I keep adding to the list, but here’s a pretty broad selection of recommended TV shows and movies, and if you’re looking for other entertainment ideas, here are 100 activities for you and the family.
TV Shows
Comedy / Comedy-Drama / Rom-Com
Ted Lasso, Schitt’s Creek, Veep, White Collar, Ghosts, Jane the Virgin, Emily in Paris, Somebody Somewhere, The Afterparty, Letterkenny, Arrested Development, Better Off Ted, Insecure, Parks & Recreation, Castle, Last Man Standing, Will & Grace, Splitting up Together, Modern Family, The Good Place, Working Moms, New Girl, Friends from College, Friends, Grace & Frankie, The Office, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, That 70s Show, Seinfeld, Better Things, Superstore, Hart of Dixie, Miracle Workers: Dark Ages, Bones, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Big Mouth, Greek, Happiest Season, Scrubs, Community, Archer (MA), Crashing, Silicon Valley, Party Down, 30 Rock, LA to Vegas, Pushing Daisies, Franklin & Bash, This Way Up, Feel Good, Burning Love, Younger, Wolf Like Me, The Kominsky Method (MA)
Drama / Action / Mystery
The Undoing, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Quantico, Anatomy of a Scandal, Outlander (MA), Euphoria, Limetown, Jack Ryan, Maid, This is Us, The Rookie, Grey’s Anatomy, Downton Abbey, Virgin River, Self Made, The Morning Show, Big Little Lies, The Undoing, The Village, Life in Pieces, Million Little Things, Nashville, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Americans, Firefly, Life Unexpected, Chuck, Riverdale, Good Girls, Homeland, Heartland, Bridgerton (MA), The Crown, God Friended Me, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, Madam Secretary, Dead to Me, Mad Men, Scandal, Cable Girls, How to Get Away with Murder, Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings, Messiah, Private Practice, Good Girls, Travelers, The 4400, Manifest, Chasing Life, Game of Thrones, Westworld, The Sinner, Little Fires Everywhere, Sex and the City, The Stranger, New Amsterdam, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, House of Cards, True Detective, Shameless, Pretty Little Liars, Criminal Minds, The 100, Chicago Fire, Lost, NCIS, Law & Order, Thirteen Days, Blue Bloods, Timeless, The Blacklist, Hawaii Five-O, White Collar, Six Feet Under, All American, Yellowstone, Better Call Saul, You, Rescue Me, Vikings, Peaky Blinders, iZombie, The Handmaid’s Tale, Smallville, True Blood, Arrow, ER, Party of Five, Lipstick Jungle, Mozart in the Jungle, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Arrangement, Top of the Lake, The Night Of, Fargo, Lethal Weapon, Succession, Leverage, Men in Trees, Suits, Heroes, Big Sky, Mr. Robot, The Queen’s Gambit, The Luminaries, Burn Notice, Bosch, Orange is the New Black
Supernatural / Science Fiction / Fantasy
Project Blue Book, Ancient Aliens, The 100, Lost in Space, Vampire Diaries, Lucifer, Lock & Key, Once, Supernatural, Timeless, The Magicians, Mandalorian, Black Mirror, Stranger Things, Lost Girl, Roswell, Haven, Devs, Alphas, The Discovery of Witches, The OA , Star Trek
Reality
Songland, American Idol, Bachelor/Bachelorette, Love is Blind, America’s Got Talent, My next guest with David Letterman, Cash Pad, Queer Eye, Project Runway, Survivor, The Voice, The Amazing Race, Shark Tank, We’re Here, Hell’s Kitchen, Pawn Stars, Top Chef, Deadliest Catch, The Biggest Loser, Master Chef, Below Deck, Catfish, Dating Around, Who do you think you are
For Teenagers
Northern Rescue, Supergirl, Gilmore Girls, Soundtrack, Hart of Dixie, Nancy Drew, My So-Called Life, Glee, Veronica Mars, 90210, On My Block, Taylor Swift’s Reputation Tour, The Letter for the King, Gossip Girl, Charmed, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Miss Americana
Movies
Good for the Family (Rated G to PG-13)
The Adam Project, Jungle Cruise, The Lost City, Raya and the Last Dragon, The Greatest Showman, Yesterday, Monsters, Inc., Wrinkle in Time, Shazam, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Kung Fu Panda, Blinded by the Light, The Martian, Big Miracle, Goonies, Early Man, The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, The Croods, Monster’s University, Shrek, Monsters vs. Aliens, Ready Player One, Hook, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, How To Train Your Dragon Movies (3), Minions, Happy Feet, Abominable, Field of Dreams, Aladdin, The Gods Must Be Crazy, The Sound of Music, Moana, Boss Baby, Frozen I and II, Spies in Disguise, LaLa Land, Toy Story 1-4, The Cutting Edge, Hitch, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Small Foot, Fighting With My Family, The Secret Life of Pets, The Boxtrolls, Onward, Dora The Lost City of Gold, The Kid Who Would Be King, Incredibles, A Monster Calls, Doctor Strange, E.T., The Incredibles, The Wizard of Oz, Hook, Hugo, Inside Out, Up, The Journey of Natty Gann, The Lion King, Th Muppet Movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, BFG, The Sandlot, Homeward Bound, Elf, Wreck it Ralph, Bumblebee, Race to Witch Mountain, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, Tangled, Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, Pocahontas, Lilo & Stitch, Finding Nemo, Treasure Planet, 13 Going on 30
Comedy / Comedy Drama
Free Guy, Blinded by the Light, Jumanji (3), The Breaker Upperers, Long Shot, Good Boys, Even Almighty, Wish I Was Here, Like Father, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Zombieland, Groundhog Day, Amelie, You, Me and Dupree, Trainwreck, Bad Moms, The Change-Up, Tag, Birdcage, Booksmart, Plus One, Blockers, True Lies, Kindergarten Cop, Ghostbusters, Sword of Trust, Deadpool, Risky Business, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Superbad, Airplane, Bridesmaids, The Hangover, Back to the Future, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, There’s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Caddyshack, The Full Monty, Napoleon Dynamite, Jojo Rabit, Old School, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Morning Glory, Zoolander, Coming to America, Love & Friendship, Florence Foster Jenkins, Banana Split, For Love or Money, Private Benjamin, Central Intelligence, Weekend at Bernie’s, The Secret of My Success, Trading Places, Liar Liar, Yes Man, Spaceballs, Elf, Stripes, Neighbors, The Blues Brothers, Uncle Buck, Tommy Boy, Talladega Nights, A League of Their Own, Juno, The Interview, Innerspace, Forrest Gump, Big, What If, The High Note, Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Romantic Comedy
It’s Complicated, Long Shot, Always Be My Maybe, Emma, How to be Single, This Means War, Set it Up, Amelie, Did you Hear About the Morgans, Crazy Stupid Love, Valentine’s Day, The Ugly Truth, Bounty Hunter, Ghost of Girlfriends Past, Sex and the City, The Last Summer, Maid of Honor, The Proposal, Forever My Girl, Fool’s Gold, Friends with Benefits, The Holiday, Pretty Woman, Notting Hill, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Eat Pray Love, Tin Cup, America’s Sweethearts, Seems Like Old Times, Something’s Gotta Give, Legally Blonde, Sweet Home Alabama, Trainwreck, Bad Moms, The Change-Up, Dave, Take Me Home Tonight, Life as We Know It, Plus One, The Princess Bride, Pitch Perfect, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridesmaids, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Overboard, Bull Durham
Romantic Drama
Age of Adaline (one of my favorites), The Greatest Showman, About Time, Dare to Be Wild, Labyrinth, The Wedding Plan, Like Water for Chocolate, Sabrina (1954 and 1995), He’s Just Not That Into You, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Roman Holiday, The Choice, Safe Haven, Jerry Maguire, Far and Away, Cocktail, Elizabethtown, Dear John, The Notebook, Me Before You, Burlesque, The Lost Husband, Walk the Line, Just Like Heaven, The Lake House, New York I Love You, PS I Love You, Once, Love Actually, Moulin Rouge, The Vow, Bridges of Madison County, Five Feet Apart, Crazy Rich Asians, Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, Water for Elephants, Letters to Juliette, Crazy Heart, The Fault in our Stars, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Ghost, A Star is Born, The American President, Man Up, Wildcats, I’ll See You In My Dreams, Bird on a Wire, Waves, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, Home Again, Jackie, Catch and Release, Pretty Woman, Say Anything, Serendipity, America’s Sweethearts, Six Days Seven Nights, Sleepless in Seattle, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Drama
The Way Back, Dumplin, The Edge of Seventeen, Collateral Beauty, Lion, The Rainmaker, Patriots Day, Marriage Story, What They Had, The Farewell, Slumdog Millionaire, The King’s Speech, Knowing, Theory of Everything, Rain Man, A Few Good Men, Days of Thunder, The Outsiders, Rock of Ages, The Firm, Wonder Woman (2017), Good Will Hunting, Ocean’s Eight, Ocean’s Eleven, Oceans Twelve, The Adjustment Bureau, The Rainmaker, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Stand By Me, The Family Stone, Hidden Figures, Gifted, Greenbook, A Time to Kill, Erin Brokovich, The Pelican Brief, Wild, A River Runs Through It, The Blind Side, Speed, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Definitely Maybe, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Knives Out, Official Secrets, Julie and Julia, Wild, Deceived, Little Women, Legend, Dead Poets Society, Danny Collins, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Almost Famous, It’s a wonderful life, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Bombshell, Battle of the Sexes, 1917, Brad’s Status, Dances with Wolves, 20th Century Women, A Simple Favor, Woman in Gold, Downton Abbey, Luce, Fast Color, Capernaum, First Man, The Rider, Lean on Pete, The Post, Wonder, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, The Founder, X-Men movies, Jackie, Emma, Breakfast Club, Braveheart, Annihilation, Stepmom, Rockstar, Casino, Sully, The Davinci Code, Inferno
Thriller / Action
Red Notice, National Treasure, Top Gun, Edge of Tomorrow, The Mummy, Mission Impossible, Jack Reacher, Minority Report, Green Zone, Bourne Identity, Deepwater Horizon, Contagion, A Quiet Place, Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, Indian Jones, Jumanji, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Thor, Men in Black, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Avengers, Blade Runner, Divergent Series, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Ready or Not, The Invisible Man, Hotel Mumbai, No Way Out, American Made, Baby Driver, Kong: Skull Island, Star Trek
Documentaries
The Game Changers, Social Dilemma, My Octopus Teacher, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Planet Earth, Who Do You Think You Are, Happy, The Secret, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Appollo 11, Kumare, Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Brene’ Brown The Call to Courage, Free Solo, Miss Americana, Hungry for Change, Food Matters, Man on Wire, Get Me Roger Stone, Twinsters, Iris, Promises, I Know That Voice, Babies, I Am, Living On One Dollar, Meru, The Blue Butterfly, He Named Me Malala, Maidentrip, Kiss the Ground, The Edge of Democracy, Eating Animals, Whitney, Pope Francis – A Man Of His Word, Going Clear, OJ: Made in America, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, RBG
Comedy Acts (TV-MA)
Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millenial, Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills, Jeff Dunham Beside Himself, Adam Sandler, Chapelle’s Show, Ellen Degeneres Relatable, Eddie Murphy Delirious, Chris Rock: Tamborine, Amy Schumer’s Growing
Noel Murray from The New York Times put out a list of the 50 Best TV Shows on Netflix Right Now as well.
Note: Most of these shows and movies can be found on Netflix, Amazon Prime (30-day free trial), or sometimes you can watch for free by going to the show’s network like ABC.com.
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