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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Classic, Comedy, Drama, Family, G

The Kid

This week’s film is the opposite of a recent release. Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length film is over a century old, and although it’s a silent film, it remains a charming… Read More

Adventure, Classic, Family, G, Musical

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Why not start the summer with a classic family musical? In early 20th century England, eccentric but unlucky inventor Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke) and his two children rescue an… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, G

The Emperor’s New Groove

The young and self-centered Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) enjoys a life of luxury, with grand plans to destroy a nearby village and build a lavish summer home. But his selfish… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Drama, Family, G

The Secret of NIMH

Mrs. Brisby, a field mouse, is a widowed mother living with her four children in a cinder block on a farm. When she learns that her home will soon be… Read More

Classic, Comedy, Family, G, Musical

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

As the US just experienced another solar eclipse, this week’s movie features perhaps the most famous use of an eclipse as a plot device. When mechanic Hank Martin (Bing Crosby)… Read More

Documentary, G, Religious

The House at the End of the World: The Carthusian Cloistered Monastery

Stat Crux dum volvitur orbis The Cross is steady while the world turns This week’s film is something a little different: a documentary about Carthusian monks in a South Korean… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, G, Musical

The Great Muppet Caper

Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppet gang invade England in this week’s film. Kermit and Fozzie play identical twin brothers trying to succeed as investigative reporters when… 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

Classic, Comedy, G, Musical, Romance

Singin’ in the Rain

Here’s a classic from the 50s that’s essential viewing for any movie lover. It’s the 1920s, and movies with sound are the new innovation. But silent film star Don Lockwood… 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

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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