10 Hilarious Family Christian Comedy Movies
By Movieguide® Contributor
Are you looking for a clean comedy film the whole family can enjoy? This curated list features movies that will have everyone laughing in no time. From flicks for kids like THE PIRATES WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING to titles for teens like SWITCHED, these movies are funny and have a good message.
FAMILY CAMP
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+2 Moderately questionable elements.FAMILY CAMP is a funny, heartwarming movie about two dysfunctional families that learn how to love one another at a Christian summer camp. FAMILY CAMP has some very positive Christian messages about faith, family, love, and forgiveness, with no crude content no foul language, no sex, and lightweight slapstick violence.
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THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.THE PIRATES WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING, a new VeggieTales movie, finds three contemporary talking vegetables helping a princess in the 17th Century trying to find her brother, who’s been kidnapped by their pirate uncle. THE PIRATES WHO DON’T DO ANYTHING is the most delightful feature length Veggietales® movie yet, with very strong moral, biblical and redemptive Christian values.
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EVAN ALMIGHTY
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+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)EVAN ALMIGHTY stars Steve Carell as Evan Baxter, the anchorman from BRUCE ALMIGHTY, who has become a U.S. Congressman, but sees his political career put on hold when God commands Evan to build an ark. EVAN ALMIGHTY is a funny, heartwarming family movie with a thrilling ending that makes up for the movie’s theological mis-steps, such as the important fact that the movie does not make it clear that, when God appears to us in human form, he always appears as Jesus Christ as noted in John 1.
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JONAH – A VEGGIETALES MOVIE
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.JONAH – A VEGGIETALES MOVIE tells the time-honored Bible story of Jonah and the Whale in a fun, silly, delightful, and entertaining story starring Bob the Tomato, Archibald Asparagus and the Pirates Who Do Nothing. Clearly plotted turning points, wonderful songs and terrific animation all build to tell this meaningful tale of mercy and compassion.
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CAMP HIDEOUT
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+2 Moderately questionable elements.CAMP HIDEOUT is a comedy about a delinquent teenager who finds fellowship and faith at a Christian summer camp. CAMP HIDEOUT has some really funny scenes, touching moments and a Christian, moral worldview with references to church, crucifixes, prayer, and biblical allusions, but Jesus is not overtly mentioned.
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SELFIE DAD
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+2 Moderately questionable elements.SELFIE DAD is a hilariously funny, sometimes intensely poignant story of a father who needs to be delivered from his fears and anxieties about his dysfunctional past by faith through reading the Bible. Despite some of the funniest and heartwarming scenes, SELFIE DAD introduces the villain a little too late, but the ending is very powerful.
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SAVING CHRISTMAS
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+4 Biblical, usually Christian, worldview, with no questionable elements whatsoever.In SAVING CHRISTMAS, Kirk Cameron helps his brother-in-law go through all the familiar icons of the Christmas holiday, with an eye to seeing what’s true and what’s most important. SAVING CHRISTMAS is a Christian movie with an emphasis on proclaiming Jesus at Christmas.
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SWITCHED
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+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)SWITCHED is an uplifting movie that follows two teenage girls as they mysteriously switch bodies one day and must learn how to walk in each other’s shoes. Available on Video on Demand, SWITCHED has a very strong Christian, moral worldview where characters discuss biblical principles and repent of poor behavior, with no objectionable content.
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THE GREATEST INHERITANCE
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+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)THE GREATEST INHERITANCE is a family comedy available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV+ about four siblings who go on a scavenger hunt prepared by their late mother to find the deed to her estate. THE GREATEST INHERITANCE is a playful, engaging, heartwarming comedy with a strong Christian, morally uplifting worldview that quotes Scripture frequently and extols prayer, forgiveness, kindness, grace, and other positive values.
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SECONDHAND LIONS
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+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)SECONDHAND LIONS, set mostly in the 1950s, stars Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, and Robert Duvall in a story about a young boy left in the care of his two irascible, cantankerous great-uncles. With help from his talented cast, writer and director Tim McCanlies has crafted a heartwarming, exciting, humorous, and ultimately uplifting tale for older children, teenagers, and adults, but the movie contains many light obscenities and a Romantic element.
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