25 Best Netflix Family Shows (Series for Younger & Older Kids)

The Sleepover is a 2020 Netflix Original action-comedy adventure film. 

The Netflix film was released on August 21, 2020, on Netflix. The film is directed by Trish Sie, written by Sarah Rothschild, and produced by Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon. It stars Malin Åkerman, Joe Manganiello, Ken Marino, Sadie Stanley, and Maxwell Simkins among other actors. 

The Sleepover follows Clancy and Kevin played by Sadie and Maxwell respectively as they go on an adventurous journey of rescuing their mother Margot played by Malin after she gets kidnapped from her home. The kids along with their friends discover their mother is in fact a former thief in a witness protection program who has been discovered by her old mates. 

The film follows the four children as they discover and find different interesting things about Margot and get to play with all the high-tech spy stuff. On the other hand, Margot is forced to steal a crown for the one last time by her old mates. The trailer of the film looks promising and it has a 5.7-star rating on IMDb. 

Yes Day is a 2021 Netflix family comedy movie. 

The film was released on March 12, 2021, only on Netflix. It is directed by Miguel Arteta, the screenplay and story by Justin Malen, and produced by Lawrence Grey, Ben Everard, Daniel Rappaport, Nicole King Solaka, and Jennifer Garner. The film is based on  Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s children’s book Yes Day. 

The film Yes Day follows a married couple Allison and Carlos Torres and their three children as they try to have a fun 24 hours together as a family by introducing Yes Day, a day when parents cannot say no to their children’s reasonable ideas. Agreeing with everything two kids and one teenager say, what could go wrong?

The family head on to complete 5 tasks for the Yes day, they start with the children dressing up with their parents. Then the children go ahead and order $40 worth of sundaes. Then while going through a car wash, the kids want to have the windows down. As the day passes by, the Yes Day becomes more challenging for the parents with Allison ending up in jail. 

The film stars Jennifer Garner as Allison Torres, Édgar Ramírez as Carlos Torres, Jenna Ortega as Katerina ‘Katie’ Torres, Julian Lerner as Evan ‘Nando’ Torres, and Everly Carganilla as Ellie Torres among others. Here is a look at the trailer of the fun family movie which has a 5.7-star rating on IMDb. 

After Life of the Party is a Netflix original supernatural comedy film released on September 2, 2021. 

The film was released by Netflix on September 2, 2021, and it had already become the most-watched film on the platform by September 7, 2021, according to the film’s Wikipedia article. 

After Life of the Party is directed by Stephen Herek, written by Carrie Freedle, and produced by Robyn Snyder, Deborah Evans, and Vlokkie Gordon. The film stars Victoria Justice as Cassie, Midori Francis as Lisa, Robyn Scott as Val, and Timothy Renouf as Max among others. 

In the film, Cassie and Lisa are best friends since first grade and trying to transverse their adulthood and relationships together. However, they soon realized they have grown to become completely different people as Cassie is a party-loving person while Lisa prefers to keep herself out of social interaction and crowds. 

Everything changes for the two best friends when Cassie hits her head on the toilet because of a hangover and dies. She wakes up a year later with her guardian angel Vai present in a room, Cassie now has five days to fix everything for her best friend, her mother, and her father before she is allowed to enter the After Life of the Party in heaven. Here is a trailer for you to watch for yourself, the film has a 5.8-star rating on IMDb. 

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf is a comedy horror film made for television by Nickelodeon. 

The film was released on October 23, 2010, on Nickelodeon and later made available for streaming on Netflix. The film is directed by Eric Bross and written by Art Edler Brown and Douglas Sloan. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf stars Victoria Justice as Jordan Sands, Chase Ellison as Hunter Sands, Matt Winston as David Sands, Brooke D’Orsay as Paulina Von Eckberg, and Steven Grayham as Goran among others. 

The film follows Jordan Sands, a 13-year-old nerd girl as she goes to Romania with her 14-year-old brother Hunter and their father David to make a claim of a mansion left to their mother by her uncle. However, once they reach the mansion they realize a werewolf had been protecting the mansion and the nearby town for years now and the mansion’s keeper did not want them to sell the mansion. 

As David tried to sell the mansion disregarding the advice, Jordan manages to step on a vile of werewolf blood and turn herself into a werewolf. They also learn Vampires are trying to take over that mansion and the rest of the film follows the epic saga between vampire and werewolf. The film has a 5.9-star rating on IMDb. 

Home Team is a biographical comedy sports film based on Sean Payton. 

The film was released on January 28, 2022, on Netflix. Home Team is directed by Charles Kinnane and Daniel Kinnane, written by Chris Titone and Keith Blum, and produced by Adam Sandler, Kevin James, and Kevin Grady among others. The film stars Kevin James as Sean Payton, Tait Blum as Connor Payton, Taylor Lautner as Troy Lambert, Jackie Sandler as Beth, and Rob Schneider as Jamie among others. 

Home Team follows Sean as he gets suspended for a full year by NFL due to his involvement in Bountygate and joins Liberty Christian School as Offensive coordinator. His son Connor Payton plays football at Liberty Christian School but the school’s team needs plenty of work to improve. In one of the scenes in the trailer, we hear commentators clarifying Liberty lost the match due to their celebration of making a touchdown.  

Have a look at the trailer of Home Team with an IMDb rating of 6 for yourself. 

Good Sam is an American-Canadian drama film. 

The film was released on Netflix on May 16, 2019. Good Sam is directed by Kate Melville, written by Teena Booth and Dete Meserve, and produced by Dete Meserve and Jesse Prupas. The film stars Tiya Sircar as Kate Bradley, Chad Connell as Eric Hayes, Robert Crooks as Patrick, Marco Grazzini as Jack Hansen, and Vince Benvenuto as Jesse Durham among others. 

Good Sam follows Channel 12 reporter Kate as she embarks on a voyage of finding out who the good sam was. The anonymous good Sam had left $100,000 to eight people in New York City. However, Kate soon discovers there are a lot more people doing good after being inspired by good sam. 

The film has a 6-star rating on IMDb and here is a trailer for the Netflix Original drama film. 

Holiday in the Wild is a comedy romantic holiday film. 

The film was released on November 1, 2019, only on Netflix. The film is directed by Ernie Barbarash, written by Neal Dobrofsky and Tippi Dobrofsky, and produced by Brad Krevoy and Amy Krell. Holiday in the Wild stars Kristin Davis as Kate Conrad, Rob Lowe as Derek Holliston, John Owen Lowe as Luke Conrad, Fezile Mpela as Jonathan, and Hayley Owen as Leslie Van De Mere-Jones among others. 

Holiday in the Wild follows Kate as she recently split with her husband but had already booked a second honeymoon to Zambia and decides to go on the trip alone. Once she arrives in Zambia, she meets Derek, her pilot for a chartered flight, and the two end up saving an orphaned elephant after spotting it during their flight. 

Kate is a former veterinarian who offers her services to the elephant sanctuary and ends up extending her stay in the country. She celebrates Christmas together with Derek and the elephant at the sanctuary and her relationship with Derek starts to deepen as they spend more time together.

Kate later returns to New York once Derek’s Zambian girlfriend Leslie threatens to cut the funding to the sanctuary. She works as a vet for a while and rallies her rich friends to fund the sanctuary. In the end, Kate and Derek once again meet in Africa at the same sanctuary and get married. 

The film has a 6.1-star rating on IMDb and here is a trailer for you to watch. 

The Princess Switch is a romantic-comedy holiday movie. 

The film was released on November 16, 2018, by Netflix. The Princess Switch was directed by Mike Rohl, written by Robin Bernheim and Megan Metzger, and produced by Amy Krell, Brad Krevoy, and Linda L. Miller. The film stars Vanessa Hudgens as Stacy De Novo and Lady Margaret Delacourt, Sam Palladio as Edward Wyndham, Nick Sagar as Kevin Richards, and Alexa Adeosun as Olivia Richards among others. 

The Princess Switch follows Stacy, a baker based in Chicago as she is invited to compete in the prestigious baking competition held at the Kingdom of Belgravia. Once in Belgravia, she stumbles upon Lady Margaret, her lookalike, and both are astonished by their identicality. Lady Margaret requests to switch places for two days to avoid the spotlight and live a normal life. A baker and princess switching places, what could go wrong?

Lady Margaret’s fiance  Edward was supposed to go on a business trip for two days but changes his plans to stay and spend time with his fiance but he does not know he will be spending time with Stacy. She ends up falling in love with Edwards and Lady Margaret ends up falling in love with Kevin and her normal life. However, they switch back and are caught when it is time for Stacy to take the winning prize from Lady Margaret. 

Here is the trailer of the film, and the film has a 6.1-star rating on IMDb. 

Finding Ohana is an adventure, family movie. The film was released on January 29, 2021, on Netflix.

The film is directed by Jude Weng, written by Christina Strain, and produced by Ian Bryce. Finding Ohana stars Kea Peahu as Pili, Alex Aiono as Ioane, Lindsay Watson as Hana, Owen Vaccaro as Casper, and Kelly Hu as Leilani among others. 

Finding Ohana follows two siblings Pili and Ioane who grew up in Brooklyn, New York but have recently moved to Hawaii with their mother to help their mother’s father as he is growing weak both physically and financially. In search of a cure for their boredom, Pili finds an old diary from her grandfather’s art studio. Similarly, Ioane discovers his interest in a local girl named Hana. 

The two siblings end up connecting to their Hawaiian heritage and go on an adventure of finding and retrieving treasure from a cave in the mountains to help their family. The two siblings are joined by Casper and Hana, two locals from the area. 

Finding Ohana takes the Indiana Jones approach of adventure but added comedy helps lighten the mood, it has a rating of 6.1 stars on IMDb. 

Jinxed is a fantasy-comedy television movie. The film was released on November 29, 2013, on Nickelodeon.

Jinxed is directed by Stephen Herek, written by Aury Wallington, and produced by Amy Sydorick and Scott McAboy. The film stars Ciara Bravo as Meg Murphy, Jacob Bertrand as Charlie Murphy, Elena Kampouris as Ivy Murray, Jack Griffo as Brett, and Donavon Stinson as Meg’s father. 

Jinxed follows the Murphy family who has been cursed for the past 100 years, Meg’s great-great-grandfather Tommy Murphy was cursed by a gypsy woman whom he had cursed on but ended up embarrassing her in the town festival by accidentally tearing her dress and revealing her undergarments. A century later, Tommy’s great-great-granddaughter is up for the challenge of breaking the curse. 

While Meg tries to end the century-long curse, the family ends up getting in more trouble. The film has a 6.3-star rating on IMDb and here is the hilarious trailer for the film. 

The Little Rascals is a comedy film about neighborhood children, it already sounds fun right?

The film was released on August 5, 1994. Penelope Spheeris directs the Little Rascals, the screenplay was done by Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur, and Penelope Spheeris, and produced by Bill Oakes, Michael King, and Gerald R. Molen. The film stars Travis Tedford as “Spanky” McFarland, Bug Hall as “Alfalfa” Switzer, Brittany Ashton Holmes as Darla, Kevin Jamal Woods as “Stymie,” Sam Saletta as “Butch”, and Blake Jeremy Collins as “Woim” among others. 

The Little Rascals follows a group of neighborhood boys who have a club named “He-Man Womun Haters Club.” The boys have an epic soap-box race upcoming and they are in possession of their club’s undefeated go-kart “The Blur.” However, local bullies Butch and Woim steal their go-kart forcing them to build another one which they name The Blur 2: The Sequel. 

Between all the racing and saga in the film, AlfaAlfa falls in love with Darla, and the rest of the club members try to separate them. Here is a look at the trailer of the epic comedy film which has a 6.3-star rating on IMDb. 

Uncharted is an adventure film based on a video game series of the same name. 

The film Uncharted was released on February 18, 2022, in the United States and the rest of the world. The film is directed by Ruben Fleischer, the screenplay is done by Rafe Lee Judkins, Art Marcum, and Matt Holloway, and produced by Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Avi Arad, and Ari Arad.

The film stars Tom Holland as Nathan “Nate” Drake, Rudy Pankow as Samuel “Sam” Drake, Mark Wahlberg as Victor “Sully” Sullivan, Antonio Banderas as Santiago Moncada, and Sophia Ali as Chloe Frazer among others. 

Uncharted follows Nate as he tries to find his long-lost brother Sam with the help of Sully. Nate and Sully try to find the Magellan treasure which was being pursued by Sam before he vanished but they come across several hurdles and betrayals during the journey. 

The trailer of the film Uncharted is action-packed with several fight scenes. The trailer shows Tom being ejected from a cargo airplane as well. The film has a 6.3-star rating on IMDb. 

Benji is a 2018 remake of the 1974 movie of the same name. The film was released on March 16, 2018, by Netflix.

The film is directed by Brandon Camp, written by Brandon Camp, and produced by Brandon Camp and Jason Blum. Benji stars Gabriel Bateman as Carter Hughes, Darby Camp as Frankie Hughes, Kiele Sanchez as Whitney Hughes, Cooper as Benji, and Robbie Daymond as The Voice of Benji among others. 

The film Benji follows two school-going siblings who adopt a street dog and name him Benji. The dog is mostly at the right place at the right time and manages to help the family solve their problem for good. 

Benji has an IMDb rating of 6.3 stars. An adventurous dog helping people in need, what can be more interesting for your child to watch?

Feel the Beat is a dance comedy-drama film from the United States of America. 

The film was released on Netflix on June 19, 2020. The film is directed by Elissa Down, written by Michael Armbruster and Shawn Ku, and produced by Susan Cartsonis. Feel the Beat stars Sofia Carson as April Dibrina, Wolfgang Novogratz as Nick, Pamela MacDonald as Ruth Zimmer, and Donna Lynne Champlin as Barb among others. 

Feel the Beat starts off with April stealing a taxi from an elderly woman during a hailstorm to get to her audition. Unfortunately, the elderly woman turns out to be one of the sponsors, and despite performing very well April does not get the role the elderly woman vowed she would not let anyone hire April on Broadway. 

Seeing her career crumble to the ground, April returns back to her hometown where she teaches a group of local dancers. The group together advances stage after stage ultimately performing at the country final in Atlantic City in front of several broadway directors and producers. April manages to restart her career. Her love life also blooms during her struggles. 

The film Feel the Beat has a 6.3-star rating on IMDb. Here is a trailer to have a look at. 

Walk. Ride. Rodeo is a biopic about barrel racer Amberley Snyder. The Netflix original was released on the streaming platform on March 8, 2019.

The film was directed by Conor Allyn, screenplay by Sean Dwyer and Greg Cope White, and produced by Julie Crank Di Cataldo, Sean Dwyer, and Elizabeth Cullen. The film stars Spencer Locke as Amberley Snyder, Missi Pyle as Tina Snyder, Bailey Chase as Cory Snyder, and Alyvia Alyn Lind as Autumn Snyder among others. 

However, the stunts and riding for the biopic were done by Autumn Snyder, Amberley’s sister, before the crash scenes and by Amberley herself for the after-crash scenes. 

The film Walk. Ride. Rodeo covers the life of American barrel racer Amberley from the point of her vehicle crash and her paralysis. The film shows her recovery and her training despite being paralyzed from the waist down and her motivation to perform in the rodeo. 

The Netflix original has a 6.4-star rating on IMDb and here is the trailer for the film for you to watch before you watch the film on Netflix. 

Big Daddy is Adam Sandler’s comedy movie. The film was released on June 25, 1999, in theaters all around the world.

The film is directed by Dennis Dugan, with a screenplay by Steve Franks, Tim Herlihy, and Adam Sandler, and produced by Sid Ganis and Jack Giarraputo. The film stars Adam Sandler as Sonny Koufax, Joey Lauren Adams as Layla Maloney, Jon Stewart as Kevin Gerrity, and Leslie Mann as Corinne Maloney. 

Big Daddy follows Sonny as he fakes being Kevin with the social service department and tries to raise his son. However, things do not go as planned and he finds it difficult in raising the child after his girlfriend Vanessa leaves him for a rich old fellow. Nevertheless, he tries to parent the child alone giving him options to do whatever he wants. 

However, ultimately the social service department discovers his truth, and the child is taken from him. Sonny tries to gain custody of the child by suing but does not get the custody after all and they become good friends. Between all the shenanigans, the absent-minded carefree bachelor raising a kid has some hilarious moments. 

The film has a 6.4-star rating on IMDb and here is a trailer to help you decide when to watch the film. 

Mix Tape is a musical-comedy American film. The film was released on December 3, 2021, on Netflix.

Mix Tape is directed by Valerie Weiss, screenplay by Stacey Menear, and produced by Gil Netter and Jim Wedaa. The film stars Julie Bowen as Gail, Gemma Brooke Allen as Beverly Moody, Nick Thune as Anti, and Jackson Rathbone as Wes among others. 

Mix Tape follows Beverly after she accidentally destroys her mother’s mixtape and tries to remake the cassette with the help of a record store employee and her friends. Beverly lives with her grandmother Gail after both of her parents died in a car crash. 

Beverly is determined to bring back the mixtape to feel connected to her parents as her grandmother Gail does not speak much about them because she gets upset when speaking about her dead daughter. 

The comedy film has a 6.6-star IMDb rating. 

Enola Holmes is a Mystery and suspense film. The film was released on September 23, 2020, on Netflix but was initially made for theatrical release by Warner Bros.

The film was directed by Harry Bradbeer, screenplay by Jack Thorne based on Nancy Springer’s novel The Enola Holmes Mysteries. 

Enola Holmes stars Millie Bobby Brown as the title character Enola Holmes, Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, Sam Claflin as Mycroft Holmes, Helena Bonham Carter as Eudoria Holmes, and Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury among others. 

The film follows the youngest of the Holmes siblings Enola as she embarks on the voyage of finding her missing mother Eudoria Holmes. She is very intelligent and has been trained by her mother in jujitsu. 

Following the clues and her own intelligence of deduction she finds her mother at last but not without many troubles along the way. The film has a 6.6-star rating on IMDb.

Blue Miracle is an American drama film. The film was released on May 27, 2021, on the streaming platform Netflix.

It is directed by Julio Quintana, written by Chris Dowling and Julio Quintana, and produced by Javier Chapa, Darren Moorman, Trey Reynolds, Ben Howard, and Chris George. 

Blue Miracle stars Dennis Quaid as Wade, Raymond Cruz as Hector, Anthony Gonzalez as Geco, Jimmy Gonzales as Omar, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Tricia Bisbee, Fernanda Urrejola as Becca, and Bruce McGill as Wayne among others. 

The film follows Wade and the kids from his orphanage as they try to collect funds for the struggling orphanage. They get hit hard by a very strong storm in decades and now they only have about a week of food to win a fishing competition and collect the prize money. 

The kids from the orphanage have a fight among themselves and face difficulties along the way to their victory, the film has a 6.6-star rating on IMDb. 

Slumberland is a fantasy Canadian-American film. The film was released on Netflix on November 18, 2022.

It is directed by Francis Lawrence, the screenplay is written by David Guion and Michael Handelman based on the comic Little Nemo in Slumberland, and produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, David Ready, and Francis Lawrence among others. 

Slumberland stars Marlow Barkley as Nemo, Jason Momoa as Flip, Chris O’Dowd as Philip, Kyle Chandler as Peter, and Yanna McIntosh as Carla. 

The film follows Nemo as she embarks on a fantasy journey of finding her father in the dream world of Slumberland after her father gets lost in the sea during a storm. 

However, the journey through the dreams with Flip is not easy as they are hunted down by various monsters and agents. Despite the difficulties, Nemo manages to wake up flip and see her father at last with the wishing pearl she had been searching for all along. 

The fantasy American film has a 6.7-star rating on IMDb. 

The Adam Project is a sci-fi comedy action film. The film was released for one night only in theaters on March 9, 2022, followed by its theatrical release on March 11, 2022, on Netflix.

The film is directed by     Shawn Levy, written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, and Mark Levin, and produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Shawn Levy, and Ryan Reynolds. 

The Adam Project stars Ryan Reynolds as adult Adam Reed, Walker Scobell as 12-year-old Adam, Isaiah Haegert as 8-year-old Adam, Mark Ruffalo as Louis Reed, Jennifer Garner as Ellie Reed, and Catherine Keener as Maya Sorian among others. 

The film follows Adam Reed, a fighter pilot from 2050, as he steals a time jet and tries to go back to 2018 to save his wife but crash lands in 2022 due to an injury. He then finds his younger self who helps him fly the jet as the jet is DNA based. 

The young and older Adams go to 2018 together and save older Adam’s wife Laura with the help of the Adams’ father Louis who is an excellent physicist and he is also the one to write the time travel algorithm in the first place. The film has a 6.7-star rating on IMDb. 

Enola Holmes 2 is the sequel of Enola Holmes, a film based on the youngest of the Holmes siblings. 

Enola Holmes 2 was released on November 4, 2022, on Netflix and was streamed for 64.08 million hours in the first week of its release. It is directed by Harry Bradbeer, screenplay by Jack Thorne, written by Harry Bradbeer and Jack Thorne, and produced by Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Ali Mendes, Millie Bobby Brown, and Robert Brown. The film is based on Nancy Springer’s novel series The Enola Holmes Mysteries. 

The film stars Millie Bobby Brown as Enola Holmes, Henry Cavill as Sherlock Holmes, David Thewlis as Grail, Louis Partridge as Tewkesbury, and Serrana Su-Ling Bliss as Bessie Chapman among others. 

Enola Holmes 2 follows the youngest of the Holmes sibling Enola after she sets up her own detective agency but struggles to find a job due to her young age and the fact of being a girl in the 1800s. However, everything changes when a little girl working at the match factory asks her to find her missing sister. 

The film has a 6.7-star rating on IMDb and the trailer looks promising. 

Dreamer is an American film loosely based on the true story of Thoroughbred racehorse Mariah’s Storm. 

The film was released on October 21, 2005, in the United States of America. The film is directed and written by John Gatins and produced by Brian Robbins, Hunt Lowry, and Michael Tollin. 

Dreamer stars Kurt Russell as Benjamin “Ben” Crane, Dakota Fanning as Cale Crane, Kris Kristofferson as Pop Crane, Elisabeth Shue as Lillian “Lilly” Crane, David Morse as Everett Palmer, and Ken Howard as William “Bill” Ford among others. 

The film follows the fictionalized story of a thoroughbred racehorse named Soñador aka Sonya. The horse gets injured during a race and breaks her legs leading the owner of the horse to decide to put her down but the trainer refuses and instead buys the injured horse. 

However, the trainer Ben Crane loses his job after acquiring the horse and decided to bread her. After examination by a vet, it is revealed Sonya cannot produce a foal leading Ben to lose his mind. Ben’s daughter hears a conversation between her parents and Ben blames her for the entire crisis. She tries to run away from the home and while running away Ben realizes Sonya has started to run fast and decides to race her winning in the upcoming championship. 

The sports drama film loosely based on a true story has a 6.8-star rating on IMDb. 

Rescued by Ruby is a biographical drama film based on a true story. The film was released on March 17, 2022, on Netflix.

Rescued by Ruby is directed by Katt Shea, written by Karen Janszen, and produced by Dan Angel, Jane Charles, and Brian Gott. 

Rescued by Ruby stars Grant Gustin as Daniel O’Neil, Scott Wolf as Sergeant Matt Zarrella, Kaylah Zander as Melissa O’Neil, Camille Sullivan as Pat Inman, and Bear as Ruby among others. 

The film follows state trooper Daniel as he wishes to join the K9 search and rescue unit but gets rejected seven times and only has one last chance before he turns 30 years old. Ruby has also been returned to the shelter 7 times in the last 6 months because of her hyperactivity. 

Rescued by Ruby follows Daniel and Ruby once they unite and start training, the film shows their failures and successes as they train together. Ultimately they pass the exam and enter the K9 unit and the film ends with Ruby and Daniel finding a young boy lost during a hike on a stormy night. The film has a 7.1-star rating on IMDb. 

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a British drama film. The film was released globally excluding the United Kingdom, Japan, and China by Netflix on March 1, 2019.

The film is based on a true story of a Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba according to the International Centre of Frugal Innovation.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is directed by, written by, and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor along with Maxwell Simba as William Kamkwamba, Aïssa Maïga as Agnes Kamkwamba, and Lily Banda as Annie Kamkwamba among others. 

The Netflix original follows William played by Maxwell as he makes a wind turbine to power the broken water pump in his town after a severe drought brings famine and bad crops leading many people from his village to flee the area. The village and surrounding also suffer riots due to insufficient government rationing. 

The film has a 7.6-star rating on IMDb and received several praises from various critics. It is also the highest rating on our list.