Haunted Mansion and 4 Other New Family Comedies to Watch With Your Kids
Exciting adventures with ghosts, lion cubs, and alien dogs.
Sometimes a family evening can become the most tender memory of a lifetime. The movies in our list will help create a special atmosphere and set the mood for a cozy time together.
1. Haunted Mansion, 2023
Gabbie is a single mother. Together with her eight-year-old son Travis, she moves into an old mansion in Louisiana, hoping for a better life. However, the house is a surprise: on the very first night, it was discovered that numerous ghosts share the living space with the family.
Gabbie tries to escape the cursed house, but it is not so easy. Realizing that the ghosts will not let her and her son live in peace, the woman gathers a very special company: a priest, a medium and a professor.
Together they try to unravel the mystery of the old mansion and come up with a plan to get rid of the entities.
2. Ride On, 2023
Once upon a time, Lao Luo and his horse Red Hare were real movie stars. Now the retired stuntman is deep in debt and working as an animator. One day, collectors come to the man to take away his most precious possession – his horse.
Luo cannot allow this and fights the collectors. The spectacular scene ends up on the Internet, people start talking about the forgotten star and he is invited to film again.
It seems that life has begun to improve, but the problem with money is not the only thing that worries Luo. In fact, he has not been able to improve his relationship with his only daughter for a long time.
3. King, 2022
Ines is 12 years old and her life is not easy: her mother died, her father is almost never home, and her relationship with her stepmother and older brother Alex is not going well. The girl's life changes when a lion cub that has escaped from poachers accidentally ends up in her room.
The girl is ready to give her new friend all her love, but it is not so easy: Alex posts a photo with the lion cub on the Internet, and thanks to the viral post, the poachers find out where their fugitive is.
To save the cub, whom Ines has named King, the children enlist the help of an eccentric grandfather.
4. Space Pups, 2023
Three aliens make an emergency landing on Earth. Their ship is broken and it will take a lot of time to fix it, which the space guests do not have, because they are already being pursued by an experienced UFO hunter.
To evade the pursuit, the aliens turn into three charming dogs and quickly find their owners – brother and sister Sam and Cassie. However, the children soon discover that their new friends are not who they claim to be.
After learning the truth, the kids throw themselves into helping the aliens fix the ship and get home. But it will not be easy.
5. We Have a Ghost, 2023
The Presley family moves into a new house. At first glance, it looks uncomfortable, but the surprisingly low price becomes a deciding factor. Soon, one of the family members, teenager Kevin, discovers a ghost named Ernest in the attic.
Despite the ghost's attempts to frighten the uninvited guest, the boy bursts out laughing and films the ghost with his cell phone. Kevin's father posts the video on the Internet, which leads to instant popularity for the family and the CIA's hunt for Ernest.