Thanksgiving is an opportunity to feast on some prime holiday films, ranging from family dramas to black comedies to horror and suspense flicks. We’ve gathered our favorite turkey-day movies that are available to stream on Netflix or Amazon, so that you have options this week when you escape the dinner table.
Planes, Trains & AutomobilesThis comedy starring Steve Martin and the late John Candy follows their misadventures trying to get Martin’s character home for Thanksgiving day.Netflix, cost of membershipImage via IMDbAddams Family ValuesWhile it’s not a movie completely based on turkey day, the Thanksgiving play at summer camp makes this flick a modern-day classic.Netflix, cost of membershipImage via Frontiers LAScent of a WomanThis film, starring Oscar-winner Al Pacino, is home to one of the most awkward Thanksgiving dinner scenes in movie history.Amazon, $2.99Image via IMDbPieces of AprilApril, played by Katie Holmes, invites her estranged family to Thanksgiving in her tiny walk-up apartment.Amazon, $2.99Image via IMDbThe House of YesThis extremely dark comedy focuses on the Pascal family’s Thanksgiving night during a hurricane. Parker Posey is outstanding as the obsessive Jackie-O. Netflix, cost of membershipImage via IMDbSon in LawCollege student Carla Gugino brings Pauly Shore home to the farm. Hilarity ensues.Amazon, $2.99Image via ListalFunny PeopleWhile most of this movie is Thanksgiving-free, Adam Sandler’s turkey-day toast makes this one worth a watch. Amazon, $2.99Image via IMDbTadpoleSigourney Weaver is the older woman in this romantic comedy that takes place over a 15-year-old boy’s Thanksgiving break.Netflix, cost of membershipImage via YouTubeDutchEd O’Neill stars as Dutch, a simple man trying to prove to his girlfriend that he’s a good guy by picking her son up from prep school over Thanksgiving break. Netflix, cost of membershipImage via YouTubeThe Other SisterThis touching drama starring Diane Keaton and Juliette Lewis focuses on a mentally challenged girl who moves out, goes to college and picks Thanksgiving Day for a very important milestone in her life.Amazon, $2.99Image via IMDbThe Ice StormThis movie, starring Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire and Christina Ricci, spends time with two dysfunctional Connecticut families over the 1973 Thanksgiving holiday.Netflix, cost of membershipImage via IMDbUnknownIn this action thriller, Liam Neeson regains consciousness on Thanksgiving Day after a four-day coma and must, literally, take back his life. Amazon, $2.99Image via IMDbHome Sweet HomeIn this 1981 horror flick, all the killing (almost!) takes place on Thanksgiving.Netflix, cost of subscriptionImage via YouTube
