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, Animated, Comedy, Family, G

Ponyo

When five-year-old Sosuke rescues a goldfish on the shore near his cliffside home, he names her Ponyo and cares for her as best he can. No sooner do the two… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Despicable Me 2

Former super-villain Gru has traded his life of crime for domestic life and fatherhood, trying his best to raise his three adopted daughters. But he’s thrust back into the world… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

Swallows and Amazons

It’s 1935, and the four Walker children are thrilled when their mother gives them permission to set out on a little adventure and sail their small boat to a tiny… Read More

Adventure, Drama, PG-13, Sports, True Story

Arthur the King

Due to strong language and some intense drama, this week’s film is more appropriate for older viewers. Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) is an experienced racer longing to finally win a… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Mr. Peabody is a genius dog, and inventor of a time machine called the WABAC (pronounced “way-back”), which he uses to give his adopted human son Sherman genuine historic experiences,… Read More

Adventure, Drama, PG

Wonderstruck

It’s 1977, and the young boy Ben knows nothing about his father. After his mother dies and an accident renders him deaf, he runs away from home in search of… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Home

When an alien race invades Earth, they relocate all the humans to make room for themselves. Excited to have a new home, one clumsy but well-meaning alien named Oh accidentally… Read More

Adventure, Drama, PG

Revolution

With America’s 250th Independence Day less than a week away, this week’s film takes us back to the war that made the celebration possible in the first place. In 1776,… Read More

Adventure, Drama, PG, True Story

Apollo 13

It’s April 1970 when three astronauts set out on NASA’s third lunar landing mission. But two days into the flight, an oxygen tank explodes, crippling the spacecraft and forcing the… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

Max

Justin is a rebellious teenager who resents his older brother Kyle for leaving home to join the military. When Kyle is killed during a mission, the family is devastated. Things… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

Two Brothers

In the jungles of 1920s Southeast Asia, two tiger cubs live peacefully among ancient temple ruins until treasure hunters arrive to loot sacred statues. In the chaos, their father is… Read More

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