The Best PG Family-Oriented Adventure Movies

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List of PG family-oriented adventure movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best PG family-oriented adventure movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest PG family-oriented adventure movie of all time is. This list of popular PG family-oriented adventure movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top PG family-oriented adventure movie isn't as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great PG family-oriented adventure films on this list. If you're trying to find a specific PG family-oriented adventure film you can search this list and filter to find what you're looking for.

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The Flintstones
Halle Berry, Elizabeth Taylor
Released: 1994
Directed by: Brian Levant
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Harry and the Hendersons
John Lithgow, Don Ameche
Released: 1987
Directed by: William Dear
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Santa Claus: The Movie
John Lithgow, Dudley Moore
Released: 1985
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Roger Cross, August Schellenberg
Released: 1997
Directed by: Sam Pillsbury
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Ethan Hawke, Alfred Molina
Released: 1994
Directed by: Ken Olin
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Popeye
Robin Williams, Linda Hunt
Released: 1980
Directed by: Robert Altman
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutchersonm
Released: 2008
Directed by: Eric Brevig
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Aladdin
Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott
Released: 2019
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
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Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd
Released: 1985
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
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Nim's Island
Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler
Released: 2008
Directed by: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett
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Flight of the Navigator
Sarah Jessica Parker, Paul Reubens
Released: 1986
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
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Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez
Released: 2019
Directed by: James Bobin
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Monkey Trouble
Harvey Keitel, Thora Birch
Released: 1994
Directed by: Franco Amurri
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Free Willy
Danielle Harris, Michael Madsen
Released: 1993
Directed by: Simon Wincer
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Michael Madsen, Joan Lunden
Released: 1995
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
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Air Buddies
Abigail Breslin, Michael Clarke Duncan
Released: 2006
Directed by: Robert Vince
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The Kid Who Would Be King
Patrick Stewart, Louis Serkis
Released: 2019
Directed by: Joe Cornish
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Born Free
Geoffrey Keen, Bill Travers
Released: 1966
Directed by: Tom McGowan, James Hill
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Firehouse Dog
Josh Hutchersonm, Bruce Greenwood
Released: 2007
Directed by: Todd Holland
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
Elijah Wood, Anne Heche
Released: 1993
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Drew Barrymore, Erika Eleniak
Released: 1982
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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Ice Age: The Meltdown
Queen Latifah, Jay Leno
Released: 2006
Directed by: Carlos Saldanha
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Snow Dogs
Cuba Gooding Jr., James Coburn
Released: 2002
Directed by: Brian Levant
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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
Mila Kunis, Ben Stiller
Released: 1997
Directed by: Dean Cundey
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Tom and Huck
Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Released: 1995
Directed by: Peter Hewitt
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