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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Comedy, Family, PG

Beetlejuice

Just in time for Halloween – a movie that makes the living seem like villains and the recently deceased the heroes. In case you were asleep during the late 1980s,… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, PG

Kubo and the Two Strings

Set in a magical feudal Japan, this fantasy adventure begins with a one-eyed 12-year-old named Kubo living with his ailing mother in a mountain cave. During the day, he travels… Read More

Adventure, Family, PG

The NeverEnding Story

This classic fantasy film from the 80s follows the bullied boy Bastion who begins reading a strange book about a warrior who battles the spread of “The Nothing” which is… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Hook

For this week’s movie, we enter a world of pirates, flying, and fairies. This week, we turn to Hook. This 1991 movie follows adult Peter Pan (that’s right, adult) as… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, PG

Finding Nemo

Today we dive deep. Deep into the ocean, that is, as we explore the Australian reef with Marlin and Dory. Today’s film is Finding Nemo, a Disney Pixar classic. When… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, PG, Romance

Enchanted

Have you ever dreamed of entering a new world? Of leaving your every day life behind and encountering something new? Well, that’s exactly what happens in this week’s movie when… Read More

Drama, Family, Musical, PG

Annie

This week’s film has two viewable options, one released in 1982 and one in 2014. It follows a young orphan girl and her dog as she navigates New York and… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Family, PG

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

This week we’re making our way back to the present from our recent plethora of throwback movies. It’s time for a modern superhero film. It’s time for Spider-Man: Into the… Read More

Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Lilo & Stitch

This week’s movie introduces us to the extraterrestrial… in the form of an adorable little blue alien named Stitch. That’s right, it’s time for another Disney movie – Lilo &… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG

Inside Out

We’re back to Pixar this week as we enjoy a movie about emotions, thoughts, and memories. That’s right, it’s time for Inside Out! Inside Out tackles the story of Riley,… Read More

Drama, Family, PG, Sports, True Story

Soul Surfer

Gather your tissues, this movie is an emotional one. Soul Surfer tells the true story of Bethany Hamilton, a surfer from Hawaii who, one day, is seriously injured due to… Read More

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