Find out when new kids movies are coming out so you can schedule a family night out at the movies or stream it at home when available. We’ve compiled a list of all the new family flicks coming out including trailers so you can sit back and wait in anticipation until it arrives at your local movie theatre or on a streaming service.
Then head to the movies (or your living room) with your family and enjoy the show. Upcoming movies in 2023 include book adaptations, remakes, sequels, and more. We’ve included movies to watch with toddlers all the way up to teens.
True Spirit
Australian release date: 26 January 2023.
Running Time: 102 minutes
Rating: PG
The story of Australian teenager, Jessica Watson, the youngest person ever to sail solo, non-stop around the world.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Australian release date: 1 February 2023
Running Time: 102 minutes
Rating: PG
For the first time in more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation presents a new adventure in the Shrek universe as daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet.
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
Australian release date: 16 February 2023
Running Time: 125 mins
Rating: PG
Superhero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Scott’s daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Australian release date: 6 April 2023
Running Time: 45 mins
Rating: PG
Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother, Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Australian release date: 30 March 2023
Running Time: 134min
Rating: CTC
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Australian release date: 4 May 2023
Running Time: 122mins
Rating: CTC
In Marvel Studios “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” our beloved band of misfits are looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts
Australian release date: 8 June 2023
Running Time: 120 mins
Rating: PG
Returning to the action and spectacle that first captured moviegoers around the world 14 years ago with the original Transformers, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure and introduce the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons to the existing battle on Earth between Autobots and Decepticons.
The Little Mermaid
Australian release date: 25 June 2023
Running Time: 100 mins
Rating: PG
A computer-generated and live-action remake of the 1989 animated Disney movie.
Elemental
Australian release date: 15 June 2023
Running Time: 93 mins
Rating: CTC
The film depicts the bond between Ember, a fire element, and Wade, a water element, who cannot touch each other; but discover how much they have in common.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Australian release date: 1 June 2023
Running Time: 95 mins
Rating: CTC
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.
Barbie
Australian release date: 20 July 2023
Running Time: 95 mins
Rating: PG
After being expelled from Barbieland for being a less than perfect-looking doll, Barbie sets off for the human world to find true happiness.
Additional movies
Harold and The Purple Crayon (TBA)
Trolls 3 (TBA)
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