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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Christmas, Drama, Family, G

One Magic Christmas

Here’s one last holiday film for Christmastide. Ginny Grainger is struggling to find any joy in Christmas this year. Her husband is unemployed, she works long hours under an unforgiving… 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, Drama, Family, G

Prancer

Eight-year-old Jessica still believes in Santa Claus, reasoning that if there’s no Santa, then maybe there’s no God, and if that’s the case, how could her late mother be in… 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

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

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, G, Musical

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Fresh out of college, Kermit the Frog and his friends are convinced their musical revue “Manhattan Melodies” is destined for Broadway stardom. They optimistically head to New York City to… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, G

Babe

When a mild-mannered farmer wins a piglet at a country fair, the little pig finds himself living on a farm where he doesn’t quite fit in with the other animals.… 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

Adventure, Comedy, Family, G

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

When the Seaver family plans a camping trip to Canada, they decide to bring their beloved pets, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy, along for the adventure. But things go awry at… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, G

Valiant

In May 1944, as World War II rages across Europe, a small pigeon named Valiant dreams of serving his country in the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service. Despite his size,… Read More

Adventure, Classic, Family, G

My Side of the Mountain

Upset after his parents cancel a summer camping trip, and inspired by the writings of Henry David Thoreau, thirteen-year-old Sam decides to test his self-reliance by running away from home… Read More

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