Family Movie Nights

To help families spend time together and share common experiences, the Institute provides recommendations for Family Movie Night. Each week, a new movie recommendation and explanation is available for your consideration. Enjoy the show!

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Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

The Borrowers

Beneath the floorboards of a cozy home lives the Clock family, tiny people who survive by “borrowing” small items from the humans living above. While sneaking out one night, the… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Snowmen

Here’s a lesser-known film that flew under the radar. Although rated PG, the film deals with mortality quite a bit, and involves finding a dead body in its opening scene,… Read More

Christmas, Drama, Family, G

One Magic Christmas

Here’s one last holiday film for Christmastide. Ginny Grainger is struggling to find any joy in Christmas this year. Her husband is unemployed, she works long hours under an unforgiving… Read More

Christmas, Classic, Drama, Family, G, Musical

Scrooge

While Dickens’s tale of redemption needs little introduction, this classic 1970 musical adaptation wonderfully balances both the darkness and the joy of the story. Albert Finney stars as the miserly… Read More

Christmas, Drama, PG, True Story

Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage

When college art student Thomas Kinkade comes home for Christmas in 1977, he’s looking forward to a joyful holiday with his mother and brother. Instead, he discovers that his mother… Read More

Christmas, Drama, Family, G

Prancer

Eight-year-old Jessica still believes in Santa Claus, reasoning that if there’s no Santa, then maybe there’s no God, and if that’s the case, how could her late mother be in… Read More

Christmas, Classic, Comedy, Drama, Family, G, Musical, Romance

Meet Me in St. Louis

In 1903, the Smith family lives in St. Louis, where they eagerly await the 1904 World’s Fair planned for their hometown. Sisters Rose and Esther (Judy Garland) also dream about… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, PG

The Wild Robot

When a storm destroys a cargo ship, service robot “Roz” washes up on an uninhabited island and is accidentally activated by curious wildlife. Programmed to help anyone in need but… Read More

Comedy, Family, PG

A Simple Wish

Eight-year-old Annabel (Mara Wilson) wishes for her father, a horse carriage driver in Central Park, to land the leading role in a new Broadway musical. To her surprise, her fairy… Read More

Adventure, Classic, Drama, PG

The Bridge on the River Kwai

In 1943, a group of British prisoners of war led by the principled Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness) arrive at a Japanese prison camp where they are ordered to build a… Read More

Adventure, Musical, PG

The Magic Flute

This 2022 film offers a unique reimagining of a famous opera… Seventeen-year-old Tim Walker travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the prestigious Mozart International School, a legendary… Read More

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