This comedy starring Steve Martin and the late John Candy follows their misadventures trying to get Martin’s character home for Thanksgiving day. Netflix, cost of membership Credit: Photo via IMBD
While it’s not a movie completely based on turkey day, the Thanksgiving play at summer camp makes this flick a modern-day classic. Netflix, cost of membership Credit: Photo via Frontiers LA
This film, starring Oscar-winner Al Pacino, is home to one of the most awkward Thanksgiving dinner scenes in movie history. Amazon, $2.99 Credit: Photo via IMBD
April, played by Katie Holmes, invites her estranged family to Thanksgiving in her tiny walk-up apartment. Amazon, $2.99 Credit: Photo via IMBD
This extremely dark comedy focuses on the Pascal family’s Thanksgiving night during a hurricane. Parker Posey is outstanding as the obsessive Jackie-O. Netflix, cost of membership Credit: Photo via IMBD
College student Carla Gugino brings Pauly Shore home to the farm. Hilarity ensues. Amazon, $2.99 Credit: Photo via Listal
While most of this movie is Thanksgiving-free, Adam Sandler’s turkey-day toast makes this one worth a watch. Amazon, $2.99 Credit: Photo via IMBD
Sigourney Weaver is the older woman in this romantic comedy that takes place over a 15-year-old boy’s Thanksgiving break. Netflix, cost of membership Credit: Photo via YouTube
Ed O’Neill stars as Dutch, a simple man trying to prove to his girlfriend that he’s a good guy by picking her son up from prep school over Thanksgiving break. Netflix, cost of membership Credit: Photo via YouTube
This touching drama starring Diane Keaton and Juliette Lewis focuses on a mentally challenged girl who moves out, goes to college and picks Thanksgiving Day for a very important milestone in her life. Amazon, $2.99 Credit: Photo via IMBD
This movie, starring Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire and Christina Ricci, spends time with two dysfunctional Connecticut families over the 1973 Thanksgiving holiday. Netflix, cost of membership Credit: Photo via IMBD
In this action thriller, Liam Neeson regains consciousness on Thanksgiving Day after a four-day coma and must, literally, take back his life. Amazon, $2.99 Credit: Photo via IMBD
In this 1981 horror flick, all the killing (almost!) takes place on Thanksgiving. Netflix, cost of subscription Credit: Photo via YouTube

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