Thanksgiving can be some of the most intense family time you spend all year. When you can't agree on politics, religion, art, or whether it's called "stuffing" or "dressing," it may be time to turn on a movie and stop talking. Here are 12 great movies with a Thanksgiving setting, and the families in most of them are more screwed up than yours.
Our top 10 Thanksgiving movies, plus two you probably won't like
By Orlando Weekly Staff on Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:48 pm
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
“Those … aren’t … PILLOWS!”
Addams Family Values
Wednesday Addams burns it all down.
Grindhouse
Like Eli Roth’s trailer says, “White meat, dark meat … it all gets carved.”
Garfield’s Thanksgiving
Screw turkey, let’s have lasagna.
Hannah and Her Sisters
As we all know now, Woody Allen is the maestro of messed-up family stuff.
Funny People
At your dream Friendsgiving, a celebrity shows up and makes you all feel terrible.
She’s Gotta Have It
In Spike Lee’s first film/best film, Nola Darling does some recruiting over a very awkward Thanksgiving holiday.
The Ice Storm
… and after dinner, perhaps a key party?
Rocky
Try not to punch the turkey.
Pieces of April In what may be her last movie as a (Tom Cruise-) free woman, Katie Holmes learns you can’t cook a turkey without an oven.
Alice’s Restaurant
Does your family make a tradition of listening to the 18-minute-long 1967 folk song? Prolong the agony with this 111-minute movie made in 1969.
Kristy
A full-length slasher movie set at Thanksgiving? Yes please.
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