Kids and family movies streaming online in New Zealand
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Family movies streaming online in New Zealand to rent or buy.
Watch the trailers for kid friendly and family movies available now to stream online.
NEW MOVIES STREAMING NOW
Smurfs (2025)
Streaming Now on Apple TV Store, Youtube and Prime Video Store.
Release date: 30 June 2025
An animated musical film revolving around the iconic creations of Peyo.
Running time: 92 minutes
Rating: G
Elio
Streaming Now on Apple TV Store, Youtube and Prime Video Store.
Release date: 19 June 2025
A boy named Elio finds himself transported across the galaxy and is mistaken for the intergalactic ambassador of our planet Earth.
Duration: 98 mins
Rating PG
Dog Man
Streaming Now on Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store and Neon Rentals
Release date: April 2025
From DreamWorks Animation—creators of the beloved blockbuster franchises Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and The Boss Baby—comes the canine-crime-fighting film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon: Dog Man.
Duration: 95 mins
Rating: G
Disney's Snow White
Streaming now on Disney+, Apple TV and Prime
Release date: 20 March 2025
Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy. “Disney’s Snow White” is directed by Marc Webb and produced by Marc Platt and Jared LeBoff, with Callum McDougall serving as executive producer, and features all-new original songs from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Running Time: 110 mins
Rating: PG
10 Lives
Streaming now on Prime Video, Apple TV and Neon
Release date: 20 Feb 2025
A pampered cat takes for granted the lucky hand he has been dealt after he is rescued and loved by Rose, a kind-hearted and passionate student. When he loses his ninth life, fate steps in to set him on a transformative journey.
Running time: 88 mins
Rating: G
Paddington in Peru
Streaming now on Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, YouTube, Neon Rentals and AroVision
Release date: 1 Jan 2025
Follows Paddington and the Brown family as they visit Aunt Lucy in Peru, but a mystery sends them to the Amazon rainforest and up Peruvian mountains.
Rating: PG
Duration: 106 mins
Captain America: Brave New World
Streaming Now on Disney+, Apple TV Store, Prime Video STore, YouTube
Release date: 12 Feb 2025
After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
Rating: M
Duration: 118 mins
Dragonkeeper
Streaming Now on Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, YouTube, Neon Rentals
Release date: 16 Jan 2025
In ancient China, dragons were once friends of humans, but our greed ended their alliance, and these magical creatures were hunted down. Years later, in a remote fortress, a young slave girl, Ping, strikes up an unlikely friendship.
Rating: PG
Duration: 98 mins
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Streaming Now on Apple TV Sotre, Prime Video Sotre, YouTube, Neon Rentals and AroVision
Release date: 26 December 2024
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
Rating: PG
Duration: 110 mins
Mufasa: The Lion King
Streaming Now on Disney+, Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store and YouTube
Release date: 19 December 2024
Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his footsteps while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.
Rating: PG
Duration: 118 mins
Wicked: Part One
Streaming Now on Netflix, Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, Neon Rentals and YouTube
Release date: 21 November 2024
The story of how a green-skinned woman framed by the Wizard of Oz becomes the Wicked Witch of the West; feature film based on the Broadway musical.
Rating: PG
Duration: 160 mins
Moana 2
Streaming Now on Disney +, Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store and YouTube
Released 28 November 2024
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ epic animated musical Moana 2 takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.
Duration: 100 mins
Rating: PG
Descipable Me 4
Streaming Now on Apple TV Store, Google TV and Neon Rentals
Release date: 20 June 2024
In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the world’s favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination’s Despicable Me 4.
Rating: PG
Duration: 95 mins
Inside Out 2
Streaming Now on Apple TV Store and Google TV
Release date: 13 June 2024
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
Rating: G
Duration: 96 mins
IF (2024)
Streaming now on Apple TV, Google TV and Neon Rentals
Release date: 16 May 2024
A man with the ability to talk to other people’s imaginary friends discovers that some of them are harbouring a resentment and anger after being forgotten and left without any friendship of love.
Rating: PG
Duration: 104 mins
The Garfield Movie
Streaming now on Apple TV Store, Google TV and Neon Rentals
Release date: 30 May 2024
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure!
Rating: G
Duration: 101 mins
Kung Fu Panda 4
Streaming now on Apple TV Store, Google TV and Neon Rentals
Release date: 28 March 2024
Follow Po on his wide-eyed adventures in ancient China, whose love of kung fu is matched only by an insatiable appetite.
Rating: PG
Running Time: 94 mins
Wonka
Streaming now on Neon, Neon Rentals, Apple TV Store, Google TV
Release date: 14 December 2023
Based on the extraordinary character at the centre of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl’s most iconic children’s book. The story will focus specifically on a young Willy Wonka and how he met the Oompa-Loompas on one of his earliest adventures.
Rating: PG
Running Time: 116 mins
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Streaming now on Apple TV Store, Google TV, Neon Rentals and Academy on Demand
Release date: 21 March 2024
In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
Rating: PG
Running Time: 115 mins
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Streaming now on Netflix, Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, YouTube, Neon Rentals and AroVision
Released September 2023
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
Rating: PG
Duration: 99 mins
The Jungle Bunch Tour
Streaming now on Apple, Google and Neon
Released January 2024
Who do you call to help when a mysterious supervillain covers the jungle with pink foam that explodes on contact with water? The Jungle Bunch!
Duration: 88 mins
Rating: PG
Mean Girls
Streaming now on Apple, Google and Neon
Released January 2024
From the comedic mind of Tina Fey comes a new twist on the modern classic, MEAN GIRLS. New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called “The Plastics,” ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis and Damian, she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.
Duration: 113 mins
Rating: M
Migration
Streaming now on Apple, Google and Neon
Released December 2023
The Mallard family is in a bit of rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom is eager to shake things up.
Rating: PG
Running Time: 96 mins
Trolls Band Together
Streaming now on Apple, Google and Neon
Release date: 30 November 2023
After true friendship and relentless flirting, Poppy and Branch are now officially, finally, a couple! As they grow closer, Poppy discovers that Branch has a secret past.
Rating: G
Running Time: 91 mins.
Next Goal Wins
Streaming now on Disney+, Apple and Google
Released November 2023
Directed by Academy Award Winner Taika Waititi, Next Goal Wins follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001. With the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around in this heartfelt underdog comedy.
Rating: PG
Running Time: 104 mins.
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Streaming now on Netflix, Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, YouTube, Neon Rentals and AroVision
Released September 2023
A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.
Rating: G
Duration: 88 mins
Barbie
Streaming nowon Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, YouTube and AroVision
Released July 2023
Eccentric and individualistic, Barbie is exiled from Barbieland because of her imperfections. When her home world is in peril, Barbie returns.
Rating: PG
Running time: 114 mind
Cats in the Museum
Streaming now on Apple TV Store, YouTube, Prime Video and Store.
Released June 2023
A young cat named Vincent, in the company of Maurice the mouse, escapes from the flood in an old harpsichord, which is picked up by sailors and sent to St. Petersburg, where it ends up in the Hermitage. There, Vincent meets an elite feline squad that has been protecting artwork from mice and other pests for centuries. Vincent dreams of finding a real cat family, but does not want to lose his friend Maurice, who saved his life. Vincent has to hide a friend, who also has one “little weakness” – Maurice loves to gnaw on masterpieces of painting. The situation becomes even more complicated when one of the greatest paintings of mankind, the Mona Lisa, arrives in the Hermitage, and it is the dream of all mice to gnaw it. But neither Vincent, nor Maurice, nor the cats of the Hermitage suspect that the painting is going to be stolen. And now Vincent will have to show all his resourcefulness and courage in order to save the masterpiece, protect the honor of the museum and win the love of a cat named Cleopatra from the Egyptian hall.
Running time: 79 mins
Rating: G
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
In cinemas now on Neon, Google Play and Prime Video
Released July 2023
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
Running time: 103 minutes
Super Mario Bros.
Streaming now on Apple TV Store, Neon Rentals, Prime Video Store and YouTube
Releases: April 2023
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
Rating: PG – Violence
Running time: 92 mins
Argonuts
Streaming now on Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store and YouTube
Released: April 2023
Argonuts invites you to embark with Pattie, a young super smart and adventurous mouse, and her cat-mate Sam on a colourful journey into Ancient Greece. Alongside the – now old – hero Jason whose city is threatened by Poseidon himself, their quest will bring them and their fellow-friends to confront the most bizarre and dangerous creatures from this age of mythology. A hilarious and inventive comedy adventure for the whole family designed by the crazy team behind The Jungle Bunch and Pil’s Adventures.
Running time: 95 mins
Rating: G
Red, White & Brass
Streaming now on Netflix, Three Now, Apple TV Store, Prime Video Store, YouTube, AroVision and NZ Film on Demand
Release date: March 2023
When Maka and Veni fail in getting tickets for the most important game of their lives, they decide to form a traditional Tongan marching band, just so they can go to the game. No one in their band of misfits knows anything about marching and they practice using plastic bottles and tin cans for instruments. It is a complete shambles and if they can’t get their act together, they will embarrass their entire Tongan community in front of the world. However, what starts out as just a cynical scam to see a rugby game becomes a journey of self-discovery in which Maka and Veni will learn the importance of their Tongan culture.
Running time: 85 mins
Rating G
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Streaming now on Neon, Google Play, Apple TV and AroVision
Released March 2023
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.
Rating: M – Violence, offensive language and horror.
Running time: 134 minutes
DC League of Super Pets
Streaming now on Neon, AppleTV and Google Play
In DC League of Super-Pets, Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime in Metropolis side by side.
Released 2022
Rating: PG – Violence and course language
Running time: 45 mins
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Streaming now on Neon, Prime, AppleTV, Google Play and Arovision
In the 1970s, young Gru tries to join a group of supervillains called the Vicious 6 after they oust their leader — the legendary fighter Wild Knuckles. When the interview turns disastrous, Gru and his Minions go on the run with the Vicious 6 hot on their tails. Luckily, he finds an unlikely source for guidance — Wild Knuckles himself — and soon discovers that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.
Released June 2022
Rating: PG – Violence
Running time: 87 mins
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Streaming now on Neon, AppleTV and Google Play
A samurai hopes to make his dreams come true, but goes through trials to defeat enemies.
Released: July 2022
Rating: PG- Violence
Running time: 102 mins
Jurassic World: Dominion
Showing now on Neon, Prime, AppleTV, Google Play and Arovision
From Jurassic World architect and director Colin Trevorrow, Dominion takes place four years after Isla Nublar has been destroyed. Dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history’s most fearsome creatures.
Release date: June 2022
Rating: M – Violence
Cinderella and the Little Sorcerer
Streaming Now on AppleTV, Prime Video Store and YouTube
Release date: 21 April 2022
When Prince Alex is trapped in the body of a mouse, Ella and her friends set off on a journey to find the magic potion ingredients that can change him back. On a quest that tests fate itself, they discover that friendship is the most potent cure of all.
Release date: April 2022
Rating: PG
Running time: 91 mins
The Batman
Streaming Now on Neon, AppleTV, Prime Video Store, Arovision and YouTube
Release date: 22 April 2022
The Batman is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Produced by DC Films and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a reboot of the Batman film franchise. The film is directed by Matt Reeves, who wrote the screenplay with Peter Craig.
Release date: April 2022
Running time: 175 mins
Rating: R13
The Bad Guys
Streaming Now
A crackerjack criminal crew of animal outlaws are about to attempt their most challenging con yet—becoming model citizens.
Release date: April 2022
Running time: 100 mins
Rating: PG
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Streaming Now
he world’s favorite blue hedgehog is back for a next-level adventure in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2. After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.
Release date: March 2022
Running time: 122 mins
Rating: PG
Monster Family 2
Streaming on Google Play
To free Baba Yaga and Renfield from the clutches of Monster Hunter Mila Starr, the Wishbone Family once more transforms into a Vampire, Frankenstein’s Monster, a Mummy and a Werewolf. Aided and abetted by their three pet bats, our Monster Family zooms around the world again to save their friends, make new monstrous acquaintances and finally come to the realization that ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ – even those with flaws can find happiness.
Relase date: March 2022
Rating: PG some scenes may scare very young children.
Encanto
Streaming now on Disney+, Neon Rentals, Google Play or Apple TV
Showing in cinemas now and streaming on Disney+ and Neon
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto.
The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope
Sing 2
Streaming now on Google Play, Neon Rentals and Apple TV
Sequel to the 2016 animated film Sing. Buster Moon and his friends must persuade reclusive rock star Clay Calloway to join them for the opening of a new show.
Release date: December 2021
Running time: 110 minutes
Rating: PG
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Streaming on Google Play, Neon and Apple TV
When Emily meets a magical animal rescuer who gifts her a little red puppy, she never anticipated waking up to find a giant ten-foot hound.
Release date: December 2021
Running time: 96 mins
Rating: PG
Paw Patrol: The Movie
Streaming now on Google Play, Apple TV and Neon
Ryder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.
Release date: September 2021
The Boss Baby: Family Business
Streaming now on Neon, Google Play and Apple TV
The Templeton brothers have become adults and drifted away from each other, but a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach is about to bring them together again – and inspire a new family business.
Running time: 107 mins
Rating: PG
Wonder Woman 1984
Streaming now on NEON, Google Play and Apple TV
Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing an all-new foe: The Cheetah.
Running time: 152 mins
Rating: M
Suitable for older kids aged 12 years plus, teens and adults.
Dragon Rider
Streaming now on Google Play and Apple TV
Firedrake, the young silver dragon, has had enough of constantly having to hide in a wooded valley. He wants to show the older generation that he is a real dragon.
Running time: 92 mins
Rating: PG
The Mandalorian Season 2
Streaming now on Disney+
The Mandalorian and the Child continue their journey, facing enemies and rallying allies as they make their way through a dangerous galaxy in the tumultuous era after the collapse of the Galactic Empire.
Tom & Jerry
Streaming now on Neon, Google Play and Apple TV
Everyone’s favorite cat and mouse team bring their classic rivalry to the big screen in the animated comedy adventure, TOM & JERRY. When Kayla (Chloë Grace Moretz), a new employee at a posh hotel spots Jerry, she fears the pesky mouse will ruin a glamorous wedding and hires alley cat and wannabe musician Tom to get rid of him…which proves far easier said than done. But soon, Tom and Jerry find themselves allied against an even bigger problem: a jealous staffer looking to make trouble for all three of them.
Duration: 101 minutes
Rating: G
Release date: April 2021
Yes Day
Streaming now on Netflix
Yes Day is a family comedy. Mom and dad who usually say no decide to say yes to their kids’ wildest requests — with a few ground rules — on a whirlwind day of fun and adventure.
PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY
Streaming now on Apple TV, Google Play and Neon
In PETER RABBIT™ 2, the lovable rogue is back. Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can’t seem to shake his mischievous reputation. Adventuring out of the garden, Peter finds himself in a world where his mischief is appreciated, but when his family risks everything to come looking for him, Peter must figure out what kind of bunny he wants to be.
Running time: 93 mins
Rating: G
Release date: April 2021
Cruella
Streaming on Disney+ and you can rent or buy on NEON, Google Play or AppleTV
Academy Award® winner Emma Stone stars in Disney’s “Cruella,” an all-new live-action feature film about the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil.
Rating: PG
Running time: 134 mins
Release date: May 2021
Spirit Untamed
Streaming on NEON, Google Play and AppleTV
This successor to DreamWorks’ 2002 animated adventure Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron follows a city girl forced to move to a small frontier town where she bonds with a wild mustang named Spirit. When Spirit’s herd is captured by rustlers, the pair and their friends band together to save them.
Rating: G
Running time: 86 mins
Release date: June 202
Raya and the Last Dragon
Streaming now on Disney+, Neon, Google Play and AppleTV
Meet Disney’s newest warrior princess – Raya.
Raya is a young sword-wielding warrior from a long-ago realm called Kumandra. When Kumandra is threatened by invading monsters bent on destruction, Raya goes on a quest to find the last living dragon, who’s believed to be their only hope.
Duration: 114 mins
Rating: PG
The Witches
Streaming now on NEON, Google Play and Apple TV
Based on Roald Dahl’s 1973 classic book ‘The Witches’, the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches!
Running time: 104 mins
Rating: M
Suitable for older kids aged 10 years plus, teens and adults.
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
Streaming on Neon, Google Play and Apple TV
The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters,from fanged prehistoric beasts to surviving the end of the world, but now they will face their biggest challenge of all: another family The Bettermans (emphasis on the “better”) are a couple of steps above the Croods on the evolutionary ladder.
When they take the Croods in as the world’s first houseguests, it isn’t long before tensions escalate between the cave family and the modern family. Just when all seems lost, a new threat will propel both families on an epic adventure outside the safety of the wall, one that will force them to embrace their differences, draw strength from each other and forge a future together.
Rating: PG
Duration: 95 mins
MOONBOUND
Streaming now on Netflix, Neon and Apple TV.
Young Peter must take a magical space adventure to save his sister from the Moon Men in this animated family film.
Rating: PG
Running time: 84 mins
Release date: July 2021
