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Drama Movies for Kids
195 drama films, listed from the youngest recommended age up. We read the actual screenplay for each rated one, so you can see the minimum age and exactly what is in it before you press play. Films we haven't analysed yet are at the end.
- Cinderella (2015)PG5+
- Miracle on 34th Street (1994)PG5+
- The Santa Clause (1994)PG5+
- Arthur Christmas (2011)PG6+
- Fred Claus (2007)PG6+
- Free Willy (1993)PG6+
- Inside Out (2015)PG6+
- Luca (2021)PG6+
- The Lion King (1994)G6+
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)G6+
- The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)G6+
- A Christmas Carol (2009)PG7+
- Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)PG7+
- Soul (2020)PG7+
- The Greatest Showman (2017)PG7+
- The Iron Giant (1999)PG7+
- The Lion King (2019)PG7+
- The Sound of Music (1965)G7+
- Akeelah and the Bee (2006)PG8+
- Field of Dreams (1989)PG8+
- Hidden Figures (2016)PG8+
- Hoosiers (1986)PG8+
- Its a Wonderful Life (1946)PG8+
- Miracle (2004)PG8+
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)PG-138+
- The Call of the Wild (2020)PG8+
- The Sandlot (1993)PG8+
- Wicked (2024)PG8+
- Wonder (2017)PG8+
- Little Women (2019)PG9+
- Ordinary Angels (2024)PG9+
- The Hill (2023)PG9+
- The Karate Kid (1984)PG9+
- Big (1988)PG10+
- Breakthrough (2019)PG10+
- Cruella (2021)PG-1310+
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)PG-1310+
- Holes (2003)PG10+
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)PG-1310+
- Interstellar (2014)PG-1310+
- Invictus (2009)PG-1310+
- Karate Kid: Legends (2025)PG-1310+
- Life Is Beautiful (1997)PG-1310+
- Minari (2020)PG-1310+
- October Sky (1999)PG10+
- Overcomer (2019)PG10+
- Remember the Titans (2000)PG10+
- Rocketman (2019)R10+
- Rudy (1993)PG10+
- Secondhand Lions (2003)PG10+
- Suzume (2022)PG10+
- Tall Girl (2019)PG10+
- The Boy and the Heron (2023)PG-1310+
- The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)PG-1310+
- Weathering with You (2019)PG-1310+
- Belfast (2021)PG-1311+
- Gran Turismo (2023)PG-1311+
- La La Land (2016)PG-1311+
- News of the World (2020)PG-1311+
- After (2019)PG-1312+
- Bob Marley: One Love (2024)PG-1312+
- Bridge of Spies (2015)PG-1312+
- Cabrini (2024)PG-1312+
- Ford v Ferrari (2019)PG-1312+
- Greyhound (2020)PG-1312+
- I Still Believe (2020)PG12+
- Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)NR12+
- The Blind Side (2009)PG-1312+
- The Giver (2014)PG-1312+
- 42 (2013)PG-1313+
- Batman Begins (2005)PG-1313+
- Big Daddy (1999)PG-1313+
- Cinema Paradiso (1988)PG13+
- Creed (2015)PG-1313+
- Dunkirk (2017)PG-1313+
- Five Feet Apart (2019)PG-1313+
- Forrest Gump (1994)PG-1313+
- Hamilton (2020)PG-1313+
- I Am Legend (2007)PG-1313+
- Jesus Revolution (2023)PG-1313+
- Jojo Rabbit (2019)PG-1313+
- King Richard (2021)PG-1313+
- Lincoln (2012)PG-1313+
- Love Actually (2003)R13+
- Mean Girls (2004)PG-1313+
- Midway (2019)PG-1313+
- Moneyball (2011)PG-1313+
- Never Been Kissed (1999)PG-1313+
- Nomadland (2020)R13+
- Pretty in Pink (1986)PG-1313+
- Rocky (1976)PG13+
- Selma (2014)PG-1313+
- Spartacus (1960)PG-1313+
- Stand by Me (1986)R13+
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012)PG-1313+
- The Fault in Our Stars (2014)PG-1313+
- The Outsiders (1983)PG13+
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)PG-1313+
- Titanic (1997)PG-1313+
- Top Gun (1986)PG13+
- Top Gun Maverick (2022)PG-1313+
- Twilight (2008)PG-1313+
- Walk the Line (2005)PG-1313+
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)PG-1314+
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)PG-1314+
- Dead Poets Society (1989)PG14+
- Honey ()R14+
- Judy (2019)PG-1314+
- Run (2020)PG-1314+
- Say Anything... (1989)PG-1314+
- Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018)PG-1314+
- tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)PG-1314+
- Women Talking (2022)PG-1314+
- 1917 (2019)R15+
- A Man Called Otto (2022)PG-1315+
- A Quiet Place (2018)PG-1315+
- Ali (2001)R15+
- Bird Box (2018)R15+
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025)R15+
- Das Boot (1981)R15+
- Don't Look Up (2021)R15+
- Father Stu (2022)R15+
- Gladiator (2000)R15+
- Gladiator II (2024)R15+
- Glory (1989)R15+
- His House (2020)NR15+
- It (2017)R15+
- Ray (2004)PG-1315+
- Respect (2021)PG-1315+
- RRR (2022)R15+
- Schindler's List (1993)R15+
- Sound of Metal (2019)R15+
- Spencer (2021)R15+
- The Babadook (2014)NR15+
- The Big Short (2015)R15+
- The Breakfast Club (1985)R15+
- The Father (2020)PG-1315+
- The Hate U Give (2018)PG-1315+
- The Patriot (2000)R15+
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)PG-1315+
- The Prestige (2006)PG-1315+
- All of Us Strangers (2023)R16+
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016)R16+
- Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)R16+
- Marriage Story (2019)R16+
- Nightmare Alley (2021)R16+
- One Night in Miami... (2020)R16+
- Oppenheimer (2023)R16+
- Rush (2013)R16+
- Sound of Freedom (2023)PG-1316+
- Spotlight (2015)R16+
- The Holdovers (2023)R16+
- The Power of the Dog (2021)R16+
- Whiplash (2014)R16+
- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)R17+
- American Fiction (2023)R17+
- American History X (1998)R17+
- Apocalypse Now (1979)R17+
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989)R17+
- Braveheart (1995)R17+
- Challengers (2024)R17+
- Civil War (2024)R17+
- Drive My Car (2021)NR17+
- Fight Club (1999)R17+
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)R17+
- Gone Girl (2014)R17+
- Good Will Hunting (1997)R17+
- I, Tonya (2017)R17+
- It Chapter Two (2019)R17+
- Joker (2019)R17+
- Licorice Pizza (2021)R17+
- Logan (2017)R17+
- Lone Survivor (2013)R17+
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)R17+
- Malcolm X (1992)PG-1317+
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)R17+
- Prisoners (2013)R17+
- Rebel Ridge (2024)R17+
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)R17+
- The Irishman (2019)R17+
- The Lost Daughter (2021)R17+
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012)R17+
- Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)R18+
- Love ()201818+
- Midsommar (2019)R18+
- Platoon (1986)R18+
- Promising Young Woman (2020)R18+
- Saltburn (2023)R18+
- The Devil All the Time (2020)R18+
- The Revenant (2015)R18+
- A Silent Voice (2016)NR
- Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)PG
- Camp Rock 3 (2026)G
- Grave of the Fireflies (1988)NR
- Your Name (2016)PG