Easter is one of those times of year, a bit like Christmas, where there is nothing better than curling up in front of the TV with your family and watching a movie together.
So here at FemaleFirst, with a little help from Oreo, we took a look at some of the nation's favourite family movies.
1. Shrek
2001 saw the friendly ogre hit the big screen for the very first time kicking off the very successful, if somewhat unexpected franchise. With a great voice cast of Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy the movie follows Shrek's journey to rescue Princess Fiona in return for getting his peaceful swamp returned to him.
It was the first animation movie to win the Best Animated Feature Oscar. Three years they were back for Shrek 2, which is the highest grossing animation movie of all time. Shrek the Third hit screens in 2007 and a fourth movie is in the pipeline.
2. Harry Potter
To say that Harry Potter has been a success would be a little bit of an understatement as the book have propelled J K Rowling to fame and fortune. But the movies have done just the very same thing to the likes of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.
This summer sees Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince hit cinemas with Deathly Hallows to be released over two movie in the next two years. Despite not always winning over the critics the film have been a hit with cinema audiences.
3. Home Alone
Home Alone shot Macaulay Cullkin to superstardom in the 1990 Christmas film directed by Chris Columbus. The movie followed Kevin McCallister, an eight year old boy mistakenly left behind by his parents when they film to Paris for the holidays.
While quite enjoying the time on his own he comes face to face with two intruders. The film was a massive success when it grossed over $477 million at the global box office and spawned three sequels.
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The popular Roald Dahl story came to the big screen in 1971 with Gene Wilder in the lead role of Willy Wonka and Peter Ostrum as Charlie.
The film follows Charlie's adventure around Wonka's chocolate factory as one by one the other children find themselves in self inflicted trouble. The movie was remade in 2005 by maverick filmmaker Tim Burton with Johnny Depp taking on the role of Wonka.
5. Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is the film that, on paper at least, should not have been a success. Based on a film genre that never did well at the box office and inspired by a theme park ride that filmed was slammed before it was ever released.
Yet the film didn't crash and burn it became one of the most successful films of 2003 grossing almost $654 million worldwide.
The film gave birth to one of the biggest cinema icons of the last decade Captain Jack Sparrow as well as delivering two sequels, both of which appear in the top five biggest grossing movies of all time.
6. Finding Nemo
Pixar's Finding Nemo which was released in 2003 and really set the standard for Pixar movies and the rest that tried to compete with them. It is still the biggest grossing movie from the studio.
Directed by Andrew Stanton the film followed Marlin, an over protective father who goes on the hunt for his son Nemo. As well as critical acclaim Finding Nemo won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
7. E.T.
I defy anyone to sit through Steven Spielberg's E.T. and not shed a tear. Released in 1982 the film, which starred Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore became the most financially successful movie ever released at that point.
The film followed Elliott who befriends an alien who has become stranded in Earth. Elliott enlists the help of his older brother and younger sister to keep the alien hidden from their mother and the government while trying to return him home.
8. Toy Story
Toy Story was the first collaboration between Disney and Pixar and saw the beginning of CGI animation which was to set a standard that other studios would try to match.
Based around the toys of a nine year old boy Toy Story grossed $354,300,000 worldwide and, at the time, was labelled the greatest animation movie ever made by some critics.
Toy Story began a successful partnership between Pixar and Disney that have brought a new breed of animation to the big screen with much success.
9. Lion King
Released in 1994, yes it really was almost fifteen years ago, The Lion King was the thirty second movie from Disney and it's highest grossing of all time.
It still remains the highest grossing traditionally animated film in history. The film's music also proved popular and it received four Oscar nominations in music categories, going on to win Best Original Score.
10. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
After being a television series The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe came to the big screen in 2005, directed by Andrew Adamson. Based on the novel the movie follows four British children who, after being evacuated to the countryside during the war, find a wardrobe that leads to a fantasy world.
The movie was a huge box office success grossing over $745 million at the global box office. Prince Caspian followed last summer and Voyage of the Dawn Treader is currently in production.
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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