The 10 Best Thanksgiving Movies Ever and Where to Watch Them

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Keith Langston

Keith Langston

JustWatch Editor

While everyone knows about Christmas movies, which have become a quintessential part of the holiday season, many don’t realize that throughout the years Thanksgiving has also received its fair share of movie moments. In this guide, you can find out where to watch the 10 greatest Thanksgiving movies of all time on streaming services in the United States.

What are the best Thanksgiving movies?

Though Thanksgiving has much fewer films, it still has a wide range of holiday movies – from horror hits like Eli Roth’s slasher A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.

With temperatures getting colder and the days getting shorter, there’s no better way to spend a late November evening than with a good movie, and with the holiday quickly approaching, these Thanksgiving movies are the perfect way to get ready for the big day. Some, like A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, are perfect for families to watch together, while others are great for viewers who want a more mature and nuanced look at the holiday season.

While the movies on this list are all very different, spanning numerous genres, styles, and decades between their releases, they’ve been chosen based on how enjoyable and well-made they are. They’ve also been chosen based on their proximity to Thanksgiving. While lots of movies have scenes that take place during the holiday, these movies exclusively focus on Turkey Day, making them perfect for anyone who’s celebrating.

Where can I watch the best Thanksgiving movies online?

Browse through the list below to see where you can watch the best Thanksgiving movies on streaming services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. You can also apply filters to find out which movies on the list matches your preferences.

  1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    # 1

    An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

  2. Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving

    2023

    # 2

    After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

  3. Free Birds

    Free Birds

    2013

    # 3

    Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.

  4. Home for the Holidays

    # 4

    After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

  5. The Humans

    The Humans

    2021

    # 5

    Erik Blake has gathered three generations of his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the group’s deepest fears are laid bare.

  6. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

    # 6

    Turkey, cranberries, pumpkin pie... and the Peanuts gang to share them with. This is going to be the greatest Thanksgiving ever! The fun begins when Peppermint Patty invites herself and her pals to Charlie Brown's house for a REALLY big turkey party. Good grief! All our hero can cook is cold cereal and maybe toast. Is Charlie Brown doomed? Not when Linus, Snoopy and Woodstock chip in to save the (Thanksgiving) Day. With such good friends, Charlie Brown - and all of us - have so many reasons to be thankful.

  7. Friendsgiving

    Friendsgiving

    2020

    # 7

    Molly and Abbey, along with their crew of close friends and acquaintances, host a dysfunctional, comical and chaotic Thanksgiving dinner.

  8. Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow

    # 8

    While visiting their kooky aunt, two siblings go hunting for a Bigfoot-like creature called the Howling Hoodoo, encountering other monsters in the woods they didn’t even know they were looking for.

  9. ThanksKilling

    ThanksKilling

    2008

    # 9

    A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.

  10. Pilgrim

    # 10

    In an attempt to remind her family of their privilege and help them bond, Ms. Anna Barker invites Pilgrim reenactors to stay with them over Thanksgiving. When the “actors” refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude.