Last Updated on 28 November 2023

The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 100 best Thanksgiving movies of all time.

I averaged 40 different ranked lists of “Best Thanksgiving movies of all time” to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including all 40 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you’re welcome to print, followed by the full list with links to IMDb.

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  1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
  2. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
  3. Addams Family Values (1993)
  4. Home for the Holidays (1995)
  5. Pieces of April (2003)
  6. The Ice Storm (1997)
  7. You’ve Got Mail (1998)
  8. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  9. Krisha (2015)
  10. Scent of a Woman (1992)
  11. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  12. The Blind Side (2009)
  13. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
  14. Rocky (1976)
  15. Soul Food (1997)
  16. What’s Cooking? (2000)
  17. Little Women (2019)
  18. The House of Yes (1997)
  19. The New World (2005)
  20. Tower Heist (2011)
  21. Avalon (1990)
  22. Son in Law (1993)
  23. Funny People (2009)
  24. The Oath (2018)
  25. Dutch (1991)
  26. Alice’s Restaurant (1969)
  27. Knives Out (2019)
  28. The Big Chill (1983)
  29. Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow (2015)
  30. The Humans (2021)
  31. The Last Waltz (1978)
  32. Friendsgiving (2020)
  33. Prisoners (2013)
  34. Holidate (2020)
  35. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  36. Garfield’s Thanksgiving (1989)
  37. For Your Consideration (2006)
  38. One True Thing (1998)
  39. She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
  40. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  41. Sweet November (2001)
  42. Mistress America (2015)
  43. Tadpole (2002)
  44. Lez Bomb (2018)
  45. The Vicious Kind (2009)
  46. Hollidaysburg (2014)
  47. Dan in Real Life (2007)
  48. Spider-Man (2002)
  49. The Daytrippers (1996)
  50. Instant Family (2018)
  51. The Gold Rush (1925)
  52. Nobody’s Fool (1994)
  53. Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade (2012)
  54. The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
  55. Pocahontas (1995)
  56. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
  57. Autumn in New York (2000)
  58. The War at Home (1996)
  59. Rudy (1993)
  60. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
  61. Into the Dark: Pilgrim (2019)
  62. Free Birds (2013)
  63. Remember the Titans (2000)
  64. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  65. The Object of My Affection (1998)
  66. Beethoven (1992)
  67. Love in the Villa (2022)
  68. Chicken Run (2000)
  69. The Joy Luck Club (1993)
  70. Stuck in Love. (2012)
  71. Four Brothers (2005)
  72. A Family Thanksgiving (2010)
  73. Black Friday (2021)
  74. Holiday Inn (1942)
  75. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
  76. The Prince & Me (2004)
  77. The Wiz (1978)
  78. The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t (1972)
  79. Stepmom (1998)
  80. The Morning After (1986)
  81. Antwone Fisher (2002)
  82. The Turkey Bowl (2019)
  83. Big Night (1996)
  84. Lady Bird (2017)
  85. The Brothers McMullen (1995)
  86. Jack and Jill (2011)
  87. American Gangster (2007)
  88. Midsommar (2019)
  89. Almost Christmas (2016)
  90. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
  91. Clue (1985)
  92. Friends with Benefits (2011)
  93. Black Nativity (2013)
  94. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  95. Deadfall (2012)
  96. Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
  97. The Farewell (2019)
  98. The Santa Clause (1994)
  99. National Lampoon’s Thanksgiving Family Reunion (2003)
  100. Starting Over (1979)

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