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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, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG, Romance
Wish Dragon
In modern-day Shanghai, college student Din lives a modest life, dreaming of reuniting with his childhood best friend Li Na, who moved away years ago and now lives a glamorous… Read More
Animated, Comedy, Drama, PG-13
Robot Dreams
Despite its simple animated style, this week’s film is likely more appropriate for older viewers due its melancholy tone and emotional complexity. In 1980s New York City, a lonely dog… 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
Adventure, Animated, PG
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Young Michael isn’t enjoying his family’s new life on the sea, sailing the world. He’d rather be back home with his dog, whom he secretly stowed away onboard. He manages… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Drama, Family, PG
The Imaginary
Rudger is Amanda’s imaginary friend, sharing magical adventures with the creative young girl who brought him to life. Though invisible to most, Rudger is as real as can be to… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
In a world where animated characters and humans coexist, chipmunks Chip and Dale, once inseparable friends, have drifted apart decades after their hit show “Rescue Rangers” has ended. But when… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, G
The Emperor’s New Groove
The young and self-centered Emperor Kuzco (David Spade) enjoys a life of luxury, with grand plans to destroy a nearby village and build a lavish summer home. But his selfish… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, PG
Ernest & Celestine
Celestine is a young orphan mouse living underground, where she’s taught to fear the evil bears that live in the world above. One day, while out on an errand, she… Read More
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, PG
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
This week’s film is the zany sequel to the food-filled animated comedy we recommended two years ago, this time featuring sentient food creatures called “foodimals”. Picking up where the original… Read More
Comedy, PG
Big Bully
Here’s a little comedy from the mid-90s. As a child, David Leary is constantly tormented by the school bully nicknamed “Fang”. His lunches are stolen and his toys are broken.… 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
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