Best Thanksgiving Movies to Stream in 2026

Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, and other rock legends.

Stream on

• Prime Video

Director

Martin Scorsese

Starring

Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

Stream on

• Prime Video
• Disney+

Director

George Seaton

Starring

Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

Stream on

• Prime Video
• Paramount+
• YouTube TV

Director

John G. Avildsen

Starring

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

Stream on

• Paramount+
• YouTube TV
• Fubo

Director

John Hughes

Starring

Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Stream on

• MGM+
• Criterion Channel
• Fubo
• Philo

Director

Woody Allen

Starring

Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.

Stream on

• Disney+
• YouTube TV
• Fubo
• FXNow

Director

Sam Raimi

Starring

Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

Stream on

• MGM+
• Fubo
• Philo

Director

Peter Hedges

Starring

Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Patricia Clarkson

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

Stream on

• HBO Max
• Hulu
• YouTube TV
• Fubo

Director

Eli Roth

Starring

Patrick Dempsey, Nell Verlaque, Addison Rae

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

Stream on

• Paramount+
• Fubo
• Freeform

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld

Starring

Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd

Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo, and Jo's boyfriend all pile into the station wagon and go to the city to confront Louis with the letter. On the way, the five explore their relations with each other and meet many interesting people.

Stream on

• HBO Max
• Cinemax

Director

Greg Mottola

Starring

Hope Davis, Pat McNamara, Anne Meara

Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.

Stream on

• Sony Pictures Core

Director

Lawrence Kasdan

Starring

Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum

For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.

Stream on

• Paramount+
• Fubo

Director

Donald Petrie

Starring

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret

Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.

Stream on

• Starz

Director

Judd Apatow

Starring

Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

Stream on

• MGM+

Director

Jodie Foster

Starring

Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft

Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.

Stream on

• Starz
• Philo

Director

Gurinder Chadha

Starring

Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick