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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Classic, Drama, PG, True Story

The Miracle Worker

After a severe illness at the age of one leaves her both blind and deaf, Helen Keller grows up unable to communicate and is easily frustrated. Having become a wild… Read More

Classic, Comedy, Drama, PG

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

When the idealistic but naive Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) is appointed to fill a vacant seat in the United States Senate, the political bosses who chose him expect he’ll be… Read More

Animated, Classic, Family, G, Musical, Romance

Sleeping Beauty

This week’s film is a Disney classic, bringing to life a timeless fairy tale that’s essential viewing for any Disney fan… Once upon a time, a king and queen celebrate… Read More

Adventure, Classic, Drama, G

Ben-Hur

This week’s film is a classic epic for the start of the Easter season. In first-century Jerusalem, wealthy Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) reunites with childhood friend Messala, now… Read More

Classic, Drama, Family, G, Romance

Where the Lilies Bloom

The Luther family live a meager life in the Appalachian Mountains. When their widowed father falls gravely ill, he makes his second-eldest daughter, Mary Call, promise to take care of… 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, 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, 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

Classic, Drama, G, Religious, True Story

The Song of Bernadette

With All Saints’ Day approaching, this week’s film looks at the life of Saint Bernadette (1844-1879). In 1858, fourteen-year-old Bernadette lives in poverty with her family in France. One day… Read More

Classic, Drama, PG, Romance, Sports, True Story

The Pride of the Yankees

This week’s film is a classic from the 40s that celebrates the life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou grows up in New York City as the son of hardworking… Read More

Classic, Comedy, Drama, G, Romance

Modern Times

During the Great Depression, Charlie Chaplin’s iconic Tramp character finds himself working on a factory assembly line, where the relentless pace of the machinery drives him to a nervous breakdown.… Read More

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