The Ultimate List of Family Halloween Movies for a Spooky Night In

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You’ve officially discovered the ultimate list of family Halloween movies!

Becoming a parent impacts all major holidays and Halloween is no different!

This list of family Halloween movies is designed to make it easy for you to find the right spooky flick to enjoy as you celebrate Halloween as a family. Whether you need something short and fun or a series you can dive into for hours, this list has it all.

I’ve categorized the movies into family sections so that you can keep the Halloween fun going even after your little ones head off to bed.

Family Halloween Movies

Family Halloween Movies For Little Ones

Super Monsters Save Halloween (2018) – 24 minutes
- The Super Monsters use their powers to get their neighbors in the Halloween spirit, then help a nervous friend see there’s nothing to be afraid of. (Source: Netflix)
Spookley the Square Pumpkin (2004) – 47 minutes
- When a storm terrorizes his patch, a pumpkin cast out for his shape must step up to use his smarts to save the day — and to prove himself. (Source: Netflix)
Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005) – 67 minutes
- Lumpy teams with tiny Roo for a Halloween adventure in the Hundred Acre Wood, in this animated tale about friendship, bravery, and teamwork. (Source: Prime Video)
Spooky Buddies (2011) – 1 hour & 28 minutes
- Disney’s irresistible talking puppies are back in a movie that takes them far across town to a mysterious mansion where something very spooky is going on. (Source: DIsney Plus)
Monsters, Inc (2021) – 1 hour & 32 minutes
- When a girl named Boo wanders into their world, it’s the monsters that are scared silly. It’s up to Sulley and Mike, the top scare team, to keep her out of sight and get her back home. (Source: Disney Plus)
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest (2013) – 58 minutes
- Get ready for a spook-tacular good time with Curious George – in his first-ever Halloween movie. This fun-filled adventure is a bewitching treat for the whole family! (Source: Prime Video)

Family Halloween Movies The Whole Family

Hocus Pocus (1993) – 1 hour & 36 minutes
- Conjured up by some unsuspecting pranksters, a tricky trio of 300-year-old witches set out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth. But first, they must get their act together and outwit three kids and a talking cat. (Source: Disney Plus)
Casper (1995) – 1 hour & 40 minutes
- A ‘ghost therapist’ and his young daughter arrive at a house haunted by three rambunctious spirits and Casper – the friendly ghost – setting the stage for an eye-popping, roller-coaster romp! (Source: Prime Video)
Beetlejuice (1988) – 1 hour & 32 minutes
- A ghost couple finds their now-vacant home invaded by an obnoxious family and hires a sleazy ghost who scares humans off to help them. (Source: Prime Video)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – 1 hour & 19 minutes
- Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Pumpkin King Jack Skellington longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere. (Source: Disney Plus)
Hotel Transylvania (2012) – 1 hour & 35 minutes
- Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. (Source: Prime Video)
The Addams Family (1991) – 1 hour and 41 minutes
- Packed with plenty of treats, tricks, and turns, the big-screen debut of everyone’s favorite creepy, spooky, kooky and altogether oooky family features more Mamushka, in a hysterical extended cut overseen by director Barry Sonnenfeld. (Source: Prime Video)
The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown (1966) – 25 minutes
- Costumes, candy, and this classical special—some things just scream Halloween. Join the Peanuts gang for a timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle.(Source: Apple TV Plus)
Halloweentown (1998) – 1 hour & 24 minutes
- Marnie and her younger siblings travel with their estranged grandmother, who is a good witch, to Halloweentown—a place where creepy creatures lead very normal lives. On her 13th birthday, Marnie gets a supernatural surprise when she discovers that she, too, is a witch. (Source: Disney Plus)
The Little Vampire (2017) – 1 hour & 22 minutes
- An American kid obsessed with the undead befriends and offers to help a young vampire whose family is being targeted by a merciless vampire hunter. (Source: Netflix)
A Witches Ball (2017) – 1 hour and 31 minutes
- Beatrix can’t wait to be inducted as a witch, but an unfortunate incident threatens to take her pending title away if she doesn’t act fast. (Source: Netflix)
The Haunted Mansion (2003) – 1 hour and 27 minutes
- A workaholic real-estate agent drags his family to a Haunted Mansion (Source: Prime Video)
Practical Magic (1998) – 1 hour & 44 minutes
- Sexy superstars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman heat up the small screen. These “bewitching” sisters use their hereditary gift of magic to overcome obstacles in discovering true love. (Source: Prime Video)
Goosebumps (2015) – 1 hour and 43 minutes
- When monsters are unleashed from their manuscripts & terrorize a town, it’s up to R.L. Stine, Zach & Hannah to get them back in their books. (Source: Prime Video)

Family Halloween Movies for Tweens & Teenagers

The Craft (1996) – 1 hour & 40 minutes
- Four high school misfits who experiment with witchcraft must deal with the consequences of their newfound abilities. (Source: Prime Video)
The Craft: Legacy (2020) 1 hour & 34 minutes
- In Blumhouse’s continuation of the cult hit The Craft, an eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers. (Source: Prime Video)
Ghostbusters (1984) – 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Ghosts invade New York and force a trio of spirit exterminators to save the city in one of the biggest comedies of all time. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver head the all-star cast. (Source: Prime Video)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) – 2 hours and 3 minutes
- When a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind. (Source: Prime Video)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) – 1 hour & 45 minutes
- Director Tim Burton’s eerie vision of the classic horror tale about a curious investigator probing a series of murders in colonial New York that seem to be the work of a vengeful, headless phantom. (Source: Prime Video)
Brothers Grimm (2005) – 1 hour and 58 minutes
- Con-artists Matt Damon and Heath Ledger encounter real magic–and evil–within the realm of an enchanted forest. (Source: Prime Video)

Family Halloween Movies for Adults – After the Kids Go to Sleep

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) – 1 hour and 27 minutes
- Brother/sister duo Hansel and Gretel are professional witch-hunters who help innocent villagers. One day they stumble upon a case that could hold the key to their past. (Source: IMDb)
The Conjuring (2013) – 1 hour and 51 minutes (3 movie series)
- The Conjuring tells the horrifying true story of Ed and Lorraine Warren, world renowned paranormal investigators, who were called to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. (Source: IMDb)
Van Helsing (2004) – 2 hours and 11 minutes
- Monster hunter Dr. Van Helsing is sent to Transylvania to vanquish Count Dracula – meeting up with a sexy yet lethal vampire killer, the pair battle a staggering array of supernatural predators! (Source: IMDb)
Underworld (2003) – 2 hours and 1 minute (4 movie series)
- Underneath the city streets, amid the labyrinth of subway tunnels and gothic ruins, vampires and werewolves are embroiled in an all-out war that has been going on for centuries. (Source: IMDb)
Blade (1998) – 2 hours
- A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires. (Source: IMDb)
Edward ScissorHands (1990) – 1 hour and 45 minutes
- An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world. (Source: IMDb)
Ginger Snaps (2000) – 1 hour and 48 minutes
- Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf. (Source: IMDb)
Warm Bodies (2013) – 1 hour and 37 minutes
- After a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world. (Source: IMDb)
Scream (1996) – 1 hour and 40 minutes
- A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game. (Source: IMDb)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) – 1 hour and 41 minutes
- Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town. (Source: IMDb)
Halloween (1978) – 1 hour and 31 minutes
- Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. (Source: IMDb)