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, Drama, PG, Romance

Summer Wars

In Japan, shy math genius Kenji takes an unexpected summer trip when his popular classmate Natsuki asks him to accompany her to her grandmother’s 90th birthday celebration in the countryside.… Read More

Comedy, Drama, Family, PG

Think Like a Dog

Middle schooler and science prodigy Oliver is upset when his mind-reading invention seems to fail during a science fair presentation. Trying to fix his invention later that night, he accidentally… Read More

Adventure, Drama, Family, PG, Thriller

City of Ember

Twelve-year old Lina Mayfleet lives in the underground city of Ember, which for the past two hundred years has been humanity’s last refuge, protecting them from an unnamed catastrophe that… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) is a quirky inventor whose latest creation is a shrinking machine that no one believes will work, not even his family. But when his teenage daughter,… Read More

Drama, PG-13, Romance, Thriller

The Giver

This week’s film is more appropriate for older viewers. In a seemingly ideal society that has managed to eradicate all human pain and suffering, the young Jonas is chosen by… Read More

Adventure, Comedy, Family, PG

Flight of the Navigator

When 12-year-old David trips in the woods and loses consciousness, he wakes up to find himself eight years in the future. He’s still 12 years old, but his parents are… 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

Adventure, Comedy, PG

Galaxy Quest

Actor Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen) enjoys minor fame for having starred as the captain on an old cheesy sci-fi TV show called Galaxy Quest (a clear parody of Star Trek).… Read More

Adventure, PG-13

Bumblebee

Don’t worry if you’re unfamiliar with the Transformers franchise; this week’s film is a standalone prequel, accessible to all. It’s 1987, and teenage Charlie is grieving her father’s death, while… 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

Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, G

WALL·E

Just in time for Earth Day, here’s a modern classic from Pixar. Hundreds of years in the future, mankind has turned the surface of the planet into a giant garbage… Read More

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