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Best Kids Movies on Apple TV

Last updated: May 30, 2023

Spend more time watching Apple TV and less time searching for what to watch. Use this list to find the best Movies for your Kids. And check back often! We'll be updating it daily with new arrivals. See more best-of lists like this.

Swan Princess a Fairtytale is Born movie poster: in text at the top of the movie promo and a pair of king and queens stand below
MOVIE

The Swan Princess: A Fairytale Is Born

age 5+

Sweet animated prequel has positive messages, peril.

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods Movie Poster: Zachary Levi is center frame turned to the side in his red and gold suit while a gold light shines behind him
MOVIE

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

age 12+

Funny superhero sequel has action violence, language.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Poster: Lots of colorful Mario characters stand in front of the movie's title
MOVIE

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

age 7+

Colorful adventure is a bit more violent than the games.

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Polite Society poster
MOVIE

Polite Society

age 12+

Action comedy has cinematic violence, positive female lead.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: Movie Poster
MOVIE

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

age 12+

MCU threequel falls short on humor; violence, language.

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Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West: Poster for documentary.
MOVIE

Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West

age 10+

Gorgeous but disturbing docu reveals violence to wild horses

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The Magic Sword Poster Image
MOVIE

The Magic Sword

age 10+

Kitschy knight quest is fun '60s flashback; some battles.

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What's Love Got to do With It? movie poster
MOVIE

What's Love Got to Do with It?

age 12+

British romcom celebrates cultural differences.

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Supercell Movie Poster: A white van with BRODY written on the back is driving into a storm with a tornado funnel
MOVIE

Supercell

age 11+

Intense storm thriller has smoking, language.

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Sweetwater Movie Poster: Sweetwater jumps in the air, holding a basketball beneath his upper knee
MOVIE

Sweetwater

age 11+

Sports biopic is educational but clunky; smoking, language.

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Dungeons & Dragons Movie Poster: The characters stand in a circle, looking down/out of the frame
MOVIE

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

age 12+

Cast elevates funny game-based adventure; action violence.

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Movie poster that reads Centurion: The Dancing Stallion and a family stands above the title, a man rides a white horse below
MOVIE

Centurion: The Dancing Stallion

age 7+

Emotional horse tale based on a true story has some peril.

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If I Could Ride movie poster: movie title overlaps a girl wearing a helmet and riding a horse in a field with the sun setting behind her
MOVIE

If I Could Ride

age 10+

Heartwarming horse drama has some drinking, name-calling.

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The Quest for Tom Sawyer's Gold movie poster: Five people stand facing a river with an alligator to their right text says the quest for tom sawyers gold
MOVIE

The Quest for Tom Sawyer's Gold

age 8+

Family adventure has some violence, peril, mild language.

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The Lost King movie poster
MOVIE

The Lost King

age 12+

Inspiring true story has strong female lead, salty language.

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Girl Talk Movie poster: images of diverse girls
MOVIE

Girl Talk

age 10+

Girls fight bias in male-dominated high school debate field.

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Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Movie: Poster
MOVIE

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

age 10+

Lots of fighting -- and laughs -- in brisk, thrilling anime.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2022)
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Blueback Movie Poster: A blonde teen girl swimming in the ocean toward a large grouper fish
MOVIE

Blueback

age 8+

Family eco-drama lovely but doesn't dive deep; some peril.

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Mummies Movie Poster: Animated ancient Egyptian man and woman stand back to back with modern day London behind them and a crocodile in bandages and an ancient Egyptian child playing with a boomerang standing next to them
MOVIE

Mummies

age 6+

Logic unravels in animated adventure with Egyptian angle.

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Heart of Champion movie poster: Casper Van Dien, YaYa Gosselin, and Jojo Marie images are in clouds over an image of YaYa Gosselin riding a horse through a grassy field
MOVIE

Heart of a Champion

age 8+

Wholesome family drama about a teen and her horse.

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Animated poster with an image of a Syrian girl named Lamya holding a book with the name Rumi visible. Behind her is Lamya and Rumi standing in a fantasy world with a mystal castle in the distance. Rumi is a young Syrian boy looking concerned and holding papers to write poetry..
MOVIE

Lamya's Poem

age 9+

Animated refugee story has mature themes, peril.

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Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop movie poster: A blond woman and older smartly dressed gentleman
MOVIE

Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop

age 10+

Light British mystery has some violence and ghostly scenes.

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Plastic Earth Movie Poster: A young girl wearing sunglasses collects empty plastic bottles on a beach
MOVIE

Plastic Earth

age 10+

Busy, thorough docu explores solutions to plastic problem.

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The Amazing Maurice movie poster
MOVIE

The Amazing Maurice

age 8+

Fun Pratchett adaptation has mature themes, scary scenes.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: Movie Poster
MOVIE

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

age 12+

Epic, women-led sequel is part tribute, part intense battle.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2022)
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