What Family Movies to watch on Starz

T.S. Spivet lives in an isolated ranch in Montana with his parents, his sister Gracie and his brother Layton. He travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive the highly prestigious Baird Award from the Smithsonian Museum in Washington.

Snowflake (Ariana Grande) is special. She's the only white gorilla in the world, and the zoo's main attraction. Children love her, but the other gorillas, Petunia (Jennette McCurdy), Elvis (Nathan Kress), and Anvil (Keith David), don't, because she's different. With the help of an eccentric red panda named Jenga (David Spade), Snowflake plans a secret mission to sneak out of the zoo and venture into the dangerous city to find the witch at the circus who can help her become a "normal" gorilla. Will Snowflake find the cure she's looking for, or realize that there's something more important than fitting in, being true to yourself?

When a sweet young boy and his precocious sister discover their newly adopted puppy Belle has been nabbed by the beautiful gold digger dating their widowed dad on Christmas Eve, the kids recruit their neighborhood friends and set out on an adventurous rescue mission to save her.

Kate & Humphrey and their 3 wolf cubs (Stinky, Claudette and Runt) are happily preparing to celebrate their first winter together when their smallest cub, Runt, mysteriously disappears. They must now go on a new journey across the wilderness to find and bring back Runt before the winter snows block their way home. While their adventure does not end exactly as planned, Kate & Humphrey discover that "Home is where the Family Is."

While raising twelve children, a middle-aged couple decides to pursue more demanding careers -- He as a "Big Ten" university football coach, she as an author on book tour -- only to discover that big families and big careers are a difficult mix.

A 12-year-old tech prodigy's science experiment goes awry and he forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, his dog. The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.

When spoiled popstar Goldilocks agrees to a reality show where she lives with a family of three bears, neither party knows what they're getting into!

Highlighted by Harry Connick, Jr. as the animated narrator, "The Happy Elf" tells the story of Eubie the Elf, one of Santa's helpers whose overly enthusiastic, rose-colored view of the holiday season is put to the test when he sets out to bring Christmas joy to a dreary town called Bluesville.

FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his son, Trent, go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as Big Momma and Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.

Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually then redirected up a mountain in his coffin for burial. Alex is recruited by Alan Blunt to continue the mission. He is sent to Cornwall to investigate a new computer system, which Darrius Sayle has created. He plans to give the new computer systems to every school in the country, but Mr. Blunt has other ideas and Alex must find out what it is.

With dreams of being an inventor, opportunist and eccentric elf Bernard D. Elf (Martin Freeman) is made to feel like a a fool yet again when his innovative creation to bring back people's favorite Christmas memories back to life fails miserably. However, he is then presented with the perfect opportunity to prove his worth, when Santa (Tim Conway) is kidnapped by the evil Neville Baddington (Tim Curry), and his demanding mother Vera (Dame Joan Collins), who have their heart set on discovering Santa's big secret: how he delivers presents across the world in just one night. However, Bernard knows how he does it, using a time travelling device to ensure all children wake up on Christmas morning with their presents under the tree. The elf decides to use this to his advantage, as he plans on going back in time and preventing the abduction from ever happening, and save Santa, and Christmas, for the entire world.

A girl and her friends set off on a journey to find a magic potion that will help a prince who's trapped in a mouse's body.

Two kids and their dog must use all their skills to survive in the African bush after a plane crash.

In a world tormented by the Horror, the citizens of Birdabad accept the egg-eating tyranny of Kondor and his carrion crew as the price of safety. Gathered in exuberant daily ritual around the great Egguilibrium mechanism, which is tended by the silent owl, Hasan, they unthinkingly trade their eggs for fruit. Hupu, a beautiful and reckless young bird, is determined to save her egg from this terrible fate and with the help of Hasan, who is her husband, and a magical seed, she opposes Kondor and disrupts the system. In the wild chase that follows Hupu, Hasan, Kondor and a tiny busy-body chick called Mi, find themselves flung out of Birdabad into the jaws of the Horror. Terrified, confused, murderously angry with each other, this ill-assorted band form a reluctant alliance with a most peculiar guide, who promises to help them get home, if they will help him reach the Sun. Only Hupu knows that their guide is blind. Travelling from a vast modern city to the top of a volcano, down the slippery slope of a glacier or across the wide empty sea, always pursued by the Horror, our unlikely heroes cheat, lie, double-cross and abandon each other. Through a series of hilarious and hair-raising adventures, they are eventually forced to work together to face their fear of the Horror and win through to a happy ending that truly takes off.

A boy and his dog with bionic powers save a small town from two bumbling crooks.

Shaun, a 16-year-old surfer, has it all living in Southern California, but when his dad announces they’re moving to the mountains of Montana, he is crushed. That is, until he meets a dog who can snowboard. With the help of his new canine friend, Shaun is set to make a run for the annual snowboarding championship; however, rough terrain awaits.

Adorable twin puppies Haley and Lindsey are thrilled to live with loving couple Jessica and Mel and heartbroken when the twosome breaks up, leaving the pooches a thousand miles apart. When Jess brings Lindsey back to Montana for work, the two identical dogs meet up by accident and hatch a delightfully dogged scheme: reunite their human "parents" by trading collars and places. Now, Haley and Lindsey are determined to spark the fires of love no matter how much doggie mischief it takes!

Moving into his late grandfather’s house, a clever tween inherits the old man’s dog, Skipper (Norm MacDonald) — who can talk! The sassy pooch leads the kid and his friends to a priceless treasure hidden nearby.

School's out for summer... but not at the Bannister house! When their beloved dog Zeus (voiced by Mario Lopez) destroys a party planned by Belinda (Elisa Donovan), Grandma (Mindy Sterling) suggests they send him to obedience school. Things start off on the wrong paw when Zeus's owner George (Gary Valentine) runs afoul of the school's no-nonsense instructor Vernon (Martin Kove) and Zeus manages to fail every lesson. To make matters worse, Vernon's K-9 assistant, Apollo (voiced by William Zabka) makes class no dog-gone fun. With Zeus failing to improve, the Bannister children Kara and Ben (Francesca Capaldi and Cole Jensen) fear that the pound may be Zeus's next stop. Desperate to turn things around, Zeus enlists the help of a janitor, Mr. Lee (James Hong), who shares his unique training methods. Will Zeus' newfound skills help him win top dog at the school's showcase and foil a trio of bumbling thieves (Dean Cain, Patrick Muldoon, Joey "Coco" Diaz) determined to make this a bummer summer?

When the Queen Bear and her daughter, Princess Canue, visit the Eastern Valley an epic war breaks out -- Rogue Wolves versus the Western Pack and the Bear Army. Now, it's up to Stinky, Claudette, and Runt to help Princess Canue return home to regain control of her kingdom.

Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas and his engine friends are fending off attacks by the nasty Diesel 10 and his goons. Getting more gold dust will require help from Mr. C's slacker cousin, his new friend Lilly, and her morose grandfather, plus the secret engine he's hidden all these years and couldn't get running.

Enjoying wintering on a Large lake in North Africa, Richard learns that this time he will not be entrusted with such an honorable and responsible mission as to lead the flight of a flock of storks home to the north. Not wanting to put up with this, he runs away on an independent journey full of dangers and adventures. Along the way, Richard will have to meet a flock of sparrows in trouble, captured by the evil marabou birds led by the greedy peacock Zamano. To gain freedom, the birds will have to unite in a friendly team, show courageand ingenuity to solve the puzzle and find a mysterious treasure with jewels.

Dreaming of adventure, city mouse Gavin and his buddy Matthew join a crew of Ship Mice ready to set sail - just as young Chester bursts in, pleading for help. Stowing away on a boat, the gang heads for Dream Island to defend Chester's family of mice against Winston the White Weasel (Jon Lovitz) and his wicked weasel clan. But is their courage enough?

Of all the heroes in the world, Doogal, an adorable, long-haired mutt, is the one tasked with saving humankind. When the wicked sorcerer, Zeebad, is released from his ancient prison, he vows to take his revenge on those who captured him and flash-freeze the Earth forever with the power of three mysterious magic diamonds. Now, determined to save the world, a fellowship of four unlikely heroes join forces to thwart Zeebad's villainous plans. Led by candy-loving Doogal, loyal friends, Dylan, the guitar-playing rabbit; Brian, the bashful snail, and Ermintrude, the opera-singing cow, embark on an epic quest to save the world, braving ice-capped mountains, fiery pits of molten lava, and an impenetrable, booby-trapped temple guarded by an army of ninja skeleton warriors. Can Zeebad's wizardry destroy the power of friendship?