"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's no perfect recipe for a good Thanksgiving movie. (Pun absolutely intended.) You need healthy amounts of football, family, and fall foliage, but not necessarily all three. Especially because there are a scant few Thanksgiving movies in the cinematic universe—unless we're talking about the Thanksgiving horror movie, 2023's Thanksgiving, which is absolutely on this list.