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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The Man Who Knew Infinity
We chose a movie this week from our wish list – that place where we store movies we think we want to watch and then forget about. But no one… Read More
Percy Jackson
The first Percy Jackson movie (there are two) is one we come back to again and again. Since it was available for streaming for free the other night, we watched… Read More
The Mighty Macs
Even though our team (Notre Dame) came really, really close to winning the NCAA Women’s Championship, we opted for a basketball movie anyway.  The Mighty Macs is a true story… Read More
Instant Family
We have been wanting to watch this movie for some time. We never got around to going to the theater (since that requires saving up) and we have been waiting… Read More
Up
When you look at your own life, what do you see? This week’s feature is one of my favorites. If you can make it through the first 10 minutes without… Read More
Bridge to Terabithia
This week’s suggestion is one for the rental category. It’s a cute movie, though young children might find it pretty sad. Still, older kids (7-11) will find it exciting. I… Read More
We Bought A Zoo
This one is definitely not a movie to rent. Buy it. I promise your family will watch it again and again. Based on the true story of Benjamin Mee and… Read More
Shrek 2
It was back to the archives this weekend as no one could settle on a movie and the children are all in the musical, Shrek, at school.  So we used… Read More
Meet The Robinsons
Every once in a while, we choose a movie from ones we own already and Friday night was one of those nights. Nearly everyone agreed that Meet The Robinsons fit… Read More
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
For family movie night, we chose a documentary. It doesn’t happen often and usually includes whining from at least one of the children. In the end, however, we are all… Read More
Captain America: The First Avenger
When the family sat down to watch Captain America the first time, we did not know it would set us down the road leading through the Marvel Comic Universe. We… Read More