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, 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, 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

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

Comedy, Family, PG

Batteries Not Included

An entire neighborhood has been demolished in New York City to make way for a massive skyscraper. Only one old apartment building remains because a handful of tenants refuse to… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

The Magician’s Elephant

Years after a devastating war, people have lost their belief in magic and hope. Young orphan Peter is being raised by a fatherly but war-hardened soldier who insists there’s no… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG, Sports, True Story

The Perfect Game

In 1957 Mexico, a group of poor boys discover a baseball in the dirt and take it as a sign to pursue their dream of playing organized baseball. With the… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Zootopia 2

Rabbit Judy Hopps and fox Nick Wilde return as mammalian police officers wrapped up in another mysterious case, this time involving reptiles and the founding of the city of Zootopia.… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, Family, G, Musical

A Goofy Movie

Here’s a classic from the 90s. Don’t let the title fool you; though the film features plenty of Goofy’s slapstick antics, it also offers a solid meaningful story… After Goofy’s… Read More

Animated, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Marcel is a tiny googly-eyed shell who lives in an Airbnb with his wise grandmother. Although he has his routines that keep him busy, he misses the rest of his… Read More

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