2025 Family-Friendly Movies

We’re more than halfway through 2025, summer is almost officially over, school is back in session, and fall will be here before we know it. One of the things my family and I have been doing is having a family movie night every weekend. We’ve watched a bunch of our favorites as well as some recently released movies. This had me thinking about the months ahead and which new movies will be released soon.

2025 Family-Friendly Movies
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I thought it’d be fun to share some upcoming movies that will be released in the remaining months of 2025.

Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie

Release Date: September 26, 2025

Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie is a live-action film based on the series, Gabby’s Dollhouse. The film follows Gabby and her grandmother, Gigi, as they travel to a world called Cat Francisco. Gabby shrinks to the size of a dollhouse toy to get her dollhouse back from Vera. With help from the Gabby cats, will Gabby be able to retrieve her dollhouse?


The Twits

Release Date: October 17, 2025

The Twits is an animated musical comedy film based on Roald Dahl’s children’s novel of the same name. The film follows two orphans and magical animals who band together to stop a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the mean owners of a dangerous amusement park.


Pets on a Train

Release Date: October 17, 2025

Pets on a Train is an animated film about a group of pets trapped on a high-speed train during a train heist. Falcon and Rex team up to stop Hans, a badger who is the mastermind behind the train heist.


In Your Dreams

Release Date: November 14, 2025

In Your Dreams is an animated film that follows a girl named Stevie and her brother, Elliot, as they travel to the world of their dreams. They want to meet the Sandman so they can ask him to make their family perfect.


Wicked: For Good

Release Date: November 21, 2025

Wicked: For Good is the sequel to Wicked. The film follows Elphaba, who is now a fugitive and known as the Wicked Witch of the West, as she fights for animal rights while on the run. Glinda, who is now known as Glinda the Good, stayed behind in Oz at the end of the first film. The film centers on Elphaba and Glinda’s relationship, which is tested by several events, such as Dorothy’s arrival in Oz.


Zootopia 2

Release Date: November 26, 2025

Zootopia 2 follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde as they team up to solve a new case, which could affect their partnership. Since the first film was released in 2016, it would be fun to rewatch the first film before watching the sequel.


The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Release Date: December 19, 2025

The latest SpongeBob movie follows SpongeBob as he tries to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by traveling to the deepest part of the ocean, the Underworld, to face the Flying Dutchman’s ghost.

Which movies do you plan to watch? Are there any movies you’d add to the list? If so, drop them in the comments.