2024's Finest Family Flicks: The Wild Robot and 4 Other Movies With High RT Score

There are still a few months left until the big results of the year are announced, but you can already catch up on the most important movies of 2024, and of course it is more pleasant to do it in the company of family and friends.

We have rounded up the best movies for family viewing in 2024: bright fairy tales, touching dramas, and colorful animations.

1. Orion and the Dark, 2024

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%

Orion is a pretty normal guy, except for the fact that he's afraid of just about everything in the world: heights, bees, pets, the ocean, and a whole bunch of other things. But the boy's main phobia is darkness.

Orion would continue to be afraid of everything, but Dark, a good-natured night spirit who embodies the boy's greatest nightmare, takes on the task of helping the boy overcome all of his fears.

Together they will have an unforgettable time, experiencing many adventures in one night and overcoming the problems of not only Orion, but also his mystical companion.

2. The Wild Robot, 2024

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

Robot Roz assistant finds herself on a deserted island after a shipwreck. Trying to adapt to the new conditions, she befriends the local animals and begins to help the forest dwellers with their affairs.

Roz also finds an orphaned gosling for whom she decides to become a substitute mother. Roz tries to teach the gosling to swim and fly as soon as possible, so that he can join the rest of his kind for the winter.

The Wild Robot is the most charming story of the year about a good-natured robot, inspired by WALL-E and The Iron Giant. If you miss stories about cute androids, The Wild Robot is definitely for you.

3. Inside Out 2, 2024

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%

Riley is already a teenager. When she turns 13, her head begins a major reorganization. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust meet new colleagues: Fear, Envy, Anxiety, and Embarrassment.

The new emotions do not make the girl happy, rather the opposite – they frighten her and prevent her from adjusting to high school. Hoping to keep everything under control, Anxiety sends all of Riley's old emotions out of her mind, completely subjugating the girl.

One of the best children's films of the year and the most profitable animated film in history to date. In the best Pixar tradition, it has room for both a good comedy and a well-written drama.

4. My Penguin Friend, 2024

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 85%

One day, a melancholy fisherman named João pulls a little penguin chick that has strayed from the flock out of an oil slick. The man takes the baby home, names it Dimdim, feeds it, and sets it free.

Every year, Dimdim visits the fisherman, swimming long distances to do so. Unfortunately for João, scientists find out about the unusual friendship; they're capturing the penguin chick for research, so it doesn't show up at the usual time. The fisherman is determined to save his friend from captivity.

The plot of the movie is based on the friendship between the fisherman João Pereira de Souza and the penguin chick Dimdim, which went viral on social networks in 2016.

5. Kung Fu Panda 4, 2024

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%

Panda Po must choose a new Dragon Warrior and become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. The hero is not very happy about this. After all, the new status comes with great responsibility, and Po would rather protect the Valley's inhabitants personally and gorge himself on dumplings in his spare time.

However, there is no time to make a decision when a dangerous villain, the Chameleon, appears in another part of China who is able to change her appearance and copy the abilities of other fighters. Po is forced to team up with the fox thief Zhen to face the enemy together.