9 Movies about Moving!

Want to get into the spirit of moving with movies about moving? You've come to the right place! Here are some of my all time favorite movies about moving. 

The Amityville Horror (2005) 

The Amityville Horror may not make you in the mood to move into a new house, but it is still a fun movie. In this film a family moves into a home to discover it is haunted by the ghosts of those killed in a mass-murder in the house. I like the 2005 version with Ryan Reynolds (who is incidentally easy on the eyes ladies) starring as the main character, but there are about a dozen different versions of this movie from different time periods. 

Homeward Bound 

This is a really fun movie where a cat and two dogs are left behind at an aunt's rancher by a family who move to the city. The family promises to come back and get the pets once the family can find a big enough space for three pets in San Francisco. The three pets escape the rancher to find their family in San Francisco making an incredible journey. The animals do talk to one another in the movie, but their mouths do not move with any creepy high-tech effects. 

Footloose 

A young Kevin Bacon moves to a town where dancing is illegal! He soon has the whole town dancing to realize that a little bit of harmless fun never hurt anyone. This fun film is filled with a fun 80's soundtrack, lots of dancing and love story to boot.

Moving 

This is a classic Richard Pryor film that is filled with great laughs. As you can imagine Pryor is up to his typical shenanigans, and he hires a terrible moving company. This may make you afraid to hire any movers to help you with your move, but remember it is just a movie. Not all moving companies are that bad. This is a great film maybe to watch after the move, so you can remind yourself the move could have been worse! 

Beetlejuice 

A young couple moves into a home, but they don't realize they are dead! They try to haunt the house to make the current owners move out, but the new residents are not impressed by this young couple's spookiness. The couple decides to employ the haunting specialist Beetlejuice to scare the residents away. Michael Keaton plays a very memorable Beetlejuice. Also, young Winona Ryder plays a goth teenager. This is a cult classic film that you will never forget. 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 

Harry Potter gets a whole new life when he moves from under the stairs of his mean aunt and uncle's to the school of Hogwarts. A great movie to inspire kids that moving can in fact improve life by giving everyone new opportunities in a new home. The book is even better than the movie for all my book worms out there. 

Karate Kid

This a movie that focuses on how difficult moving can be for a teenager. The main character, Daniel, moves in his senior year to a whole different state. He finds it difficult to fit in, but he soon meets new friends that will change his life forever including the famous Mr. Miyagi. Spoiler alert: You will be practicing a lot of wax-ons and wax-offs yourself with all the cleaning and painting that is usually involved in moving.

The Beverly Hillbillies (The Movie) 

This old television series was made into a hilarious movie in the 1990's that is just hilarious, but it also has its tear-jerker moments.In this film a family of hillbillies strikes it rich than moves to the big city, and you get to laugh at the expense of the hill billies as they learn the ropes of urban living. Jim Varney (the actor that played Ernest P. Worrel in so many movies) does a fantastic job playing the job Jed Clampett.

Twilight 

A great movie for tweens who just love romantic movies. In this movie a teenage girl moves to Washington where she meets a cute vampire and major troublemaker. Adventures, romance and such ensue. Teenage girls (and some of their moms) just can't seem to get enough of these books and movies.