Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
1h 32mR
Steve Martin just wants to get home for Thanksgiving, and John Candy is the universe's answer. Rated R for one very famous meltdown. On Paramount+ and Peacock. The Thanksgiving movie.
Thanksgiving on Paramount+
This is the Thanksgiving app. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is the grown-up drive, rated R for language. Free Birds is the cartoon. Addams Family Values has the pageant. Home for the Holidays is the real dining room. If you only add one service for the week of the 26th, make it this one.
4 movies · checked November 12, 2026 · US only · included or free, not rentals
Addams Family Values
1993
1h 35mPG-13
Wednesday goes to summer camp, a new baby arrives, and Thanksgiving gets a pageant it will not forget. The 1993 sequel, PG-13, on Paramount+. Sharper than the first, and very funny.
Free Birds
2013
1h 31mPG
Two turkeys time-travel to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu. It is a kids' cartoon and it is proud of that. On Paramount+ and Tubi.
Home for the Holidays
1995
1h 43mPG-13
Holly Hunter goes home for Thanksgiving and the family is a loving disaster. 1995, PG-13, on Paramount+. The one that feels like a real dining room.
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