Do you ever feel like Thanksgiving doesn’t quite get the respect it deserves as a holiday? Just look at the lack of Thanksgiving movies that have come out over the years, especially compared to the hordes of Christmas and Halloween movies that exist.

These war movies are all fairly serious, but might be just what the doctor ordered following a heavy Thanksgiving meal.

Once the Thanksgiving Day feasting has ended, the holiday becomes one of the most popular times of the year for families to see a new movie in theaters. While not as busy as Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day has traditionally been a busy day for movie theaters.