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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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based on a book
Adventure, Drama, Family, PG
Swallows and Amazons
It’s 1935, and the four Walker children are thrilled when their mother gives them permission to set out on a little adventure and sail their small boat to a tiny… Read More
Adventure, Drama, PG-13, Sports, True Story
Arthur the King
Due to strong language and some intense drama, this week’s film is more appropriate for older viewers. Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) is an experienced racer longing to finally win a… Read More
Drama, Family, PG, Sports
Field of Dreams
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is an Iowa farmer who, walking through his cornfields one evening, hears a mysterious voice whispering, “If you build it, he will come.” Despite the strangeness… Read More
Drama, Family, PG
Shiloh
When eleven year old Marty discovers a young runaway beagle that has clearly been mistreated by its owner, he quickly falls in love with the dog, whom he names Shiloh,… Read More
Adventure, Drama, PG
Wonderstruck
It’s 1977, and the young boy Ben knows nothing about his father. After his mother dies and an accident renders him deaf, he runs away from home in search of… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG
Home
When an alien race invades Earth, they relocate all the humans to make room for themselves. Excited to have a new home, one clumsy but well-meaning alien named Oh accidentally… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG
The Magician’s Elephant
Years after a devastating war, people have lost their belief in magic and hope. Young orphan Peter is being raised by a fatherly but war-hardened soldier who insists there’s no… Read More
Comedy, Drama, Family, PG, Sports, True Story
The Perfect Game
In 1957 Mexico, a group of poor boys discover a baseball in the dirt and take it as a sign to pursue their dream of playing organized baseball. With the… Read More
Adventure, Classic, Drama, G
Ben-Hur
This week’s film is a classic epic for the start of the Easter season. In first-century Jerusalem, wealthy Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) reunites with childhood friend Messala, now… Read More
Classic, Drama, Family, G, Romance
Where the Lilies Bloom
The Luther family live a meager life in the Appalachian Mountains. When their widowed father falls gravely ill, he makes his second-eldest daughter, Mary Call, promise to take care of… Read More
Adventure, Drama, Family, PG
The Spiderwick Chronicles
When twin brothers Jared and Simon move into a crumbling old estate following their parents’ divorce, Jared discovers a secret attic study belonging to the house’s previous owner and finds… Read More
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