (2023)
PG | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The remarkable true-life story of Rickey Hill's improbable journey to play Major League Baseball.
Director: Jeff Celentano | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Colin Ford, Joelle Carter, Scott Glenn
Votes: 5,693
22. Silver Bells (2005 TV Movie)
TV-G | 95 min | Drama, Family
Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths.
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Anne Heche, Tate Donovan, Michael Mitchell, Courtney Jines
Votes: 1,340
23. I Can (I) (2023)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Family, Sport
An adulterous couple's daughter was born with one arm, but her softball skills reveal God's true grace.
Director: Tyler Sansom | Stars: Daniel Roebuck, Vernon Wells, John Wells, Cameron Arnett
Votes: 471 | Gross: $0.35M
24. Fourth Down and Love (2023 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Follows a single mother and a pro football player as they meet again on her daughter's flag football field after his career is interrupted by an injury.
Director: Allan Harmon | Stars: Pascale Hutton, Ryan Paevey, Sophia Powers, Dan Payne
Votes: 861
25. Anne with an E (2017–2019)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family
The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the late 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.
Stars: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson, Andrea Arruti
Votes: 66,434
26. Bachelor Father (1957–1962)
30 min | Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a single adoptive father raising a teenage niece with the help of his manservant.
Stars: John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, Sammee Tong, Bernadette Withers
Votes: 582
27. Heartland (II) (2007– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Family
A multi-generational saga set in Alberta, Canada and centered on a family getting through life together in both happy and trying times.
Stars: Amber Marshall, Shaun Johnston, Michelle Morgan, Chris Potter
Votes: 19,823
28. Migration (I) (2023)
PG | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime.
Directors: Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy | Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Tresi Gazal, Elizabeth Banks, Caspar Jennings
Votes: 24,301
29. Daktari (1966–1969)
60 min | Adventure, Family
Game thieves, diamond smugglers and big game hunters endanger the animals in the African bush. But Dr. Tracy and his daughter Paula defy the constant danger.
Stars: Marshall Thompson, Cheryl Miller, Judy the Chimpanzee, Clarence
Votes: 1,182
30. Twelve Mile Road (2003 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama
A divorced farmer takes in his troubled teenage daughter for the summer, a summer which changes the lives of the two of them, and their friends and family.
Director: Richard Friedenberg | Stars: Tom Selleck, Wendy Crewson, Maggie Grace, Anna Gunn
Votes: 1,130
31. Paradise (1988–1990)
60 min | Western
In 1890 in the town of Paradise, a professional gunfighter is forced to take custody of his sister's four children and retire to a farm and a quiet life. Nevertheless, he is often called upon by residents to defend them from lawlessness.
Stars: Lee Horsley, Jenny Beck, Matthew Newmark, Brian Lando
Votes: 552
32. A Christmas Carousel (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama, Romance
When Lila is hired by the Royal Family of Ancadia to repair a carousel, she must work with the Prince to complete it by Christmas.
Director: Don McCutcheon | Stars: Rachel Boston, Neal Bledsoe, Stuart Hughes, Jennifer Vallance
Votes: 1,209
33. Trolls Band Together (2023)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band 'BroZone' with his brothers, Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. When Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite his two other brothers and rescue Floyd.
Directors: Walt Dohrn, Tim Heitz | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Kenan Thompson, Walt Dohrn
Votes: 13,585
34. A World Record Christmas (2023 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An autistic boy attempts to break a world record on Christmas Eve, uniting his family and community in the process. Inspired by real events.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Nikki Deloach, Lucas Bryant, Aias Dalman, Daphne Hoskins
Votes: 734
35. Daniel Boone (1964–1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Western
Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, before, during, and even after the Revolutionary War.
Stars: Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Darby Hinton, Dal McKennon
Votes: 2,412
36. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
Votes: 26,898
37. Punky Brewster (1984–1988)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Young Punky Brewster is abandoned with her dog, Brandon, in a supermarket. When she befriends Henry Warnimont, her new family life begins.
Stars: Soleil Moon Frye, George Gaynes, Cherie Johnson, Sandy
Votes: 6,108
38. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Widower Sheriff Andy Taylor, and his son Opie, live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry, North Carolina. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney Fife.
Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier
Votes: 16,990
39. Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy.
Stars: Robert Young, Lauren Chapin, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray
Votes: 2,640
40. Ordinary Angels (2024)
PG | 118 min | Drama
Inspired by the incredible true story of a hairdresser who single-handedly rallies an entire community to help a widowed father save the life of his critically ill young daughter.
Director: Jon Gunn | Stars: Hilary Swank, Alan Ritchson, Emily Mitchell, Skywalker Hughes
Votes: 4,548
41. Kelly (1981)
94 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A young girl from a broken home who is having problems in school and her personal life decides to run away and live with her father in the wilderness.
Director: Christopher Chapman | Stars: Robert Logan, Twyla-Dawn Vokins, George Clutesi, Elaine Nalee
Votes: 60
42.
Punky Brewster (1985–1987)
Episode:
Punky to the Rescue/The Quartersize Quarterback
(1985)
TV-Y | Animation, Family, Fantasy
"Punky to the Rescue" - Punky convinces Henry to take a skydiving photo job in Florida, only for Henry to get lost in swamp, leaving Punky feeling guilty that she has led Henry to be ... See full summary »
Directors: John Kimball, Rudy Larriva, Russ Mooney, Charles Nichols | Stars: Vince Edwards, Casey Ellison, Ami Foster, Soleil Moon Frye
Votes: 9
43. How the West Was Won (1976–1979)
16+ | Drama, Western
The Macahans, a family from Virginia, headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
Stars: James Arness, Bruce Boxleitner, Kathryn Holcomb, William Kirby Cullen
Votes: 2,574
44. The Waltons (1972–1981)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.
Stars: Jon Walmsley, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Kami Cotler
Votes: 9,059
45. Come Fly with Me (2023 TV Movie)
TV-G | Romance
After landing a spot on the Thunderbirds team, an Air Force pilot must find a way to balance flying, family, and her budding romance with a widowed father.
Director: Michael Robison | Stars: Heather Hemmens, Niall Matter, Georgia Acken, Pietra Castro
Votes: 575
46. Inside Out 2 (2024)
100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Post-production
Follow Riley, in her teenage years, encountering new emotions.
Director: Kelsey Mann | Stars: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Tony Hale
47. Rock the House (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Workaholic lawyer Max Peterson escapes the ax at downsizing, at least for now, but sees his workload tripled. Since his divorce, his daughter in alternative custody feels neglected and ... See full summary »
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jack Coleman, Cassi Thomson, Micah Alberti, Andy Milder
Votes: 193
48.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Flash
(1997)
Not Rated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A boy falls in love with a horse named Flash that's for sale. He gets a job to earn the money to buy the horse, but he's forced to sell when the family falls upon hard times. This family-oriented drama proceeds from there.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Lucas Black, Brian Kerwin, Shawn Toovey, Tom Nowicki
Votes: 824
49. Unsung Hero (2024)
PG | 112 min | Drama, Family
Based on a remarkable true story, a mum's faith stands against all odds and inspires her husband and children to hold on to theirs.
Directors: Richard L. Ramsey, Joel Smallbone | Stars: Daisy Betts, Joel Smallbone, Kirrilee Berger, Jonathan Jackson
Votes: 922
50. Gidget (1965–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
Gidget is a bright, winsome fifteen-and-a-half year old California teenager.
Stars: Sally Field, Don Porter, Lynette Winter, Pete Duel
Votes: 1,794
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