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, 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

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, PG

Porco Rosso

Set in 1929 over the beautiful Adriatic Sea, ace pilot Marco has been transformed by a mysterious curse into a pig-headed bounty hunter known as Porco Rosso. Working alone in… 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

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

Drama, Family, PG, True Story

Ruby Bridges

It’s 1960 in New Orleans and six-year-old Ruby Bridges is one of the brightest children in her racially segregated school. When the NAACP asks Ruby’s parents if they’d allow her… Read More

Drama, PG, True Story

I Can Only Imagine

Growing up, Bart Millard considers his abusive father (Dennis Quaid) to be a monster, but keeps the abuse a secret from his friends, instead seeking solace in music, eventually finding… Read More