Travelling with your family? Here are some movies for the whole tribe to enjoy together.
Flow
Witness the Academy Award-winning sensation that took the animation world by storm.
Told entirely without dialogue, Flow follows a dark grey house cat as it navigates a watery, post-apocalyptic world in a bid for survival. Along the way, it befriends an enthusiastic yellow Labrador, a phlegmatic capybara, a lemur that has amassed a collection of knick-knacks, and an enigmatic secretary bird. The motley crew floats through a sunken city on a small rowboat as the animals bond and come to care for each other.
Behind the lyrical and moving film is a triumphant underdog story: directed by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis and made by a small team of animators, Flow emerged triumphant at the 2025 Oscars over films from major studios like Pixar and DreamWorks Animation.
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Looney Tunes characters Daffy Duck and Porky Pig have appeared in animated short films since their creation in the ’30s. The Day the Earth Blew Up is their first-ever feature-length animated movie. This film almost didn’t see the light of day: after being shelved by Warner Bros. in 2022, it was shopped around to other studios and picked up by Ketchup Entertainment — but it was finally released in 2024, to positive reviews.
Daffy and Porky (both voiced by Looney Tunes veteran Eric Bauza) are offered a job at the Goodie Gum factory. Daffy discovers scientist Petunia Pig (Candi Milo) pouring a mysterious green goo into the bubble gum mix. The duo eventually uncover a sinister mind-control plot engineered by an alien being called The Invader (Peter MacNicol). Porky and Daffy must try to save their town and the world at large without getting on each other’s nerves.
The Day the Earth Blew Up is a loving homage to ’50s sci-fi films while retaining the inventive wackiness and visual gags at the heart of the Looney Tunes franchise.
Sneaks
What are those?! Why, they’re anthropomorphic shoes, of course. Basketball-obsessed high schooler Edson (Swae Lee) wins an exclusive pair of sneakers, Ty (Anthony Mackie) and Maxine (Chloe Bailey). The Collector (Laurence Fishburne), a notorious sneaker collector, steals Ty and Maxine from Edson, but Ty breaks free. He must also escape the grasp of The Forger (Roddy Ricch), who cuts up sneakers to make counterfeits.
A playful ode to sneakerhead culture wrapped in a vibrant adventure, Sneaks boasts an all-star voice cast and touches on themes of self-discovery and familial bonds. It looks silly on the surface but is emotional in a way that, well, sneaks up on you.
Paddington in Peru
Everyone’s favourite marmalade-loving bear gets into more sticky situations in Paddington in Peru. The third entry in the Paddington film series flings the titular bear, who originated in the children’s books by Michael Bond, far out of his comfort zone.
Paddington (Ben Whishaw) and his adoptive family, the Browns, travel to Peru. They check up on Paddington’s Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton), only to discover that she has disappeared from the Home for Retired Bears, which is overseen by the Reverend Mother (Olivia Colman). Following the clues Aunt Lucy has left behind, they must find Rumi Rock, deep in the Amazon rainforest.
The Browns hire boat captain Hunter Cabot (Antonio Banderas) and his daughter Gina (Carla Tous) to guide them, but Hunter is haunted by his ancestors and is obsessed with finding the fabled Lost City of El Dorado. The entire gang sets off on a series of thrilling escapades as Paddington discovers more about his origins.
Paddington in Peru turns the cuddly bear into an unlikely action-adventure hero, combining the physical comedy audiences know and love from the earlier films with thrilling set pieces, all while retaining its title character’s amiable, polite spirit.
Dog Man
If you’re a child of the ’90s or early noughties, odds are you have read one or more of the Captain Underpants books. Written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, the gleefully silly children’s novel series centres on two best friends whose comic book character, Dog Man, comes to life. Part dog and part human, the hybrid proved to be so popular that Pilkey created a spinoff book series, Dog Man, after he concluded his Captain Underpants series. In 2025, the character made the leap from page to screen.
In Ohkay City, police officer Knight (Peter Hastings) and his loyal dog Greg arrive at an active crime scene to defuse a bomb, but Knight cuts the wrong wire, and tragedy ensues. Surgeons save the duo by stitching Greg’s head onto Knight’s body, resulting in the creation of — you guessed it — Dog Man. Our hero must navigate his new existence while foiling the plans of the fiendish cat Petey (Pete Davidson), the self-proclaimed “world’s most evilest cat”.
Mufasa: The Lion King
Serving as both sequel and prequel to 2019’s The Lion King, itself based on the 1994 animated movie, this photorealistic CGI film plays out via a frame story and flashbacks, alternating between the present day and the past.
In the frame story, Rafiki (John Kani), the wise mandrill, tells young lion cub Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter), the daughter of Simba (Donald Glover) and Nala (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter), the story of her grandfather Mufasa (Aaron Pierre/Braelyn and Brielle Rankins). Timon the meerkat (Billy Eichner) and Pumbaa the warthog (Seth Rogen) sit in to provide colour commentary.
Flashbacks reveal the story of Mufasa, an orphaned lion cub who meets the young prince Taka (Kelvin Harrison Jr./Theo Somolu). Taka’s father, Obasi (Lennie James), rejects Mufasa, but Taka’s mother, Eshe (Thandiwe Newton), embraces him.
Mufasa and Taka very quickly form a brotherly bond. They befriend Sarabi (Tiffany Boone), a lioness who will eventually become the queen. Our heroes must face off against Kiros (Mads Mikkelsen), the ruthless leader of a pride of white lions called the Outsiders. The duo embark on a fateful path that will take them from being loving adopted brothers to sworn enemies, with Taka eventually taking the name ‘Scar’.
Barry Jenkins, director of the Oscar-winning films Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, takes over the director’s seat from Jon Favreau, who helmed The Lion King. In the six years since the preceding movie’s release, animation technology has advanced even further, and Mufasa: The Lion King features vividly rendered natural scenery, its story taking place across a wide variety of environments. While some take issue with how the photorealistic design of the animals gets in the way of expressiveness and the movie’s original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda have received mixed reviews, the movie is still surprisingly emotionally resonant, conveying themes of brotherhood and destiny.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
The ‘video game movie curse’ is often mentioned in reference to years of sub-par Hollywood film adaptations of beloved games. The Sonic the Hedgehog film series seems to defy this trend, going from strength to strength.
Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz), Knuckles the Echidna (Idris Elba), and Tails the fox (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) are celebrating the anniversary of Sonic’s arrival on Earth with their human guardians, Tom (James Marsden) and Maddie (Tika Sumpter) Wachowski. Director Rockwell (Krysten Ritter) of the Guardian Units of Nations (GUN) agency interrupts the celebration, recruiting Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails to help apprehend Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves) in Tokyo.
This mysterious new foe with unforeseen powers has escaped from a 50-year-long stasis in a secret laboratory. Team Sonic soon learns of the link between Gerald Robotnik (Jim Carrey), grandfather of the supervillain Ivo Robotnik (also Carrey), and Shadow. As the Robotniks gain control of an orbiting weapon targeting Earth, our heroes must face their biggest battle yet.
“This third Sonic film is very much a love letter to [the 2001 game] Sonic Adventure 2 with a lot of those story points. We’re honouring what fans really loved about that game, but we never just do direct translations,” director Jeff Fowler tells Deadline. “Video games and movies are two different endeavours, and we also want to tell a story that people who are uninitiated will be invested in as well,” he adds.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ramps up the comedy, action, and character moments, giving fans more of what they loved from the first two films, including a double dose of Carrey.
Moana 2
As Moana (Auli‘i Cravalho) knows all too well, the ocean’s call is hard to resist. In this sequel set three years after the first movie’s events, Moana seeks out other island-dwelling communities for the people of Motunui to connect to. The spirit of Tautai Vasa (Gerald Ramsey), one of Moana’s wayfinding ancestors, reaches out to her with a mission. Moana must find the hidden island of Motufetu, which is under a curse by the god Nalo. Breaking this curse will help the disparate communities separated by the ocean find each other again.
Moana reunites with the mischievous, shapeshifting demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to find Motufetu. First, she assembles her crew, comprising the mechanic Loto (Rose Matafeo), cantankerous farmer Kele (David Fane), and Maui fanboy Moni (Hualālai Chung). Along with Heihei (Alan Tudyk) the chicken and Pua the pig, Moana and her crew embark on a treacherous journey, encountering coconut-like pirates called the Kakamora and the wily underworld goddess Matangi (Awhimai Fraser). She must make it home safely to reunite with her father, Tui (Temuera Morrison), her mother, Sina (Nicole Scherzinger), and her little sister, Simea (Khaleesi Lambert-Tsuda).
The movie was originally developed as a series on Disney+ and was converted into a feature film relatively late in production. Surprisingly, the animation is as gorgeous as ever, and Moana 2 keeps its predecessor’s spirit of adventure alive. The story draws on rich Polynesian mythology to introduce more deities and creatures to the screen.
If Moana 2’s box office earnings are any proof, the plucky heroine and her boisterous demigod pal continue to capture the imagination of audiences young and old: the movie exceeded Moana’s US$687.2 million gross by reeling in more than US$1 billion.
The Wild Robot
This warm, heartfelt, animated sci-fi movie is based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Peter Brown. The titular wild robot is ROZZUM unit 7134, or ‘Roz’ for short (Lupita Nyong’o). After a storm hits the Universal Dynamics cargo ship carrying Roz and other similar units, she washes ashore, becoming the only surviving robot. While escaping from the vicious grizzly bear Thorn (Mark Hamill), she accidentally crushes a goose’s nest, leaving one egg intact. The egg hatches, and Roz raises the orphaned gosling, who she names Brightbill (Kit Connor), as her own.
Roz befriends the animals on the island, including Fink (Pedro Pascal) the red fox, Pinktail (Catherine O’Hara) the Virginia opossum, Longneck (Bill Nighy) the Canada goose, and Thunderbolt (Ving Rhames) the peregrine falcon. While it takes a while for some of the animals to warm to her, they give Roz advice as she cares for Brightbill so he can learn to fly in time for the geese’s winter migration.
Director Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon, The Call of the Wild) crafts a heartfelt tale about overcoming adversity with the help of community. While this critically acclaimed movie is easy to understand for younger viewers, older viewers will appreciate its commentary on the balance between technology and nature, and their potential to exist in harmony.
Turning Red
13-year-old Mei (Rosalie Chiang) doesn’t know this, but her family has a secret. Whenever the women in her family feel an overwhelming emotion, they transform into a giant red panda. She’s kept in the dark until the day she experiences it herself, turning into an eight-foot animal overnight. At first, she’s worried about how her friends might take to her secret, but their unwavering support helps calm her down, and she even learns to control her transformations.
Set against the backdrop of early 2000s Toronto, Turning Red contains a delightful serving of fun, especially in the form of youthful chaos — witness the girls going on a quest to see their favourite boy band. But it’s also a smart, heartfelt exploration of adolescence, the tender yet complicated dynamics between mothers and daughters, and the balancing act between family expectations and personal growth. It is, most of all, a joyous celebration of growing up — and loving every part of yourself, including your inner giant red panda.
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