A Glean movie guide
Family Movie Night: The Funniest Picks
Maximum laughs, zero boredom.
Laugh-out-loud favorites that kids and parents will actually agree on.
Handpicked for this guide
The movie list
- 01
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
A chaotic and colorful road trip that perfectly captures modern family dynamics with high-energy humor.
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
- 02
The Emperor's New Groove
A fast-paced, slapstick adventure featuring some of the sharpest comedic timing in animation history.
Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne and his human form with the help of Pacha, a gentle llama herder.
- 03
Paddington 2
A whimsical and heartwarming tale filled with gentle physical comedy and pure, infectious charm.
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
- 04
The LEGO Movie
A high-energy meta-comedy that balances clever pop-culture references with non-stop, imaginative action.
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.
- 05
Shrek
A brilliant satire of classic fairy tales that offers plenty of jokes for both children and adults.
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
- 06
Elf
Will Ferrell’s infectious energy carries this fish-out-of-water story about a human raised at the North Pole.
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
- 07
Monsters, Inc.
A creative and funny look at the world of monsters powered by a fantastic and heartfelt comedic duo.
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
- 08
The Princess Bride
A witty, quotable masterpiece that blends romance, adventure, and sharp-tongued humor for all ages.
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
- 09
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
An absurdist visual feast where the jokes fly as fast as the food falling from the sky.
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?
- 10
School of Rock
Jack Black delivers a powerhouse comedic performance as a fake teacher turning his class into a rock band.
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey risks everything to prove that rock ’n’ roll can change lives.