“Friday Night”: Top 10 Best Family Comedies

Family films belong to a special genre of touching, funny films that will be pleasant to watch with the whole family gathered on cold winter evenings. Such paintings create a special, spiritual atmosphere that invites you to receive the full range of positive emotions. We present to you the top 10 most popular family films.

Puzzle (2015)

The story of an eleven-year-old girl named Riley is no different from the life of any other child - she goes to school, communicates with friends and tries to find mutual understanding with parents. And all this succeeds, because in Riley’s head, like all other people, 5 different emotions coexist - these are Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear and Anger. They are the ones who manage all processes, control our behavior, constantly trying to agree and find a common solution to the problem.

But one day the situation gets out of control. The heroine's father is offered a prestigious job in San Francisco. Having moved to a big, noisy city, Rally changed completely and forgot how to maintain emotional balance. Due to constant irritation, she began to quarrel with her parents more often and worry about trifles. And the whole point is that each emotion had its own opinion about how their owner should behave. The most important of them, Joy, is lost in the labyrinths of memory, and if she doesn’t get out, Rally will forever remain a sad and slightly strange girl. Will emotions be able to make friends again and understand that without each other they cannot overcome all the hardships?

Another educational animated masterpiece from the Pixar studio will definitely appeal to children and their parents.

Wholesale is cheaper 2 (2005)

In the first part, the head of a large family, Tom Baker, proved that he can “train” not only a football team, but also his many children. They are growing very quickly and the eldest daughter is already married and expecting a baby. The baby is about to be born, so Tom decides it would be a good idea to take the kids on vacation one last time in this group. Together they go to the shore of the lake, where they once had a wonderful time.

But a quiet and measured trip did not work out, because on vacation two irreconcilable family camps, the Bakers and the Murtaghs, met. Between fathers A conflict breaks out, the beginning of which goes back to their distant youth. A little later, wives and children join in the rivalry.

What will this skirmish lead to? Will families be able to find mutual understanding through participation in sports?

This is a kind and funny picture for family viewing that will help while away the long winter evenings.

Madagascar (2005)

Madakascar is one of the highest-grossing animated films released by DreamWorks Pictures in 2005.

This is a story about wild animals who are used to living in the conditions of the New York Zoo and are quite happy with everything. But Marty the zebra brings chaos into the quiet, measured daily routine. He has long dreamed of his native shores and now decides to run away in search of a distant continent. The rest of the animals - Alex the lion, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus - cannot leave their friend in trouble, so together they end up on a ship heading to Africa.

Because of restless penguins, the company does not reach Africa and lands in Madakascar. This is where the fun begins. Alex's predatory instinct awakens, but he cannot allow himself to give in, so for now he feeds on fish and wants to find himself back in his native zoo. Friendship still wins, predators and herbivores gradually learn to coexist, but later they again go in search of adventure, trusting the adventurer penguins.

Casper (1995)

Almost all children born in the 90s remember this touching and funny story about a little ghost, but I want to watch the film again to immerse myself in the magical world of Casper and his friends.

It all starts with Dr. Harvey and his daughter Kat moving to another city and settling in a huge, old mansion. The girl’s mother died a long time ago, but all family members still cannot come to terms with the bereavement. Dr. Harvey became so fixated on the death of his beloved wife that he became seriously interested in paranormal phenomena. Trying to gain the opportunity to communicate with his beloved, he discovered a special gift in himself - to come into contact with spirits.

So, once on the Whipstaff estate, Harvey and his daughter soon discover that they are not alone in the house. Its main inhabitants are playful and sometimes evil ghosts. Later, the main character meets the friendly little Casper, who makes her feel less lonely in a strange city, in a new school and is always ready to help her friend. The cute ghost told Kat about the history of the old mansion and about his personal tragedy...

Curly Sue (1991)

A kind and somewhat instructive film that is worth watching on Christmas Eve.

Charming swindler Bill (James Belushi) takes into the care of a little girl named Sue, who is virtually deprived of shelter, expensive toys and parental love. But she doesn’t feel deprived; together with her adoptive dad, she travels around America, spends the night wherever she can and earns her living by deceiving people.

One day, Bill and Sue end up in Chicago, where they try to pull off another scam - they find the owner of an expensive car and set up an accident. The driver turns out to be a successful lawyer, Gray, who is very sorry for hitting a tramp and, in order to somehow make amends, invites the couple to dinner, which jeopardizes her relationship with her boyfriend.

The swindlers liked the good-natured girl so much that they are thinking about how to get into her house again, but then an accident intervenes in their lives - Gray knocks Bill down again. This time she invites them to live in her house. Gradually realizing how difficult life is for the poor people, Gray becomes attached to new friends and does not allow social services to separate them.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a fantastic comedy that an entire generation of children grew up with.

The main character of the film, the father of the family Wayne Zalinski, at first glance is no different from the others. He lives in a large country house with his beloved wife, two kids and a four-legged pet.

But above all else, Professor Zalinski is a brilliant scientist, whose inventions in the future promise him fame and all the honors of the scientific world. And all thanks to his latest brainchild - a machine capable of shrinking objects thousands of times. Since some tests were not very successful, the miracle invention was left collecting dust in the attic until better times. And everything would have been fine, but the professor did not take into account that his inquisitive children, together with the neighbor’s tomboys, discovered the invention and were convinced from their own experience how it really works. Now the heroes must report the unfortunate misunderstanding to their father, but how to do this if you are no bigger than a mosquito?

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

“Alice in Wonderland” is another fascinating and, as always, slightly crazy project by Tim Burton, based on the well-known book by Lewis Carroll.

The main character turns 19 years old, the girl is quite peculiar, eccentric and a little absurd. Since childhood, she has dreamed of the wonderful, magical world that her father told her about, but now Alice has grown up and no longer believes in fairy tales.

At a Victorian ball, where she is invited along with her mother, the rich but stupid Lord Hamish unexpectedly proposes marriage to her. In order to get rid of the annoying admirer, Alice runs away from the palace after a white rabbit dressed in a tailcoat, which suddenly appeared on the lawn, and falls into the rabbit hole. The girl goes down the tunnel for a long time and finds herself in a round hall with many different doors - this is Wonderland. After a whole series of adventures, Alice finally opens the treasured exit, where the inhabitants of the fantasy world have been waiting for her for a long time. Together with the Mad Hatter, the White Queen, the Cheshire Cat and many other characters, she will try to fight against the evil and quarrelsome Queen of Hearts. Will Alice be able to save this “crazy world”?

Back to the Future (1985)

This fantastic comedy about the time travel of an ordinary American guy was directed by the famous director and screenwriter Robert Zemeckis. For a long time he could not find a film company willing to release such a film. And one day, Universal Pictures, led by Steven Spielberg, happily accepted it; together they thought out the plot to the smallest detail, thanks to which the film gained armies of fans around the world.

The main character, Marty McFly, skateboards, tries to promote his rock band and is friends with Doc, whom everyone considers the local crazy.

One day, Doc invites Marty to take part in an unusual experiment; as it turns out, he has invented a real time machine, in which he travels from the 80s to the days of his youth. parents. They are both in college and don't even know each other. The guy tries to influence the course of events, but due to a series of serious misadventures, he changes the future. Now Marty needs to fix everything, and, of course, he will be helped by young Doc, who has not yet invented a time machine, but is already very smart and resourceful.

Jumanji (1995)

The cult film from the 90s left an unforgettable impression on a whole generation of children thanks to its special effects, unusual for that time.

The whole plot revolves around a magical and dangerous artifact, which the main character named Allan Parrish accidentally finds in his house. As it turned out later, this is all just a desktop game Having opened it, the hero finds himself imprisoned for many years in another world, where dangerous animals are rampant. All this happens in front of Allan's girlfriend Sarah Whittle.

The continuation of this story occurs only 26 years later, when a new owner appears at the Parrish mansion, raising orphaned nephews. Peter and Judy discover an unusual box and immediately rush to start the game, after which the unfortunate Allan appears from the jungle. Together with new friends and girlfriend Sarah, he will try to stop the ill-fated game, the characters of which have already begun to be transferred to the real world.

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

The hilarious adventure film starring Jackie Chan tells the story of an eccentric and resourceful London gentleman named Phileas Fogg. Society perceives his numerous experiments and discoveries in the field of flight and electricity as a whim and considers them stupid inventions of a madman.

In order to rehabilitate himself, Fogg makes a bet with Lord Kelvin, head of the Royal Academy of Sciences, that he will travel around the world in just 80 days. Not forgetting to invite his faithful footman Passepartout and the French artist-adventurer Monique with him, he embarks on an exciting and breathtaking journey around the world.

The most exotic places on the planet and the strangest routes await the heroes, where various adventures, obstacles and a gang of thugs await them.