Family Movie Nights

To help families spend time together and share common experiences, The Leadership 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, PG

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2

This week’s film is the zany sequel to the food-filled animated comedy we recommended two years ago, this time featuring sentient food creatures called “foodimals”. Picking up where the original… Read More

Animated, Drama, PG-13

Grave of the Fireflies

This week’s film is more appropriate for older viewers. It’s also one of the saddest films ever made, so be sure to have the Kleenex nearby. It’s 1945, and the… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Here’s a recently released animated film about the world’s most famous plumbers. The Mario brothers are having a tough time with their new plumbing business. While trying to fix a… Read More

Animated, Family, G

Kiki’s Delivery Service

This week’s film is a classic from Studio Ghibli. As part of her training, the young witch Kiki and her talking cat fly off to a new town where she… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Drama, Family, G, Musical

Anastasia

This week’s film is a popular animated adventure from the 90s. Orphaned as a child, the young adult Anya remembers very little of her early childhood, and wants to find… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, G

WALL·E

Just in time for Earth Day, here’s a modern classic from Pixar. Hundreds of years in the future, mankind has turned the surface of the planet into a giant garbage… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

In this spin-off from the Shrek series, Puss in Boots decides to retire from his adventures. He’s down to the last of his nine lives, and fears a super-skilled bounty-hunting… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, G

Luck

Sam Greenfield is plagued by bad luck wherever she goes. She’s constantly dropping stuff, getting stuck, and losing things. Even her toaster refuses to work right. But when she picks… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

The Bad Guys

When Mr. Wolf and his gang of thieves get caught trying to steal a valuable award, everyone expects they’ll be spending a lot of time in jail. But the quick-thinking… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, G, Musical

An American Tail

This week’s film is an animated classic from the mid-80’s. After their home in Russia is destroyed, the seven-year-old mouse Fievel and his family board a ship bound for New… Read More

Animated, Christmas, Comedy, Family, PG

The Grinch

With Advent officially here, this week’s film is a recent adaptation of a Dr. Suess holiday classic. You’re no doubt already familiar with the premise. The Grinch, living alone on… Read More

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