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, Drama, Family, PG, True Story

Eight Below

Jerry Shepard is an Antarctic sled dog handler who knows his eight dogs better than anyone. When a visiting geologist needs to reach a remote research site, Jerry reluctantly agrees… 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

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

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

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Beethoven

Here’s another 90s classic. The Newton family’s quiet suburban life is turned upside down when they accidentally become the owners of a lost St. Bernard puppy who quickly grows into… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG, True Story

Andre

In the coastal town of Rockport, Maine in 1962, seven-year-old Toni Whitney and her family find themselves caring for an orphaned seal pup after local fishermen accidentally kill its mother.… 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

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

Belle and Sebastian

This week’s film is French, but is dubbed on most streaming platforms. In the French Alps during World War II, a resourceful seven-year-old orphan named Sebastian lives with his adoptive… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Think Like a Dog

Middle schooler and science prodigy Oliver is upset when his mind-reading invention seems to fail during a science fair presentation. Trying to fix his invention later that night, he accidentally… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Because of Winn-Dixie

Ten-year-old Opal has just moved to a small Florida town with her father. Lonely and missing her mother who abandoned them years earlier, Opal’s life changes when she adopts a… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

White Fang

In the midst of the Alaskan gold rush, young Jack Conroy (Ethan Hawke) arrives in the Yukon Territory to claim his late father’s mining plot. Inexperienced in the harsh realities… Read More

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