by Dawn H. Swinnie

Created on: November 20, 2011   Last Updated: November 23, 2011

What makes a film a Thanksgiving film? A movie that resonates family and thankfulness. The type of movie centralized around Thanksgiving. These are ten movies that are great to watch during the Thanksgiving holiday. The family can gather around the television after sharing a big feast and watch one of these Thanksgiving film greats.

10. Son-In-Law (1993)

Rebecca Warner grew up in a small town full of farms. When she decides to go off to Los Angeles for college, she experiences a huge culture shock. She meets Crawl, the party animal of the century and he influences her to acclimate to their surroundings. When she gets ready to go home for Thanksgiving, she learns that Crawl has no place to go so she invites him to her house. As soon as he sets foot in the town, he messes up everything turning the town upside down. Along this crazy adventure, he finds himself falling for Rebecca. The family and town soon adjusts to his wacky nature and accepts him for who he is. And he experiences a family he's never had.

9. Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)

Peppermint Patty forces Charlie Brown to throw a Thanksgiving feast for her and her friends. Charlie, not knowing how to cook anything has to quickly devise a plan to please Patty and her guests. He finally comes up with toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks and jelly beans served on a ping pong table. Charlie is amazed at the outcome but patty is not a happy camper. Charlie finally comes around to showing Patty the most important thing about Thanksgiving, togetherness and thankfulness.

8. The Daytrippers (1996)

The day after Thanksgiving, Eliza finds a love letter that she thinks might be written to her husband Louis. She is concerned that it will ruin her marriage so she consults her mother. Her mother, Rita shares it with Eliza's dad, Jim, her sister Jo and her sister's boyfriend, Carl. Rita advises Eliza to face the situation head on and go to her husband and confront him. Everyone piles into the station wagon and heads over to Louis' office. The trip turns into a disaster. Along the way, truths come out and the real problem to solve is amongst their own family. Trust, honesty, and communication are the glue that hold relationships together. Are those factors still in Eliza's family as well as her marriage?

7. Tadpole (2002)

Oscar Grubman is naturally a ladies' man. Interestingly, he can tell a lot about a woman through her hands. On his way home for the Thanksgiving weekend, Oscar desires to win the heart of his stepmother,

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