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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Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Snowmen

Here’s a lesser-known film that flew under the radar. Although rated PG, the film deals with mortality quite a bit, and involves finding a dead body in its opening scene,… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, PG

Inside Out 2

Two years after moving to San Francisco, thirteen-year-old Riley is entering high school, and her familiar emotions we met in the first film (Joy, Fear, Anger, Sadness, and Disgust) have… 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

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG, Sports

The Sandlot

“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong.” With the 4th of July just around the corner, here’s a 90s classic featuring… Read More

Drama, PG, Sports, True Story

McFarland, USA

In 1987, high school football coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) moves his reluctant family to the predominantly Latino farming community of McFarland, California after being fired from his previous position.… Read More

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

The Little Prince

A highly structured little girl finds her life turned upside down when she meets her eccentric elderly neighbor, a retired Aviator who shares with her the story of his encounter… Read More

Classic, Drama, Family, G

Sounder

In rural Louisiana during the Great Depression, David Lee Morgan is the oldest son of a family of poor sharecroppers. His father, desperate to feed his hungry children, steals food… Read More

Drama, PG-13, Sports, True Story

The Boys in the Boat

It’s 1936. When college student Joe Rantz has trouble finding the money for his tuition fees, he tries out for the school’s rowing team purely out of necessity, as securing… Read More

Adventure, PG-13

Ender’s Game

“The way we win matters.” In the wake of an alien attack that nearly destroyed the human race, the International Fleet is training the next generation of soldiers, starting from… Read More

Animated, Family, G

Kiki’s Delivery Service

This week’s film is a classic from Studio Ghibli. As part of her training, the young witch Kiki and her talking cat fly off to a new town where she… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG

Crater

It’s hundreds of years in the future, and Caleb and his friends live on the moon, their parents working as miners. When Caleb’s father dies, his will stipulates that Caleb… Read More

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