30 Full-Length Free Kids Movies on YouTube (Oct 2024)

This hand-picked list of free family movies on YouTube is updated every month, so it's the easiest and most accurate way to find movies you can watch with the kids online for free! No need to pay for yet another streaming service...we've found plenty of (actually good) full-length movies on YouTube to keep you covered.

Just sort the list by “NEWEST” to see which free kids movies have been added most recently!

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    White Lion (2010)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    A young African boy tries to protect a rare white lion cub from harm in this heartwarming free family movie on YouTube.

    Rock-A-Doodle (1992)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated G

    A cute animated musical by Don Bluth (director of beloved classics like the Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven) about a group of barnyard animals who go to find their rock & roll rooster friend in the big city in order to bring him back home.

    FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated G

    Kids can watch FernGully free on YouTube, and you might even get a kick out of revisiting this 90s movie about fairies fighting to save the rainforest where they live.

    All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated G

    Alexandra F.:  This Don Bluth animated musical was one of my favorite kids movies growing up, and it's free on YouTube right now! A dog is sent back to earth after dying without any good deeds to his name, where he meets a little orphan girl who ends up teaching him about the stuff that really matters in life, like family, friendship and love. I still find myself singing some of the songs decades later!

    The Longshots (2008)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    Ice Cube plays a former football player who coaches a Pop Warner football team in Illinois - including the team's secret weapon, his 11-year-old niece, Jasmine Plummer. Based on a true story about the first girl to play Pop Warner football, it's a feel-good sports movie for the whole family.

    The Secret of Nimh (1982)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated G

    Based on the classic children's novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, this animated family film from the 80s is about a community of rats who have developed extraordinary intelligence as the result of experiments being done on them by humans. As the rats seek a new home for themselves independent from the humans, an evil and murderous rat among them plots to derail their plans.

    Arthur's Missing Pal (2010)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated G

    Alexandra F.:  I really loved the Arthur cartoons on PBS when my kids were little, and this full-length movie featuring Arthur and his friends is free on YouTube right now! The animation is different from the cartoon series, which may be strange for Arthur fans at first, but the gentle mystery story that has Arthur and his friends searching for his lost puppy is sure to please younger viewers.

    Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer (2011)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    Despite several wrinkles in her plan to have the best summer ever, Judy is determined to enjoy a fun and zany summer vacation in this movie based on the popular chapter book series for younger readers.

    Early Man (2018)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    This claymation animated family film from the creators of "Wallace and Gromet," "Chicken Run," and "Shaun of the Sheep" gives us one possible origin story for soccer/football, taking us all the way back to the Stone Ages.

    The Last Unicorn (1982)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated G

    An all star cast including Mia Farrow, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Lee and Angela Lansbury come together in this 80s movie for kids about a unicorn's quest to learn whether she truly is the last of her kind, and the complications that arise when a spell turns her into a human. Music by America make this animated musical a special treat.

    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    Jim Carrey stars in the movie version of the dark (and surprisingly funny) book series for kids.

    Good Burger (1997)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    Kelly R:  Friends try to save the fast food restaurant where they work when a corporate chain moves in across the street in this funny free kids movie on YouTube. You might remember watching this one yourself as a kid in the 90s!

    A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2011)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    The story of a sea turtle's adventures across the ocean over the course of fifty years, and how he encounters the effects of global warming during that time.

    Alice In Wonderland (1999)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    This star-studded version of Alice in Wonderland has Whoopi Goldberg, Christopher Lloyd, Martin Short, and Tina Majorino as Alice.

    The Spy Next Door (2010)
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    Free on YouTube

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    Rated PG

    Former spy (Jackie Chan) is babysitting his girlfriend's three kids for a weekend when his past catches up to him and he is suddenly fighting Russian mobsters at the same time. Silly antics and fun action scenes will make this a win for younger audiences!

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