(Updated 02/27/2024)
Families who love movies have more choices than ever when it comes to entertainment that is suitable for audiences of all ages. Whether it’s a revival of classic characters, a sequel to a recent hit, or an all-new story full of adventure and inspiring characters, filmmakers are creating incredible stories for the big screen.
With our discount pricing for children's tickets and special Family Day pricing at select theatres, a family outing to the movies is one of the most affordable entertainment options around! You can build a playdate around a new movie or a favorite classic screening for the ultimate birthday party!
Or make your movie outing a special trip by visiting one of the Cinemark locations with a restaurant for lunch or dinner and movie combination with your family.
Whether it's a family night out or a birthday party blowout, here are the best new kids’ movies — or movies for families to watch together — coming to the big screen in 2023 and 2024.
Family and Kids Movies Playing in Theatres Now
Migration
Illumination, the studio behind MINIONS, DESPICABLE ME, and THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, turns to the thrill of cross-country flight… from the perspective of a family of ducks. When the wife and kids in a family of Mallard ducks finally convince the reluctant dad to leave the safety of their pond for a winter migration, the feathered family begins an adventure that takes them to entirely unexpected places. Read more about MIGRATION here.
Family and Kids Movies Coming in 2024
There are more big movies for kids and families coming out in 2024.
Kung Fu Panda 4
Jack Black returns as Po, who has battled major villains and steadily increased his martial arts skills to master statues. Now the Dragon Warrior is being courted as the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, which… isn't really his calling. So that's one problem. Then there's another: the powerful sorceress, Chameleon (Viola Davis), a tiny shape-shifting lizard. She's after Po's Staff of Wisdom, with which she could summon back all the villains Po has already defeated… and that would be bad. So maybe Po isn't fated to be a peaceful leader just yet? Read more about KUNG FU PANDA 4 here. [March 8]
Luca
Set in a beautiful seaside town on the Italian Riviera, LUCA is a coming-of-age story about one young boy experiencing an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, Alberto, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface. Making things more complicated, the townspeople among whom they are trying to live absolutely hate sea monsters. [March 22]
Dragonkeeper
In ancient China, dragons were once friends of humans, but our greed ended their alliance, and these magical creatures were hunted down. Years later, in a remote fortress, a young slave girl, Ping, strikes up an unlikely friendship. [April 5]
The Garfield Movie
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist. Read more about THE GARFIELD MOVIE here. [May 24]
Inside Out 2
The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out—but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” introduces a new Emotion: Anxiety. Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone. Read more about INSIDE OUT 2 here. [June 14]
Despicable Me 4
In the first DESPICABLE ME movie in seven years, Gru, the world’s favorite supervillain- turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for a bold new era of Minions mayhem. Gru and Lucy and their girls — Margo, Edith and Agnes — welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run. Read more about DESPICABLE ME 4 here. [July 3]
Harold and the Purple Crayon
The children's book "Harold and the Purple Crayon" has a wonderfully simple premise: Young Harold draws his way through an adventure, using his purple crayon to create a dreamlike fantasy world — and to get himself out of the situations he creates. Now, after decades of development, a live-action movie has been directed by Carlos Saldanha. It stars Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Lil Rel Howery, and Ravi Patel — and those who have read the book will wonder, as we do, who all those actors play! We'll find out soon enough. [August 2]
Moana 2
After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced. Read more about MOANA 2 here. [November 27]
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