15 Full-Length Free Kids Movies on YouTube (Jan 2025)
This hand-picked list of free family movies on YouTube is updated every month, so it's the easiest and most accurate way to find movies you can watch with the kids online for free! No need to pay for yet another streaming service...we've found plenty of (actually good) full-length movies on YouTube to keep you covered.
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Rock-A-Doodle (1992)
A cute animated musical by Don Bluth (director of beloved classics like the Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven) about a group of barnyard animals who go to find their rock & roll rooster friend in the big city in order to bring him back home.
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Kids can watch FernGully free on YouTube, and you might even get a kick out of revisiting this 90s movie about fairies fighting to save the rainforest where they live.
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Alexandra F.: This Don Bluth animated musical was one of my favorite kids movies growing up, and it's free on YouTube right now! A dog is sent back to earth after dying without any good deeds to his name, where he meets a little orphan girl who ends up teaching him about the stuff that really matters in life, like family, friendship and love. I still find myself singing some of the songs decades later!
The Longshots (2008)
Ice Cube plays a former football player who coaches a Pop Warner football team in Illinois - including the team's secret weapon, his 11-year-old niece, Jasmine Plummer. Based on a true story about the first girl to play Pop Warner football, it's a feel-good sports movie for the whole family.
Arthur's Missing Pal (2010)
Alexandra F.: I really loved the Arthur cartoons on PBS when my kids were little, and this full-length movie featuring Arthur and his friends is free on YouTube right now! The animation is different from the cartoon series, which may be strange for Arthur fans at first, but the gentle mystery story that has Arthur and his friends searching for his lost puppy is sure to please younger viewers.
Early Man (2018)
This claymation animated family film from the creators of "Wallace and Gromet," "Chicken Run," and "Shaun of the Sheep" gives us one possible origin story for soccer/football, taking us all the way back to the Stone Ages.
The Last Unicorn (1982)
An all star cast including Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Lee and Angela Lansbury come together in this 80s movie for kids about a unicorn's quest to learn whether she truly is the last of her kind, and the complications that arise when a spell turns her into a human. Music by America make this animated musical a special treat.
The Neverending Story (1984)
Alexandra F.: Arguably one of the best family films of the 80s is free on YouTube right now! A young boy is drawn into a fantastical world through an old book that he discovers in a book store, where he becomes the hero of an unexpected magical adventure.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Based on the classic children's chapter book by Roald Dahl comes the story of Fantastic Mr. Fox, a family man (er, fox) who returns to his old ways to try and pull off a huge chicken raid at a neighboring farm - breaking a promise to his wife to leave this life behind him. By director Wes Anderson and starring George Clooney and Meryl Streep, don't miss this hilarious and well-reviewed animated film while it's free on YouTube!
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2011)
The story of a sea turtle's adventures across the ocean over the course of fifty years, and how he encounters the effects of global warming during that time.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Love sharing your favorite 90s movies with your kids? You can watch the original 1990 cult classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie for free on YouTube. Cowabunga!
Osmosis Jones (2001)
This 2001 mash up animation/live action film starring Bill Murray treats us to a close up view of what happens inside the body when it gets infected by a virus. The gross out humor featuring plenty of bodily fluids is sure to appeal to kids, and adults will appreciate the clever dialogue and big name voices and actors.
Quest for Camelot (2008)
Excalibur has been taken by a rogue knight, and it's up to a brave young girl, a two-headed dragon, and a reclusive blind man who longs to be a knight to bring it back to Camelot and King Arthur. Many of the voices in this animated adventure movie from the 90s will likely be familiar to parents!
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
One of the best loved Christmas movies is free on YouTube right now! A department store Santa's sanity is questioned when he claims to be the real deal, and his case is brought to trial.
Flushed Away (2006)
A pampered pet rat is accidentally flushed down the toilet and ends up in the bustling sewer city of Ratropolis. He teams up with a tough sewer rat to navigate the dangerous underworld and find his way back home.
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