Thanksgiving is around the corner and this year will mark a very special thanksgiving for people across the globe due to the global outbreak of coronavirus. Anyway, happy moments should always be valued and shared among family, friends, and loved ones. This year, we have quite some valuable thanksgiving movies to share with you, which will walk you through this special and meaningful thanksgiving holiday. Let’s check them out!

Part 1: 10 Best movies for Thanksgiving 2020

To begin with, if you are wondering what to watch during the thanksgiving holiday, it is suggested you read this top picks list carefully.

1. Princess of the Row

Directed by Max Carlson, this movie will touch you deeply and make you think a lot about this society and how we individuals can make the world a bit better. On Thanksgiving, it is worth to spend some quality time watching the movie together with your friends and loved ones. It talks about the inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her homeless, mentally-ill veteran father who lives on the streets of LA's skid row.

2. Uncle Frank

This movie will come out on Thanksgiving and serves as a drama to entertain and bring enjoyment to you and your family. In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by somebody and the story begins. Just like the saying goes, no one comes home without baggage.

3. The Oath

This 2018 release of the movie will surely give you fresh air through the thanksgiving holiday. A controversial White House policy turns family members against family members in a savagely funny dark comedy about surviving life and Thanksgiving in the age of political tribalism, especially during the world-known election year in the US.

4. The Blind Side

If you’ve ever been touched by sportsmanship, The Blind Side will escalate this feeling. It is genuinely a Thanksgiving movie to watch with relaxation and peace. The movie starts with a story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

5. Home for the Holidays

Though Thanksgiving is a time to spend with mostly the family, some people do not think so. This movie was originated from the story by Chris Radant, talking about a lady named Claudia Larson, who after losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, thus Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her family.

6. KRISHA

After you enjoy your big turkey meal on Thanksgiving, you may sit down for a movie like KRISHA, who returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities. This movie came out on 2016 and soon gained popularity among movie enthusiasts. It will give another perspective to show Thanksgiving and people and their mixture feelings.

7. A FAMILY THANKSGIVING

If you cannot catch any new movie Blu-ray release on Thanksgiving, it is not bad to find some precious yet enjoyable old movies. On the Thanksgiving holiday, people want to escape from daily work and expect to return to pressure free life. Well, the thanksgiving movie will surely be your outlet to make a work-life balance. This movie tells a story about a lawyer trying to make partner is shown the joys of living a more balanced life.

8. GARFIELD'S THANKSGIVING

I don’t mean to bring you back to old times but this classic thanksgiving movie is an exception. Kids will love it the most especially during the holiday. The American TV special is based on comic. In the notion of Garfield, on Thanksgiving, people “celebrate food by eating as much of it as possible. It’s a tradition, I love tradition.” But that tradition is history following a check-up from veterinarian Liz Wilson, a sassy lady who’s also the new heartthrob of Garfield’s owner, Jon. The bad news for Garfield: he must go on a diet.

9. FREE BIRDS

Thanksgiving is a time to spend with kids and family, but if your kids are over active and playing around home with extreme excitement, it is always a trick and tip to calm them down a comic. This animated buddy comedy will bring you back to peace and most importantly, it is also an enjoyable comedy for adults. Why not give it a shot on Thanksgiving night?

10. PIECES OF APRIL

Katie Holmes is one of my favorite idols in movie. She plays a rebellious woman hosting her mother for Thanksgiving in her tiny New York City apartment. To avoid any missteps, this movie will bring you closer to make a Thanksgiving dinner. It is genuinely a delightful Thanksgiving movie for you.

Part 2: Where to stream Thanksgiving movies?

When you don’t know where to stream these Thanksgiving movies, it is worth mentioning that you can divide the movies into several categories, for new movie Blu-ray releases like Uncle Frank, you may watch on Amazon Prime. The media sharing websites like YouTube, Netflix, Hulu also accommodate quite some valuable and even classic movies for enjoyment. Speaking of the less popular and seldom streamed movies, you may rent a DVD for enjoyment at home theater. It is going to be fun and exciting.

Anyway, Thanksgiving movies will be available everywhere on the internet and even a physical disc will give you a supreme experience to enjoy the movie playback.

Part 3: How to download & convert these movies?

Advanced users who look for software to download and convert Thanksgiving movies will surely find an appropriate solution here. Leawo Video Converter Ultimate is actually the one-stop solution for users to download, convert, and even burn videos with lossless quality. In short, this ultimate solution is to let users convert video/audio files, rip Blu-ray/DVD, create photo slideshow videos, burn video files/photos to Blu-ray/DVD, and play and download online video file. Firstly you may directly download your Thanksgiving movie from any website through the download page and then you may put them on the converting module for conversion to another format.

Here we go with an example to show how to download and convert Thanksgiving movies with Leawo Video Converter Ultimate.

Step 1: Install the lightweight program suite to your PC

Click the button below to install the program suite to your PC. Launch the program after installation.

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Step 2: Download the movie from the built-in downloader

Click to enter the download page and find the target Thanksgiving movie from the quick search bar or directly paste your address on the address box.

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Step 3: Set up a directory to save the downloaded movie and start downloading

Click the settings icon to specify the directory to save the downloaded movie files and go back to the target movie and hit the download button to start downloading movie file to your local directory.

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Now if you are going to convert the movie file from one format to another, do not leave this program as it will give you a straightforward way to do so.

Step 1: Navigate and hit the convert module within the program suite

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Step 2: Add the source downloaded movie files to the convert module

Click the button Add Video to import the source movie files to the program.

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Step 3: Change the output format

Click the format dropdown menu and select the target output format from the displayed Profile pane.

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Step 4: Set a directory to save the converted movie files

Click Convert from the toolbar and the sidebar will show up to let you specify a directory to save the output files, then hit the round button Convert at the bottom to kick off the conversion. There you will get the Thanksgiving movie perfectly converted and saved.

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Step 4: The universal media player to play the movie on PC

One more bonus for you, if you want to find a universal media player to play back any movie or media files, Leawo Blu-ray Player will serve as your choice. This 6-in-1 media player provides a one-stop solution to let you play back Blu-ray, DVD, up to 4K videos, ISO image file, audio files, IFO files, etc. More importantly, it comes equipped with fantastic decryption performance to handle any region movie files with ease, making it a truly universal media player for all. In addition, the custom features like playback settings, skin selection, snapshot, and so on the place this media player on top of other rivals in the same category. Let’s check it out to play back your thanksgiving movie here.

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Step 1: Load the source movie files to the player

Click Open File to load the source movie files from the local drive. Movie files will be listed on the right panel.

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Step 2: Set up the playback preference

Click the settings icon (a wheel icon on the top right of the interface) to setup your playback preference like subtitles, audio and video parameters, zoom rate, and so on.

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Step 3: Start playing back movie files with super relaxation and enjoyment

Hit the playback button to enjoy your Thanksgiving movie. What a wonderful experience with home theater enjoyment.

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