Are you ready to spend a chilly autumn evening curled up under a flannel blanket, drinking hot apple cider? Well, so are we! Celebrate the season by choosing from our 2024 favorite fall movies for kids, from long-time classics to recent releases. Just make sure you don’t forget the popcorn!
Family Fall Movies
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
The beloved Peanuts gang does their best to trick-or-treat and celebrate Halloween while Linus eagerly waits for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin.
Rating: G, IMDB rating: 8.2/10, Release date: 1966
Muppets Haunted Mansion
On Halloween night, Gonzo is challenged to spend one night in a spooky mansion plagued by supernatural forces. If he can’t make it, he’ll be trapped there forever!
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.3/10, Release date: 2021
Casper
An afterlife therapist and his daughter meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion to rid the premises of wicked spirits.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 6.1/10, Release date: 1995
Ivy + Bean: The Ghost That Had to Go
With the help of their classmates and Ivy’s witchlike powers, Ivy and Bean orchestrate a ritual that will free the ghosts haunting the bathroom and save the school.
Rating: G, IMDB rating: 5.5/10, Release date: 2022
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Newspaper columnist, Mr. Fox, can’t help but succumb to his animal instincts and raid the farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. However, his actions endanger his family and friends.
Rating: PG, IMBD rating: 7.9/10, Release date: 2009
Halloweentown
When a young girl follows her grandma and finds out she comes from a long line of witches, she has to team up with her family to save the magical Halloweentown from evil forces.
Rating: G, IMDB rating: 6.6/10, Release date: 1988
Coco
Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 8.4/10, Release date: 2017
Scooby-Doo
After an acrimonious breakup, the Mystery Inc. gang are all brought to an island resort. However, their idyllic vacation is disrupted by an investigation of strange goings-on.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 5.2/10, Release date: 2002
The Addams Family
In this animated twist of an old classic, TV reality host Margaux Needler decides to get rid of the Addams Family to develop their house for her planned community.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 5.8/10, Release date: 2019
Hotel Transylvania
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count’s teenage daughter.
Rating: PG, IMDB rating: 7.0/10, Release date: 2012
Happy Fall!
Interested in giving your kid more opportunities for fall fun? Consider sending them to daycare! Cornerstone Academy serves Kenosha-area children, and we don’t just watch fall movies all day—we also organize fall activities, crafts, and educational lessons! Contact us today for more information.