Kid and Teen Friendly Movies to Watch at the Cinema In 2025

We always look forward to watching the latest movies at the cinema!

Check out our list of current and upcoming movies in Australia for 2025/2026 and keep checking back as we’ll be adding new titles regularly! Missed a movie that came out in 2024?

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LOONEY TUNES: THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP

  • Synopsis: Porky and Daffy discover that Earth is under threat from a bizarre alien bubblegum invasion. Against all odds, they are determined to save the world... if they manage to work together without driving each other crazy in the process!

  • Release Date: 27th March 2025

  • Rating: PG (Mild crude humour, science fiction themes and animated violence)

  • Duration: 90 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Warner Bros. Animation


DOG MAN

  • Synopsis: Dog Man, half dog and half man, he is sworn to protect and serve as he doggedly pursues the feline supervillain Petey the Cat.

  • Release Date: 3rd April 2025

  • Rating: G (Very mild themes, animated violence and coarse language)

  • Duration: 95 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Universal Studios & Dreamworks


A MINECRAFT MOVIE

  • Synopsis: Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks)—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 (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.

  • Release Date: 3rd April 2025

  • Rating: PG (Mild fantasy violence and coarse language, some scenes may scare young children)

  • Duration: 1hr 41 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Warner Bros


STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH - 20TH ANNIVERSARY

  • Synopsis: Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.

  • Release Date: 24th April 2025

  • Rating: M (Moderate science fiction violence)

  • Duration: 140 minutes

  • Film Production Company: 20th Century Studios


THUNDERBOLTS*

  • Synopsis: Caught in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront their pasts.

    Marvel Studios, and a crew of indie veterans who sold out, present Thunderbolts*, an irreverent teamup featuring depressed assassin Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) alongside the MCU’s least anticipated band of misfits.

    The film also returns to the screen Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), in addition to some exciting new faces.

  • Release Date: 1st May 2025

  • Rating: PG (Mild themes, violence and coarse language)

  • Duration: 126 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Marvel


OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

  • Synopsis: OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.

  • Release Date: 8th May 2025

  • Rating: PG (Mild themes and animal cruelty)

  • Duration: 97 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios co-production, in association with All3Media International, National Geographic, and Minderoo Pictures


SYLVANIAN FAMILIES THE MOVIE: A GIFT FROM FREYA

  • Synopsis: During the annual Festival of the Stars in Sylvanian Village, while everyone is awaiting the event nervously, Freya, the Chocolate Rabbit girl, begins to worry about finding a birthday gift for her mum.

  • Release Date: 8th May 2025

  • Rating: G (Very mild themes)

  • Duration: 66 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Kismet


MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING

  • Synopsis: Tom Cruise returns in the highly anticipated sequel to Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.

  • Release Date: 17th May 2025

  • Rating: M (Mature themes & action violence)

  • Duration: 170 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Tom Cruise


LILO & STITCH

  • Synopsis: “Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

  • Release Date: 22nd May 2025

  • Rating: PG (Mild themes and violence, some scenes may upset young children)

  • Duration: 108 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Disney

  • Our review here.


PEPPA MEETS THE BABY CINEMA EXPERIENCE

  • Synopsis: PIG changes are coming! Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby! There’s no better time to embark on a full house renovation, shop for a new car and make special memories together. Celebrate the beginning of an exciting new era of Peppa Pig at this special, big screen experience with an hour of laughter, tears and loads of heartwarming moments. With 10 oinktastic new episodes, 6 brand new songs and music videos, your little ones can dance and sing along with Peppa and her family and friends. The wait is finally over... join Peppa and George as they meet their new baby sibling for the first time at Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience!

  • Release Date: 30th May 2025

  • Rating: G (Very mild themes)

  • Duration: 65 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Hasbro Entertainment and Karrot Animation


KARATE KID: LEGENDS

  • Synopsis: Daniel arrives in Beijing, where Mr. Han has been seeking him out. Han has a new protege, Li Fong. The two mentors must collaborate to instruct Li Fong, but it remains to be seen if their instructional approaches will be compatible.

  • Release Date: 5th June 2025

  • Rating: PG

  • Duration: 110 minutes

  • Distribution Company: Sony Pictures


HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

  • Synopsis: Follows a young Viking as he aspires to hunt dragons, and how he becomes unexpectedly a friend of a young dragon.

  • Release Date: 12th June 2025

  • Rating: PG

  • Duration: 125 minutes

  • Distribution Company: Universal Pictures


ELIO

  • Synopsis: For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new movie “Elio,” the universe calls back! The original feature film introduces Elio, an underdog with an active imagination who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, and completely unprepared for that kind of pressure, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, survive a series of formidable trials and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.

  • Release Date: 19th June 2025

  • Rating: PG

  • Duration: 98 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Disney


ELEPHANTS 3D

  • Synopsis: Elephants 3D will be presented in IMAX 4K LASER DIGITAL

    Elephants are symbols of strength, power and wisdom, and they have captured our imaginations for centuries. Elephants 3D is an epic journey across Africa’s Namib Desert, getting up close and personal with the largest land mammals on the planet. Making one of the world’s oldest desert home, the desert elephants are one of nature’s most inspiring examples of survival and adaptation. Follow the journey of an elephant baby, Littlefoot, as she learns how to elephant from her elephant family, led by a wise Matriarch. Brave the desert’s elements and use some elephant superpowers, from finding underground aquifers to foreseeing sandstorms. The film will reveal the hidden magic of a seemingly otherworldly and formidable landscape, where a cast of iconic animals from giraffes, monkeys to lions form a unique canvas of life.

  • Release Date: 20th June 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published

  • Duration: 45 minutes

  • Film Production Company: K2 Studios


F1

  • Synopsis: Follows a Formula One driver who comes out of retirement to mentor and team with a younger driver.

  • Release Date: 26th June 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published

  • Duration: 150 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Warners Bros


JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH

  • Synopsis: Five years post-Jurassic World Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.

  • Release Date: 3rd July 2025

  • Rating: PG

  • Duration: 134 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Universal Pictures Australia


SMURFS

  • Synopsis: When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.

    SMURFS features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña with Kurt Russell and John Goodman.

  • Release Date: 10th July 2025

  • Rating: PG

  • Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Paramount Pictures


SUPERMAN

  • Synopsis: Follows the titular superhero as he reconciles his heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way in a world that views this as old-fashioned.

  • Release Date: 10th July 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published

  • Duration: 145 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Warner Bros


THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

  • Synopsis: One of Marvel's most iconic families makes it to the big screen: the Fantastic Four.

    Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro- futuristic world, Marvel Studios' "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" introduces Marvel's First Family-Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet.

    Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus' plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren't bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal. The action adventure also stars Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne and Sarah Niles. "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" is directed by Matt Shakman, produced by Kevin Feige and executive produced by Louis D’Esposito, Grant Curtis and Tim Lewis.

  • Release Date: 7th August 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification)

  • Duration: To be advised

  • Film Production Company: Disney


FREAKIER FRIDAY

  • Synopsis: Anna Coleman and her mother Tess are in another predicament when they swap bodies with Anna's daughter. Now it's up to the three to reverse the body swap.

    “Freakier Friday,” a sequel to the beloved 2003 film with a multigenerational twist starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, will be released in Australian and New Zealand cinemas in 2025. In the film, Curtis and Lohan reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman. The story picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her.

  • Release Date: 7th August 2025

  • Rating: PG

  • Duration: 120 minutes

  • Film Production Company: Disney


THE NAKED GUN

  • Synopsis: Follows the misadventures of Detective Frank Drebin's son, Frank Drebin jr. A sequel to "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult".

    It takes a very particular set of skills to lead Police Squad—and even try to save the world. Liam Neeson takes up the badge as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. in The Naked Gun, directed by Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night Live, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) and produced by Seth MacFarlane (Ted, Family Guy). The case brings together a wild cast including Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu and Danny Huston.

  • Release Date: 28th August 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published likely M (Mature themes & action violence)

  • Duration: To be advised

  • Film Production Company: Paramount Pictures


THE BAD GUYS 2

  • Synopsis: The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do 'one last job'.
    The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do 'one last job' by an all-female squad of criminals.

  • Release Date: 18th September 2025

  • Rating: PG

  • Duration: To be advised

  • Film Production Company: Dreamworks Animation


KANGAROO

  • Synopsis: Kangaroo is a heartwarming family comedy that follows former TV star Chris Masterman, who finds himself stranded in a remote Outback town near Alice Springs.

    Kangaroo is a heartwarming family comedy that follows former TV star Chris Masterman, who finds himself stranded in a remote Outback town near Alice Springs. There, he forms an unexpected bond with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. Together, they rescue and care for orphaned joeys, discovering purpose, friendship and healing in the breathtaking Australian Outback

  • Release Date: 18th September 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published

  • Duration: To be advised

  • Film Production Company: Studio Canal


GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE

  • Synopsis: Gabby and Grandma Gigi's road trip takes an unexpected turn when Gabby's prized dollhouse ends up with eccentric cat lady Vera.

    Gabby and Grandma Gigi's road trip takes an unexpected turn when Gabby's prized dollhouse ends up with eccentric cat lady Vera. Gabby embarks on a adventure to reunite the Gabby Cats and retrieve her beloved dollhouse before it's too late.

  • Release Date: 18th September 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published

  • Duration: To be advised

  • Film Production Company: Universal Pictures


WICKED FOR GOOD

  • Synopsis: Follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation.

  • Release Date: 20th Nov 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published

  • Duration: To be advised

  • Film Production Company: Universal Pictures

 

ZOOTOPIA 2

  • Synopsis: Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde return on a thrilling new adventure as they tackle a perplexing crime threatening the city in Zootopia 2. Building on the success of the first movie, this sequel promises a wild ride filled with suspense and excitement.

  • Release Date: 27th Nov 2025

  • Rating: CTC - (Check The Classification) once published

  • Duration: To be advised

  • Film Production Company: Disney