New and upcoming
New and upcoming family movies
Families often need help fastest on newer titles, not only classics. This page gathers the newer kids and family films LionLens is already reviewing, updating, or watching closely so parents can check recent releases without digging through the full archive first.
How to use this page
Start with the newest reviews
If a current title is already live, begin there before checking broader list pages or older comparison titles.
Use the review and the article together
A review gives the fast content call. The articles help with the bigger worldview questions newer family films often raise.
Send missing titles
If a family release is missing, use the contact page. New and streaming titles are often the fastest-moving part of the queue.
Streaming family titles we are tracking
Family-suitable streaming discoveries across regions and platforms, queued for review where appropriate.
Streaming discovery
The Sheep Detectives
George Hardy is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.
Amazon Prime Video + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
Swapped
A small woodland creature and a majestic bird, two natural sworn enemies of the Valley, magically trade places and set off on an adventure of a lifetime to switch back. Their journey soon uncovers a greater threat—one that could endanger not only their species, but the entire valley they call home.
Netflix + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
KPop Demon Hunters
When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
Netflix + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
Spirited Away
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
Netflix + 129 regions
Streaming discovery
Shrek
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, SkyShowtime + 122 regions
Streaming discovery
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
HBO Max + 121 regions
Streaming discovery
The Wild Robot
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Netflix + 121 regions
Streaming discovery
GOAT
A small goat with big dreams gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball, a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world.
HBO Max + 94 regions
Streaming discovery
Howl's Moving Castle
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Netflix + 91 regions
Streaming discovery
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Netflix + 88 regions
Streaming discovery
A Minecraft Movie
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.
Netflix + 75 regions
Streaming discovery
Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
Now that the Queen of Hearts is nice and Cinderella is safe, things seem perfect for Red and Chloe… But little do they know that changing the past created a new villain — Maddox Hatter. When Maddox captures the Queen of Hearts, Red and Chloe must work alongside Red’s new sister Pink, Luisa Madrigal’s son Luis, and Maddox’s son Max to save her and Wonderland.
TOD + 73 regions
Recent family releases already reviewed
A quick shortlist of newer titles currently live on LionLens.
LEGO Disney Princess: Magical Mayhem
Surface content stays light and family-friendly, with comic peril, mild exclamations, and no sexual material. The main a...
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PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie
This is a family adventure built around teamwork, rescue, and responsibility, with the main concerns coming from dinosau...
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Snoopy Presents: There's No Place Like Home, Snoopy
This is a gentle family story with very light language, mild emotional upset, and low-stakes conflict. Its main value fo...
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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Surface content stays in the PG family-adventure range, with fantasy violence, peril, and a little light romance. The bi...
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Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
Surface content stays in the family-adventure range, with fantasy peril, insults, and light romantic material. The bigge...
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Moana
This is a family adventure with some scary fantasy peril and a strong mythic-spiritual framework. Many families will fin...
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Minions & Monsters
This is a PG family adventure with cartoon violence, monster mayhem, insults, and a few occult-style references. The big...
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Toy Story 5
This is a family-friendly animated sequel with mild language, light romantic moments, and frequent but mostly playful pe...
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Summer House
This family drama centers more on emotional and worldview questions than on heavy surface content. Parents may want to t...
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