From left: 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,' 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles' and 'Soul Food' Courtesy Everett Collection (2); Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr There are certain ingredients without which Thanksgiving dinner is incomplete, beginning with the traditional fixins such as turkey, dressing and macaroni and cheese, and ending with some version of friends, family and fun. The latter can take on many forms, from playing card games around the dinner table to putting up Christmas decorations and stringing lights around the tree before the next major family holiday. And while for some there's nothing better to watch on turkey day than football, we've rounded up a few additional options for everyone who might find themselves in your home, from the little ones seated at the kids table to the adults seeking a respite from weeklong food preparations and the stress of Black Friday shopping that's to come. Thanksgiving movies don't typically get the same attention as spooky Halloween flicks and feel-good Christmas films, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of options when it comes to stories about one of the biggest family gatherings of the year. In fact, the entries on our list run the gamut of genres, from rom-coms and road-trip comedies to horrors, fantasies and, of course, (family) dramas. So, if you're not already planning to head to the theaters to catch Wicked: For Good, Zootopia 2 or Now You See Me: Now You Don't with your loved ones, here are 36 movies that are worth a watch from home this Thanksgiving and throughout the holiday weekend. 'Addams Family Values' Image Credit: Addams Family This is far from the most traditional Thanksgiving movie on the list, but the scene in this 1993 dark comedy in which Wednesday is cast as Pocahontas in the Thanksgiving play at Camp Chippewa and decides to enact revenge on her fellow camp peers who are portraying pilgrims makes this worth the watch alone. 'Black Friday' In this 2021 horror comedy starring former teen heartthrob Devon Sawa, Michael Jai White and Bruce Campbell, a group of toy store employees have an even worse night than expected when they show up to work the night of Thanksgiving and find themselves fending off throngs of Black Friday shoppers who've been infected by a parasitic organism. 'The Blind Side' Image Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. The story at the center of this 2009 biographical sports drama is well known, but there's something extra special about watching Sandra Bullock's Leigh Anne Tuohy take in 17-year-old foster kid "Big Mike" Oher the night before Thanksgiving on the actual holiday. (However, there has been real-life drama over this film: Oher has said he doesn't like the movie, and he and the Tuohys have engaged in legal action since it was released.) 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, based on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip, is a tale of two Thanksgiving dinners that finds Charlie Brown making new traditions with friends Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Franklin and Snoopy. The special originally aired on Nov. 20, 1973. 'Dutch' Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Ed O'Neill stars in this 1991 comedy as Dutch Dooley, an average Joe who endures a series of mishaps on a road trip with his girlfriend's snooty son, Doyle, whom he agrees to pick up from his private school in Georgia and bring home to Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday. 'A Family Thanksgiving' Image Credit: Hallmark Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection In this 2010 Hallmark Channel Original Movie, a high-powered attorney reconsiders her life as a single career woman when a mysterious older woman introduces her to an alternate reality on Thanksgiving Day where she's a happily married wife and mother. 'Four Brothers' Image Credit: Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection When an older woman is gunned down in a convenience store while shopping for Thanksgiving dinner, her foster sons, played by Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund, decide to take matters into their own hands and avenge her murder. 'Free Birds' Image Credit: Everett Collection In this 2013 animated comedy, two turkeys, voiced by Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson, travel back in time to the first Thanksgiving to change the course of history and stop humans from domesticating and eating their kind. 'Friendsgiving' Based around the Thanksgiving trend that's become a tradition of its own for individuals wanting to celebrate with their found family, Friendsgiving is a bit of a cautionary comedy about two friends whose plans for a low-key holiday dinner get turned upside down when one too many guests show up at the dinner table. The 2000 film stars Kat Dennings, Aisha Tyler, Chelsea Peretti, Jane Seymour and Wand