New and upcoming
New and upcoming family movies
Families often need help fastest on newer titles, not only classics. This page gathers the newer kids and family films LionLens is already reviewing, updating, or watching closely so parents can check recent releases without digging through the full archive first.
How to use this page
Start with the newest reviews
If a current title is already live, begin there before checking broader list pages or older comparison titles.
Use the review and the article together
A review gives the fast content call. The articles help with the bigger worldview questions newer family films often raise.
Send missing titles
If a family release is missing, use the contact page. New and streaming titles are often the fastest-moving part of the queue.
Streaming family titles we are tracking
Family-suitable streaming discoveries across regions and platforms, queued for review where appropriate.
Streaming discovery
Howl's Moving Castle
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Netflix + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
Swapped
A small woodland creature and a majestic bird, two natural sworn enemies of the Valley, magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime to switch back. Their journey soon uncovers a greater threat—one that could endanger not only their species, but the entire valley they call home.
Netflix + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
Spirited Away
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Netflix + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
KPop Demon Hunters
When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
Netflix + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
The Wild Robot
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Netflix + 121 regions
Streaming discovery
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
HBO Max + 118 regions
Streaming discovery
The Cat in the Hat
During a rainy day, and while their mother is out, Conrad and Sally, and their pet fish, are visited by the mischievous Cat in the Hat. Fun soon turns to mayhem, and the siblings must figure out how to rid themselves of the maniacal Cat.
Netflix, SkyShowtime + 96 regions
Streaming discovery
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Netflix + 91 regions
Streaming discovery
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Netflix + 90 regions
Streaming discovery
A Minecraft Movie
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.
Netflix + 75 regions
Streaming discovery
Shrek
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, SkyShowtime + 74 regions
Streaming discovery
Shrek Forever After
A midlife-crisis burdened Shrek, longing for the days of when he felt like a real ogre, makes a pact with magic deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin. But when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, SkyShowtime + 73 regions
Recent family releases already reviewed
A quick shortlist of newer titles currently live on LionLens.
Forgotten Island
This is a family-oriented fantasy with mild peril and emotional stakes, but its portal fantasy and supernatural setting...
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Clash of the Thundermans
Surface content stays fairly light, with comic superhero action, mild insults, and bathroom humor. The bigger discussion...
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LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
This is a light, family-friendly sci-fi comedy, but it still includes repeated action, threats toward a child, and Force...
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Yellow Mirror
This short film keeps its surface content in the family range, but its darker ideas about reality and technology give pa...
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LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem
Surface content stays light and family-friendly, with comic peril, mild exclamations, and no sexual material. The main a...
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Coyote vs. Acme
This is a broadly family-friendly comedy, but it carries regular cartoon violence, moments of threat, and some mild coar...
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Storm on Sesame Street
This is a gentle family special built around storm anxiety, preparedness, and neighborly care. The main concern for sens...
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Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy
This is a gentle family story with very light language, mild emotional upset, and low-stakes conflict. Its main value fo...
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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Surface content stays in the PG family-adventure range, with fantasy violence, peril, and a little light romance. The bi...
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PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
This is a family adventure built around teamwork, rescue, and responsibility, with the main concerns coming from dinosau...
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Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
Surface content stays in the family-adventure range, with fantasy peril, insults, and light romantic material. The bigge...
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Moana
This is a family adventure with some scary fantasy peril and a strong mythic-spiritual framework. Many families will fin...
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