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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Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Paddington

When a young orphaned talking bear from Peru arrives at Paddington Station, London in search of a new home, the Brown family offers him a place to stay, naming him… Read More

Drama, PG-13

The Book Thief

This week’s film is a war time drama that’s more appropriate for older viewers. It’s 1938 in Germany when young Liesel is forced to move in with new foster parents.… Read More

PG, Thriller

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Young Will Halloway and his best friend are very intrigued when a mysterious carnival comes to their otherwise unexciting small town. They enjoy exploring the carnival’s many attractions, but it… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Stuart Little

George Little is excited when his parents set out to adopt a brother to join the family, but he’s not too happy when they come home with… a talking mouse.… 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

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Tom and Huck

Tom Sawyer enjoys skipping school and sneaking out late at night, especially with his friend Huck Finn. One night, the two boys witness a murder, and, fearing for their own… Read More

Drama, Family, PG, True Story

Dog Gone

Fresh out of college and not yet sure what to do with his life, Fielding Marshall finds the perfect companion in his new dog Gonker. But when Gonker gets lost… Read More

Drama, PG-13

A Bag of Marbles

Joseph is a young boy living in occupied France in the early 1940s. He’s not sure why he’s supposed to wear a yellow star on his jacket. His world is… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Harriet the Spy

11-year-old Harriet is obsessed with spying on her neighbors and writing down everything she learns, aspiring to observe and learn everything she can. When she’s not writing, she’s hanging out… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Hoot

Teenager Roy doesn’t know anyone in town after he and his family move to Florida. But he soon becomes curious about another local boy he sees running around barefoot, wondering… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Holes

When teenager Stanley is wrongly accused of stealing, perhaps due to bad luck from an old family curse, he’s sent to a juvenile work camp. It’s a strange camp, where… Read More

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