{"id":131206,"date":"2018-11-21T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=131206"},"modified":"2019-05-09T15:39:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T22:39:33","slug":"thanksgiving-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/thanksgiving-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Movies to Watch While You Wait for Your Thanksgiving Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving is the perfect excuse to sit back, relax, and spend time with those you love, so what better way to do that than curling up on the couch with some popcorn and a feel-good holiday film?<\/p>\n<p>From <em>A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving<\/em> to <em>You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/em>, we compiled a list of flicks that are perfect for binge-watching while riding out a turkey-induced food coma.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BGS0qSHuias\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s just nothing better than a classic Charlie Brown film. The whole Peanuts gang is back for a 25-minute animated TV special that&#8217;s sure to provide you with a little nostalgia as Charlie Brown attempts to throw a Thanksgiving feast for his friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vEguAZ0RqnQ\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Home for the Holidays<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>What do an eccentric family, a budding romance, and a flying turkey have in common? Jodie Foster\u2019s 1995 family comedy. Claudia Larson&#8217;s trip to her childhood home for Thanksgiving dinner is quite eventful, to say the least.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/losLAzU9YCk\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Scent of a Woman<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Scent of a Woman<\/em> tells the coming-of-age story of a prep school student, Charlie Simms, who decides to take a job watching over a blind, retired army colonel over his Thanksgiving break. The unlikely pairing is forced to see the world through each other\u2019s perspectives and end up teaching each other a lot more than they initially expected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bSQZKH286P4\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>National Lampoon\u2019s Holiday Reunion<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>If you want to feel better about your crazy family antics, this hilarious movie will certainly achieve that. Upon realizing he has a long-lost family member in Idaho, Mitch Snider gathers the entire Snider clan to spend Thanksgiving getting to know his hippie cousin Woodrow. However, their Thanksgiving is proven to be anything but traditional.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/znESQTt3L80\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>You\u2019ve Got Mail<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan star in this classic rom-com that&#8217;s equally charming as it is entertaining. Two bookstore owners rival each other in real life while they fall in love anonymously over the internet. The film is sure to have you laughing, crying, and everything in between.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gvqj_Tk_kuM\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em> The Blind Side<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Grab some tissues because this heartwarming true story is proven to be a tearjerker. When Leigh Anne Tuohy takes in a homeless teenager, Michael Oher, neither quite understand the immense impact they&#8217;ll have on each other\u2019s lives throughout Oher&#8217;s journey to become a college football player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6dqrP5WviY\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>The House of Yes<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>On Thanksgiving, Marty Pascal decides to bring his fiancee home for the holiday, but his psychotic twin sister, \u201cJackie-O,\u201d quickly makes it clear that she&#8217;s <em>not<\/em> welcome in this wildly-outrageous, dark comedy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxslnpqFwOs\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em>Free Birds<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a feel-good family film for all ages, this is it. When two rival turkeys decide to travel back in time to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu for good, they embark on the adventure of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-qB0MHSdB8\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em> Addams Family Values<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>During the sequel to <em>The Addams Family<\/em>, the famously dysfunctional family is forced to save Uncle Fester from his widowed lover who hopes to murder him for his inheritance. Of course, the film would not be complete without a catastrophic Thanksgiving play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWGqGHMO294\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><em> Planes, Trains, and Automobiles<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Thanksgiving travel got you beat? Join Steve Martin and John Candy in John Hughes\u2019 all too relatable classic, complete with failed modes of transportation and calamitous misfortunes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Need something to snack on during your movie marathon? Check out 10 vegetarian Thanksgiving appetizers <a href=\"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/vegetarian-thanksgiving-appetizers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Thanksgiving is the perfect excuse to sit back, relax, and spend time with those you ...","author":3052900,"featured_media":131219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[261,273],"tags":[432],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/21121258\/shutterstock_380443411.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/21121258\/shutterstock_380443411-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"November 21, 2018","category_name":"Entertainment","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113831\/entertainment-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#64138c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3052900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}