Top 10 Thanksgiving Related Cartoons & Movies To See!

#1 : A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
(Cartoon, 1973)

The classic Peanuts gang celebrates Thanksgiving in this 30 minute special. It is airing on your local ABC network on 11/21/2018 at 9pm EST (8pm CST, 7pm MST, 6pm PST). This one is hard to find anywhere else!  They are also showing a bonus 30 minute episode of “This Is America, Charlie Brown (Cartoon, 1988)”, at 9:30pm EST immediately following the Thanksgiving special. This one is currently available on YouTube, but could be removed at any time. Rated: G.

#2 : Planes, Trains & Automobiles
(Movie, 1987)

A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving with an obnoxious slob of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion. Main Cast: John Candy, Steve Martin. Rated: R. Category: Comedy. Runtime: 1hr:33min. General Rating: 7.6/10.

#3 : Addams Family Values
(Movie, 1993)

Gomez and Morticia have their third child. Wednesday and Pugsley are jealous. To remedy this, they hire a nanny (Debbie). Debbie seduces Fester and Wednesday becomes suspicious. To get rid of her, Debbie convinces the parent that the kids want to go to summer camp. At camp, Wednesday is cast as Pocahontas in the Thanksgiving play. Main Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd. Rated: PG-13. Category: Comedy, Fantasy. Runtime: 1hr:34min. General Rating: 6.6/10.

#4 : Garfield’s Thanksgiving
(Cartoon, 1989)

Garfield, Odie & Jon celebrate Thanksgiving in this episode where Jon finds a love interest in a veterinarian who orders Garfield on a diet-and then joins them for Thanksgiving dinner! Rated: G

#5 : Dutch
(Movie, 1991)

To get to know his girlfriend’s son, a working class good guy volunteers to pick him up from a prep school and bring him home for Thanksgiving, only to learn that her son isn’t the nicest kid. Main Cast: Ed O’Neill, Ethan Embry, JoBeth Williams. Rated: PG-13. Category: Comedy, Drama. Runtime: 1hr:47min. General Rating: 6.4/10.

#6 : Grumpy Old Men
(Movie, 1993)

A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street. It features a memorable scene during Thanksgiving dinner. Main Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret. Rated: PG-13. Category: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Runtime: 1hr:43min. General Rating: 6.9/10.

#7 : The Son In Law
(Movie, 1993)

Having gotten a taste of college life, a drastically changed farm girl returns home for Thanksgiving break with her best friend, a flamboyant party animal who is clearly a fish out of water in a small farm town. Main Cast: Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Tiffani Thiessen. Rated: PG-13. Category: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Runtime: 1hr:35min. General Rating: 5.6/10.

#8 : Hannah And Her Sisters
(Movie, 1986)

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah’s husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly. Main Cast: Mia Farrow, Diane Wiest, Michael Caine. Rated: PG-13. Category: Comedy, Drama. Runtime: 1hr:43min. General Rating: 8.0/10.

#9 : Home For The Holidays
(Movie, 1995)

This movie is about a single mom who has just been fired from her job as an art restorer due to budget cuts. She flies from Chicago to spend Thanksgiving at the Baltimore home of her parents, Adele and Henry Larson, while her only child Kitt decides to stay home and spend the holiday with her boyfriend. Main Cast: Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft, Robert Downey Jr. Rated: PG-13. Category: Comedy, Romance, Drama. Runtime: 1hr:43min. General Rating: 6.6/10.

#10 : Pieces Of April
(Movie, 2003)