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, Musical, PG

The Magic Flute

This 2022 film offers a unique reimagining of a famous opera… Seventeen-year-old Tim Walker travels from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the prestigious Mozart International School, a legendary… 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, Animated, Family, PG

The Black Cauldron

Here’s an often overlooked dark fantasy from Disney, featuring a spooky tone appropriate for the Halloween season… In the mythical land of Prydain, young Taran dreams of becoming a great… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Hotel Transylvania 2

Several years after the events of the first film, Dracula’s daughter and her human husband are happily married with an adorable son named Dennis. As Dennis approaches his fifth birthday… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, PG

Inside Out 2

Two years after moving to San Francisco, thirteen-year-old Riley is entering high school, and her familiar emotions we met in the first film (Joy, Fear, Anger, Sadness, and Disgust) have… 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

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

Blueback

Growing up in a seaside town in Australia, young Abby loves diving and exploring the underwater world, and one day befriends a magnificent wild groper she names Blueback. Living with… 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

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, PG

Porco Rosso

Set in 1929 over the beautiful Adriatic Sea, ace pilot Marco has been transformed by a mysterious curse into a pig-headed bounty hunter known as Porco Rosso. Working alone in… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

The Legend of Ochi

In a remote village, young Yuri is raised by her father to fear the mysterious forest creatures known as the Ochi, reclusive primate-like beings that the villagers hunt. When Yuri… 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

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