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, Christmas, Comedy, Family, PG

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

In this sequel to the Christmas classic Home Alone, the young Kevin McCallister once more finds himself separated from his family when he accidentally gets on the wrong plane at… Read More

Adventure, Christmas, Comedy, Family, G

The Polar Express

“Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.” With the beginning of Advent, here’s a film that may easily put a family in the… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Paddington

When a young orphaned talking bear from Peru arrives at Paddington Station, London in search of a new home, the Brown family offers him a place to stay, naming him… Read More

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

Drama, Family, PG, Religious, True Story

Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

“The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.” For All Saints’ Day, here’s a movie about Saint Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower. While undergoing several hardships as… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Stuart Little

George Little is excited when his parents set out to adopt a brother to join the family, but he’s not too happy when they come home with… a talking mouse.… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, G

Candleshoe

Teenager Casey is a foster child, a loner, and a bit of a delinquent, enjoying causing trouble in the city streets of LA. She’s given the chance to make a… 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

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Tom and Huck

Tom Sawyer enjoys skipping school and sneaking out late at night, especially with his friend Huck Finn. One night, the two boys witness a murder, and, fearing for their own… Read More

Adventure, Family, PG

Shipwrecked

When his injured father is no longer able to sail, 14-year-old Haakon sets sail himself as a cabin boy, hoping to earn enough money to save the family farm. He… 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

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