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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
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
Adventure, Drama, PG, True Story
Rabbit-Proof Fence
In contrast to the last couple weeks, this week’s film tells a more somber tale. In 1931 Australia, three young Aboriginal girls are forcibly removed from their families and taken… Read More
Adventure, Drama, PG, True Story
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
In the summer of 1939, twelve-year-old Donn Fendler and his father and brothers embark on what should be a simple day hike up Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine.… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG
My Father’s Dragon
When their small town candy shop business fails, young Elmer and his mother are forced to move to a new city. To make things worse, their relationship grows tense as… Read More
Adventure, Drama, Family, PG, Sports, True Story
True Spirit
“It’s when things go wrong that your true character is revealed.” Sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson has always dreamed of sailing around the world solo, inspired by the memoir of another young… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Family, Musical, PG
James and the Giant Peach
This week’s film is a classic adventure from the 90s. Young James Henry Trotter lives happily with his loving parents until tragedy strikes when they’re killed by a mysterious rhinoceros.… 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
Adventure, Family, PG
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
With Easter on the horizon, how about a return to Narnia? One year after their first adventure in Narnia, the four Pevensie siblings find themselves unexpectedly transported back to the… Read More
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