If you have kids or grandkids, taking them to the cinema is a brilliant way to spend some time together. What could be better than buying some tasty snacks and watching one of the latest releases together on a massive, state-of-the-art screen? There are some cracking family movies showing at Cineworld in 2025, ranging from Disney musicals to Pixar animations, videogame adaptations to blockbuster sequels.
Excitingly, you can save money on your cinema visit by buying a Cineworld Family Ticket. Available to families with 2 adults and 2 kids or 1 adult and 3 kids, it enables adults to pay kids prices when watching a family movie. (Please note that the maximum age for children is 14.)
Anyway, without further ado, here's a list of the best family movies showing at Cineworld in 2025 (release dates are correct at the time of writing and are susceptible to late changes)...
- Showing now: Disney's Snow White
- Showing now: A Minecraft Movie
- May 23rd: Lilo & Stitch
- June 13th: How to Train Your Dragon
- June 13th: Elio
- August 1st: The Bad Guys 2
- November 21st: Wicked: For Good
- November 28th: Zootropolis 2
- December 26th: The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
1. Disney's Snow White (showing now)
Disney's masterful and groundbreaking 1937 animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs now gets a glossy live-action makeover from filmmaker Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man) in line with the studio's revised takes on The Lion King, The Jungle Book and Beauty and the Beast. Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) portrays the plucky Snow White while Gal Gadot promises to chew the scenery as the Evil Queen.
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2. A Minecraft Movie (showing now)
Everyone's favourite 'Peaches' vocalist Jack Black takes the lead role in this adaptation of the world-conquering videogame franchise. Black plays Minecraft character Steve, while Aquaman's Jason Momoa plays Garrett 'The Garbage Man' Garrison. Will A Minecraft Movie mine the success of similar game adaptations like Angry Birds?
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4. Lilo & Stitch (from May 23rd)
Disney's Hawaiian-flavoured 2002 animation Lilo & Stitch came toward the end of the studio's hand-drawn era and remains a popular hit thanks to its peppy visuals and offbeat characterisation, largely embodied via the dog-like alien Stitch. Marcel the Shell with Shoes on director Dean Fleischer Camp now gives the story a live-action twist, taking over from original helmer Chris Sanders (the man behind the recent animated hit The Wild Robot) to bring Stitch's story to a new generation.
5. How to Train Your Dragon (from June 13th)
Snow White and Lilo & Stitch aren't the only animations getting a live-action kick in the pants in 2025. DreamWorks' hugely popular How to Train Your Dragon series is also being rendered in flesh and blood terms, starting with the very first entry. If you're dubious, feel assured by the fact that helmer Dean DeBlois is back behind the camera and composer John Powell is returning to adapt his stirring orchestral melodies. In the live-action role of the Viking-turned-dragon-rider Hiccup: The Black Phone breakout Mason Thames.
6. Elio (from June 13th)
Pixar enjoyed a return to form in 2024 with their blockbusting sequel Inside Out 2. Expectations are therefore high for their next project Elio, which is the story of an underdog kid with an active imagination who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Expect the usual eye-popping visuals and trenchant emotional lessons, topped off by a talented voice cast including Jameela Jamil and Zoe Saldaña.
7. The Bad Guys 2 (from August 1st)
Wisecracking noir-riffing animated heist adventure The Bad Guys was a big hit for DreamWorks on its release in 2022. Now, the nefarious crew of miscreants is back, once again led by Sam Rockwell's rogueishly likeable pickpocket Mr. Wolf.
8. Wicked: For Good (from November 21st)
The first part of the epic big-screen Stephen Schwartz adaptation Wicked hit our screens in 2024. Now, we get the climactic instalment in the story of Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo). Will you be walking the yellow brick road back to Cineworld on its release?
9. Zootropolis 2 (from November 28th)
The utterly delightful Zootropolis was one of Disney's finest stand-alone animations in recent years. It explored a teeming, bustling metropolis inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, a tribal society built on predator and prey, which gave rise to all manner of terrific jokes and potent emotional undercurrents. Zootropolis 2 is set to pick up with plucky rabbit cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) who must go undercover with her sly fox sidekick Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) in Marsh Market to track down a mysterious reptile.
10. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (from December 26th)
Irreverent animated icon SpongeBob travels to the depths of the ocean to face off against the Flying Dutchman. Expect yet more off-the-wall humour as the Nickelodeon institution keeps on trucking in the wake of the previous hit SpongeBob films.
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