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Rated G Movies with Lesson Extensions for Teachers

Movie Day in school is a rare, but special occurrence for students. This day is typically around a holiday, or a reward day after state testing or big event.

But what looks so simple to outsiders ( I mean, it’s showing a movie… how difficult can it really be to plan, right?! ), is actually one of the hardest lesson plans to write.

What many non-teachers don’t know is that we have to ask for approval to watch a movie with our students. And it can’t be just ANY movie. Oh, no… it has to be rated G ( which I can totally get down on #iaintmad ) and it has to be linked to a bigger lesson.

Yes, for real. There has to be an underlying lesson and reasoning as to why you have chosen the movie you’d like to watch. And you have to prove it to administration by writing a lesson plan for it, submitting it 10 days in advance, and crossing your fingers you get the okay.

Sure, you can totally watch the same exact movie year-after-year and use the same lesson plan for that movie too.

But that isn’t me. I can only watch Frozen so many times before Elsa’s heart needs to freeze ( or is it Anna’s heart?! ). And don’t get me started on how many times I’ve seen Shrek.

I love Rated G (cough *Disney* cough) movies just as much as the next person, but I like a little variety in my life too. And if I’m bored, chances are my students are bored too.

This curated list of 25 Rated G movies contains – spoiler alert – G rated movies that you can watch in your classroom, as well as lesson extensions and ideas that you can use to help you plan for Movie Day.

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1. Monster’s Inc and Monster’s University

2. Homeward Bound

3. Cars / Cars 2 / Cars 3

4. The Polar Express

5. The Land Before Time

6. The Lion King

9. Ratatouille

10. All Dogs Go to Heaven

11. Snow White

14. Finding Nemo / Finding Dory

16. Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3

17. Tangled

18. The Hunchback of Notre Dam

19. The Secret Garden

20. The Sound of Music

21. The Princess and the Frog

22. Meet the Robinsons

23. Lady and the Tramp

24. The Little Mermaid

25. Black Beauty

What Rated G Movies would you add to this list and why?

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15 STEM Movies For Kids & Teens That Educate, Inspire & Entertain

Stories on the big screen can be incredibly powerful. Especially when exploring real events or the lives of game-changing historical figures, movies have a unique ability to captivate audiences around the world. 

And the people, inventions, and events that created modern, 21st century life are often told through STEM stories!

From the pioneering NASA mathematicians of Hidden Figures to footage of marine life deep under the sea, films and documentaries are a great way to spark an interest in STEM . Plus, visual learners will love seeing science, engineering, math, and technology come to life before their eyes!

Goodbye rote memorization, hello activation of kids’ intellectual curiosity!

When correctly used, STEM movies, like say an educational YouTube channel , can both educate kids and inspire them to keep learning. These 15 films make for excellent classroom and family discussions, activities for a rainy day, and starting points for more in-depth investigations of fascinating STEM topics.

A guide to the best educational STEM movies

A note before pursuing this list: not all of these titles are appropriate for all audiences. Some of these movies contain mature content that teachers and parents may want to avoid. 

Common Sense Media is an excellent resource for vetting age-appropriate content, and of course watching the movie yourself first isn’t a bad idea either! When I used film in my classroom, I also found it helpful to prepare students with a little historical context and other background information to make sure kids were ready to watch. 

With that said, let’s take a closeup of STEM movies that can make a reel impact on young elementary, middle, and high school minds! (You can also read more about science movies for middle school students , specifically.)

Spaceship Earth

Rating: Not rated 

In this fascinating true story, a group of scientists recreate Earth’s biosphere . They spend a year living in the dome they engineered, and this film tells the story of what they discovered along the way.  

Hidden Figures

This powerful film is based on the lives of Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan , the trailblazing mathematicians who brought astronauts to the moon. Once you’ve watched, these extension activities offer insightful further reading and learning opportunities, plus more about Black STEM innovators .

Born in China

Born in China , a legendary nature film from Disney, shows viewers the lives of three animal families and their habitats. It would make an excellent introduction to biology, nature conservancy, and other topics in the natural world. 

The Martian

Rating: PG-13

Science fact and science fiction collide in The Martian . This film follows an astronaut stranded on Mars and his struggle for survival. The Martian is also an excellent novel and would make for a wonderful interdisciplinary project for high school students!

Our Secret Universe

This documentary brings the cell, the building block of life on Earth, to - well - life! Our Secret Universe is great for classrooms and edutainment at home alike, and is a refreshing take on what can sometimes be a dry subject, told in the format of a compelling story. 

October Sky

A true classic! October Sky is based on the true story of aspiring rocket engineers in a small West Virginia town. It would be the perfect prelude to an exploration of rocketry, physics, or aerospace engineering. 

Fed Up explores the science of nutrition and America’s food industry as a whole. This documentary offers insight into what we eat, plus plenty to chew on in terms of the policies and industries that shape Americans’ overall health. 

The Mars Generation

Space exploration can seem like a (literally) far-off dream for kids, right? But in The Mars Generatio n , young viewers can be inspired by actual young people who get to explore NASA. This film features beloved voices like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye, and it’s sure to get kids excited about the mysteries of our galaxy!

Radioactive

Radioactive is a biopic film about Marie Curie and her Nobel-Prize winning research and discoveries in physics and chemistry. The film follows events in Curie’s life as well as the groundbreaking work she is renowned for to this day.

My Octopus Teacher

This documentary swept multiple awards categories after it was released, and it’s easy to see why. My Octopus Teacher offers an unprecedented glimpse into the reclusive lives of this amazing animal. If your child expressed an interest in marine biology, this is a must-watch!

A Brief History of Time 

Ever wonder about the man behind the legendary genius? A Brief History of Time takes a deep dive into the life and mind of Stephen Hawking, a man who forever changed our conceptions of physics and the vast universe around us. 

The Social Dilemma

A thought-provoking film about the role of social media and other technology in modern life, The Social Dilemma is as relevant as it is poignant. This documentary tackles tough topics and is a fascinating insight into some of today’s most widely used tech. 

Known as “the original space movie,”  Apollo 13 retells the amazing true story of a NASA mission gone wrong. The film has been lauded by audiences and experts alike for its accuracy and high-quality storytelling and cinematography, plus it's one of Tom Hanks’ best performances. 

The Imitation Game

This Oscar-winning film tells the story of Alan Turing, widely regarded as “the father of the computer."  The Imitation Game captures not only Turing’s groundbreaking discoveries, but also portrays the adversity he faced as a gay man. This powerful film is both educational and eye-opening. 

Mercury 13 is an honest depiction of gender-based discrimination within NASA in the 1960s. The documentary depicts the true story of female pilots who, despite undergoing extensive training for space exploration, are passed over in favor of male astronauts. 

Interstellar 

Though a work of science fiction,  Interstellar still provides excellent food for thought. From black holes to wormholes and more secrets of the universe, this award-winning film offers a launchpad for viewers to discuss the future of space travel.

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• the sole purpose of collecting the name or online contact information of a parent or child is to provide notice and obtain parental consent;
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If we receive the verifiable consent of a child's parent or guardian to collect, use, and/or disclose the child's information, we will only collect, use, and disclose the information as described in this privacy statement. Some features of our iD Sites & Services permit a child user to enter comments, such as forums and chat rooms, through which the child could provide personal information that would be visible to other users. If you are the parent or guardian of a child user, please advise your child of the risks of posting personal information on this iD Sites & Services or any other site. VII.           Parental/Guardian Rights If you are a parent or guardian, you can review or have deleted your child's personal information, and refuse to permit further collection or use of your child's information. To exercise any of these rights, please email us at  [email protected] or send your request to:

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If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), iD Tech’s legal basis for collecting and using your personal information as described in this policy depends on the personal Data we collect and the context in which we collect it.  ID Tech may process your personal data:

• To provide the services which you requested or purchased;
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You have certain data protection rights. iD Tech aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at  [email protected] .

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update, or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
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Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

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You may also send an email or letter to the following email or call the number provided to ask for a copy, correction, or ask us to delete your personal Information. Please include your registration information for such services, such as first name, last name, phone, and email address in the request. We may ask you to provide additional information for identity verification purposes or to verify that you are in possession of an applicable email account. Email: [email protected] Phone: 1-888-709-8324 XV. How To Contact Us/Opting Out Of Electronic Communications If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or if you have provided your email and/or address and prefer not to receive marketing information, please contact us via email or call at the number provided below.  Make sure you provide your name as well as the email(s) and address(es) you wish to have removed. 

If you have signed up to receive text messages from us and no longer wish to receive such messages, you may call or email us at the address provided below. Please provide your name, account email, and the number(s) you want removed. Email: [email protected] Phone: 1-888-709-8324 XVI.         Terms And Conditions Your use of our iD Sites & Services and any information you provide on our iD Sites & Services are subject to the terms of the internalDrive, Inc. (referred to as “iD Tech”) Terms and Conditions. XVII.         Privacy Statement Changes We will occasionally amend this privacy statement. We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this statement at any time. If we materially change our use of your personal information, we will announce such a change on relevant iD Sites & Services and will also note it in this privacy statement. The effective date of this privacy statement is documented at the beginning of the statement. If you have any questions about our privacy statement, please contact us in writing at [email protected] or by mail at PO Box 111720, Campbell, CA 95011. XVIII.          Your Credit Card Information And Transactions For your convenience, you may have us bill you or you can pay for your orders by credit card. If you choose to pay by credit card, we will keep your credit card information on file, but we do not display that information at the online registration site. For your security, your credit card security number is not stored in our system.

We use state-of-the-art Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to safeguard and protect your personal information and transactions over the Internet. Your information, including your credit card information, is encrypted and cannot be read as it travels over the Internet. XIX.         Social Networking Disclaimer iD Tech provides several opportunities for social networking for both participants and staff on sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube. These sites are not affiliated with iD Tech and offer their own individual social networking services. Please read the following Terms and Conditions carefully, as well as the Terms and Conditions of the sites in which iD Tech has created a forum ("Group"). These Terms and Conditions are a legal agreement between you and iD Tech and apply to you whether you are a visitor to these sites or any site with an official iD Tech affiliation. iD Tech is a member of several pre-existing sites (as mentioned above). There may be, however, portions of  www.iDTech.com  that include areas where participants can post submissions. Any of the above-mentioned "Sites" (or other similar sites) have their own distinct rules and regulations. iD Tech reserves the right to take action to remove any content deemed inappropriate by the sites or by iD Tech standards. iD Tech will not be held liable for any loss of content or disagreements that may arise between the individual social networking site and the user. You understand that by registering for an iD Tech program, your participant(s) may access and upload content to social networking sites. In order to access certain features of the social networking sites or pages on iDTech.com, and to post Member Submissions, the majority of these sites require that the user open an account with them. Please note that these sites have their own individual Terms and Conditions that must be followed. Age requirements are outlined within each Site's Terms and Conditions. You hereby authorize your participant to access social networking sites while at camp and create an account if they choose to do so and if they meet the requirements listed by each site to create an account. Interaction with other users:

• iD Tech is merely providing a medium in which to socialize online with fellow participants. Users are solely responsible for interactions (including any disputes) with other Members and any volunteers that may advise and assist participants with projects and activities via your use of the iD Site & Services.
• You understand that iD Tech does not in any way screen Members or review or police: (i) statements made by Members in their Member Submissions or the Member Submissions in general; or (ii) statements made by Users or any information a User may provide via the iD Site & Services.
• You understand that your participant(s) is solely responsible for, and will exercise caution, discretion, common sense, and judgment in using the various iD Sites & Services and disclosing personal information to other Members or Users. 
• On behalf of your participant(s), you agree that they will take reasonable precautions in all interactions with other Members, particularly if they decide to meet a Member offline or in person.
• Your participant's use of the social networking sites with which iD Tech is affiliated, their services, and/or Content and Member Submissions, is at your sole risk and discretion and iD Tech hereby disclaims any and all liability to you or any third party relating thereto.
• On behalf of your participant(s), you agree that they will not harass, threaten, intimidate, bully, stalk, or invade the privacy of any individual in connection with your use of the social networking sites with which iD Tech is affiliated and their services, whether or not an individual is an iD Tech Member; and you further agree not to advocate such activities or to encourage others to engage in any such activities.
• On behalf of your participant(s), you agree they will not give their social networking information to an iD Tech staff member.
• You and your participant(s) should also be aware that under no circumstances are iD Tech employees allowed to give personal contact information for social networking sites. This must be arranged by the participant's parent/guardian through the People Services Department.

XX.        Copyright & Intellectual Property Policy: You agree that you and your participant will not use the social networking sites to offer, display, distribute, transmit, route, provide connections to, or store any material that infringes copyrighted works, trademarks, or service marks or otherwise violates or promotes the violation of the intellectual property rights of any third party. internalDrive, Inc. has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe or are believed to be or are charged with repeatedly infringing the intellectual property or proprietary rights of others. XXI.       Disclaimer:   BY USING THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES OR SUBMITTING A MEMBER SUBMISSION, YOU AGREE THAT INTERNALDRIVE, INC. IS NOT RESPONSIBLE, AND WILL IN NO EVENT BE HELD LIABLE, FOR ANY: (A) LOST, ILLEGIBLE, MISDIRECTED, DAMAGED, OR INCOMPLETE MEMBER SUBMISSIONS; (B) COMPUTER OR NETWORK MALFUNCTION OR ERROR; (C) COMMUNICATION DISRUPTION OR OTHER DISRUPTIONS RELATED TO INTERNET TRAFFIC, A VIRUS, BUG, WORM, OR NON-AUTHORIZED INTERVENTION; OR (D) DAMAGE CAUSED BY A COMPUTER VIRUS OR OTHERWISE FROM YOUR ACCESS TO THE SITE OR SERVICES. THE SITE, SERVICES, INTERNALDRIVE, INC., CONTENT, AND MEMBER SUBMISSIONS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. INTERNALDRIVE, INC. AND ITS SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SITE, SERVICES, INTERNALDRIVE, INC., CONTENT AND MEMBER SUBMISSIONS, WHETHER THE PROVISION OF SERVICES OR YOUR SUBMISSION OF A MEMBER SUBMISSION WILL PRODUCE ANY LEVEL OF PROFIT OR BUSINESS FOR YOU OR LEAD TO ECONOMIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF QUALITY, AVAILABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN ADDITION, INTERNALDRIVE, INC. MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT THE SITE OR SERVICES WILL BE ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. XXII.         Indemnification:   You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold iD Tech, its officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with: (i) your access to or use of social networking sites, their services, iD Tech Content and Member Submissions; (ii) your violation of these Terms of Use; (iii) your violation of any third-party right, including, without limitation, any intellectual property right, publicity, confidentiality, property, or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that one of your Member Submissions caused damage to a third party or infringed or violated any third-party intellectual property right, publicity, confidentiality, property, or privacy right.

iD Tech Terms & Conditions

Id tech general terms & conditions publish date: october 26, 2023.

These Terms and Conditions apply to all pages found at www.idtech.com  and all Programs operated by internalDrive, Inc. (referred to as "iD Tech") including but not limited to iD Tech In-Person programs and iD Tech Online Programs. These terms apply to all lessons, classes, courses, and options offered by iD Tech (hereinafter referred to individually as “Program” or collectively “Programs”).

Privacy Policy: By using iD Tech’s website, registering you or your student for a Program, and/or affirmatively giving your agreement, you are agreeing on your own behalf and that of your student to abide and be bound by the Privacy Policy found HERE and the Terms and Conditions contained and referenced herein.

Online Programs: If you are purchasing, or you or your student is participating in an Online Program you also agree on your own behalf and on behalf of your student, to be bound by the additional terms and conditions found HERE .

On-Campus Programs: If you are purchasing, or you or your student is participating in, an On-Campus Program, you also agree on your own behalf and on behalf of your student to be bound by the additional terms and conditions found HERE .

I. Code of Conduct

To promote the best learning environment possible, all students and parents will be held to this Code of Conduct. Failure to comply with this Code of Conduct or engaging in actions or attitudes that seem to be harmful to the atmosphere, other participants, or staff, in the opinion of iD Tech can lead to removal from a Program or Program(s). iD Tech reserves the right to dismiss students from a Program and prevent a student from attending additional Programs without any prior warning for (1) violating any of the terms of this code of conduct, or (2) if iD Tech determines that a Program is not a suitable and/or productive environment for a student (this includes incidents in which a student does not have sufficient English language skills to participate in the Program; participation in courses requires a high level of English understanding). Refunds will not be given for students dismissed for failure of the student or the parent to abide by the Code of Conduct, or if it is determined that a Program is not suitable for a student. While iD Tech strives to maintain excellent relationships with students, in some rare cases, we may determine that iD Tech is not a compatible environment for every student.

Students and parents/guardians may NEVER:

• Disrupt, bully, intimidate, or harass others;
• Use inappropriate language (for example, students cannot use of swear or curse words, racial, gendered, homophobic/transphobic, stereotypical, or culturally insensitive words, even if done in a joking manner);
• View, display or post any inappropriate material (including sexual content, material depicting inappropriate violence, racism, bullying, etc.) during a Program;
• Share Program information (including lesson plans, etc.) with third-parties, without permission from iD Tech;
• Impersonate another person; or
• Contact instructors outside of the Program.

Students also may NEVER:

• Engage in Internet hacking;
• Create an account on or log into third-party websites without the permission of their instructor;
• Use false information to create an account on or log into third-party websites;
• Share personal information with staff members or ask staff members for their personal information;
• Share or create video or audio recordings of iD Tech staff or another student without the permission of iD Tech.

Students and parents/guardians MUST:

• Follow directions/instructions of iD Tech personnel;
• If online, ensure the student attends the Program in an appropriate, private setting;
• Dress appropriately during the Program;
• Adhere to the terms of use of any sites used, including following the specified age policies; and
• Only share material that is related to lessons and appropriate.

II. Age Policy

iD Tech offers Programs for students ages 7-19. Therefore, students may interact and/or room with a student that is within this age range including 18 or 19 years old. Please note the age range of the Program being registered for.

If a student is 18 or 19 years old and participating in an On-Campus Program, they must successfully pass a criminal and sexual offender background check prior to being allowed to attend. Clients are responsible for all costs and fees associated with any background checks required for a student to attend.

III. Special Accommodations

If a student requires an accommodation to participate, or needs an aid to attend in an iD Tech Program, a parent/guardian must call iD Tech at 1-888-709-8324, no less than three weeks prior to your student’s first day of the Program to make needed arrangements.

If a student requires an aide to participate in an iD Tech Program, the aide must be age 18 or older, may not be a family member, and if it is an On -Campus Program, the aide must successfully pass a criminal and sexual offender background check prior ro being allowed to attend with the student. Aides may also be subject to fingerprinting. Clients are responsible for all direct costs, including background check processing fees, parking, and compensation for the aide’s attendance.

IV. Payment Policy

• Unless otherwise noted, all financial transactions are made and quoted in U.S. Dollars.
• All Payment Plan Fees, fees paid for Online Programs, and the $250 per week deposit for On-Campus Programs are non-refundable and non-transferrable.
• Other than if iD Tech needs to cancel a class, there are no refunds, credits or replacement days for classes missed. If iD Tech needs to cancel a class, iD Tech will either provide you a pro rata credit or reschedule the canceled class(es).
• If iD Tech cancels an entire Program for any reason, the fees paid for the Program will be refunded, less the non-refundable fees, as set out above. Non-refundable fees (other than the Payment Plan Fee, if any) will remain in your account as a fully transferable credit that is valid for three (3) years.
• iD Tech has the right to charge a $25 late fee on any payments not paid by the due date. For balances that are over 30 (thirty) days past due, iD Tech has the right to charge a 1% monthly finance charge and send the balance to a collection agency for collection (collection agency and legal fees may apply).
• All fees (registration, administrative, late, etc.) must be paid prior to the start of a Program, unless a payment plan has been agreed to. Students will be withdrawn from a Program if the Program has not been paid in full prior to the start of the Program, or if at any time a payment is not paid by the due date. No refunds, credits, or make-up classes will be provided if a session is missed due to a delinquent payment.
• By agreeing to a subscription or payment plan, you are authorizing iD Tech to auto charge the credit card on file as agreed at the time of purchase and as set out in My Account.
• A $35 returned check fee will be assessed for any checks returned or card transactions that are not honored.

V. Reservation Changes

To provide outstanding Programs, we may have to limit your ability to make changes (such as registering for a different course or changing attendance dates) and/or cancel a Program. Please reference the Terms and Conditions for specific Programs (linked above) for the rules and restrictions for changes and cancellations for that Program.

VI. Promotions and Discounts

Promotional discounts are limited to one discount per student. There may be other limitations as to how they apply, and codes must be submitted at the time of registration. iD Tech will not honor retroactive adjustments, and the total discounts received cannot exceed the total cost of the products purchased.

The Refer-a-Friend Program is a voluntary Program that applies to Small Group Classes and In-Person Programs.

• Each Referral Code can be used a maximum of 10 times. The code can only be used by students attending iD Tech for the first time (may be limited to certain Programs) and must be applied at the time of registration.
• A tuition credit will be given for each new student that registers for an In-Person Program or Small Group Class using a referral code and attends the course for which they registered.
• The Refer-a-Friend Program does not apply to siblings.
• Students may not refer each other to both qualify for the Refer-a-Friend Discount.
• Tuition credit will be applied after the referred client registers, pays in full and attends the Program. If the referred friend cancels his/her Program, the credit will be removed, and you will be responsible for any account balance that is created as a result of the lost credit.
• All tuition credits must be used in the Program term in which they are earned, can be used to offset Program tuition and other fees incurred, but do not entitle you to any form of payment.
• Tuition credits have no cash value.

VII. Certificates/Vouchers

All certificates/vouchers are non-refundable, non-transferable, and not redeemable for cash. Certificates/vouchers must be redeemed at the time of registration. Certificates/vouchers are valid until the specified expiration date, without exception. They are valid for up to the amount issued, and any amounts not used are forfeited.

VIII. General Releases

• Media Release: As a condition of participation, you authorize iD Tech and its partners to take photos, videos, images, audio, and testimonials of and/or from you and your student and agree that said content may be used by iD Tech in promotional materials, marketing collateral, and online media. These images, testimonials, photos, videos, and audio may be shared and used by corporate partners, the media, or other organizations that work with iD Tech. You also agree that all projects and work created by your student during an iD Tech Program may be used by iD Tech in promotional materials, online, and other print media, and may be shared and used by corporate partners, the media, or other organizations that work with iD Tech. You understand that iD Tech, its owners, agents, partners, facility providers, and employees will not be held liable for damages and injuries associated with use of any content released herein, including any and all claims based on negligence. You agree that all images, testimonials, photos, video, and audio taken at or in connection with an iD Tech Program are the sole and exclusive property of iD Tech, and that iD Tech has a royalty-free, perpetual license to use copies of all student work and projects created at an iD Tech Program.
• Name and Likeness Release: As a condition of participation, you authorize iD Tech and the press to use your student's full name and likeness in print, radio, TV, and other mediums.
• Project/Hardware Release: Some iD Tech Programs are project-based. In such instances, iD Tech will attempt to provide your student with the knowledge to produce a working project. Some iD Tech Programs include take home hardware. In those instances, iD Tech will send home a product or voucher for a product. However, there will be instances when a project or product or product voucher cannot be sent home, posted, or delivered, and you agree that iD Tech is not responsible if the game, project, product or voucher does not work properly and/or is not compatible with outside systems. You release iD Tech from any responsibility for failure to provide a copy of the project or product voucher, or a non-functioning/non-compatible/non-complete game, project, product voucher or product. Refunds will not be issued for not receiving products, product vouchers, or being provided a copy of the project, and/or non-functioning/non-compatible/non-complete projects, product vouchers or products. If you have issues with a product voucher or product, you must contact the manufacturer directly. Product vouchers only cover shipping within the continental U.S. Therefore, if you require the product to be shipped outside the continental US, you are responsible for all shipping and handling costs.
• Software Accounts: Some iD Tech Program activities require creation and/or use of an online account or require an online account to be created for your student. You consent to create or have iD Tech create account(s) as needed for your student to participate in Program activities. During non-instructional time, students may have access to websites that require accounts to be set up. While it is against iD Tech rules for students to set up accounts without their instructor’s permission, there may be instances where a student may create an account without the knowledge of iD Tech or its employees. In such instances, you release iD Tech and its employees from any and all responsibility and liability for accounts created by your student without iD Tech’s knowledge.
• Game Ratings: iD Tech takes its corporate responsibility and iD Tech family values very seriously. However, we cannot guarantee that younger students at iD Tech will avoid all contact with or mention of games rated "T" for Teen, or "M" for Mature. iD Tech will make a concerted effort to minimize both direct and indirect exposure to any games not rated for a student’s age group. Students attending courses designed for older ages have a greater chance of being exposed to materials rated for that older age group. If a student is attending a course for ages 13+, they may be exposed to games rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board). You voluntarily assume any and all risks, known or unknown, associated with your student’s exposure to game content at an iD Tech Program.

IX. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold internalDrive, Inc.,iD Tech, its officers, directors, employees, and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with your student’s participation in an iD Tech Program.

X. Arbitration Agreement

You agree that any dispute other than collection matters, arising out of or relating to this Agreement, you or your student's participation in a Program with internalDrive, Inc., or otherwise arising between the parties, including, without limitation, any statutorily created or protected rights, as permitted by applicable state/provincial or federal laws, shall be settled by arbitration to be held in Santa Clara County, California, in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The prevailing party in the arbitration shall be entitled to recover expenses including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees associated therewith. Should any part of this contract be found invalid or not enforceable by a court of law, then the remaining portion shall continue to be valid and in force. You hereby acknowledge that you understand the terms of this ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, and you agree to comply with all of its terms and provisions.

XI. Rights Reserved

internalDrive, Inc. reserves the right to update or modify these Terms and Conditions at any time. iD Tech is not a university-sponsored program. iD Tech reserves the right to cancel or modify any and all classes, lessons, Programs or courses for any reason.

XII. Release of Liability

ON BEHALF OF MY SON/DAUGHTER/WARD, I, THE PARENT/GUARDIAN, IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RIGHT OF MY SON/DAUGHTER/WARD TO PARTICIPATE IN ID TECH PROGRAM(S), HEREBY RELEASE INTERNALDRIVE, INC., ITS OWNERS, AGENTS, PARTNERS, FACILITY PROVIDERS, AND EMPLOYEES FROM LIABILITY (INCLUDING CLAIMS BASED UPON NEGLIGENCE) FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES OR INJURIES TO MY SON/DAUGHTER/WARD OR DAMAGE OF ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY. I AGREE TO BE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL SUCH DAMAGES OR INJURIES WHICH MAY RESULT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ANY NEGLIGENT ACTS OR ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNALDRIVE, INC. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT RELEASING INTERNALDRIVE, INC., ITS OWNERS, AGENTS, PARTNERS, FACILITY PROVIDERS, AND EMPLOYEES FROM GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR INTENTIONALLY TORTIOUS CONDUCT. TO THE EXTENT THIS RELEASE CONFLICTS WITH STATE/PROVINCIAL LAW GOVERNING RELEASES, THIS RELEASE IS TO BE GIVEN THE FULLEST FORCE AND EFFECT PERMITTED UNDER STATE/PROVINCIAL LAW. SHOULD ANY PART OF THIS CONTRACT BE FOUND INVALID OR NOT ENFORCEABLE BY A COURT OF LAW, THEN THE REMAINING PORTION SHALL CONTINUE TO BE VALID AND IN FORCE. XIII. Copyright

iD Tech partners with and uses the intellectual property of some amazing companies. You and your student agree to uphold the copyright and trademark rights of iD Tech, their partners, and any company whose products are used at an iD Tech Program.

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Is there anything more exciting than the squeaky wheels of the TV cart coming down the hall?

With all the after-school screen time children are consuming along with their snacks, parents might not exactly be psyched to learn that their kid is spending their 5th period watching movies, too. But before you call the principal’s office or start composing a highly combustible Twitter rant, remember that many students are visual learners and teachers’ go-to movies actually accompany their classroom lessons, rather than replace them.

Many English teachers especially are big fans of screening Shakespeare films along with assigned readings (remember, the swoony romance of Romeo & Juliet is actually meant to be experienced as a drama between actors, not necessarily read on the page). And movies can make dusty texts feel fresh and new. Ethan Hawke’s Hamlet , for example, retains the Bard’s Elizabethan English, but upgrades the action to a modern setting (the famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy is delivered while a beanie-clad Hawke is roaming a now-defunct Blockbuster store).

We talked to teachers from coast to coast, who work in grade schools and high schools, to see what educational and entertaining movies light up their classrooms. From courtroom dramas to animated rainforests, musicals to time travel, there’s a movie on this list for every kid to learn from and later recap to the rest of the family at the dinner table. While desks are clearly not as comfortable as theater seats, and there probably won’t be any candy either (a win for parents!), at least students won’t be overcharged for greasy popcorn.

And don’t worry, there won’t be a test at the end!

Staci Lamb , a 9th grade teacher at Elkton High School is not just an award-winning educator, she boasts an impressive Instagram community with over 60,000 followers. When it comes to movies to show in the classroom, Lamb is a big fan of Just Mercy , starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. The powerful true story about inequality and injustice follows Bryan Stevenson, a Harvard grad, attorney, and social justice activist who defends people that are wrongly convicted, and went on to found the Equal Justice Initiative .

The movie centers around one of his first clients, Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to die for the murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite evidence of his innocence. “Just Mercy captures Bryan Stevenson’s work so beautifully and invites students to analyze and reflect on Stevenson’s claims,” says Lamb, who is the 2018 CCPS Teacher of the Year in Maryland and best-selling author of Keeping the Wonder . “ It’s a powerful adaptation of an incredible true story that captivates students.”

Watch Just Mercy , rated PG-13, on Amazon Prime.

Inside Out is an animated movie that takes you inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley as she faces a big life change: a move from Minnesota to San Francisco for her dad’s new job. This clever, high-concept film creates characters out of the emotions Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger.

Darin Nakakihara , a teacher in Southern California who spent most of his career teaching 4th grade, appreciates how Inside Out honors kids’ inner lives, which can often be overlooked in a school setting. “Growing up can be tricky. I love how the story is built around things that the kids are dealing with during our time together and beyond — dealing with emotions,” says Nakakihara, who connects the way characters handle different feelings with his students’ experiences throughout the year. “None of this is in our curriculum, but it's something they all must learn how to navigate if they want to grow into productive members of our society.”

Watch Inside Out , rated G, on Disney+ .

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

A movie about two spacey teens who can’t stop saying “party on, dudes!” might not seem like the most academic film to screen in class, but it turns out this 1980s classic is chock-full of mini history lessons, as well as memorable quotes (as when Ted waxes philosophical to Socrates: “All we are is dust in the wind, dude.”).

Andrew Christopher, who teaches 10th grade Global Studies in Roosevelt Island in NYC, screens this Keanu Reeves classic at the end of the year because it’s a movie that highlights world history and — let’s face it — is boatloads of fun. “Bill and Ted travel back in time to learn about history and pass their global history final exam. In doing so, the characters collect important historic figures from the past, including Abraham Lincoln, Genghis Kong, and Napoleon Bonaparte, to participate in a final presentation that brings the historic periods from which they came to life in front of the class.” And hey, even if the history lessons weren’t in the movie, there’s a case to be made for students learning that Reeves is the perfect specimen of humanity , even before his Matrix days.

Watch Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure , rated PG, on Amazon Prime .

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest

FernGully is an animated fantasy movie that takes place in the Australian rainforest. When a fairy named Crysta discovers a human lumberjack named Zak, she shrinks him down to her miniature size and invites him into her world of wonder and beauty. Starring the late and great comedian Robin Williams as a manic bat, FernGully has a strong environmental message that really resonates with educators.

Todd Nesloney , who has taught elementary school and was the principal of a PreK-5th grade campus, is a fan of the film that catalyzes conversation and takes on logging and pollution. “ FernGully shows how we all play a part in what happens to others,” says the author, speaker, and director of Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association (TESPA). With a soundtrack by Elton John, Raffi, and “Wild Thing” rapper Tone Loc, this magical ecological movie that teaches kids to protect the rainforest will have you spellbound.

Watch FernGully: The Last Rainforest , rated G, on Apple TV .

Dear Evan Hansen

Once one of the hottest tickets on Broadway, this musical’s film adaptation will pierce the tender heart of anyone who has ever felt isolated in high school (in other words, everyone). Ben Platt delivers a powerhouse performance as Evan Hansen, an outcast aching to belong in the social media age, who becomes entangled with a family grieving a son who died by suicide.

Lisa Septimus , a veteran teacher and director of student life at North Shore Hebrew Academy, gives an A+ to a movie that breaks the silence surrounding mental health challenges. “One theme of the show is showing how common it is to struggle with mental health and how often people feel alone and suffer because of it,” says Septimus. “Being able to be honest about difficult feelings makes them suddenly more manageable. That’s what Evan finally learns to do at the end.” While Septimus concedes that musicals in movie form can sometimes be corny, she gives a big thumbs-up to the plot changes the filmmakers made, including when the protagonist “embraces his authentic self including flaws and fears.”

Watch Dear Evan Hansen , rated PG-13, on HBO Max .

This movie is such a ginormous hit with kids, it probably doesn’t need any introduction. But in case you’ve been living under a Bruno-free rock, Encanto is the enchanting story of a girl named Mirabel Madrigal, who is the only member of her family without magical powers. Not even celeb kids can resist belting out the music from this Disney blockbuster (“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” actually hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart !). If North West and Gene Schumer can’t stop singing these bops, your little ones probably haven’t stopped either.

Special education teacher Andrew Militscher, who works with 4th and 5th grade students at Andrus Orchard School, can speak to his own students’ obsessions with these catchy, cinematic tunes. Militscher says that Encanto is his movie of choice for a very simple but compelling reason: “The kids love to sing ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno!’” And while the lyricism of Lin-Manuel Miranda is a masterclass unto itself, Encanto’s message that representation matters is even more compelling than its music.

Watch Encanto , rated PG, on Disney+ .

Twelve Angry Men

A gripping story of bias and judicial injustice that is still as relevant today as it was in the 1950s, Twelve Angry Men is a courtroom drama that takes place over one tense afternoon, when jurors decide the fate of a teenager who is alleged to have murdered his father.

Leora Klein, founder of Uncommon Advantage and a learning specialist at Abraham Joshua Heschel High School in Manhattan who also teaches English language and literature, is quite fond of the classic film. According to Klein, “English teachers always tell their students show don’t tell. This film shows (rather than tells) the power of the individual to stand up, speak up, and affect change.” Klein is also a co-founder of 3GNY and director of WE Educate (WEDU) , an educational non-profit that empowers the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors to bring the accounts of survivors into the classroom, so this educator walks the walks when it comes to teaching kids to avoid being bystanders and face bigotry head-on.

Watch Twelve Angry Men , unrated, on Apple TV.

The Great Debaters

In a time when so much student conversation takes place on screens or with abbreviated or grossly misspelled texts, it’s great for young people to discover the lost art of elocution and get reacquainted with the power of the spoken word. The Great Debaters is based on a true story that follows the incredible journey of a debate team at a historically Black college during the 1930s. Denzel Washington plays charismatic debate coach Melvin B. Tolson, who leads his students to incredible heights in a time when lynchings and Jim Crow laws were still common. Jurnee Smollett plays one of the only female debaters on the team and delivers a stirring rebuttal that will rouse any crowd.

As a teacher of both public speaking and rhetoric, Adam Bowman champions a movie that demonstrates his syllabus in action, sparks vital dialogue, and is a great example of Black Excellence. “The historical context and issues about race the film presents also engender the type of classroom discussion our students — and our country — needs,” says Bowman.

Watch The Great Debaters , rated PG-13, on Amazon Prime .

Coco is a delightful family movie that tells the story of one 12-year-old boy named Miguel and his larger-than-life adventure to the “Land of the Dead” to discover his ancestry. The computer-animated film follows a young boy’s dream of becoming a musician and ultimately overturning his family’s ban on music. Inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead ( Día de Muertos), which celebrates family members who have passed, the movie has garnered heaps of praise for celebrating Mexican folklore and culture with a Latino cast.

Imani Hamami, a lead teacher at Manhattan Children’s Center , a school known for its world-class treatment of autism and related disabilities, appreciates the positive impact Coco ’s songs have on her students’ spirits and how they provide a vehicle for teaching Mexican culture. Her students “love to sing along and pretend they are playing the guitar,” she says. Coco is a sing-a-long that inspires students to follow their dreams, especially when it takes them to unexpected places.

Watch Coco , rated PG, on Disney+ .

The Graduate

OK, so maybe the image of a young Dustin Hoffman glimpsed from between the legs of the older woman trying to seduce him might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to educational movies, but The Graduate is one of America’s most critically acclaimed films.

Veteran teacher and administrator Alice Bowman, who is the current middle school principal in Plainview-Old Bethpage, definitely agrees. Bowman is a big proponent of this ‘60s movie about adulting as a recent college grad (with a bonus playbook for breaking up a wedding). “When I taught Mass Media to seniors in English, my favorite movie to show was definitely The Graduate . I loved it because it had so much to offer the kids in terms of cinematography. It is such a classic, has a killer soundtrack, and speaks to the coming of age that they’re all experiencing.” Compared to things that that “kids these days” are consuming (ahem: the ultra-scandalous Euphoria ), The Graduate is squeaky clean by comparison and is actually rated PG. But if you’re not sold on the academic value of dissecting themes of alienation, counterculture, and female sexuality , at least your kids will come away with a necessary lesson on Paul Simon’s discography.

Watch The Graduate , rated PG, on Amazon Prime .

Teachers are some pretty smart people ( they’re heroes , really). So kids are in good hands when they watch ones of these gold-star movies picked by someone who knows a thing or two about how to grow a big brain.

This article was originally published on Aug. 10, 2022

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51 STEM Movies about Science for Teens and Kids

Do you ever struggle to keep your teen’s attention when teaching them science or math? We have compiled a list of 51 STEM Movies about Science for Teens and Kids  that are both educational and entertaining. These science and math movies are the best science movies for Middle school teens.

Science and Math movies for kids include classics like “Apollo 13” and newer films like “Hidden Figures.” There is something for everyone on this list. Plus, we have included a fun and free math movie bingo game printable to use with your kids or students as you encourage an appreciation for all things STEM and Math. So grab some popcorn and get ready to learn some science and math. And here are some of the best movies for the entire family .

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STEM Movies About Science

Getting your kids interested in science can be a big challenge, but this movie list will help spark an interest in all things STEM and Science. A STEM Movie, Math Movies, and Movies about Science can help your child overcome their fear of learning a hard subject and show them that learning can be intriguing and fun.

If you are an educator or a homeschool mom and want to teach your kids about science, this list is perfect. We have many great movies about science that can help show them how fun science can be. 

Middle School Teachers need educational movies for their classrooms. Whether you want to teach about robots, weather, math, life science, marine biology, or Legos, there is a math or science movie for everyone. There are even movies about specific sciences, such as underwater robots. You can find these movies on Amazon and Amazon Prime, and sometimes, they are on streaming services such as Netflix. 

What are the Best STEM Movies for Middle Schoolers?

Note to parents and educators.

While this list contains G, PG, and PG-13 movies, some of the movies listed here are not suitable for everyone

Here is a List of the Best Movies about Science that Kids and Teens will Enjoy.

1. cloudy with a chance of meatballs (2009) adventure g.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is an animated adventure about a young inventor who tries to solve the town’s food shortage. As his invention takes off, things quickly spiral out of control as he discovers that gigantic pieces of food have begun raining from the sky!

2. Apollo 13 (1995) Rated PG

This classic adventure film recounts the real-life events surrounding NASA’s Apollo 13 mission to the moon in 1970. Ron Howard directed it, featuring some incredible performances from actors like Tom Hanks as they face off against insurmountable odds with their scientific knowledge in tow.

What are the most scientifically accurate movies, according to NASA?

NASA has praised some movies for their scientific accuracy, including “Interstellar,” “Gravity,” “The Martian,” and “Apollo 13.” However, while these movies may strive for scientific accuracy, they still take some creative liberties for the sake of storytelling and entertainment.

3. Big Hero 6 (2014) Family/Adventure PG

Big Hero 6 is a fast-paced, heartwarming adventure that the whole family can enjoy. The story follows robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who teams up with his robot Baymax to save San Francisco from a criminal plot. Along the way, they’re joined by Hiro’s friends Wasabi, Go Go, Honey Lemon, and Fred, who each bring their unique skills to the table.

Together, they must use their intelligence, athleticism, and teamwork to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Big Hero 6 is a heartwarming story of friendship and determination that will leave audiences cheering.

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4. Jurassic Park (1993) Family/Adventure PG-13

Jurassic Park is an adventure-filled saga where dinosaurs come back to life after years of extinction. An ambitious scientist recreates a dinosaur theme park, but when the creatures escape chaos ensures that visitors fight for survival against these prehistoric beasts.

5. The Martian (2015) Drama Rated PG-13

Matt Damon starred in this movie that is based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel of the same name, and this movie tells the story of an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his science skills—and a lot of luck—to survive until he can be rescued by his crew mates at NASA back on Earth. 

6. Radioactive (2019) Drama History PG-13

With a captivating story and powerful performances, Radioactive (2019) is an inspiring biopic about the life of Marie Curie, one of the most influential women in science. From her incredible discoveries to pioneering medical treatments, this film shares the remarkable journey that changed our understanding of history and medicine forever.

7. Flubber (1998) Adventure PG

Flubber (1998) is a classic family movie about Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent-minded professor who discovers Flubber – an indestructible and highly elastic substance with amazing powers! Join him on his adventures as he tries to find the perfect balance between science and fun.

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8. first man (2018) drama/history pg- 13.

First Man (2018) tells the inspiring story of Neil Armstrong and his incredible journey to become the first person ever to set foot on another world. Told from a unique perspective, it follows the remarkable achievements that marked one giant leap for mankind.

9. Arrival (2016) Sci-Fi/Thriller PG-13

Arrival (2016) tells the story of a language specialist entrusted with deciphering an alien race’s means of communication as they suddenly appear on Earth. With time, she must unlock the secrets behind their visit before humanity faces dire consequences!

10. Sully (2016) Drama PG-13

Sully (2016) tells the true story of Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, an experienced pilot who successfully executed an emergency landing on The Hudson River after his plane encountered a flock of birds and lost both engines. This act saved all 155 passengers onboard and served as a testament to heroic actions in moments of crisis.

11. Wall-E (2008) Comedy G

Wall-E is a fictional film about the tale of a robot who embarks from planet Earth on an adventure across different planets. The goal is to save humanity from extinction. Along his journey, he discovers true love and ultimately shows us how even the smallest being can make a big difference.

12. The Odyssey (2016) Adventure/Drama PG

The Odyssey (2016) is a tale of a young man’s journey to find himself, facing hardships and adventures. This modern retelling follows his story as he discovers what matters most: family, friendship, and courage.

13. Interstellar (2014) Sci- Fi PG-13

In Interstellar, Matt Damon starred as Mann, an astronaut on a mission to find a new home for humanity as Earth’s resources are depleted.

14. Honey I Shrunk the Kids (2002) Comedy PG

In the 2002 movie “Honey, I Shrunk The Kids,” a mad scientist dad accidentally shrinks his and his neighbors’ kids down to microscopic size. They embark on an unforgettable adventure as they make their way through the perils of backyard obstacles to find their way home.

15. Hidden Figures (2017) Adventure PG

This inspiring drama based on a true story follows three female mathematicians who contributed significantly to NASA during the Space Race. Their story is an incredibly moving reminder of what can happen when women are given recognition and respect while doing important scientific work. 

16. Spare Parts (2015) Drama PG

The film is based on the true story of high school students who enter a robotics competition against MIT. Despite limited resources and being underestimated by their competitors, the students work together to build a robot that can perform various tasks in the water.

17. The Manhattan Project (1986) Adventure PG-13

The Manhattan Project of 1986 tells the story of a group of scientists who worked to develop advanced technological weapons that would become integral to winning World War II. The film follows these characters on their journey as they grapple with moral and ethical questions while also exploring themes such as duty, friendship, patriotism, and devotion to one’s country.

18. The Theory of Everything (2014) PG-13

The Theory of Everything is a biographical drama that tells the story of Stephen Hawking, an international-renowned scientist who defied all odds despite his health challenges with ALS. Hawking was a believer in the Big Bang Theory.

19. Gravity (2013) Drama Rated PG-13

Gravity follows the story of astronaut Dr. Ryan Stone as she fights to survive a catastrophic space mission gone wrong and find her way back home to Earth.

20. Ford v Ferrari (2019) Biography PG-13

Ford vs. Ferrari (2019) is a race for glory and power as two powerhouse brands go head-to-head on the track. It follows Ford’s ambitious attempt to create a revolutionary car that can take down renowned champion, Enzo Ferrari. Through grit, determination, and passion, discover who will triumph in this ultimate showdown of speed!

21. The Lego Movie (2014) Family/Adventure Rated PG

The Lego Movie is about an ordinary LEGO minifigure who, against all odds, embarks on a thrilling journey to save the world from tyranny. Along his path, he discovers how special and unique he truly is.

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22. spiderman/into the spider-verse (2018) rated pg.

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse is a thrilling animated adventure exploring an alternate universe where multiple versions of Spiderman team up to save humanity from impending doom. With its unique visual style, top-notch voice cast, and action-packed plotline – this latest installment in the Spiderman franchise promises not only nonstop fun but plenty of surprises along the way.

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23. Twister (1996) Adventure PG

The Twister (1996) is an epic adventure-thriller, where a team of scientists brave the forces of nature to uncover secrets about tornadoes. Facing powerful storms and difficult conditions, they must race against time to save lives – as well as their own!

24. Fed Up Rated PG

Fed Up is a documentary that explores the devastating effects of our culture’s addiction to sugar and its implications for public health. It follows individuals fighting against Big Sugar to restore wellness on both personal and national levels.

25. Meet The Robinsons (2007) Animation G

Meet the Robinsons is an animated family adventure that follows a young orphan as he embarks on a time-traveling quest to find his missing parents. With help from eccentric inventor Wilbur Robinson and some unexpected allies, our hero discovers that with perseverance and courage, you can create your destiny!

26. The Aeronauts (2019) Adventure/Drama PG-13

The Aeronauts is a 2019 film whose plot follows their endeavor to fly higher than anyone in history to collect data that will help unlock the mysteries of the weather. This film is ultimately a thrilling and inspiring story about ambition, friendship, and the power of human achievement.

Despite being met with some initial skepticism, their ambitious journey ultimately takes them to new heights and brings them closer together than ever before. While the film may take some liberties with historical accuracy, it is ultimately a thrilling and inspiring story about ambition, friendship, and the power of human achievement.

27. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) Drama Rated PG-13

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a great movie about William Kamkwamba, an African boy who dreams of building his wind turbine to save his famine-stricken village in Malawi. Through courage and determination, he overcomes all odds to make this dream come true – bringing hope back home.

28. The Dig (2021) Drama/History PG-13

Meet the Dig 2021 is your chance to explore Earth’s incredible underground. From ancient ruins and geological wonders, you’ll be sure to experience something astonishing in this virtual adventure beneath our planet!

29. Joy (2015) Comedy/Drama PG-13

Joy is a 2015 film based on the true story of Joy Mangano, an entrepreneurial single mother from Long Island. This inspiring drama follows her rise to become one of America’s most successful businesswomen and inventors, as she overcomes many tribulations in search of success and happiness.

30. October Sky (1999) Rated PG

Based on true events from coal miner Homer Hickam’s childhood in West Virginia during the 1950s Space Race era, this movie follows Homer as he dreams of becoming an astronaut despite his father’s objections due to strict expectations about what “real jobs” look like for miners’ sons—all while teaching viewers about rocket propulsion engineering along the way. This drama focuses on teenagers growing up during America’s space race in 1957 as they create their homemade rockets using trial-and-error methods inspired by their scientific curiosity.

31. The Wonders (2014) Not Rated

This Italian film follows four children living out in the Tuscan countryside who become fascinated with a mysterious beekeeper living nearby and begin to investigate her life with their scientific experiments. It’s a funny but heartfelt look at how kids explore their environment through scientific inquiry. 

32. The Iron Gi ant  (1999) Rated PG

This animated classic tells the story of an intelligent robot from outer space who crash lands on Earth — only to be befriended by a young boy who teaches him about love, friendship, loyalty…and science.

33. Journey to Space (2015) Not Rated

This documentary takes viewers on a virtual journey through space as they explore how astronauts live aboard the International Space Station and discover how much research has been done into making space travel safe through the engineering design process and advancements made possible by science. 

34. ET The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Rated PG

No list of middle school science movies would be complete without this classic tale of friendship between an alien visitor from outer space and a group of children who must help him get back home using their scientific know-how – not just technology.

35. Gattaca (1997) Rated PG-13

In this dystopian sci-fi drama, Ethan Hawke plays Vincent Freeman, a man who has been genetically engineered to become perfect in every way. As he struggles against his pre-determined destiny, Vincent must grapple with big questions about identity and free will. Gattaca is a thought-provoking exploration of genetic engineering and its implications for society that middle schoolers can easily relate to. 

36. Inception   (2010) Rated PG-13

This mind-bending sci-fi thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb, an expert thief hired by wealthy business magnate Robert Fischer to steal valuable information from his rival’s mind using dream technology. The film explores themes such as memory manipulation, artificial intelligence, and quantum physics in an engaging way that makes it relatable for middle schoolers. 

37. The Andromeda Strain (1971) Rated G

This classic sci-fi thriller follows a team of scientists as they race against time to discover the cause of a deadly extraterrestrial virus before it destroys all life on Earth. It is based on Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name, which follows the same story from a scientific perspective. The film is both suspenseful and educational, as it provides an interesting look into how scientists use data to solve complex problems. 

38. Mathmagic Land (1959)  

Donald Duck is featured in “Mathmagic Land”. The film uses popular Disney Characters to help explain complex mathematical concepts and ideas in a fun and engaging way. Through a series of short segments, the film explores topics such as geometry, numbers, and patterns with the help of colorful illustrations, animations, and interactive elements. Using familiar characters, the film aims to make math accessible and enjoyable for a wide audience.

39. Back to the Future (1985) Rated PG

Back to the Future tells a thrilling story about the main character, Marty McFly, who unintentionally travels thirty years into the past where he meets his parents as teenagers. With the help of scientist Dr. Emmett Brown and a time-traveling De Lorean car, Marty must find a way back to 1985 before it’s too late.

40. Apollo 11 (2019) Rated G

Apollo 11 is a 2019 American documentary film that chronicles the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned mission to land on the Moon. Todd Douglas Miller directs the film and consists entirely of archival footage and audio recordings, including previously unseen 65mm footage and newly discovered audio recordings. The film offers a unique and immersive look at the events leading up to the launch, the mission itself, and the aftermath of the first moon landing on July 20, 1969.

41. A Plastic Ocean (2016) Not Rated

The Plastic Ocean is a feature-length documentary that explores the devastating effects of plastic waste on marine life and offers solutions for how we can all do our part to ensure healthier oceans in the future. It’s an engaging journey into just how pervasive these harmful pollutants have become, and what steps are being taken to create positive change.

42. Science Fair (2018) Rated PG

This is an American documentary film that follows nine high school students from around the world as they compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair. The film explores their passions, struggles, and triumphs as they showcase their scientific projects and compete for prizes and scholarships. This film highlights the importance of science education’s and the impact it can have on the future.

43. The Biggest Little Farm (2018) Rated PG

A heartwarming story of one family’s journey to follow their dreams, The Biggest Little Farm follows an unlikely pair – a city-dwelling couple and their beloved dog – as they leave behind the hustle and bustle of life in Los Angeles for 200 acres in rural Ventura County. With dogged determination, this determined duo hopes to bring harmony back into nature through organic farming practices that will honor both human beings’ relationship with animals and our planet.

44. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Rated G

2001: A Space Odyssey is a science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The film is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films in the history of science fiction and is known for its innovative visual effects, powerful storytelling, and thought-provoking themes.

The film follows a journey of discovery and transformation as humans encounter mysterious black monoliths that appear to be influencing the development of human evolution. The film is divided into four parts: “The Dawn of Man,” “Journey Beyond the Stars,” “A Space Odyssey,” and “Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite.” The film combines stunning visuals, classical music, and a thought-provoking story to create a unique and powerful experience that challenges the viewer’s perceptions of reality.

45. Jurassic Park (1993) Rated PG-13

46. A Beautiful Planet (2016) Rated G

A Beautiful Planet is an awe-inspiring documentary that provides a spectacular view of Earth from space and reveals the vast complexity of its ecosystems. Audiences will be treated to stunning aerial imagery taken by astronauts orbiting far above while learning about how profound human presence on our planet affects nature.

47. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Rated PG  

This Sci-fi/Drama is an awe-inspiring story of humankind’s first contact with alien life forms. Witness the epic voyage as people from all walks of life come together to explore their mysterious new guests.

48. Bicentennial Man (1999) Rated PG

Robin Williams starred in this movie. He played an android who develops human-like emotions and experiences for 200 years.

49. Microcosmos (2005) Rated G

Microcosmos is a French documentary that offers an unprecedented look into the fascinating microscopic world of insects and other small creatures. Through its intricate camera work, this film explores their many activities up close – from monarch butterflies taking flight to two snails locked in battle – creating an unforgettable experience of wildlife on an intimate scale.

50. Dream Big: Engineering our World (2018) NR

Dream Big: Engineering Our World is an inspirational documentary that takes viewers on a journey around the globe to explore remarkable engineering feats and witness incredible stories of human ingenuity. It shows how engineers are shaping our world with innovative solutions and advancing humanity through bold expressions of creativity, imagination, hard work, and dedication – ultimately making people’s lives better than ever before!

51. David Attenborough Documentaries

Finally, if you are looking for documentaries for your classroom, look no further than documentaries by David Attenborough. For decades, David Attenborough has captured the attention of viewers around the world with his riveting and educational documentaries. From Blue Planet to Life on Earth, he continues to explore our planet’s fascinating wildlife and illustrates the environmental issues that we face today.

Middle school science can be fun when you use movies like these classics. Not only do they provide entertainment value during school hours, but they are a great way to teach students important concepts related to many different areas of science such as physics, astronomy, biology, and genetics—all while sparking excitement about STEM fields at an early age. So grab some popcorn and get ready for a fun-filled educational journey with these top picks.

Do you have any recommendations for other STEM Movies about Science? Let us know in the comments.

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Historical Movies For Kids (with Reviews!)

• June 12, 2013
• Best Of , History , Homeschool , Late Elementary , Movies

Historical movies for older children are pretty easy to find, but more often than not they contain things that are not appropriate for young children. (I was recently reading comments recommending  Schindler’s List , one of the most brutal Holocaust movies ever made, to a fourth grader.)

Here is a list of historical movies for kids, ages 6-12. All films are rated G unless otherwise noted. The films are somewhat listed by age range, the first films being for younger kids and the latter films for older ones (age 10-12). Additionally, these films include positive themes such as hope, friendship, courage, faith, and doing the right thing.

Not all of these historical movies for kids are “historically accurate,” as the majority are designed for children. If these movies were to be historically accurate, most would be very violent. My family watches a lot of historical movies (both true and fiction) and then we look up what really happened; what was true and what was added.

If a fictional event in a historical movie encourages a child to look into what “really” happened and sparks an interest in a time period, then I would say it is a worthwhile movie. After all, a fictional book I read five years ago sparked a lifelong love of history in me. I hope this list encourages you to dig deeper into history!

Historical Movies for Kids

Liberty’s Kids Liberty’s Kids  is an animated series designed for teaching young children early American history, mostly the American Revolutionary War. After much hype, I finally bought it and we love it! The whole series (40 episodes) is on Amazon for only $5. The series has been completely worth it!

Inspiring Animated Heroes (Nest) Explore great historical figures with this animated Christian biographical series. Episodes profile famous people like  Harriet Tubman , George Washington , Abraham Lincoln  and William Bradford .

Valiant Valiant  is the first animated film I have seen with facts at the end. Set in 1944 before D-Day, this British Disney film is about Britain’s messenger pigeons during World War II. In the end, we learn pigeons played a bigger role in the war than horses, dogs, or cats.

Filled with adventure and some humor, it is a bit violent for a G-rated film (I think it deserved a PG rating), but it is definitely a great movie. There are a lot of WWII references that are used appropriately, but younger kids may not understand some of them. See: Valient Movie Study .

Ruby Bridges Six year-old Ruby Bridges was the first black girl to attend a public school during the 1960s. Despite facing racism and challenges, Ruby persevered and is an excellent role model for youth today. It’s a sweet movie about a brave young girl. Grab the movie guide at my site or Teachers Pay Teachers .

Torchlighters: Heroes of the Faith The Torchlighters is an animated series featuring missionaries such as Jim Elliot, Corrie ten Boom and Amy Carmichael. We have the Corrie ten Boom one and although I would exercise some caution for little ones, they are great lessons!

The Prince of Egypt   (PG) The Prince of Egypt is the classical biblical story of Moses in a stunning animated picture. I never fully appreciated this film until watching “The Making of the Prince of Egypt” and saw how much heart was put into it. From the beautiful artwork, incredible vocal actors, and stunning soundtrack – this film is incredible and a must-see. Although it is not entirely biblically-accurate, I cannot help but include it in this list. Grab the free The Prince of Egypt Movie Study

Adventures in Odyssey Adventures in Odyssey is best known for its radio broadcasts for children. They also have an incredible series of historical books and movies. While their movies emphasize on doing the right thing and other virtues, many are set during historical times – a double plus! You can find a lot of these on Amazon Prime.

American Girl Movies So far, the only American Girl historical movies are Samantha, Kit, Molly, and Felicity. All are about courageous, noble girls growing up in different time periods but appeal to both boys and girls. They are packed filled with great lessons: both life and historical.

These make great movie nights, with plots and characters both children and adults will love! Amazon currently has all 4 movies in a pack for $10.

• Young Felicity is growing up in 1774 during the Revolutionary War and is learning the difference between the Loyalists and the Patriots.
• Set in 1904, Samantha lives in New York during the Victorian Era, as she learns about the world around her, and what being a good friend is truly about.
• Kit is set during the Great Depression, 1934, in Ohio, as she realizes the importance of self-sacrifice, doing the right thing, and helping a friend.
• Molly is growing up in 1944 during WWII, as she and her family take in Emily, a young refugee from England!
• Maryellen is growing up in 1955. It’s Christmastime and she really wants to stand out in this busy season! A family friend with polio comes to visit them, and Maryellen is determined to have a big celebration! It is only available on Amazon Prime .
• Melody is an African American girl growing up during the Civil Rights movement in Detroit in 1963. It’s great to see the Civil Rights movement from the perspective from a child. It is only available on Amazon Prime .

This is America Charlie Brown One of my readers brought this up. I am sure I watched this movie when I was younger. Anyway, this is American history – from the point of view of Charlie Brown.

The Sound of Music The Sound of Music is a wonderful true story, musical, and family movie that remains one of my family’s favorites. Maria is a free-spirited nun in pre-WWII Austria who becomes the governess of seven children.

If you don’t own it, you really need to. Grab The Sound of Music guide at my store or Teachers Pay Teachers .

Miracle of the White Stallions Made in 1963, this movie can be slow at times. But, it is a true story and completely clean, best used for 8+. This Disney film is about the evacuation of Lippizaner horses from the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during WWII.

The Greatest Showman (PG) P.T. Barnum is known as one of the fathers of entertainment and for founding the Barnum and Bailey Circus. This family musical isn’t historically accurate but can lead into discussions on P.T. Barnum’s life and the history of the circus. Grab the movie guide at my store or on Teachers Pay Teachers .

The Miracle Worker This Disney flick is about Helen Keller, who has been unable to speak, hear, and see since childhood. With the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan, Helen begins to flourish. The Miracle Worker is a sweet story both kids and adults can enjoy.

American Legends (Disney) This animated Disney film features 4 American legends: John Henry, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Casey Jones. With catchy tunes and fun animations, this is a great film for the little ones and older ones alike!

Walt Before Mickey (PG) Walt Disney wasn’t always the big name in the entertainment industry.  Walt Before Mickey is an inspiring film about Walt Disney’s life before his big hit – Mickey Mouse. It’s not 100% accurate, but it is an interesting look into the history of movies, and how old movies were made.

Belle (PG) In 18th century England, illegitimate and mixed-race Belle overcomes racial barriers to help end slavery. It has a couple of sensual scenes and many women wear low-cut blouses, but otherwise is a great movie.

It’s a Wonderful Life This classic Christmas movie seems slow at times, but it is 100% clean and has very great lessons about contentment, family, and selflessness. George Bailey wants to know what life would be like if he had never existed – and an angel makes it happen. This film was originally in black and white, but there is also a colorized version available. See: Free It’s a Wonderful Life Bible Study .

I Love Lucy Although not quite “historical,” this old, clean series is fantastic entertainment for “the newer generation!” Lucy and her best friend Ethel, find themselves wrapped in mischievous adventures!

Johnny Tremain I haven’t seen this movie yet, but many readers have mentioned it, so I thought it was worth sharing. Inspired by the Newbery award winner written by Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain covers the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s Ride, and the battles at Lexington and Concord.

The Whipping Boy This is an old, old Disney Channel film based on the Newbery winning children’s book. Despite the title, the film has little violence and is a fantastic historical film. If you’re lucky enough to find this film, it is about a young orphaned whipping boy’s journey’s with a spoiled prince, known as Prince Brat.

Newsies  (Disney)  (PG) This Disney musical is a fictional version of the Newsie Strike in 1899. Although the actual strike happened, a lot of events and main characters are fictionalized.

Themes include friendship, teamwork, never giving up, courage, and speaking up. Featuring an amazing cast and great musical numbers, Newsies is a great movie for the whole family, and among my favorite historical movies for kids. (PS Although the film portrays the strike a success, in real life, it was only a partial success. The reasons behind this make a great history lesson.) Grab the Newsies Movie Study

Fiddler on the Roof Traditions! Tevye is a poor Jewish milkman with five daughters (and no sons). In a time of strict tradition, Tevye’s three oldest daughters are free-spirited and break-away from “tradition” by refusing a matchmaker.

Through classic songs and Tevye’s humor, this film contains great lessons on traditions and is a great film for introductory to the Orthodox Jewish culture. Grab the Fiddler on the Roof Movie Study

Leonardo: A Dream of Flight I haven’t seen this movie, but according to  this  article the age range is 8-11 and it’s rated G. The story tells of Leonardo da Vinci and his famous flight.

Night at the Museum Despite being completely unrealistic, I recently watched this trilogy and LOVED this movie so much! It’s a fantastic introduction to historical figures such as Sacagawea and Teddy Roosevelt. The second one, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian  was my favorite, which includes historical figures like the Tuskegee airmen and Amelia Earhart.   Grab the Night at the Museum Movie Study

Madison (PG) In this American underdog story,  Madison follows the small town of Madison, Indiana and their journey to the hydroplane 1971 Gold Cup, against all odds. With a string of luck, the town is chosen to host the Gold Cup, much to the dismay of the “big shots.” To host the race, the town must raise $50,000, plus get the Miss Madison , the town’s boat, in shape. It’s also based on a true story and is packed with great lessons on determination, perseverance, and teamwork.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman (PG) Mr. Peabody is a dog who has invented a time machine. When his adopted human son Sherman accidentally uses it, they race through a variety of time periods to get back to the current day. This is a great intro to historical characters for younger kids. It prompts discussions on Marie Antoinette, the Trojan War, and Leonardo Da Vinci.

Remember the Titans (PG) This classic, starring Denzel Washington, is the true story of how a black football coach broke racial barriers. You may want to preview this movie first due to some profanity, but it is an incredible movie with great themes! Grab the movie guide here.

One Night With The King   (PG) This movie is best for ages 9+. The story of Esther, told in this wonderful movie. Esther, a young Jewish orphan, was chosen to become the king’s bride. Haman, the king’s right-hand man and the second in command, wants to kill the Jewish race. Esther bravely stands up to the king, and saves her people. The first few minutes of the movie are somewhat violent, but violence is mostly off-screen. This biblical tale isn’t entirely accurate either, but overall a good movie.

Secretariat and Dreamer   (PG) Secretariat and Dreamer are both true stories of notable racehorses. Both films are rated PG for minimal language.

The Color of Friendship In this sweet Disney Channel original movie, two girls, a black African-American and white South African become friends in the midst of the heated 1970s. I would highly recommend this one.

I Am David (PG) This movie is best for ages 9+. David is a 12-year-old boy growing up in a concentration camp. He knows nothing of the outside world. When he gets the chance to escape with nothing but some bread, a letter, and mysterious directions to get to Denmark, he seizes his chance.

The story could get brutal, but it doesn’t. Instead, it makes a great family movie. The ending is a bit odd compared to the incredible book (my favorite novel of all-time!) but the film feels like a Hallmark film and includes great messages about self-sacrifice, faith and courage. See: I Am David Book Study

Another one of my favorite resources for educational TV shows is Curiosity Stream , which is only $2.99/month or $20 for a whole year. They have such a wide variety of shows for kids! It’s like an educational Netflix. 🙂

Historical Movies for Older Kids

Below are some of my favorite historical movies that have great values and lessons and minimal violence, making them more appropriate for more mature children. I would recommend the below films for ages 12+.

Harriet Tubman is perhaps the most famous Underground Railroad conductor. This amazing story has some profanity and violence, but nothing felt graphic or over the top. It is recommended for ages 10+. Grab the Harriet Movie Guide

42: The Jackie Robinson Story

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to break down racial barriers in Major League Baseball. Jackie was a man of great character and this is a great tribute to his courage and legacy. There’s some minor sexual content and profanity (including several racial slurs) but it’s an important, noteworthy film. Grab the 42: The Jackie Robinson Movie Guide

Miracle at Midnight This is a made for TV Disney movie, and it is rumored to have been loosely based on the excellent children’s Holocaust novel  Number the Stars . It is a simple but good film showing the heart of Denmark during WWII, and how the nation pulled together to save 99% of their 7,000+ Jews. There’s an off-screen mention of suicide (by hanging), but other than that it’s pretty good for ages 9+.

Sergeant York    (NR) Set during WWI,  Sergeant York is a classic black and white biopic made during WWII. Alvin York struggled with alcoholism for quite some time, before accepting Christ into his heart. Despite becoming a pacifist, he became a famous WWI hero, known for capturing a German position single-handedly. It can seem slow at time for younger children, but overall is a pretty clean movie.

Island on Bird Street (PG-13) Inspired by Uri Orlev’s semi-autobiographical novel,  Island on Bird Street follows an 11-year-old Jewish boy and his survival in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust as he awaits the return of his father. It’s a great film for tweens and teens, and it is Dove-family approved for ages 12+.

Run, Boy, Run   (PG-13) Run, Boy, Run is the incredible true story of a 9-year-old Jewish boy, forced to survive the Holocaust for two years on his own, by living both in the woods and with Polish families. During this time, he also loses his arm. This is definitely one of the most incredible survival stories I have ever heard. It has low content problems but was definitely hard to watch at times, especially for parents. It was also recently added to Netflix.

Return to the Hiding Place (PG-13) Most Christians are familiar with the classic story of Corrie ten Boom’s “The Hiding Place.” Few know of her secret group of teen resistance fighters. This is their story, and contains strong messages of sticking up for righteousness. Also, being a Christian film, the violence is toned down but not downplayed. Here’s my full review of the film.

Diary of Anne Frank (NR) The Diary of Anne Frank is based on Anne Frank’s diary she wrote while in hiding from the Nazis. Historical movies for kids relating to the Holocaust can be tough to find, but Anne Frank’s story can be a gentle introduction to the subject.

The Drop Box Pastor Lee Jong-Rak and his wife have taken in and care for hundreds of orphaned and/or special needs children throughout South Korea. Here is their insightful story of life, faith, and God’s love. It’s also on Netflix!

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (PG) This Hallmark Hall of Fame film is one of my favorite films ever. Irena Sendler was a Polish Catholic social worker who rescued 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. Incredibly, she and all of the children she saved survived the war. I would preview this before giving it to kids. (Near the end, there is a very heartbreaking (but not overly violent scene) where guards torture Irena, however, she refuses to talk.) See: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Movie Study

Hidden in Silence (PG/PG-13) Hidden in Silence is the true story of a courageous Polish teenager and her 8-year-old sister who hid 13 Jews in their attic for 2.5 years. Same warning as above.

A few more of my favorite true story biopics worth mentioning: (G/PG)

• Front of the Class (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
• The Ron Clark Story
• 1001 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story

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Make a movie night educational with my growing collection of movie guides ! From The Sound of Music to Night at the Museum , get kids excited about history through movies. You can also find me on Teachers Pay Teachers .

For all of my historical book and movie lists, visit learnincolor.com/history .

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You have some of our favorites listed here! We haven’t seen Valient, yet. Or I Am David. Thanks for the recommendations! (stopping by via the Ultimate Homeschool Blog Hop)

I am David is one of my family’s favorites.

Yeah, I am David is my all-time favorite book. watched the movie, and loved it also! Jim Caviezel especially did such a great job. If you haven’t yet, you and your family should read the book. I bet you’ll love it! Thanks for commenting!

Greatest Game ever played. It is about an amateur golfer from poor background overcoming adversity and opposition. It has one scene that includes drunkedness so you will want to pre-watched so you know when to fast forward if you want.

We ADORE Liberty’s Kids! (Actually watching it now as I’m reading your list.) My guy is in Kindergarten and we have seen 5 of your recommended films. Will have to definitely check out the others! Thanks for the list! 🙂

We love, love, love Liberty Kids & Legends. Thanks for the other suggestions. Other favorites of ours is Princess Bride (my boys love that show!) & Anne of Green Gables.

Liberty’s Kids is AWESOME! But I have to object at your listing Disney’s Pocohontas as being in any way “historic”. We happened to find it on TV soon after studying Jamestown, and my children and I were appalled at how inaccurate it was! The thing that I just could NOT get past was them implying a love interest between her and John Smith, in reality he was MUCH older than her, and their relationship was much more of a brother/sister relationship.

Yeah, I was a bit shocked when I found out how young Pocahontas was! And, I think their movie “love” relationship was a better idea for a kids movie…make sense? Thanks for stopping by!

Yes, I have made it a point that when the children watch Pocahontas that they know that the story was changed. I am sure several people have taken for granted that Disney told the real story and took it as historical fact, when it is not. I wasn’t real happy they did that.

Maybe that’s how it CAN be educational. Watch, enjoy & note the liberties taken to embellish the story. Compare & contrast the facts. Much like you would a book with its movie. Your kids clearly got it.

Just found this blog! LOVE it!! Keep up the good work 🙂

Looking forward to adding some of these to our collection. Another couple that are historically set, but appropriate for children (preview, of course, to make sure) are Oklahoma! and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and My Fair Lady. All musicals.

So glad I found this list. I’ve never heard of One Night with the King so I immediately put it on hold at the library. Thanks for sharing this!

Sheffey is a really good one about an itinerant preacher from the 1800’s. Also the Torchlighter series has great animated movies about Corrie ten Boom, Eric Lidell, Perpetua, John Bunyan, etc. All can be found at Christianbook.com.

Added! Thank you, I have never heard of that series!

We just found a new show (we LOVE Liberty’s Kids) called Time Blazers. It’s on Qubo or some episodes are on Youtube!

AWESOME…we LOVE Liberty’s Kids! Will checkout Time Blazers. Thanks!

Don’t know if you are still adding to this list or not, but I think either The King and I, or Anna and the King would be good to add. The first one is the older one, a musical, with Yule Brenner as the king, but the second one is, I think, more historically accurate (though is PG-13, so may not work on your list) staring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. Even with the first one, there are some interesting things to discuss about colonialism that are introduced in the movie.

I own Anna and the King, but have not yet watched it. I would recommend watching BOTH movies, if for no other reason than the outstanding performances in the musical. But they also took Chulalongkorn’s speech at the end pretty much word for word from the book. I have seen the musical many times, and I always love the final scene of the new boy King, sad at his father’s passing, yet bringing his country into a new age of freedom

Ohh thank you! I’ve seen the animated one, but not the “real” one, although I think we have it.

Our family {big pink puffy hearts} Newsies. Great movie! You have some fun thoughts on movies for the younger set. Of course there’s the Disney movie Johnny Tremain that is a must watch as are some of the other older Disney movies like Davy Crockett and even the fictional Treasure Island. Masterpiece Theater did some great ones like Kidnapped that are fantastic.

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I suggest looking at This is America, Charlie Brown. We found them on Amazon and they were really thought provoking for my elementary & middle school monkeys. They inspired lots of questions and much looking up of facts.

What are your thoughts on ‘ANight at the Museum’? I like that there are so many people/things in it that would spark questions and curiosity in kids.

Hmm the movie? I haven’t seen any of them or know much about the plot, so I can’t really judge. Thanks!

When we watched Night at the Museum, my daughter then wanted to know more about Teddy Roosevelt and Sacajewea–so I would recommend, for 8+.

Thanks for these! I just purchased the American Girl set you linked. My girls will be thrilled and that is an awesome price!

Thank you so much! 🙂 Enjoy!

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Thanks for taking the time to compile this, I am pinning it, hopefully me and the hubby can look for some of these movies for our kiddos:)

🙂 Thank you so much!!

I have to disagree with you on the Disney movie Pocahontas. It definitely has Pocahontas the same general age as Captain John Smith and that is not true!!! She was a young girl and he was an older man. There never was a romance between them. Most people who know history did not like this movie so Disney did Pocahontas II which I have never seen, but from reviews I have seen it is more accurate.

Haha yeah. 🙂 My logic was since most kids will have already seen the movie, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to introduce them to the “real” one. 🙂 I haven’t seen the second one, but I will definitely have to look for it and possibly change it. Thank you!

This is America, Charlie Brown Heres one of mine that wasnt on the list but i thought should be added. Its a journey thru american history and includes: The mayflower voyagers, the birth of the constitution, the wright bros at kitty hawk, NASA space station, building of transcontinental railroad, the great inventors, the Smithsonian and the presidency, and the music and heros of America.

Thank you so much! I’ll have to look into them!

Even as an adult I very much enjoy the Dear America series. It’s similar to The American Girl series and available on Netflix. I think it’s probably best for older children-tweens.

Whoa, the Dear America series has movies? I was pretty upset I first found the series when I hit my WWII-streak, because I would have only read one of them and I know I would have loved them I will definitely have to check it out. Thank you!!

Thank you ever so much for your list of books and movies. We will defiantly use the list! Keep up the great work!

Thank you so much for the list of books and movies! We will defiantly be using the list! Keep up the great work.

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Thank you for this fabulous list of historically referencing productions for children. Liberty Kids is very accurate, & our entire family enjoys watching their series. Torch Lighters is 1 of our all time favorites. How wonderful for children to look to these heroes of the faith as their role models! As for Disney, we tend to steer clear of them most of the time, due to the witchcraft, new age religion references, & rebellion promotions. For example, in Mulan “Dragon” was an ancestral god who performed magical feats. In Mulan, they also used divination to summon their dead ancestor’s spirits- a big no-no in Christianity . The movie promoted gender confusion by portraying a woman as the heroine by rebelling against her parental authority & pretending to be a man. In addition, in the Disney movie Pocahontas, new age religions & paganism are shown by the character “Grandmother” who was a magical tree who gave Pocahontas “wisdom”. Also, by the wind, leaves, animals, etc. all having spirits. Furthermore, again we see Disney pushing rebellion against parental authority, and portraying the parents as incompetent to help solve the problem. Disney likes to make the rebellion of the child/hero the reason the child eventually “saves the day”. I encourage you pray about it for yourself. With your film expertise, I bet you could help create films that would promote good morals, including having parents being an asset instead of a stumbling block. Just a little food for thought, take it or leave it. I think there is an open market for those types of movies, and I for 1 would be very interested in supporting such a venture. 🙂 Thank you again for the wonderful list- great job!

Hi! For me, with Mulan and Pocahontas, those things don’t really bother me because they’re truth; they really happened. (or are realistic). That doesn’t mean I agree with them or support them, but I feel as Christians it is important not to shelter our kids, but in fact teach them why things such as witchcraft are wrong. In China, things like Buddhism exist and I want my children to know about it and know why it is wrong. And, I am NO way standing up for cross dressing or homosexuality or anything, but, it really did happen. (And there are tons of other examples of women dressing as men not to be sexual or gender-confused, but to save their life.) And, she rebelled against her parents because she felt like it was the right thing to do to save her father’s life. True story, and a cool one. More than listening to authority, I want my kids to do the right thing – whether or not it’s illegal. As for Disney and parents, I do agree the newer Disney (ie Disney channel) teaches little other than bad examples. With the older Disney, most Disney movies are coming-of-age. Combine this with Walt Disney’s tragic life story with his parents, and creating out-of-the-picture/dead parents is easier for plot. I know this is kind of a sloppy argument, but from a writing perspective, in a coming of age story with the child protagonist, it makes sense. And also, no ordinary person who does everything everyone else does would make a good story. More than anything else in the world, I want my kids to be courageous and to do the right thing. For one example, I’ll give you Helmuth Hubener. He grew up in 1940s Germany during Hitler’s reign, his mom was quiet and not really involved, and she married a Nazi. In short, defying his parents, Helmuth published an illegal anti-Nazi pamphlet stating the truth (that Hitler was lying to the people) and was beheaded, at 17, for this. At the time, people knew little to nothing about the Holocaust, Helmuth just recognized Hitler was lying to them about the war. Would you call this a good lesson or a bad one? Why? And also, Disney movies are just that – movies. I don’t think kids should necessarily be getting their main morals from a movie LOL 🙂 Anyways, thanks for your comment!

I have been looking for a similar list to this one! Thank you so much for sharing! Also, I agree with your viewpoints on talking and sharing with children!

Amy, I have some of the same concerns about Disney and many other films. While I agree with you on some points also, Samantha, I think one of the problems (maybe life experience may teach you in future) you are missing is , the age range these films are marketed to- which , it is astounding that nuance seemed to escape you and others in this little comments part, as it was the main reason for you ranking films by appropriately assigning ages. Sure, maybe my 10-13 year old can look beyond certain things knowing they are realistic, though wrong, and my middle to late teen can synthesize the information and come to their own conclusions (& accept consequences)even if their parents may have guided them differently. These movies are not that. They are marketed to young girls, five and up, sometimes even younger. They are shown an adult or near adult as the hero/ heroine and encouraged to think, for instance, that their mother is just a jealous, self centered beast who is trying to destroy her ( the wonderful, always sweet & pure one) and the father is either a bumbling idiot, uninvolved, or dead. Think about almost every Disney princess movie before you write this off. Who’s the villain? The foremost one is a parent at the beginning at least. Sure, coming of age, writing easier, etc. but badly done when the vast majority of your audience will be children who are NOT ‘coming of age’ but are needing their parents, needing examples to lay a foundation of right, wrong, trust, obedience, asking questions to people who love them more than anyone else , rather than ‘following their own heart’ , finding their independence, etc. Young children cannot put these things through the sieve of truth / good character/ wise choices/cause & effect because they have no basis for doing so, except their own self serving nature, which will usually lead them wrong. While the next argument may be ‘ well, the parent is watching it with them & should use it for a teaching moment ‘ we all know life gets busy and many use the movie as a flashy babysitting device or are thinking about other things (amusement = absence of musing) so much is left to the child to absorb without moral bearings. Like it or not, kids DO get a lot of their morals from movies, music, books, etc. Parents who take their job seriously recognize that. This is precisely why lists like yours are helpful. Also the reason why your response to Amy’s concerns was a major fail in context.

Mulan doesn’t encourage gender confusion and cross dressing anymore than Joan of Arc does.

Did Joan of Arc disobey her parents? Or treated her future husband as a garbage?

Yes, Joan of Arc did disobey her parents – on multiple occasions. For example, she left home in 1429 to support the Dauphin without telling her parents, and she refused to marry the man her father arranged for her to marry. By the way, parents aren’t God – let’s not confuse that. Our children need to learn to *figure out* what the right thing is – and then do it. That doesn’t come from adherence to rules – it comes from inside, from inspiration from God, from spirit.

Some very good recommendations, thank you! 🙂

Thanks for the list! I teach 8th grade history and started showing Belle to address slavery and the class system. There are several articles about the real portrait and the court cases. Wonderful! I also show the miniseries “Into the West.” It follows a family of settlers and a Lakota Sioux family through westward expansion, from the fur trade through the reservation system. It is definitely for older children 12+ as it covers the Indian wars and addresses many moral issues of that time. However, the moral message is a good one. My students LOVE it. I believe you would enjoy it. The shorter, edited version I show at school is for sale at Amazon, although I loved the longer original version.

Hmm I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Into the West! I’ll have to look into it. Thanks!

My children loved the three “historically” based movies featuring Fievel Mousecowitz, An American Tale is the first one (this one I liked most). It is about the pograms in Russia and emigration to America (my favorite). Certainly it takes a lot of liberties with historical facts but it plants seeds of curiosity. A jumping off point for learning about events. After some research, there were far more movies in the series than I ever saw. Appropriate for young children (the third one, about the west was pretty awful). October Sky. True story of high school boys whose interest in rocketry was sparked by Sputnik. Also depicts what it was like to live in a coal mining town in the 1950’s. My Dog Skip, a recounting of what it was like to be 12 in the 1950’s. The book is even better than the movie.

Thank you! I haven’t heard of the last two, but I’ve seen 2-3 American Tail Movies, EXCEPT the first one! I’ll have to add that one to the list and look into the other two. Thanks!

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How about “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”?

It’s not as family friendly as you remember it 🙁

Wishbone would be another good series.

Great post. others i suggest: The Hiding Place about Corrie Ten Boom. Seargent York. (my 5th grade students loved it even though it is black and white.) Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks, Johnny Tremain by Disney, Squanto by Disney, i will fight no more forever with Sam Elliot about Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe. Broken Arrow and Shenandoah both with Jimmy Stewart. Santa Fe Trail with Ronald Reagan.

Wow, I am so impressed. Never in a million years did I think my next year of home schooling would be so inspired by such a young person! Thank you for all your well researched information. I love that you are sensitive to things being age appropriate as well. Thank you for sharing all you have learned. It has really helped me tremendously!

Thank you so much for this wonderful information. I love math, and science, but history always seemed so abstract to me (ironic). Therefore, I struggle to teach my son this subject. I cannot express how grateful I am for this information! Thank you again!

I am the opposite. Math is abstract. History is stories! Sure, kids need to know dates and facts to some extent, but there is tons of good historical fiction, some written in each era, some more modern, to make life in other times come alive. From the Little House on the Prairie series, to The Witch of Blackbird Pond, to The Courage of Sarah Noble, to dozens of others. I would add the Sarah, Plain and Tall movies to this list, all 3 of them. Hallmark Hall of Fame movies are always excellently done. Also add the musical The King and I, which, like The Sound of Music, is based on a true story.

Great job, thx for the list! What about Pollyanna? I love that movie!

Oh my gosh – totally forgot about that one. Thanks!

Since I Love Lucy is on here, I would also like to submit Leave It to Beaver, My Three Sons & Father Knows Best. I loved these reruns when I was growing up (in the 80’s) 🙂

And the Andy Griffith Show.

ohh LOVE those classics!

For older children (parents, watch this one first; it will depend on your child’s maturity. My brother was all about it when he was 8 years old or so, having read all the non-fiction he could get his hands on. My dad is big into Civil War history and was able to watch with and explain it to him… The first time.) I can’t recommend “Gettysburg” with Jeff Daniels and Martin Sheen enough. Historically accurate and yet not gory, it paints a human picture of what was at stake and what went on those three days in 1863 from Seminary Ridge up Little Round Top and across the field during Pickett’s Charge. A superb film.

Awesome, thanks! I was big into the American Civil War during elementary school!

Also, for 12+, I would recommend Glory-a story of an all African-American regiment-starring Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, and Matthew Broderick-def. some intense violence, but great for older kids.

I agree, Glory is a great movie to add. I just want to thank you for all your hard work making this collection. I am definitely going to check out sll these mobies for my middle school Reading class.

The Journey of Natty Gann was one of my favorites growing up, and I just recently watched it with my 12 year old. Some mild profanity, but not enough to detract from a great story of the difficulties people faced to survive during the Depression. Lots of great conversation starters. Thanks!

Yes!! Mine too! Such an awesome movie!!

Thanks for the great suggestions!

I was in a PBS miniseries called The War That Made America. It’s the only made for TV movie about the French and Indian War. You can order it along with a curriculum for high school students.

I would add A Dog of Flanders (1999) & Sergeant York(1941) to your list. Nice compilation.

My 7 year old and I just watched two cartoons on YouTube about Christopher Columbus and Pocahontas. Christopher Columbus https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h6n-LJneqSU They are about an hour and a half each and pretty historically accurate. Although the Pocahontas one shows her dying and her son talking to her after? Dreaming of her I guess?

You ought to consider adding “Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken” as well.

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No, Pocahontas is not a historically accurate representation. I agree. It is a poor example of a historical movie representing American Indians. This movie should be used with caution for many reasons. http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/pewe/writing/Pocahontas.html There are so many historical movies that present the different cultures respectfully and honorably. Check out Debby Reese. http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/ when teaching, learning about American Indians.

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I like reading your posts. I do not agree that Prince of Egypt is good because it has a few blatant errors which I can’t cite because it’s been too many years since I saw it. I remember being irritated because it would not have been difficult to present the story accurately instead of making cuts that created errors. I also want to point out to you because you’re an intelligent person, that the use of the phrase “based off” which has become popular in recent years, doesn’t make sense. If you are constructing a building and first build the foundation or “base” do you then build ON it or Off?

Hi! Thank you! Yes, the main error in the Prince of Egypt was Moses was found by Pharaoh’s daughter (it’s his wife in the movie), and the movie focuses on this quite a bit. Off the top of my head, other changes were Aaron’s attitude towards Moses and Moses and Ramases’ pre-Exodus relationship. However, the Prince of Egypt is a huge favorite of mine. I am in love with the animation and the soundtrack, and it has inspired a love of Hebrew in me. 🙂 Also, I changed the “based off” to “based on” – I guess I’ve never thought of it before. Thank you for pointing that out!

You are very humble and I love that. ?

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Thanks for the suggestions! I first found your blog through one of your posts on Christian children’s books. Please link up all your literacy-related posts with us at Literacy Musing Mondays Linkup #LMMLinkup. http://www.foreverjoyful.net/?p=731

Thank you so much for sharing. I really enjoyed this list and want to print it. It would be nice to get a printer option without all the adds on the page. Thank you, Darla

Selma Lord Selma- the Disney version of the story

The movie Gandhi should be on this list.

Longitude. Excellent.

Great list! There are several that I haven’t seen and want to check out. Another one that should be at the top of the list in my opinion (haha) is Life is Beautiful. Personally I prefer the Italian version with English subtitles, but they do have an English voice over version as well. We have been waiting for years to watch it with our kids because of the reading factor. We have a 10, 11, 13 and 15 year old and they all enjoyed it. We watched it on Vidangel. Such a great film for depicting the holocaust era but with a beautiful touch to it all.

Thanks! 🙂 I am doing a list for middle school, and will most definitely have Life is Beautiful on the list! <3

Life is Beautiful is a sweet movie but it inaccurately depicts the Holocaust and what could have possibly happened there….almost makes a mockery of it. It is misleading (especially for young people who may think this was the reality) and, in my opinion, it is very problematic.

I wouldn’t completely say it “inaccurately depicts the Holocaust.” If anything, the Boy in the Striped Pajamas is very unrealistic and is hailed as realstici. There was a 5 year old boy who survived Buchenwald in hiding, similar to the Life is Beautiful story. He was kept sheltered and safe. Life is Beautiful is about a father’s love and hope, without disrespecting the Holocaust.

Thanks for the time and effort you put into making and sharing this list. I’d love to add “Fly Away Home” to your list. A great kid’s movie based on a true story.

What a great list of movies. I appreciate the time you took to put this together. I have 2 boys and I am constantly looking for ones to build intrest in “real” heroes. I came across a tv series called Daniel Boone. (I think it aired in the 60’s) I know it is not a movie soniy doesn’t fit into your topic per se. It is such an excellent TV series i just wanted to throw it out there. My boys love to “dress up” like Daniel Boone and his friend Mingo all the time – it has a lot of great values and has created a desire in them to learn more about Daniel, and Boonsburo, ect.

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I also recommend the Drive Thru History series. The host is silly, but that’s part of what makes is so great. They have a series on America and The Holy Lands.

Oh just looked them out and found them at our library! Thanks! We’ll have to check them out.

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Is there anyway to make this a printable list similar to your historical book lists? I want to stick the list in my planner for the year and 12 pages is just a bit much to justify. 🙂 Please let me know or send an email if you get a chance. Thank you for all you do.

Hey Tabitha! I do not currently, but can make you one and e-mail it to you 🙂 You could also bookmark/save this page, because as I find movies, I am always updating!

That would be fantastic

I use http://www.printfriendly.com to make everything printable!!

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The Liberty Kids series, about early American Revulsion, awesome! Thank you for all this work! I too would love a printable version 🙂

American Revolution!! Not revulsion, sorry, didn’t realize it had changed my word.

Hey Kristi! You can get a free printable list by using the subscribing form above 🙂 Thanks!

You could add the movie Night Crossing. From 1982 starting Jeff Bridges. It also depicts a true story of 2 families that built a hot air balloon to escape east Germany. They have family on the other side of the Berlin Wall & they are trying to get out . It’s been a few years since I’ve seen it but don’t remember anything violent.

Oh thank you I will have to look that up!

I’ll leave this for anyone who comes across this page like I did just now 🙂 It can be slow by today’s standards but is well done and will still have you on the edge of your seat. It gives a great view of life in East Germany. It’s *very timely* as it shows that life wasn’t a gulag for these families, but they were by no means free. You never knew who was watching and ready to report you. As our country deals with increasing governmental overreach—whether attempted or successful—we are asked to consider what is worth fighting for? What is worth dying for? Sadly, too many in our own country seem satisfied to sacrifice liberty for the similar dulling, mediocre comfort forced upon East Germans. Be advised that early in the movie a teenager tries to escape with tragic consequences—it’s heartbreaking for anyone to watch but could be particularly frightening for younger children.

Do you remember the WISHBONE series? It’s about a little dog who played real historical characters such as Robin hood or sherlock…etc. I totally enjoyed this.

I don’t think I’ve heard of it but it sounds like something I would love. I’ll check it out!

YES! It was such a good series! My nieces grew up watching that one!

Thanks so much for this list. I’ve seen some of these, and they are so good. I wanted to add a few to your list. They are not historical, but such awesome, clean movies for kids and parents. One is THE BLACK STALLION, and one is ANNE OF GREEN GABLES SERIES. Thoroughly enjoyable and visually beautiful! .

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Thanks for the great suggestions!!! Keep updating your valuable post. Thanks once again.

Samantha, Please try to view Night Crossing which is a Disney movie about a family that escapes East Germany to West Germany after WWII. It is excellent. My child with autism hates history books so I will take some of your recommendations for his history next year. Thank you.

Thank you! I’ll have to find it somewhere! And, I hope you enjoy these!

Thank you for this list! I also teach middle school. I show “Race to Freedom” that’s about the Underground Railroad. My 7th graders enjoy it. I’ve heard that Disney made a movie “Nightjohn” about slavery on a plantation, but I haven’t seen it yet. For ancient civilizations I show some of the History Channel’s “Engineering an Empire”.

Great list!, also check out the ‘Horacio Hornblower’ series for older kids. It is fantastic. https://www.amazon.com/Horatio-Hornblower-Adventures-Ioan-Gruffudd/dp/B00006FD8S

Awesome list! I actually found your list because I’m on the hunt for movies about slavery, the Civil War, The Civil Rights movement, discrimination, bullying, etc. for my 9-year-old daughter. We’re a two-mom, mixed race, homeschooling household, so it’s suuuuuper important to us to bring as much transparency and exposure to these issues as possible. This is a FANTASTIC starter list. Thanks!

Two other movies your readers may enjoy are Inn of the Sixth Happiness with Ingrid Bergman, and Luther with Joseph Fiennes. Inn of the Sixth Happiness is the true story of Gladys Aylward, a working-class Englishwoman, a domestic, in the early 20th Century who wanted nothing more than to be a missionary to China. Her social class and lack of education were barriers to achieving her goal, and no missionary project would accept her. But she was persistent, and after a long struggle she was allowed to go to China and assist a missionary who ra n an inn along a trade route. She eventually took over the mission and expanded it into an orphanage. During World War I she helped save hundreds of orphans from the Japanese invasion by hiding them in the mountains.She also had a surprisingly friendly relationship with the local ruler, who adopted her reforms, which especially aimed to empower women and girls. When this screenplay was first shopped around Hollywood, it’s said many studios turned it down because they thought it was too far- fetched…even though it’s a true story! There’s a suggestion of a romance between Aylward and a Chinese officer that is in fact made up, but the rest of the film is accurate. The Luther film is great; a couple of contrived subplots but otherwise faithful to the story of the younger Luther. ( There is another, British Luther bio that was on public TV awhile back; more educational, with scholarly commentary, but still pretty good for older kids .) For teens who can handle realistic portrayals of the Nazi era, Bonhoeffer is an excellent film about theologian/activist/ pastor Diettrich Bonhoeffer, who was a leader in the anti-Nazi German Confessing Churc h and who saved Jews by forging passports for them. I’m not a homeschooler, just a film buff.

Thanks so much, fellow film buff! 🙂 I have seen Bonhoeffer and bits of Inn of the Sixth Happiness! I was adopted from China, and my parents LOVE that movie.

Wow! What a wonderful resource. Thank you so much Samantha for sharing. A Holocaust movie that I highly recommend for Grades 5 and above is ‘The Boy in Striped Pyjamas’. I’ve shown it many times in my classes.

I love this list. Thank you.

You asked for other favorites, ‘Not without my Daughter’ We watched it in school, as I’m now a mother I think about it a lot.

Thanks! I remember watching that movie several years ago and it stuck with me too – I’ll have to give it a rewatch.

My son was an avid Liberty’s Kids fan. When he took the AP U.S. History exam years later, he said he wrote one of the essays entirely from his Liberty’s Kids knowledge. (He got a 5 on the exam, so the show’s accuracy paid off!)

That’s so awesome!! Learning with movies and books for the win 😀

Hi Samantha! Thank you for all your recommendations. Ive looked at this list many times over the years! I do have a question for you. I’m compiling my own list of American History Cinema to go along with my 8th graders literature studies. It is huge and I’m so excited! However, I see a big gap in my timeline of cinema. It seems to go from Civil Rights to fairly modern films. (Mostly inspirational sport, classroom, and biopic films.) I haven’t come across many that deal with 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, but then, I’m not as well-rounded in historical films as I could be. Pursuit of Happyness seems to be the exception. Do you have any recommendations for these decades?

Hey Robin, thanks so much! I have not…outside of some select biopics, I haven’t seen many from the 70-90s, or many set before the 1700s either!

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30 Best Classroom Appropriate Movies for Middle Schoolers

Showing a movie in class can be a great option when you’re ending a unit, needing a day between units, having to put together an impromptu sub-plan, or simply wanting to present a text in a different format to include visual and media literacy.

Pop culture has a place in middle school classrooms when it is used thoughtfully. These 30 movie suggestions have been compiled with a focus on including options that could be tied to social and emotional learning (SEL) as well as your middle school ELA curriculum.

You know your students best, so I definitely encourage you to preview any top-choice movies to ensure they’re a good choice for you and your demographics. You can even sign up for a free educator account at Common Sense Media for reviews and input about a variety of media texts, including many of the movies listed below!

To help you quickly find what you need, I’ve broken down the 30 recommended movies for middle schoolers into the following categories (click the link to quickly jump to a specific category!):

• Based on a Novel
• Based on a True Story
• Documentaries
• Animated Options
• Timeless Classics

Classroom Movie Category #1: Based on A Novel

Ah, every ELA teacher’s favorite category: movies based on novels. They are perfect opportunities to compare and contrast, wrap things up with a bowl of popcorn, tackle that pesky “two versions of the same text” standard, you name it. Here are my favorite movies for middle schoolers based on novels.

• Enola Holmes PG-13 (2020) 123 mins – This is A Sherlock Holmes mystery, but with his younger sister Enola as the protagonist. When Enola’s mother disappears, she sets out to solve the mystery, only to be caught up in another adventure at the same time. There is a sequel, but this original is the better of the two!
• Wonder PG (2017) 113 mins – The coming-of-age story of a boy with facial differences who moves from homeschooling to a local elementary school to start grade 5. August “Auggie” Pullman, while initially teased and ostracized, eventually gains allies and friends, which leads to a happy ending. 
• Holes PG (2003) 120 mins – Stanley Yelnats is sent to a juvenile detention boot camp in the Texas desert, where he and others dig holes all day. The film includes two flashback plot sequences that help tell the real-life story of why they are digging holes. This is one of my favorite novel studies for 6th grade, so I love to finish it with a good movie .
• T he Giver PG-13 (2014) 94 mins – In this futuristic, supposedly-utopian, society, when people turn 16 they’re assigned a role. Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory, who experiences all the pain so the community doesn’t have to. However, as a result of the role, Jonas becomes more aware of the downside of this utopian community.
• City of Ember PG (2008) 95 mins – In a post-apocalyptic world two teens, Lina and Doon, need to solve clues to save Ember, the underground city where they live. After nearly 200 years the generator that supports the city is about to die out, and the teens are the only ones who can save the city. Based on the first book of the series. 
• The Book Thief PG-13 (2013) 125 mins – WWII drama about a young girl, Liesl, in Germany who is adopted in 1938 by a German couple. Liesl, a voracious reader, has her story told from the point of view of Death. The story focuses on the war years while the family hides a young Jewish man in their basement. Like typical WWII dramas, this movie includes lighthearted and heavy moments. 
• Hunger Games PG-13 (2012) 142 mins – In a post-apocalyptic world, there’s an annual competition called the Hunger Games where pairs of teens from 12 districts in the country of Panem compete to win in a brutal televised competition. The goal is to be the victor and lone survivor; however, Katniss Everdeen, the ‘tribute’ from District 12, changes that plan with her actions in the Games. 
• Ca therine Called Birdy PG 13 (2022) 108 mins – Set in medieval English, 14-year-old Catherine, who is nicknamed Birdy, experiences family challenges as she needs to be married off by her family in order to resolve their debts. However, Birdy cleverly figures out ways to discourage each suitor her father chooses. The movie is funny as it explores coming-of-age elements such as first love, first periods, friendships, and more.

Classroom Movie Category #2: Based on A True Story

Sometimes, we could all use a little feel-good story based on truth. Whether meant to inspire, kick off a nonfiction unit study, or complement other studies, these movies are sure to stay with students long after the final credits roll.

• 42 PG-13 (2013) – This is a biopic of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in major league baseball. The story follows Robinson in his personal and professional life from the minor leagues to his rise to fame, while facing racism from fellow players, coaches, and fans. (There’s also a short novel for this one, so it also doubles as an excellent nonfiction novel study choice!)
• Queen of Katwe PG (2006) 124mins – The story of a Ugandan girl who learns to play chess under the guidance of a missionary. She excels at playing and travels to compete in the World Chess Olympiads. 
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind PG (2019) 113 mins – The story of a young boy from Malawi whose family can no longer afford to send him to school. William Kamkwamba then spends his days at the local library learning on his own; his ultimate goal is to build a windmill to pump water in order to save his town from famine. 
• Hidden Figures PG (2016) 127 mins – The story of three African-American women working at NASA as computers—the term for the people who computed/did calculations. Their work helped launch astronaut John Glenn as part of a mission early in the Space Race. 
• McFarland, USA PG (2015) 129 mins – The story of a coach new to a predominantly Latino California neighborhood who helps found a cross-country team. Working together, the team makes it to the state championships. 

Classroom Movie Category #3: Documentaries

• My Octopus Teacher (2020)—85 mins – The documentary filmmaker sets out to capture marine life in South Africa but makes a connection with one octopus during his daily dives. The octopus helps the filmmaker learn about life and survival, not just in the ocean!
• Own The Room (2021) 90 mins – The movie follows five students from around the world as they travel to compete in the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards in 2019 to win the $100,000 prize to invest in their businesses. The individual stories of creativity and perseverance are inspiring.
• T he Speed Cubers PG (2020) 40 mins. – This documentary follows two competitors as they participate in different events focused on solving the Rubik’s cube at the 2019 World Competition. It features challenges such as solving a cube while blindfolded, another that’s one-handed, and more, all while racing against a clock.
• I Am Eleven (2014) 94 mins – Travelling to 15 different countries around the world, the documentarians interview different 11-year-olds about their lives. The interesting thing is the connections or commonalities of experiences regardless of geographic location. TW: Discussion of suicide and bullying.
• Spellbound G (2003) 96 minutes – Following the story of eight competitors from across the US as they get ready for the annual National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC. All competitors are in the eighth grade or younger, but their stories are compelling nonetheless.

Classroom Movie Category #4: Animated Options

These movies (and the movies in the classics section) are perfect choices for celebrations. Whether it’s a half-day for teacher planning, the end of a quarter celebration, a celebration for achievements, or the end of the year, these movies are favorites that students of all ages love, plus, they touch on deeper topics that are ideal for rich, thought-provoking discussions.

• WALL-E G (2008) 103 mins – This environmentally-focused Pixar film is set in the future where WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) is the lone robot left on earth while humans live in personal hovercraft after escaping the destruction of society. WALL-E meets a new robot named EVE, only to have her snatched away; he follows her and sets things in motion that might change the world for the better. 
• Zootopia PG (2016) 108 mins – Zootopia is a city where animals are personified and live more human-like day-to-day lives. A small-town rabbit joins the big city’s police force only to be caught up in solving the recent kidnapping crime spree. She teams up with the hustler fox to help save the day. 
• Coco PG (2017) 109 mins – The title character has a love and talent for music but his family bans all music as a result of a long-ago devastating family event. Coco continues playing and steals a guitar on the Day of the Dead (November 1 and 2) and is transported to the Land of the Dead where he explores more of his family’s history. 
• Inside Out PG (2015) 102 mins – Focused on personified emotions of Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust, the lead character Riley’s emotions are explored at different stages in her life. At the same time that Riley moves houses and schools, Joy and Sadness get stuck in a space where they can’t be accessed and must work to make it back so Riley can have a better balance of emotions.
• Turning Red PG (2022) 100 mins – A young girl, Mei Lee, is on the threshold of adolescence and all the issues that come with that! This is further complicated by the fact that she turns into a giant red panda when she gets excited. 

Classroom Movie Category #5: Classics for Always

• October Sky PG (1999) 108 mins – Set in 1957, the film follows a group of young kids enthralled with all things space, especially Homer, who wants to become a rocket scientist. The film’s setting coincides with the year the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite sent into space. The group of young boys, along with their teacher, set out to try and spot Sputnik in the sky. The film follows Homer’s home life at the same time as he dreams of space and all it entails.
• The Princess Bride PG (1987) 98 mins – A modern fairy tale where Prince Humperdink gets engaged to a young woman named Buttercup, who thinks her true love and childhood sweetheart, Wesley, has been killed. Before she is set to marry, she is kidnapped, and the adventure begins!
• Remember the Titans PG (2000) 113 mins – Set in 1971, Coach Herman Boone faces the challenge of leading an integrated high school football team in Virginia. Through teamwork and perseverance, the players, both Black and White, learn to overcome racial tensions, showcasing the power of unity and diversity on and off the field.
• Cool Runnings PG (1993) 98 mins – Based on a true story, Cool Runnings shows the story of a Jamaican bobsled team’s quest to compete in the Winter Olympics. Guided by a determined coach, the team challenges stereotypes and overcomes obstacles to pursue their Olympic dream.
• The Sandlot PG (1993) 101 mins – The Sandlot follows the adventures of a young boy named Scotty Smalls as he moves to a new neighborhood and joins a local baseball team. Led by Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, the team navigates challenges and bonds over their shared love for the game. 
• Secondhand Lions PG (2003) – 111 mins – In Secondhand Lions, young Walter is reluctantly sent to live with his enigmatic great-uncles in rural Texas. With their unconventional lifestyle and tales of adventure, Walter finds himself immersed in a world of mystery, humor, and unexpected surprises, uncovering the truth behind his great-uncles’ intriguing past.
• The Greatest Showman PG (2017) 105 mins – The Greatest Showman celebrates the visionary spirit of P.T. Barnum as he creates the spectacle of the circus, featuring an array of performers and showcasing the magic of dreams brought to life through song, dance, and extraordinary acts.

Do you have a student (and teacher) favorite that you would add to the list? Drop it in the comments below for a future reader!

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Toy Story Franchise

Enchanting children and adults alike, the Toy Story franchise revolutionized the world of animation, introducing a lovable cast of toys that have captured hearts worldwide, including the beloved cowboy Woody and intrepid space ranger Buzz Lightyear. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and a stellar ensemble voice cast elevate the stories with unforgettable performances and magical chemistry, taking young audiences on a rollercoaster ride of friendship, adventure, and heartfelt life lessons. Through its engaging narratives and visually stunning animations, the Toy Story franchise has cemented its legendary status as a cornerstone of children's cinema, instilling a sense of wonder in the minds of generations.

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc. brings the whimsically colorful world of pint-sized protagonist Boo and her larger-than-life friends, Sulley and Mike, to life, captivating the imaginations of young and old alike. Masterfully crafted by Pixar, this film spins a heartwarming tale of friendship and compassion that thrills kids, while John Goodman and Billy Crystal provide pitch-perfect comedic chemistry. The endearing characters and clever narrative in Monsters, Inc. have solidified its place in the pantheon of beloved children's movies for generations to come.

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Ratatouille

With its enchanting Parisian backdrop, Ratatouille serves up a scrumptious tale of love, family, and ambition through the eyes of Remy, an aspiring chef who just so happens to be a rat. The endearing partnership between Remy and hapless cook Linguini introduces children to the magic of following their dreams, underscored by the delightful voice work of Patton Oswalt. This heartwarming and hilarious adventure, presented by the creative geniuses at Pixar, captures the essence of childhood wonder and leaves kids yearning for more culinary escapades.

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Finding Nemo

Adventurous and heartfelt, Finding Nemo dives deep into the enchanting underwater realm to recount the unforgettable odyssey of a clownfish father, Marlin, and his newfound friend, Dory, as they search for his missing son, Nemo. With its stunning animation and breakout voice cast, including Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks, this aquatic triumph captures the joys and challenges of parenthood, fostering a genuine love for the ocean and its inhabitants in the hearts of children. Filled with laughter, love, and valuable life lessons, Finding Nemo emerges as an iconic animated masterpiece beloved by generations of young moviegoers.

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The Lion King

Set against the awe-inspiring backdrop of the African savanna, The Lion King immortalizes the inspirational journey of Simba, a young lion destined for greatness. The film's legendary voice cast, featuring talents like James Earl Jones and Nathan Lane, as well as unforgettable songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, has made The Lion King a perennial favorite among children. This epic animated tale of love, loss, and redemption continues to captivate young audiences, leaving them entranced by the Circle of Life.

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As a dazzling voyage through the wondrous city of Agrabah, Aladdin enchants children with its high-spirited escapades, unforgettable characters, and mesmerizing musical numbers. The charismatic genie, memorably voiced by the legendary Robin Williams, ensures non-stop laughter while dazzling youngsters with magic and adventure. Aladdin 's heartwarming story of love, courage, and friendship continues to entrance children, casting a spell that has lasted for generations.

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Cars Franchise

Revving up the imaginations of young fans, the Cars franchise takes viewers on high-speed adventures through the fantastic world of anthropomorphic automobiles, led by the charismatic race car Lightning McQueen, brilliantly voiced by Owen Wilson. Fusing action-packed race sequences with humor, life lessons, and an array of colorful characters, the films strike a chord with kids, fueling their love for animated storytelling. The Cars franchise's delightful mix of excitement, emotion, and endless fun continues to captivate the hearts of children, successfully cornering its position as a favorite in the realm of family cinema.

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Winnie the Pooh

Delighting children with its heartwarming tales of friendship, Winnie the Pooh weaves a timeless tapestry of adventures that feature young Christopher Robin, Pooh Bear, and their band of lovable companions. This beloved animated franchise draws children into the charming Hundred Acre Wood, inviting them to share in laughter, love, and important life lessons. Winnie the Pooh continues to enchant and inspire young minds, leaving lasting imprints in the hearts of children everyhwere.

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Mulan , an empowering tale of bravery, presents young viewers with a vibrant heroine who defies all odds to protect her family and country. This animated classic seizes children's imaginations with its captivating music and beautifully realized ancient China setting, while introducing them to the importance of self-discovery and challenging societal expectations. A timeless coming-of-age story, Mulan remains an enduring inspiration for children and an indelible symbol of strength and courage.

WALL-E whisks children away to a distant future, introducing them to a lovable robot whose unwavering spirit captivates hearts and minds. This Pixar masterpiece enthralls young viewers with its breathtaking visuals, innovative storytelling, and adorable romance, while gently addressing crucial environmental themes. A memorable and thought-provoking journey for kids, WALL-E serves as a testament to the power of love and the importance of nurturing our planet for future generations.

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Beauty and the Beast

The enchanting world of Beauty and the Beast whisks children away to an opulent castle where love triumphs and a curse is broken. With its endearing characters, like Belle and the Beast, and the film's soaring, award-winning soundtrack, young hearts are captured and captivated by the magic of this animated fairytale. The spellbinding story of love and redemption woven in Beauty and the Beast lives on, enchanting generation after generation of awestruck viewers.

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Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins , a jubilant masterpiece featuring Julie Andrews in her iconic, Oscar-winning role as the magical nanny herself, transports children to a realm of wonder, music, and boundless joy. With toe-tapping tunes like "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "A Spoonful of Sugar," this timeless movie delights and captures the attention of young audiences year after year. A true classic, Mary Poppins remains a testament to the power of imagination and the importance of caring for one another in the world of children's cinema.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

An enchanting adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved book, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ignites children's imaginations, taking them on a magical journey through the eccentric candy maker's whimsical world. Featuring the mesmerizing Gene Wilder as the incomparable Willy Wonka, this film showcases mesmerizing colors, captivating tunes, and valuable lessons on honesty and kindness. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory continues to amaze and inspire young viewers, leaving an indelible impression with its unforgettable moments and endearing themes.

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid immerses children into an alluring underwater world filled with unforgettable characters, such as Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian, as well as enchanting musical numbers. The film's vivid animation and captivating tale of dreams, love, and self-discovery have redefined the genre of animated storytelling for children. A spellbinding experience for young audiences, The Little Mermaid endures as a cherished favorite and steadfast testament to the power of curiosity and hope.

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Whisking children away to the whimsical world of the Hundred Acre Wood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh boasts charming animated segments that introduce young viewers to the endearing cast of characters, including Pooh Bear, Piglet, and Tigger. This collection of heartwarming tales masterfully weaves laughter, excitement, and life lessons, capturing the essence of childhood and the warmth of friendship. Timeless in its charm and enduring appeal, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh remains a beloved children's classic that continues to resonate with young audiences across generations.

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Monsters University

Mind-tingling fun and heartwarming friendships come to life in Monsters University , a Pixar prequel that dives into the origin story of lovable characters Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan, brilliantly voiced by Billy Crystal and John Goodman. As the duo navigates the thrills and challenges of scare school, young viewers cheer them on amid rambunctious college antics and captivating life lessons. Bursting with color, boundless energy, and compelling characters, Monsters University not only delights children but also reinforces the importance of hard work, dedication, and friendship.

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The Emperor's New Groove

Jam-packed with wit, humor, and unforgettable characters voiced by David Spade and John Goodman, The Emperor's New Groove whisks children away on a zany South American adventure filled with magic, unlikely friendships, and life-altering transformations. Our delightfully arrogant protagonist, Emperor Kuzco, embarks on a quest to regain his throne and embrace his new llama form, all while learning invaluable life lessons alongside the kind-hearted Pacha. Dazzlingly funny and endlessly engaging, The Emperor's New Groove conquers the hearts of young viewers and proudly takes its place as a cherished animated classic for all ages.

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The Polar Express

A magical cinematic journey to the North Pole, The Polar Express captivates children with its heartwarming tale of friendship, wonder, and the spirit of Christmas. Tom Hanks' notably versatile voice work elevates this enchanting adaptation of the beloved book, as the movie enchants young viewers with its memorable cast of characters and breathtaking visuals. The Polar Express ensures a timeless classic that continues to inspire children's belief in the magic of the holiday season.

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The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music , a beloved musical classic starring the enchanting Julie Andrews as Maria, transports children to the picturesque Austrian Alps and immerses them in a wondrous world of song, dance, and adventure. With its unforgettable tunes, like "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favorite Things," this evergreen family film sparks joy, fostering a love for music and kindling heartfelt emotions in children. The Sound of Music endures as a cherished family treasure, inspiring generations of budding von Trapps across the world.

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My Neighbor Totoro

Whisking children away to the enchanting world of charming forest spirits, My Neighbor Totoro , a masterwork from the legendary Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki, captures the hearts of young viewers worldwide. Set in the tranquil countryside of Japan, this vibrant and visually stunning animated film entices kids with its whimsical creatures and timeless themes of friendship, love, and the beauty of nature. The adventures of Satsuki, Mei, and the titular Totoro continue to enthrall generations, fostering a deep sense of wonder and appreciation for the world around us.

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Babe , the heartwarming tale of a lovable piglet pursuing his dreams, enchants children with its captivating narration, delightful characters, and the awe-inspiring wonder of the farm setting. Bringing to life the unforgettable titular character, this movie teaches young viewers valuable lessons on kindness, determination, and breaking conventions. With its blend of humor, charm, and emotion, Babe remains an endearing classic for children, resonating as a testament to the power of belief and sheer perseverance.

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The enchanting tale of a young deer, Bambi introduces children to a vibrant forest filled with an unforgettable cast of characters, including the loyal friend Thumper and the wise Friend Owl. This animated Disney masterpiece captivates kids with its heartwarming story, memorable moments, and valuable lessons of love, friendship, and the circle of life. A classic cherished by generations, Bambi maintains a legacy that continues to engage young hearts and minds.

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101 Dalmatians

A charming tale of canine camaraderie, 101 Dalmatians captures the hearts of children with the exhilarating adventures of Pongo, Perdita, and their daring litter of spotted pups. This captivating film brings to vivid life the heart-pounding race to save the adorable puppies from the infamous Cruella de Vil. A cherished Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians continues to enamor young viewers with its delightful ensemble of characters, high-stakes adventure, and valuable lessons on family and devotion.

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

A timeless tale of love, magic, and adventure, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs enchants children with its iconic cast of characters and unforgettable songs. As Disney's first animated feature film, this classic captivates young hearts with its stunning visuals, showcasing a beautifully crafted world filled with memorable moments of laughter and compassion. With its enduring charm, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs continues to captivate generations of children, leaving an indelible mark on the world of animation.

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Horton Hears a Who!

Join Horton the Elephant, perfectly voiced by Jim Carrey, on an engaging adventure to save the tiny world of Whos in Horton Hears a Who! , a delightful adaptation of Dr. Seuss' classic children's book. Children become enraptured with the film's vibrant animation and irresistible charm, as Horton's kindness and determination captivate young hearts and encourage empathy. Brimming with humor, wisdom, and enchanting visuals, Horton Hears a Who! captures the imaginations of kids and instills in them the importance of compassion and respecting those who may be different.

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A Boy Named Charlie Brown

A Boy Named Charlie Brown brings the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip to life with heart and soul, as Charlie Brown endures life's obstacles and the trials of the National Spelling Bee with the support of his loyal friends. The iconic cast of characters, including the spirited Snoopy and wise Linus, delivers an unforgettable coming-of-age story infused with relatable truths about childhood. This enchanting and humorous film resonates deeply with kids, encouraging them to learn life's lessons with perseverance and a smile.

• # 188 of 452 on The 400+ Best Animated Kids Movies
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The Land Before Time Franchise

The Land Before Time franchise enthralls children with its awe-inspiring prehistoric world filled with captivating characters, like Littlefoot, Ducky, Cera, and Petrie, who embark on unforgettable adventures. These films present universally relatable themes of friendship, courage, and resilience, promoting camaraderie and bonding between the lovable dinosaur friends as they journey through their wondrous surroundings. The Land Before Time movies endure as a cherished staple for young audiences, igniting generations of awe-struck children's imagination and fascination with the miraculous world of these ancient creatures.

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Rio brings a vibrant, tropical adventure to life with the charming, domesticated macaw, Blu, who embarks on a daring journey to meet his female counterpart, Jewel, in the bustling city of Rio de Janeiro. Featuring an all-star voice cast with Anne Hathaway and Jesse Eisenberg and catchy, upbeat tunes, kids are sure to boogie along to this flamboyant and colorful animated film. Rio encourages self-discovery and stepping outside of one's comfort zone, making it an irresistibly fun experience to share with the whole family.

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A beloved classic tale of transformation and true love, Cinderella enchants children with its enthralling story of an ordinary girl's magical journey to the royal ball. The eponymous character's adventures, complete with a fairy godmother, friendly mice, and the dashing Prince Charming, ignite the imaginations of young viewers, inciting them to dream big. Through its enchanting visual storytelling and timeless themes, Cinderella remains a shining example of the boundless magic and allure of animated cinema for generations of children.

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Charlotte's Web

Steeped in heart and moral values, Charlotte's Web weaves the affectionate tale of a humble pig named Wilbur and his selfless spider friend, Charlotte. The film, based on E.B. White's beloved children's book, mesmerizes young viewers with its farm setting, lovable characters, and heart-rending lessons on friendship, compassion, and the importance of standing up for others. Touching the hearts of children, Charlotte's Web indeed spins a timeless strand of warmth and love.

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Letting Kids be Kids: Introducing the Best G-Rated Films

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Children’s films have come a long way since the advent of the silent slapstick comedies of the 1920s. The “G Rating” has been used as a sign of family-friendly entertainment with content suitable for all ages since 1968. It might be challenging to determine which G-Rated films to watch as a family because so many options are available. The movies on this list stand for the best in the genre, which has endured over time and appeals to viewers of all ages.

The timeless 1939 masterpiece, “ The Wizard of Oz ,” is cherished in the annals of family classics. Its narrative unfurls the enchanting expedition of a youthful maiden named Dorothy, venturing into the mystical realm of Oz. Along her odyssey, she encounters a captivating ensemble, including the shy lion, the tin-hearted man, the cerebrally-inclined scarecrow, and culminating in a rendezvous with the enigmatic Wizard of Oz himself. Despite the eons that have elapsed, this cinematic gem remains impervious to the passage of time, with its ageless dialogues and melodies continuing to captivate successive generations of spectators.

For numerous years, Disney productions have found their place within the G-Rated realm, with a collection of their works achieving timeless status. Among these, the illustrious “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ,” unveiled in 1937, emerges as a pinnacle. This harmonious cinematic creation unfurls the chronicle of a princess banished from her dominion by her evil stepmother. While in exile, Snow White meets a group of comical dwarves who ultimately become her saviors from her stepmother’s evil plot. Viewers of all ages belove in the music and characters.

“ The Lion King ” is another masterwork from Disney that premiered in 1994. It teaches Simba, a young lion cub, how to usurp his father’s reign and retake the Pride Lands. The musical is both intensely emotional and action-packed. This G-Rated movie features an all-star ensemble cast, memorable songs, and stunning visuals. It is commonly cited as one of the best family movies ever.

The animated series “ Spongebob Squarepants ” is a fan favorite among children, and its movie adaptation was released in 2004. In this movie, Spongebob and his friends Patrick and Squidward adventure to rescue their kidnapped friend Gary. The movie is full of hilarious jokes and comical sight gags that children and adults enjoy.

Another classic to consider when looking for a wholesome family movie is “ ET the Extraterrestrial .” In this science fiction film, Elliott, a little child, makes friends with an extraterrestrial from space. The two form a bond and embark on numerous adventures while trying to evade the authorities. The film’s zany comedy and heartwarming friendship make it a family favorite.

Since its emergence in 1997, the “ Harry Potter ” saga has evolved into an enduring cultural marvel. While several entries in this sequence bear a PG-13 classification due to their more somber ambiance, all productions unveiled before 2006 adhere to a G-Rating standard. The initial quartet of cinematic installments tracks the exploits of Harry and his comrades within the enchanting corridors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they courageously confront the evil energies of the formidable Lord Voldemort. Melding fantastical elements with familial dynamics, the Harry Potter movies forge a compelling synthesis of genres, rendering them an enchanting tapestry of entertainment that resonates across diverse age groups.

Finding entertaining, family-friendly movies appropriate for all ages can be challenging. Nonetheless, the G-Rated movies listed here represent the epitome of excellence within their genre. From captivating musical escapades to timeless science fiction masterpieces, these cinematic creations have endured through the ages, preserving their allure and captivating modern audiences. Embracing a collective viewing experience of these films guarantees a family movie night brimming with uncompromised refinement and top-tier amusement. Thus, seize a bowl of popcorn, dim the lights, and let everyone revel in the joy of youthful moments.

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The 20 Best Educational Movies for Kids

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Your kids are home from school, and you desperately need some time to do laundry/pay bills/chill out. The fix? Plunk ‘em down in front of the TV for a couple of hours. But if you’re feeling sheepish about screen time , we’ve got you covered. Here, the best educational movies for kids so you can press play without a pang of guilt.

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1. Wall-e (2008)

• Suitable for: kids ages 5+
• Run time: 103 minutes

This artsy Pixar gem is about Wall-E—a hopelessly charming robot who lives on Earth, centuries into the future when humans have trashed the planet and then left it to live unhealthy lives on a spaceship instead. If it sounds a bit dystopian, that’s because it is at first. However, the narrative takes a turn for the hopeful when Wall-E encounters another robot on Earth and falls in love. The object of his affection, Eve, is scooped up by the human spaceship and a romantic rescue mission ensues—one that has an unexpectedly positive impact on mankind. This eco-conscious film is heavy-handed, to be sure, but it’s also poignant and visually beautiful. Turn it on and prepare to have your heart strings tugged and your conscience stirred.

2. Coco (2017)

• Suitable for: kids ages 7+
• Run time: 109 minutes

Kids of all ages can get a dose of culture from this moving tribute to Mexican traditions, which features an impressive Latino cast (Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt), vibrant animation and a stellar soundtrack. As for the storyline, Coco is ultimately a coming-of-age film about a young boy named Miguel, who is torn between following his passion for music and honoring his family’s rich history. The takeaway? This kid-friendly number serves up a resounding celebration of cultural heritage, alongside positive messages about family, unconditional love and ambition.

3. Wings Of Life (2013)

• Suitable for: kids ages 6+
• Run Time : 77 minutes

This Disney nature doc, a special Earth Day release, is all about the birds and the bees…literally. Narrated by Meryl Streep, this fascinating flick takes a deep dive into the important work done by pollinators. It’s also blessedly light on wildlife violence: There’s some squabbling between birds and a couple insect-related predator-prey scenes, but none of the carnage that could make a sensitive kid feel terrified of nature.

4. Inside Out (2005)

• Run Time : 94 minutes

This quirky and incredibly original animated film follows a tween girl, Riley, as she tries to navigate her daily struggles and the flood of emotions that adolescence has introduced. The twist is that it’s those very feelings, personified, that tell the story (and pull the strings) from inside her brain. The plot of this one has plenty of excitement and moderate peril, but what really stands out is the positive and emotionally evolved message it sends that all feelings are OK, even anger and sadness, and what matters most is how you express them.

5. Sound Of Music (1965)

• Run Time : 224 minutes

This beloved classic has stood the test of time for a reason, friends. As the title suggests, the film is replete with amazing tunes. In fact, the wholesome narrative revolves around Maria, a nun-turned-nanny who wins over her reluctant charges (and their father) with song. Ultimately, this musical is full of romance and brimming with positive messages about kindness and integrity. That said, parents should know that the story takes place during the Nazi invasion of Austria—a historical context that plays a significant role in the film and may inspire questions from inquisitive kids.

6. March Of The Penguins (2005)

• Run Time : 80 minutes

March of the Penguins is a visually stunning nature documentary that follows—you guessed it—penguins as they make their yearly, perilous trek across Antarctica. The film is moving—tragic, at times—and ultimately serves up a display of empathy and community among the migrating birds that’s so beautiful you’ll want to have a box of tissues on hand.

7. Akeelah And The Bee (2006)

• Suitable for: kids ages 8+
• Run Time : 112 minutes

This poignant drama revolves around the struggles and triumphs of a young black girl, Akeelah, as she navigates her relationships with family and friends, whilst pursuing her talent as a champion speller. The story unfolds around a National Spelling Bee competition, but you definitely don’t have to be a bookworm to appreciate the complexity of the narrative and the empowering conclusion to the story.

8. The Mitchells Vs. The Machines (2021)

• Run Time : 109 minutes

In The Mitchells vs. the Machines , a family road trip turns into an action-packed adventure when an AI robot released by a tech company turns on mankind. Needless to say, the film explores the pros and cons of technology and the growing role it plays in our lives. File under ‘screen time conversation starter.’

9. What’s On Your Plate?

• Run Time : 76 minutes

There’s a pro-vegetarian message in this informative and engaging documentary about food, which covers everything from the global impact of consumption and waste to basic nutrition. It’s basically a kid-friendly version of Fast Food Nation and an educational watch, to be sure. That said, parents who choose this one for family movie night should be prepared to field some difficult questions about their own eating habits.

10. Science Fair (2018)

• Run Time : 90 minutes

Young innovators steal the show in this documentary about teen participants in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The film follows an impressively diverse group of contestants from a variety of economic and ethnic backgrounds, and the content is plenty engaging. Overall, it’s a compelling watch that will surely inspire science-minded tweens and teens to pursue their STEM goals.

11. Wadjda (2013)

• Suitable for: kids ages 9+
• Run Time : 97 minutes

Wadjda is an empowering and beautiful film about a spirited, sneaker-wearing Saudi girl who wants to learn how to ride a bicycle, despite the fact that such activities are forbidden for women in the conservative Muslim tradition to which she belongs. Thought-provoking and full of charm, this one serves up a subtle and complex perspective on oppression, culture and religion. Parents should know that the movie is relatively free of violence and other explicitly disturbing elements, but it is subtitled and also sophisticated compared to other kid’s movies. In other words, this one is best-suited to tween and teen audiences.

12. Turning Red (2022)

• Suitable for: kids ages 10+
• Run Time : 100 minutes

Don’t ask us why some parents have their panties in a bunch over this heartwarming story about a young girl reaching puberty. As far as we’re concerned, Pixar’s first ever women-only project is a winner. The animation is lively, the characters are likable, and the sweet coming-of-age narrative perfectly captures the highs and lows of adolescence, while highlighting the importance of friends and family alike. Plus, the “red panda” metaphor is so much better than the tired “it’s that time of the month” business. (Right?)

13. Paper Clips (2004)

• Run Time : 82 minutes

When it comes to age-appropriate Holocaust education, Lois Lowry’s Number the Stars is a classic; and then there’s “Paper Clips,” a documentary about a group of students and a remarkable teacher who introduced the subject in a way that adequately captures the profound injustice of the historic event without all the violent details. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more family-friendly movie for teaching tweens about tolerance, diversity and the horror that was the Holocaust.

14. Jane (2014)

Jane Goodall, the famous primatologist and chimp whisperer, is the subject of this engaging documentary, which explores both her pioneering work and the fascinating primates she studied. Most importantly, though, this heartfelt biopic boasts a powerful and far-reaching message about perseverance and compassion that’s sure to make an impact on animal-lovers, budding scientists and pretty much everybody else.

15. Woman In Motion (2019)

• Run Time : 105 minutes

Here, another empowering documentary about a strong female role model. This time the subject is the life and work of Nichelle Nichols—the Star Trek actress who, at the series’ end, passionately devoted herself to a NASA special project that focused on the recruitment of female and minority astronauts. Her poignant story is a lesson in the importance of diversity, as well as the impressive progress that a single person can bring about by simply using their voice to champion a worthy cause.

16. Night At The Museum (2006)

New York’s Museum of Natural History has a new night watchman—and he’s wholly unprepared for the fantastical adventure that his first shift turns into. Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke and Bill Cobb are just a few names on the all-star cast of this action-packed movie, which brings history to life in ways that are slightly terrifying but mighty entertaining. (Psst: Considerable peril and occasional bad language make this one best for the tween and up crowd.)

17. Fantasia (1940)

• Run Time : 125 minutes

Give your kid an education in classical music with a timeless Disney favorite. This entirely dialogue-free animated film is best described as a compilation of visually enchanting short stories that unfold to the tune of the greatest compositions from the 18th and 19th century. There’s nothing flashy or objectionable about this one, friends, so you needn’t worry about overstimulation. In fact, Fantasia is one of the best ways for kids of all ages to experience screen time and discover a love of music in the process.

18. Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

• Run Time : 75 minutes

Long before Wall-E hit the theaters, there was Ferngully —an animated gem from the 90s with a similarly powerful environmental message. There’s a deranged but charming bat (voiced by Robin Williams), a courageous fairy apprentice (Samantha Mathis), and an evil spirit (Tim Curry) that they must stop from destroying the rainforest. Spoiler: Humans are responsible for said evil spirit, and your kid will become a veritable treehugger after just one watch.

19. The Land Before Time (1988)

• Run Time : 70 minutes

You might remember this popular film (and the many, many sequels) from your own youth. Our suggestion? Start from the beginning with the original animated movie about a courageous and diverse band of dinosaur babies who overcome their differences so they can overcome the adversity of parental separation in the aftermath of the legendary (and continent-creating) giant earthquake that broke up Pangaea.

20. Up (2009)

• Run Time : 98 minutes

Pixar tackles old age, illness and death in this surprisingly uplifting film. The unlikely protagonist is a curmudgeonly old man who aches for his deceased wife and decides to honor her memory by departing on a grand adventure with the help of a whole bunch of helium balloons…and the (unwanted) company of a boy scout on board. Humorous and touching, this kid-friendly flick will have viewers of all ages pondering the meaning of life, love and friendship.

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• Netflix offers a diverse selection of G-rated movies and cartoons that can be enjoyed by the whole family, with some even receiving critical acclaim and awards.
• It is important for families to add these G-rated movies to their watchlist sooner rather than later, as movies are constantly leaving Netflix's library.
• From a Spanish superhero comedy to heartwarming documentaries and animated shorts, Netflix has a variety of entertaining and educational G movies.

It would be an understatement to say that Netflix has a large catalog of films and TV series on its platform, and while some of the best movies and shows on Netflix tend to be for adults, the streaming giant also has a wide selection of G movies and cartoons that younger viewers can watch and enjoy. Ranging from stop-motion animated adventures to live-action Netflix original action-adventure movies, there is a diverse number of films that can truly be enjoyed by the whole family.

However, while most of these movies are made for younger children, they have not only received positive reviews, but a handful of them have even been nominated for Academy Awards, which means that adults too can appreciate their artistic value. However, it is important to note that movies are constantly leaving Netflix's library , so families should make sure to add these G movies to their watchlist sooner rather than later.

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18 Superlópez (2018)

Superlópez is a Spanish superhero comedy film and is based on the comic strip character of the same name. The film follows López, a man in Spain who is secretly the superhero Superlópez who, in traditional superhero fashion, must rise up to save the day when an evil force threatens Earth. There are a lot of similarities that can be found between Superman and Superlópez, but considering that the more recent films featuring Superman are a bit too mature for younger audiences, Superlópez is a great alternative for kids not just in need of some superhero fun but who want to experience the genre from a different cultural perspective.

17 The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again (2020)

The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again picks up two years after the first film, with Margaret Delacourt ascending to the throne of Montenaro. With so much pressure on her shoulders, Margaret breaks up with her boyfriend, Kevin. Determined to fix their relationship, Stacey tells Margaret to switch places with her again so that Margaret can fly to Chicago to rekindle her relationship with Kevin, all while a secret third look-alike named Lady Fiona, Margaret's evil cousin, also pretends to be Margaret so that she can steal the throne for herself. The film is a very wholesome, sweet, and entertaining movie that both younger kids and adults can enjoy, and it builds on the characters from the original even more.

16 Canvas (2020)

If younger audiences are in need of something short and sweet, the Netflix animated short, Canvas , isn't a bad option. It follows a grandfather who loses his passion for painting after the passing of his wife, but with the help and love of his granddaughter, the grandfather regains not just his passion for painting, but his appreciation for life in general. In its 9-minute runtime, Canvas ' beautiful animation and emotional storytelling as it is able to communicate deep messages about loss and grief in a way that kids can both understand and connect with.

15 The Loud House Movie (2021)

Set between the fourth and fifth seasons of The Loud House show, The Loud House Movie follows the Loud family going on a trip to Scotland only for them to realize that they are actually members of the Scottish Royal Family and that they are owners of a castle in the country. While the film is definitely a must-watch for fans of The Loud House , even younger audiences who are unfamiliar with the show can get a lot out of the film as it is littered with catchy musical numbers and zany bits of comedy.

14 The Beginning of Life (2016)

While younger audiences may not be as inclined to watch a documentary as adults, the docs can engage even the youngest of viewers, and a prime example is the Brazilian documentary, The Beginning of Life . Using interview footage from both neuroscientists and parents, the film analyzes how childhood development affects humans as they grow from children to adults, and the way the information is communicated manages to be both informative and entertaining. The film manages to take even the most complex terms and turn them into concepts children can understand, making this an educational experience for both kids and adults alike.

13 Rescued by Ruby (2022)

For any young kids who want to see a dog movie that isn't Paw Patrol , Rescued by Ruby is a solid alternative. Based on a true story, the film follows a state trooper named Dan who wants to become a member of the K-9 search and rescue team of the Rhode Island state police, and after a string of failed attempts, he finally has his shot when he adopts a shelter dog named Ruby. With a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has been positively received by both critics and audiences. It is an entertaining and endearing boy-meets-dog story that audiences of all ages will love.

12 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always (2023)

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always is a film that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers franchise as the movie brings back some of the original cast members of the '90s series for one last Power Rangers adventure, and the end result is a movie that is both entertaining and nostalgic. While the film will definitely be more engaging for '90s kids who grew up watching the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , it is still an entertaining Power Rangers movie for new fans as well.

11 Feel The Beat (2020)

Feel the Beat is a dance comedy-drama film that follows the story of April, a young dancer who, after failing to make it big on Broadway, returns to her hometown where she is recruited to train a misfit group of young dancers to compete in a big dance competition. This dance-driven family film features a diverse cast of characters who learn how to set aside their differences and work together to create the best dance team possible, so any young viewers who are passionate about dance will get a lot out of Feel the Beat .

10 The Wiz (1978)

The G-rated films available on Netflix aren't just recent releases, as plenty of G movie classics are available on the platform as well, including the 1978 Sydney Lumet-directed musical, The Wiz . A reimagining of The Wizard of Oz that features an all-Black cast and an urban fantasy Land of Oz that resembles New York City, the film feels reminiscent of the original Wizard of Oz while also being its own unique experience. While it was poorly received at the time, the film has since become a cult classic.

9 Robin, Robin (2021)

When it comes to producing endearing yet entertaining short-but-sweet cinematic experiences, no one makes shorts like Aardman Animation , and Robin, Robin is yet another example of the studio flexing their animation muscles. The short follows a young robin raised by mice who goes on a grand adventure to steal a shiny star and prove to her family that she is as good of a mouse as the rest of them. The film is incredibly sweet and endearing, and with a runtime of 32 minutes, it manages to exude more life and personality than feature-length movies.

8 White Christmas (1954)

Another great G-rated classic film on Netflix, White Christmas follows the story of two musical producers/performers played by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye who decide to throw a big musical number for their former commanding general in World War II to save his failing Vermont Inn. Full of song-and-dance numbers, charismatic performances, and an overall enthusiastic and upbeat tone, White Christmas isn't just a Christmas classic but an enjoyable film that can be watched at any time of the year.

7 Stand By Me Doraemon (2014)

Doraemon has become a pop culture icon within the world of anime as his manga is not only one of the best-selling manga in history but he also has been adapted numerous times on several TV series and a total of 41 spinoff anime movies . While Stand By Me Doraemon is yet another adaptation of the source material that follows a robot cat from the future named Doraemon helping a young boy named Nobita Nobi, this film in particular feels special as it perfectly captures what makes the character so endearing and timeless. The film can be viewed by both hardcore fans and newcomers and overall, and is just a sweet, entertaining time.

6 My Octopus Teacher (2020)

Another documentary that proves that the right subject matter can make even the youngest of viewers invested, My Octopus Teacher is a South African documentary that follows filmmaker Craig Foster and the relationship that he forms with a wild common octopus in the kelp forests of South Africa. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards and is an incredibly informative yet heartwarming tale of two different creatures that manage to form a bond with one another despite being completely different animals.

5 A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2020)

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon is another entry in the beloved Shaun the Sheep series created by Aardman Animations, and like with all the shorts and TV series, the film manages to be non-stop, pure entertainment. A sequel to the Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015), the film follows Shaun and his flock encountering a friendly, magical alien and must find a way to return her home before the government gets its hands on the creature. In the same vein as Aardman's other franchises like Wallace and Gromit , the film forgoes logical structure and just prioritizes being a fun thrill ride.

4 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005)

Aardman Animation's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit is one of the best animated movies of the 2000s, especially considering it won Best Animated Feature Film at the 78th Academy Awards. The film follows two pest control agents named Wallace and his dog Gromit who attempt to catch the notorious Were-Rabbit that poses a threat to all the vegetables in the town's gardens. Incredibly straightforward and simple, the film is endlessly entertaining and can be rewatched numerous times, and while a new Wallace & Gromit film is in development , it will be tough to top what this movie achieved.

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Movies for kids: A list of good G-rated movies on Netflix

By mads lennon | may 11, 2023.

It’s not easy to find G-rated movies these days as the rating seems to be on its way out. But sometimes, parents looking for content to show their children prefer the safety provided by the G rating since it all but guarantees there won’t be anything inappropriate in the film. In contrast, PG films can sometimes push the boundaries.

The good news is that there are G-rated Netflix movies , but most are not Netflix Originals, meaning they could leave the platform anytime. Luckily for you, we’ve curated a list of some of the best G-rated Netflix movies currently available, so you can bookmark this page and check back for updates on the latest additions to the service!

It should also be noted that some of the films on this list are technically made-for-TV movies, so they have a different rating system than movies. On television, TV-G is actually more akin to a PG film rating. TV-Y is the rating you want to check for on television, or even TV-Y7 since that means the show is for children, or, in the case of TV-Y7, appropriate for kids 7 and up.

Best G-rated movies on Netflix

When it comes to the best G-rated Netflix movies, you can’t go wrong with films like Chicken Run or The Land Before Time . Now is a great time to revisit Chicken Run as Netflix is releasing a sequel to the movie later this year titled Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget .

And while The Land Before Time might be a tearjerker , it’s also considered a classic as it tells the story of a young dinosaur named Littlefoot who is displaced by an earthquake and ushered into a journey where he makes new friends and family.

Fans of Wallace and Gromit and the makers of Chicken Run will also want to check out the goofy, feel-good movie A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon , which follows Shaun and his flock as they try to help an adorable alien after her UFO lands near the Mossy Bottom Farm.

Here’s a list of great G-rated Netflix movies you can watch right now :

• Chicken Run
• The Tale of Desperaux
• The Land Before Time
• The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
• A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
• Raising the Bar
• Jessica Darling’s It List

Which of these G-rated Netflix movies are you planning to watch?

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100 best G-rated movies to watch as a family

100 best g-rated movies to watch as a family.

The earliest movies, some only mere seconds long, were made in the last decade of the 19th century after Thomas Edison invented the kinetoscope. As technology quickly advanced, the demand for more moving pictures that were longer in length and had more elaborate storylines increased. By the early 20th century, the motion picture industry as we know it today was beginning to emerge. And the rest, as they say, is history.

The motion picture industry has changed dramatically since those early days, including how films are rated for audiences. For example, in 1922, in the early days of studios, William Hays formed the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America . This governing body would go on to create the moral censorship guidelines, or the Hays Code, as it was often referred to, which provided regulations about the types of content that could or could not be shown on screen. The Hays Code , which remained in place for nearly 40 years, included incredibly strict rules that dictated films to only present correct standards of life, crime and immorality could never be portrayed in a positive light, and religion could never be depicted in a mocking manner.

Then, in 1968 , the modern voluntary movie rating system was born. The new system rated films G, M, R, and X and focused less on determining what audiences could see and more on giving parents a system that they could use to decide what was appropriate for their families. This modern-day system has gone through several rounds of refinement over the years, but since the beginning, the G rating has indicated that a film is appropriate for audiences of all ages.

Stacker has rounded up a list of the 100 best G-rated films to watch as a family. Data was compiled on all G-rated movies to come up with a Stacker score—a weighted index split evenly between IMDb and Metacritic scores. To qualify, the film had to be listed as G-rated on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 5,000 IMDb votes. Ties were broken by the number of votes.

From "The Sound of Music" to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," any one of these movies would make a great pick for your next family movie night.

#100. The Out of Towners (1970)

- Director: Arthur Hiller - Stacker score: 77.2 - Metascore: 72 - IMDb user rating: 7.0 - Runtime: 101 minutes

In "The Out of Towners," small-town Ohio couple George and Gwen set out for the big city (New York City, to be precise) after George receives a job interview there. Travel snafus make their journey a frustrating one, and it takes a plane, train, taxi, and some good old-fashioned walking to get George and Gwen to their destination. According to John Mahoney of the Hollywood Reporter , the Neil Simon flick is "the closest the sound film has come to recapturing the genius of the silent movie chase comedy."

#99. The Time Machine (1960)

- Director: George Pal - Stacker score: 77.2 - Metascore: 67 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 103 minutes

A faithful adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic, "The Time Machine" tells the story of a scientist who tempts fate by creating a machine that allows him to jump into three different periods of the future. Special effects, including the design of the time machine, were a major hurdle for the filmmakers, but in the end, they managed to pull off an impressive feat and won an Oscar for Best Special Effects.

#98. The Italian Job (1969)

- Director: Peter Collinson - Stacker score: 77.2 - Metascore: 70 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 99 minutes

In the 1969 version of "The Italian Job," Michael Caine plays a British crook who plans to steal millions of dollars of gold from a convoy of cars in Turin, Italy, by fixing the traffic lights in order to establish a gridlock that would allow him to sneak away. Irreverent and goofy, the film has one of the best and most copied cliffhanger endings of all time.

#97. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

- Directors: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney - Stacker score: 77.7 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 6.9 - Runtime: 68 minutes

"The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" is actually two different animated stories packaged into a single film. The first, about the wealthy Mr. Toad who sets out to get a car any way he can, is derived from "The Wind and the Willows," while the second, about a schoolmaster who's caught in a love triangle and deathly afraid of the Headless Horseman, was pulled from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Originally, the movie was set to be called " Two Fabulous Characters " drawing a clearer distinction between the tales and characters, whose only real link is how prone they are to disaster.

#96. The Last Unicorn (1982)

- Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. - Stacker score: 77.7 - Metascore: 70 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 92 minutes

Mia Farrow lends her voice to the titular character in " The Last Unicorn ," playing a young, frightened creature who sets out to save her kind from the evil hands of King Haggard, finding help from a gentle sorcerer named Schmendrick along the way. Described as highly imaginative and innovative, the cartoon, which deals with themes like loss and regret, is based on a novel by Peter S. Beagle, who also wrote the screenplay. An interesting note: the animation was completed by a studio that would go on to be known as Studio Ghibli.

#95. The Rescuers (1977)

- Directors: John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens - Stacker score: 77.7 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 6.9 - Runtime: 77 minutes

"The Rescuers" is a Disney classic about a mouse detective named Miss Bianca, and her assistant, Bernard, both members of the Rescue Aid Society, who spring into action to save a human girl named Penny from the evil Madame Medusa. For a while, there was a rumor flying around that a topless woman could briefly be seen in the background of a scene, but have no fear, the images have been edited out in every current release of the film.

#94. Oklahoma! (1955)

- Director: Fred Zinnemann - Stacker score: 78.3 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.0 - Runtime: 145 minutes

A film adaptation of the famous Rogers and Hammerstein musical, "Oklahoma!" tells the story of a young woman from the rural territory and the two men vying for her affection. The two composers retained creative control over this film, which resulted in it more closely following the storyline and plot beats of their original stage show. Only two musical numbers were eventually cut from the score.

#93. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

- Directors: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, John Musker - Stacker score: 78.3 - Metascore: 73 - IMDb user rating: 7.1 - Runtime: 74 minutes

Basil of Baker Street, a mouse detective, lives in the same London flat as Sherlock Holmes and shares his same mystery-solving abilities. In "The Great Mouse Detective" he's hired by the mouse daughter of an abducted toy maker to find her father and uncovers a plot against the crown along the way. The film earned $25.3 million at the box office , which helped Disney Studios recoup some of the losses from "The Black Cauldron," an expensive flop that had premiered the year before.

#92. The Princess and the Frog (2009)

- Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker - Stacker score: 78.3 - Metascore: 73 - IMDb user rating: 7.1 - Runtime: 97 minutes

Set in New Orleans during the 1910s and '20s, "The Princess and the Frog" is about a young woman with dreams of owning her own restaurant, who kisses a frog prince, is turned into a frog herself, and must seek the help of a voodoo priestess in order to return to her human form. The film is notable among the Disney classics, as it is the first film to feature African American characters since 1946's "Song of the South," a deeply racist movie that has been locked in the Disney vault for years.

#91. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

- Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise - Stacker score: 78.3 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.0 - Runtime: 91 minutes

" The Hunchback of Notre Dame " contains heavier themes than some other Disney movies, like abuse of authority, racism, and the importance of civic action to end injustices. Loosely based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name, Disney studios actually expected the film to get a PG rating from the MPAA rating board because of these heavier themes. In the end, it kept the G rating and opened in 1996 to an underwhelming response at the box office.

#90. The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

- Director: Mark Dindal - Stacker score: 78.3 - Metascore: 70 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 78 minutes

An arrogant young emperor is taught his lesson after a scheming adviser turns him into a llama in "The Emperor's New Groove." Set in the ancient Incan Empire , the film was originally titled "Kingdom of the Sun" and would have been a "Prince and the Pauper"-type tale until a total overhaul gave us this classic, comedy gem.

#89. The Sound of Music (1965)

- Director: Robert Wise - Stacker score: 78.3 - Metascore: 63 - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Runtime: 172 minutes

Movie musical "The Sound of Music" took the world by storm, earning $158.7 million at the box office and taking home five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Based on the last musical Rodgers and Hammerstein ever made , the movie tells the story of a governess (Julie Andrews) who falls in love with her employer (Christopher Plummer) and is forced to flee Austria with him and their seven children after they refuse to join the Nazi party.

#88. The Parent Trap (1961)

- Director: David Swift - Stacker score: 78.8 - Metascore: 73 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 129 minutes

In "The Parent Trap," twin sisters Susan and Sharon, who were separated at birth, meet at a summer camp and plan to switch places in an attempt to get their parents back together. Hayley Mills stars as both sisters, a feat that was accomplished by a trick shot that allowed her to appear in two places at one time. Originally, the film contained very few of these processed shots, but as soon as Walt Disney saw how seamless they looked, he ordered more to be added.

#87. Winnie the Pooh (2011)

- Directors: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall - Stacker score: 78.8 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.1 - Runtime: 63 minutes

Three of A.A. Milne's Hundred Acre Wood stories are brought together to create this 2011 " Winnie the Pooh " movie. The gentle hand animation adds a level of magic to this movie that follows the crew as they search for Eeyore's missing tail and set out to save Christopher Robin from what may be a possible abduction. Appropriate for even the youngest viewers, there's nothing in this movie that could possibly inspire nightmares.

#86. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

- Director: Mel Stuart - Stacker score: 78.8 - Metascore: 67 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 100 minutes

A screen adaptation of the Roald Dahl book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" is about a poor kid named Charlie Bucket who finds a golden ticket that gains him entrance to a famed candy factory alongside four other children. Starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, the film was oddly financed by the Quaker Oats Company , which was looking to make a movie that could promote their new candy, the Wonka Bar. After purchasing the rights to the story, the company shifted around the words in the title in order to make the tie-in more obvious.

#85. Cars (2006)

- Directors: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft - Stacker score: 78.8 - Metascore: 73 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 117 minutes

When racing car Lightning McQueen falls out of his trailer on the way to an important race, he winds up in Radiator Springs, where he meets new faces like Tow Mater and Sally and learns the true meaning of friendship. Aside from the fact that the cars can talk, the film was noted for its realism, and most of the characters in the film are based on real cars , like a 1960s Volkswagen Microbus and a 1959 Chevy Impala. "Cars" was such a success that it has since spawned a whole franchise of movies and a Disney+ TV show.

#84. The King and I (1956)

- Director: Walter Lang - Stacker score: 79.3 - Metascore: 72 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 133 minutes

A big-screen version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, "The King and I" is about a widowed governess who sets out to tutor the wives and children of the King of Siam on the English language and customs. Starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr, the movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning five.

#83. A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)

- Directors: Will Becher, Richard Phelan - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 79 - IMDb user rating: 6.8 - Runtime: 86 minutes

A sci-fi, claymation movie, "A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon" begins with an alien spacecraft crash landing on Mossy Bottom Farm. Shaun quickly befriends the creature inside, helping him find a way to return home before being captured by a government agency. While not exactly the most thought-provoking movie on this list, it has managed to retain a respectable audience rating on IMDb.

#82. The Secret Garden (1993)

- Director: Agnieszka Holland - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 101 minutes

"The Secret Garden" is based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's tale of an orphaned girl and a sickly boy who uncover a hidden garden in the imposing mansion they call home and turn it into an oasis of their own. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola, the film's biggest star is Dame Maggie Smith, who received a BAFTA nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role as Mrs. Medlock.

#81. Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

- Director: Norman Jewison - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 67 - IMDb user rating: 8.0 - Runtime: 181 minutes

An Oscar-winning adaptation of a popular Broadway musical, " Fiddler on the Roof " is about life in a Russian Jewish village pre-revolution. Tevye, the main character, is the father of five daughters, and he spends much of his time seeking to marry them off while still maintaining the cultural and religious traditions that are being eaten away by outside influences. The movie is cheerful and affirmative while showing deep respect for the values and traditions of this specific group of people.

#80. Hercules (1997)

- Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 93 minutes

One of Disney's only forays into Greek mythology, "Hercules" is about the half-man, half-god who was forced to live on Earth among mortals and prove his worth in order to regain his spot on Mount Olympus with the gods. The animated feature starred the vocal talents of actors like James Woods, Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, and Danny DeVito. It's been recently reported that Disney has a live-action remake of this classic film in the works.

#79. Mulan (1998)

- Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 71 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 87 minutes

Based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, "Mulan" was the first movie in the Disney oeuvre to feature an Asian protagonist. The story, about a young woman who steps up to defend her country in her father's place and ends up saving all of China, won rave reviews from critics for bringing such a strong, self-sufficient, and brave heroine to the big screen. The titular warrior is truly an inspiring role model for children of all ages.

#78. The Three Caballeros (1944)

- Directors: Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Harold Young - Stacker score: 80.4 - Metascore: 85 - IMDb user rating: 6.3 - Runtime: 71 minutes

A mix of animation and live-action, " The Three Caballeros " is made up of a series of segments featuring Donald Duck as he travels around to various countries in South America. If the plot strikes you as odd, that's because it is. The film was one of the Disney company's contributions to the war effort under the Good Neighbor Policy, which sought to develop closer bonds with neighboring countries in an effort to keep Axis powers' influence at bay.

#77. Gigi (1958)

- Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Charles Walters - Stacker score: 80.4 - Metascore: 82 - IMDb user rating: 6.6 - Runtime: 115 minutes

In "Gigi," the titular character has been raised to be a courtesan in the "family tradition," but isn't interested in the charms and etiquette she must learn in order to succeed, dreaming of love and marriage instead. While some of the topics in the movie might be on the more risqué side, they are talked about in such coded lingo they'd fly right over the heads of most children, who are sure to be more entranced by the central love story and musical numbers anyways.

#76. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

- Director: Stanley Donen - Stacker score: 80.4 - Metascore: 75 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 102 minutes

Though it's based on the decidedly not family-friendly story, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" puts a wholesome, humorous spin on the tale. The musical comedy is about six uncultured, lumberjack brothers who are inspired to find love of their own after their oldest brother brings home a beautiful wife of his own. They go about it in all the wrong ways, however, attempting to kidnap the women they're interested in, much to the chagrin of their village.

#75. The War of the Worlds (1953)

- Director: Byron Haskin - Stacker score: 80.4 - Metascore: 78 - IMDb user rating: 7.0 - Runtime: 85 minutes

A sci-fi film based on an H.G. Wells novel, the 1953 version of "The War of the Worlds" is far less scary than more recent editions thanks to its dated special effects ( Oscar-worthy at the time ) and more family-friendly tone. It sticks to the same story, about an alien war machine that crashes onto the Earth, and begins killing people at random. Their only hope for salvation? "The littlest things, which God, in His wisdom, had put upon this earth."

#74. Oliver! (1968)

- Director: Carol Reed - Stacker score: 80.4 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 153 minutes

Based on the Broadway musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic work "Oliver Twist," the movie's over-the-top characters appeal to children while adults can relish in the great storyline. The movie is about a young orphan who falls in with a group of street urchins led by the Artful Dodger and Fagin, only to have them turn on him when a wealthy target, Mr. Brownlow, offers him a home. Famed film critic Roger Ebert called "Oliver!" a " treasure of a movie ."

#73. The Haunting (1963)

- Director: Robert Wise - Stacker score: 80.4 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 112 minutes

While technically rated G, this low-key horror movie isn't suited for kids who are nightmare-prone. In "The Haunting," four people (an anthropologist, an ESP, a lonely woman with experience in supernatural events, and the heir of the mansion in question) set out to spend the night in a house that's rumored to be haunted and quickly discover that the old stories are true. The film would make a good watch around Halloween.

#72. Lassie Come Home (1943)

- Director: Fred M. Wilcox - Stacker score: 81.0 - Metascore: 78 - IMDb user rating: 7.1 - Runtime: 89 minutes

The first installment in the "Lassie" series, " Lassie Come Home " follows a devoted dog as he treks from Scotland to England in search of his original owner. The family-friendly flick was one of Elizabeth Taylor's earliest roles—a far cry from the darker, more mature parts she'd prefer later on.

#71. The Road Home (1999)

- Director: Yimou Zhang - Stacker score: 81.0 - Metascore: 71 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 89 minutes

A beautiful love story, "The Road Home" tells the story of the courtship between Luo Changyu and Zhao Di via a series of flashbacks as their son returns home to their small village in order to make the necessary preparations for his father's funeral. The movie received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, who even called it one of the best films of the year.

#70. A Man for All Seasons (1966)

- Director: Fred Zinnemann - Stacker score: 81.0 - Metascore: 72 - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Runtime: 120 minutes

In " A Man for All Seasons ," Sir Thomas More seeks to remain true to his convictions even in the face of treason charges that were leveled against him after he refused to help King Henry VIII obtain a divorce. The movie is not quickly paced, but it's historically accurate, and its message about remaining true to the things you believe in is one for the ages.

#69. Peter Pan (1953)

- Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney - Stacker score: 81.0 - Metascore: 76 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 77 minutes

Upon his death, author J.M. Barrie left the rights to "Peter Pan" to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. When Walt Disney decided he wanted to adapt the story about the boy who never grows up, he had to make a deal with the hospital rather than the author's estate, which is more standard, in order to receive the animation rights. In the end, it was well worth it—the film grossed over $40 million after its initial release.

#68. A Bug's Life (1998)

- Directors: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton - Stacker score: 81.0 - Metascore: 77 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 95 minutes

Inspired by Aesop's fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper," "A Bug's Life" is about an ant named Flick who makes a huge mistake that risks the life of his colony and must find a way to save them from the nefarious grasshoppers. Hours and hours of work went into animating this Pixar feature about insects, and the film's team pored over videos taken from a "bug's perspective" in order to get things just right.

#67. Not One Less (1999)

- Director: Yimou Zhang - Stacker score: 81.5 - Metascore: 73 - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Runtime: 106 minutes

There are no professional actors in " Not One Less ," a film from Yimou Zhang, who also directed such films as "Raise the Red Lantern" and "Shanghai Triad." Instead, the actual residents of the small village the film was shot in play its various characters, giving the movie an incredibly authentic feeling. The story is about a 13-year-old girl, Wei Minzhi, who is tasked to be a substitute teacher at the local school when the regular teacher, Gao Enman, is unexpectedly called away. Before he leaves, Enman instructs Minzhi to make sure all of the students are still there when he returns, as the school's subsidy is dependent on numbers; when one boy leaves in search of work, Minzhi goes to great lengths to find him and bring him back.

#66. The Muppet Movie (1979)

- Director: James Frawley - Stacker score: 81.5 - Metascore: 74 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 95 minutes

The big-screen debut of the muppets, "The Muppet Movie" is an original story starring Kermit the Frog, who sets out to meet a talent agent in Hollywood, and is captured by Doc Hopper, an evil villain who sells frog legs in his restaurant. Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, and the rest of the gang have to jump into action in order to save Kermit before it's too late. One of the most memorable scenes in the movie is the finale, which featured 250 different puppets who all had a unique role to play, and required Jim Henson to hire 150 extra puppeteers through the Los Angeles Guild of Puppeteers of America.

#65. Animal Crackers (1930)

- Director: Victor Heerman - Stacker score: 82.1 - Metascore: 77 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 97 minutes

A pre-code Marx Brothers caper, "Animal Crackers" is based on the trio's Broadway musical of the same name. The comedic mystery has a loose plot that centers around a stolen painting, a Long Island party, and a foreign explorer.

#64. The Secret of NIMH (1982)

- Director: Don Bluth - Stacker score: 82.1 - Metascore: 76 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 82 minutes

An adaptation of the Newbery Award-winning children's novel, "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH," "The Secret of NIMH" was made and directed by a whole team of former Disney animators . It's about a widowed mouse who must move her home and children before they're crushed by the farmer's plow. When one of her children comes down with an illness, she turns to the rats of NIMH, who have heightened intelligence. They give her a sacred object that will help her get the job done.

#63. Lady and the Tramp (1955)

- Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting - Stacker score: 82.1 - Metascore: 78 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 76 minutes

" Lady and the Tramp ," the 1955 Disney movie about a pampered pooch and a streetwise dog who fall in love, was first inspired by sketches that one of the animators, Joe Grant, made of his own springer spaniel. As the studio worked up a treatment to accompany the sketches, other influences, like a short story by Ward Greene titled "Happy Dan the Whistling Dog," were mixed in, in an effort to create a film that contained the classic Disney formula. Funnily enough, the movie's most classic scene, where the two pups share a plate of spaghetti, almost didn't make the cut, after Walt complained that it didn't really make much sense.

#62. The Winslow Boy (1999)

- Director: David Mamet - Stacker score: 82.6 - Metascore: 79 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 104 minutes

Based on a 1940s play by Terence Rattigan, which was inspired by the true story of the Winslow family, "The Winslow Boy" is about the lengths a father will go to in order to clear his son's—and by association his own—name. After being accused of theft, Ronnie Winslow is expelled from his school, his father, convinced that his son is innocent, spares no expense in publicly clearing the boy's name, all but ruining the rest of his family in the process. A tense film at times, this movie places more importance on character development than it does on the plot, making it an interesting watch for adults as well as kids.

#61. The Longest Day (1962)

- Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck - Stacker score: 82.6 - Metascore: 75 - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Runtime: 178 minutes

A G-rated war film about the D-Day landings in Normandy, this flick probably isn't appropriate for young audiences or sensitive viewers, but it would be a great watch with older children and teenagers. "The Longest Day" shows what happened on several different fronts on D-Day, and provides a historically accurate and atmospheric retelling of the biggest event in World War II, making it both educational and entertaining.

#60. Babe (1995)

- Director: Chris Noonan - Stacker score: 82.6 - Metascore: 83 - IMDb user rating: 6.9 - Runtime: 91 minutes

One of the few children's films to have ever been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, "Babe" is about a talking pig who learns he has talent as a sheepherder. A live-action movie, Babe and all of his farm friends are a mixture of real, trained animals and animatronic doubles, all of whom "speak" thanks to a computer program that made their mouths move in the correct patterns.

#59. Tarzan (1999)

- Directors: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima - Stacker score: 82.6 - Metascore: 79 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 88 minutes

Edgar Rice Burroughs first came up with the character of Tarzan in his 1912 novel, "Tarzan of the Apes." In 1999, Disney studios brought the tale of an orphaned boy raised by kindly apes in the African wilderness to life. British musician Phil Collins wrote and recorded most of the music included in the movie.

#58. Yellow Submarine (1968)

- Director: George Dunning - Stacker score: 83.2 - Metascore: 79 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 85 minutes

The Beatles (or at least their images) star in this animated film about a city called Pepperland that is under siege by the music-hating Blue Meanies. Pepperland's last hope, the group is called in to save the day by playing some of their hits, which the Blue Meanies stand no chance against. While this is touted as a Beatles film, John, Paul, George, and Ringo actually only appear in the final scene of "Yellow Submarine," but are voiced by other actors throughout the rest of the flick.

#57. The Music Man (1962)

- Director: Morton DaCosta - Stacker score: 83.7 - Metascore: 76 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 151 minutes

A massive hit the year it was released, "The Music Man" is yet another family-friendly movie based on a Broadway production. The classic musical follows a man (Robert Preston reprising his original stage role) who poses as a boy's band leader in order to con a small town out of their hard-earned money.

#56. Whisper of the Heart (1995)

- Director: Yoshifumi Kondô - Stacker score: 83.7 - Metascore: 75 - IMDb user rating: 7.9 - Runtime: 111 minutes

Another Studio Ghibli movie, "Whisper of the Heart" is about an avid young reader named Shizuku who notices that all of the library books she's taken out have also been checked out by a mysterious young man named Seiji. Believing the boy to be her soulmate, Shizuku sets out on a journey to find him. The animated movie was based on a Japanese anime of the same name.

#55. Footlight Parade (1933)

- Director: Lloyd Bacon - Stacker score: 84.2 - Metascore: 80 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 104 minutes

A producer comes up against challenge after challenge when he attempts to put on a show in "Footlight Parade." Released before the existence of the ratings code, the humor and dialogue can be a bit more risqué at times than you might typically expect of a G-rated film.

#54. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

- Director: Richard Fleischer - Stacker score: 84.2 - Metascore: 83 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 127 minutes

In "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Captain Nemo is an eccentric (and possibly mad) submarine captain who tries to cross the seven seas with his ragtag crew of captured sailors in tow. The group must uncover Nemo's real motive for the deadly journey before it's too late. While the story is, by now, a familiar one, viewers will delight in the extravagant set design that brings the story to life in an entirely new way.

#53. Forbidden Planet (1956)

- Director: Fred M. Wilcox - Stacker score: 84.2 - Metascore: 80 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 98 minutes

Very loosely based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest," "Forbidden Planet" is one of the earliest examples of a science fiction film. The movie is set in the 23rd century and follows a group of space explorers as they set out to discover what has unfolded on a now-deserted settlement. Over the last few decades, rumors have swirled that a remake is in the works, though we've yet to see one actually enter into production.

#52. Babette's Feast (1987)

- Director: Gabriel Axel - Stacker score: 84.8 - Metascore: 78 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 103 minutes

A Danish film, "Babette's Feast" is about the almost magical meal a refugee from Paris cooks for two sisters who are hosting her as well as their aging congregation and the impact it has on their small village. A commentary on art and divine grace, this movie is a true feast for the eyes and mind.

#51. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

- Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi - Stacker score: 84.8 - Metascore: 80 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 94 minutes

" The Secret World of Arrietty " is about a 4-inch-tall teenager named Arrietty who lives with her family underneath the floorboards of another family's home. On one of her above-board missions to gather supplies, she meets a normal-sized boy named Sho and begins to develop a relationship with him—a relationship that could threaten the safety and future of her people. This Studio Ghibli film is loosely based on "The Borrowers," a novel by Mary Norton.

#50. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

- Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman - Stacker score: 84.8 - Metascore: 83 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 79 minutes

Artists drew more than 6 million spots in the course of animating the 1961 Disney classic "One Hundred and One Dalmatians." For viewers who have never seen the movie, it's part love story between Dalmatian parents Pongo and Perdita and their owners Roger and Anita, and part adventure story as Pongo and Perdita must save their own 15 puppies, plus 84 others, from the greedy hands of Cruella de Vil, who wants to turn them all into a coat.

#49. Old Yeller (1957)

- Director: Robert Stevenson - Stacker score: 85.3 - Metascore: 84 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 83 minutes

Another movie you simply must have tissues on hand for, "Old Yeller" has been previously ranked as one of the " saddest kids' movies of all time " by Time. The Disney film is about an adopted yellow lab who proves time and again how loyal and worthy of love he is, before meeting one of the most tragic endings in the history of cinema.

#48. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

- Directors: Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske - Stacker score: 85.3 - Metascore: 85 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 75 minutes

When "Sleeping Beauty" premiered in 1959, it did so poorly at the box office and with critics that Disney didn't release another fairy tale for 30 years, until "The Little Mermaid" in 1989. Critics found the linear-styled artwork "oppressive" and New York Times critic Bosley Crowther questioned whether the film was appropriate for young children due to the story's scary villain, Maleficent.

#47. Treasure Island (1950)

- Director: Byron Haskin - Stacker score: 85.9 - Metascore: 89 - IMDb user rating: 6.9 - Runtime: 96 minutes

One of many adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Treasure Island," this 1950s movie was one of Disney's first attempts at a live-action adventure film. Bobby Driscoll, who played the main character Jim Hawkins, appeared in several more Disney films, including "Peter Pan."

#46. The Black Stallion (1979)

- Director: Carroll Ballard - Stacker score: 85.9 - Metascore: 84 - IMDb user rating: 7.4 - Runtime: 118 minutes

One of the best-loved horse movies of all time, "The Black Stallion" is about the bond shared between a horse and a boy as they're stranded on a deserted island together and then, upon their rescue, as they prepare for the most anticipated horse race of the year. It's beautifully shot and, as Roger Ebert noted , full of "terrific energy, beauty, and excitement."

#45. Cinderella (1950)

- Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske - Stacker score: 85.9 - Metascore: 85 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 74 minutes

"Cinderella" is literally a tale as old as time, with the earliest known versions of the story dating back to the sixth century B.C. This version, popularized by the 1950 Disney animated film, is Charles Perrault's, which was written in 1697 . The movie was a massive success, having been nominated for three Academy Awards, and essentially saved the studio, which was over $4 million in debt prior to the release.

#44. A Little Princess (1995)

- Director: Alfonso Cuarón - Stacker score: 86.4 - Metascore: 83 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 97 minutes

Frances Hodgson Burnett's other big novel, "A Little Princess" has also been turned into a film starring Liesel Matthews, Liam Cunningham, and Camilla Belle. The movie is about a young girl sent to boarding school who suffers a huge reversal of fortunes and must make the best of her poor new situation. It's a heartwarming and magical tale that's sure to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.

#43. Planet of the Apes (1968)

- Director: Franklin J. Schaffner - Stacker score: 86.4 - Metascore: 79 - IMDb user rating: 8.0 - Runtime: 112 minutes

"Planet of the Apes" is now a full-blown franchise that includes many feature-length films over the decades, but it was this 1968 film that started it all. The movie is about three human astronauts who find themselves stranded on a planet where walking, talking apes are the rulers and humans are their slaves. A sharp social commentary, the movie doesn't sacrifice any action or adventure in the quest to make its point.

#42. Chicken Run (2000)

- Directors: Peter Lord, Nick Park - Stacker score: 86.4 - Metascore: 88 - IMDb user rating: 7.1 - Runtime: 84 minutes

A stop-motion animation film, "Chicken Run" was released in 2000, but production on the picture had actually started four years earlier in 1996 . Stop-motion is a very involved form of filmmaking, and it took a team 20 months to finish the principal photography, shooting 100 seconds a week in their most productive periods. The finished movie is about a group of fowl, led by the fearless Ginger and Rocky the Flying Rooster, who are trying to escape their evil owners at the Tweedy Chicken Farm.

#41. Captains Courageous (1937)

- Director: Victor Fleming - Stacker score: 87.0 - Metascore: 81 - IMDb user rating: 7.9 - Runtime: 117 minutes

An adaptation of a Rudyard Kipling novel, "Captains Courageous" is about a spoiled young boy who is lost at sea only to be rescued by a Portuguese fisherman. His crew puts the boy to work. In the book, the main character is a 19-year-old young man, but in the film, he's aged down to 12 so that Freddie Bartholomew (an incredibly famous child actor of the time) could take the lead role.

#40. Giant (1956)

- Director: George Stevens - Stacker score: 87.0 - Metascore: 84 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 201 minutes

James Dean's final film, "Giant" follows a Texas ranch family over the course of several decades as they struggle to adjust to change and wrestle with modernization. Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson also star in the Academy Award-winning project.

#39. Monsters, Inc. (2001)

- Directors: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich - Stacker score: 87.0 - Metascore: 79 - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Runtime: 92 minutes

Singer-songwriter Randy Newman, a staple in the Disney Pixar world, won his first Oscar for the closing song of "Monsters, Inc." called "If I Didn't Have You." The touching ballad was a fitting end to the sweet comedy about the monsters under your bed, the central story of which is this: Best friends and colleagues, Mike and Sully, work for the most successful scream factory in the world and enjoy plenty of professional success until they accidentally let a human girl into Monstropolis, almost ruining everything.

#38. The Yearling (1946)

- Director: Clarence Brown - Stacker score: 87.5 - Metascore: 89 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 128 minutes

A tragic tale about the son of a Florida farmer and his pet fawn, the movie was praised by The New York Times ' Bosley Crowther for its precise portrayal of the "innocence and trust and enchantment that are in the nature of a child [and] the yearning love and anxiety that a father feels for his boy."

#37. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

- Director: Hayao Miyazaki - Stacker score: 87.5 - Metascore: 83 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 103 minutes

In " Kiki's Delivery Service ," a witch-in-training named Kiki and her talking black cat set up a delivery service in their local community, which is threatened when Kiki begins to doubt herself and her abilities. Before the film's 1989 release, Studio Ghibli had been struggling and was actually on the verge of bankruptcy, but luckily for audiences everywhere, Kiki's success saved them all.

#36. Toy Story 4 (2019)

- Director: Josh Cooley - Stacker score: 87.5 - Metascore: 84 - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Runtime: 100 minutes

Reviews have been decidedly mixed since "Toy Story 4" was released in 2019. Many critics raved about the film , praising its layered metaphors and the franchise's ability to reinvent itself, while many viewers expressed frustration over the storyline and choices made by the characters, which they felt weren't in line with the personalities they'd come to know and love. Whichever side of the debate you stand on, it's hard to argue that the movie wasn't a success, as it earned more than $1 billion at the box office globally.

#35. Funny Girl (1968)

- Director: William Wyler - Stacker score: 88.0 - Metascore: 89 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 151 minutes

Barbra Streisand's first film role—which also won her an Oscar—was as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl." The stage musical turned film is about a vaudeville star whose career takes off as her private life—namely her marriage—begins to falter.

#34. The Odd Couple (1968)

- Director: Gene Saks - Stacker score: 88.0 - Metascore: 86 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 105 minutes

"The Odd Couple" is a buddy comedy starring Walter Matthau (Oscar) and Jack Lemmon (Felix) as two polar-opposite best friends. After splitting up with his wife, Felix moves in with Oscar, but his neurotic ways soon get on his pal's nerves, threatening the pair's living arrangements. The movie is laugh-out-loud funny, so successful that it ended up being the inspiration for an ABC sitcom of the same name.

#33. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

- Directors: Steve Box, Nick Park - Stacker score: 88.0 - Metascore: 87 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 85 minutes

A parody of classic monster movies, "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" is the fifth installment in the "Wallace & Gromit" series . The stop-action movie follows the good-natured inventor and his dog as they battle against a giant, veggie-loving rabbit who is single-handedly decimating the town's crops.

#32. Ponyo (2008)

- Director: Hayao Miyazaki - Stacker score: 88.0 - Metascore: 86 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 101 minutes

A different sort of retelling of "The Little Mermaid," animated by Studio Ghibli, "Ponyo" is about a princess fish who wants to become human. After meeting and befriending a little boy named Sôsuke, Ponyo decides she will no longer be contained to the sea, but in the process of breaking free, she accidentally releases the magical Water of Life, which disrupts the balance of nature and threatens to destroy the whole world. Several recognizable stars lent their voices to the English version of the film, including Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cate Blanchett, Liam Neeson, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin, Frankie Jonas, and Noah Cyrus.

#31. Bambi (1942)

- Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright, Arthur Davis, Clyde Geronimi - Stacker score: 89.1 - Metascore: 91 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 69 minutes

"Bambi" is based on a novel by Felix Salten, titled "Bambi, a Life in the Woods." While the novel is intended for adults, Walt Disney reworked the material about a young fawn and his forest friends to be appropriate for children. Some, including his own daughter, argue that he didn't change it enough, saying that he should have cut the entire storyline where Bambi's mother dies, which is truly one of the more tragic moments in the Disney canon.

#30. The Little Mermaid (1989)

- Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker - Stacker score: 89.1 - Metascore: 88 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 83 minutes

" The Little Mermaid " as we know it today almost never made it to the big screen. Initially, the CEO of Disney nixed the film entirely as the studio was already working on another mermaid picture. When he finally relented, the movie's most iconic song, "Part of Your World," nearly landed on the cutting room floor after the first round of test audiences weren't into it. Luckily, the production team stuck with their film, and the song is now a classic in many Disney song playlists.

#29. How Green Was My Valley (1941)

- Director: John Ford - Stacker score: 89.7 - Metascore: 88 - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Runtime: 118 minutes

Set at the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, "How Green Was My Valley" follows the Morgan family as they simultaneously mourn the loss of their way of life and look forward to a happier, easier future. Nominated for 10 Academy Awards, it took home five, including Best Picture and Best Director.

#28. The Straight Story (1999)

- Director: David Lynch - Stacker score: 90.2 - Metascore: 86 - IMDb user rating: 8.0 - Runtime: 112 minutes

A great American road movie about slowing down and focusing on what's meaningful in life, "The Straight Story" was inspired by a true event that occurred in 1994. In the movie, an aging farmer named Alvin Straight sets out to make things right with his younger brother Lyle, who has just suffered a stroke. Unfortunately for Alvin, he doesn't own a car, so he decides to make the multistate journey on his lawn mower.

#27. Mary Poppins (1964)

- Director: Robert Stevenson - Stacker score: 90.2 - Metascore: 88 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 139 minutes

Audiences around the world have adored the magical nanny Mary Poppins ever since she landed on the big screen in 1964. However, the author of the "Mary Poppins" books P.L. Travers famously did not  enjoy the adaptation of her book series. When she attended the premiere of the movie, she reportedly cried through the entire thing, furious with Disney for bastardizing her tale.

#26. Aladdin (1992)

- Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker - Stacker score: 90.2 - Metascore: 86 - IMDb user rating: 8.0 - Runtime: 90 minutes

The late, great Robin Williams was truly one of the brightest gems in Hollywood. He particularly shines in his role as Genie in Disney's "Aladdin," which was designed, created, and scripted just for him. In order to convince him to accept the role , Disney animated Genie performing a number of Williams' own standup sets, which helped demonstrate to the comedian the amount of potential there was in the blue wish-granter.

#25. A Summer's Tale (1996)

- Director: Éric Rohmer - Stacker score: 90.8 - Metascore: 91 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 113 minutes

"A Summer's Tale " is a French art house film about a young man named Gaspard who goes on vacation and finds himself in love with three different women for three different reasons. The romance film is certainly chaste enough to watch with the whole family, but as it's in French and deals solely with more adult relationships, it wouldn't make a good family movie night pick in homes that have younger audiences.

#24. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

- Director: Hayao Miyazaki - Stacker score: 90.8 - Metascore: 86 - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Runtime: 86 minutes

Real-life sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning brought the English-language versions of animated sisters Satsuki and Mei to life in "My Neighbor Totoro" in 2005. The animated Japanese movie is about two sisters who move into a new house in the countryside only to find out that it's "haunted." Their new neighbor, a spirit named Totoro who can only be seen by children, introduces them to the friendly creatures that inhabit their new home.

#23. Toy Story 2 (1999)

- Directors: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich - Stacker score: 90.8 - Metascore: 88 - IMDb user rating: 7.9 - Runtime: 92 minutes

In the second installment of the "Toy Story" franchise, Andy heads off to cowboy camp for the summer, leaving his toys home alone for a whole season of adventures. After Woody is kidnapped by a toy collector, he discovers that he's a highly valued collectible with his own TV show and is at risk of being sent off to a toy museum. The rest of the gang must band together in order to rescue Woody and his newfound friends Jessie and Bullseye before Andy returns home.

#22. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

- Director: Stanley Kubrick - Stacker score: 90.8 - Metascore: 84 - IMDb user rating: 8.3 - Runtime: 149 minutes

When "2001: A Space Odyssey" premiered in 1968, its lack of a strong narrative or clear main characters caused many to hate it, and several of the day's biggest stars even walked out of the premiere . Today, it's often regarded as one of the most important and influential films of the 20th century. The movie becomes especially impressive when you consider that the computerized special effects so many sci-fi movies rely on today didn't even exist back then, and so many of the film's features, like the moon sand and the black monolith, were created entirely by hand.

#21. Dumbo (1941)

- Directors: Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen, John Elliotte - Stacker score: 91.3 - Metascore: 96 - IMDb user rating: 7.2 - Runtime: 64 minutes

"Dumbo" premiered at the Broadway Theater in New York City in 1941, and The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther called it "the most genial, the most endearing, the most completely precious cartoon feature film ever to emerge from the magical brushes of Walt Disney's wonder-working artists!" The movie is about a circus elephant with unusually large ears. His ears get him bullied for most of his young life until he learns that they actually allow him to fly and he's able to take control of his own destiny.

#20. The Wild Child (1970)

- Director: François Truffaut - Stacker score: 91.8 - Metascore: 94 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 83 minutes

A story in the vein of "Tarzan" or "The Jungle Book," "The Wild Child" is about a young boy who has been raised by wolves. He's discovered by hunters and sent to Paris, where the kindly Dr. Itard sets out to civilize him. Shot in black and white, the movie, about the pains of adolescence, is regarded as a poetic masterpiece.

#19. The Circus (1928)

- Director: Charles Chaplin - Stacker score: 92.9 - Metascore: 90 - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Runtime: 72 minutes

The oldest movie on this list, " The Circus " was the last project Charlie Chaplin made during the silent film era. Despite its famously troubled production, the movie—featuring Chaplin's most famous character The Tramp, who evades pursuing officers by fleeing into the circus and posing as a performer—was wildly successful, earning Chaplin his first Honorary Oscar.

#18. A Hard Day's Night (1964)

- Director: Richard Lester - Stacker score: 92.9 - Metascore: 96 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 87 minutes

The second Beatles film on this list, "A Hard Day's Night," was actually the band's feature film debut. A mockumentary-style film, the movie coincided with their third studio album that shared the same name. Even so, long after its release, the movie remains a funny, irreverent look at the life of these rock 'n' roll idols.

#17. Ben-Hur (1959)

- Director: William Wyler - Stacker score: 92.9 - Metascore: 90 - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Runtime: 212 minutes

"Ben-Hur" was a record-breaking movie in more ways than one. Not only did the film have the largest budget of any movie up to that point at $15 million, but it also took home 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards ceremony. A Christian story, though not a biblical one, the epic drama follows an Israelite Jew as he takes on the Roman Empire during the lifetime of Christ.

#16. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

- Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen - Stacker score: 93.5 - Metascore: 96 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 83 minutes

Based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale of the same name, " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs " was Disney's first animated feature and the first full-length animated film in U.S. history. The project took three years to complete and was massively expensive—Walt Disney had to mortgage his own home in order to finance the production. But some 80 years on, it still remains one of the most beloved films of all time.

#15. Finding Nemo (2003)

- Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich - Stacker score: 93.5 - Metascore: 90 - IMDb user rating: 8.2 - Runtime: 100 minutes

When his son Nemo swims too close to the surface at the beginning of "Finding Nemo" and is captured by a diver, overprotective parent Marlin must set out on an epic journey to save him. Ellen DeGeneres voices Marlin's absent-minded but devoted friend Dory who accompanies him in his quest. Beloved by audiences of all ages, "Finding Nemo" is a surprisingly scientifically accurate portrayal of marine life (minus the anthropomorphism, of course).

#14. My Fair Lady (1964)

- Director: George Cukor - Stacker score: 94.0 - Metascore: 95 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 170 minutes

"My Fair Lady" is a movie musical starring Audrey Hepburn as the Cockney Eliza Doolittle turned proper lady and Rex Harrison as the phonetics professor who transforms her on a bet. The film version is the third iteration of the story, which started out as a stage play by George Bernard Shaw called "Pygmalion," then became a stage musical by partners Lerner and Loewe, before finally winding up as an eight-time Academy Award-winning film.

#13. Fantasia (1940)

- Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., Norman Ferguson, David Hand, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen - Stacker score: 94.0 - Metascore: 96 - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Runtime: 124 minutes

When a team set out to restore "Fantasia," the animated classical music concert, in time for its 50th anniversary in 1990, they had their work cut out for them. Disney's third full-length animated film, "Fantasia" is also the longest with a run time of two hours and four minutes. The length was not the only issue: the original negatives had been locked in the vault since 1946 and were in bad condition, and the original soundtrack had also been lost. In the end, it took the team two years to bring the movie back to its (almost) former glory.

#12. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

- Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, Norman Taurog, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor - Stacker score: 94.0 - Metascore: 92 - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Runtime: 102 minutes

The classic musical "The Wizard of Oz" stars Judy Garland as Dorothy, a young girl swept away from her Kansas home by a tornado, landing in the magical land of Oz, where she and her new friends—a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion—follow the yellow brick road toward the Emerald City in order to obtain the deepest desires of their hearts. The often-imitated film struggled through several production challenges , like an ever-rotating cast of directors, on-set accidents, and costume paint that caused health issues for several cast members. But in the end, it came together, winning two Oscars and cementing itself as one of the most beloved films of all time.

#11. The Lion King (1994)

- Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff - Stacker score: 94.0 - Metascore: 88 - IMDb user rating: 8.5 - Runtime: 88 minutes

"The Lion King" was advertised as the first Disney film to have a completely original storyline, though many argue that it was obviously quite heavily influenced by William Shakespeare's "Hamlet." Its degree of originality has never seemed to be an issue for audiences who flocked to see the movie about a pride of lions in the plains of Africa. "The Lion King" holds the title as the highest-grossing hand-drawn animated feature of all time, bringing in more than $986 million at the box office worldwide .

#10. Pinocchio (1940)

- Directors: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen - Stacker score: 94.6 - Metascore: 99 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 88 minutes

Very few of Walt Disney's early works were original stories, and "Pinocchio" is no exception. The 1940 animated flick was based on the 1883 Italian children's novel called "The Adventures of Pinocchio," which is about a puppet whose nose grows every time he lies. The movie won two Academy Awards for its soundtrack and featured an animated character who was reportedly Walt Disney's favorite —the kitten Figaro.

#9. Beauty and the Beast (1991)

- Directors: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise - Stacker score: 95.1 - Metascore: 95 - IMDb user rating: 8.0 - Runtime: 84 minutes

Six-hundred animators and artists worked on the 1991 smash hit "Beauty and the Beast." Their work was so impressive that the film became the first fully animated feature flick to ever be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Although they lost in that category, the movie—about a prince cursed to spend his days as a monster and the young woman whose true love may turn him back—brought home two other Academy Awards for its music.

#8. Toy Story 3 (2010)

- Director: Lee Unkrich - Stacker score: 95.1 - Metascore: 92 - IMDb user rating: 8.3 - Runtime: 103 minutes

"Toy Story 3" marked the end of an era in the movie's universe as Andy, now all grown up, heads off to college, and the toys find themselves in the hands of a new owner after making a pit stop at a day care center along the way. Hilarious and heartfelt, the movie will certainly be a tear-jerker for those who grew up alongside Andy and the toys.

#7. Ratatouille (2007)

- Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava - Stacker score: 96.2 - Metascore: 96 - IMDb user rating: 8.1 - Runtime: 111 minutes

In "Ratatouille," a young rat named Remy dreams of becoming a gourmet chef, but his furry little body has proven to be an obstacle that's too big to overcome. Upon arriving in Paris, Remy teams up with a hopeless chef named Alfredo Linguini, exercising his skills through the human while remaining in hiding. His ultimate success proves, in the words of food critic Anton Ego, a character in the film, " a great artist can come from anywhere ." 

#6. Gone with the Wind (1939)

- Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood - Stacker score: 97.3 - Metascore: 97 - IMDb user rating: 8.2 - Runtime: 238 minutes

A Civil War drama starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, "Gone with the Wind," remains the highest-grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation. In total, the movie about a woman who's torn in love and fighting to restore her family's plantation, which won eight Academy Awards, has grossed more than $3.44 billion .

#5. Toy Story (1995)

- Director: John Lasseter - Stacker score: 97.3 - Metascore: 96 - IMDb user rating: 8.3 - Runtime: 81 minutes

"Toy Story" holds the record as being the first full-length film to be fully animated via computers . It's about a group of toys that comes to life when they're out from under the eyes of their watchful humans. When Woody and Buzz get left behind on moving day, the formerly feuding rivals must work together if they're going to escape the clutches of their evil neighbor Sid and be reunited with their boy, Andy.

#4. WALL·E (2008)

- Director: Andrew Stanton - Stacker score: 97.3 - Metascore: 95 - IMDb user rating: 8.4 - Runtime: 98 minutes

The last robot on Earth, Wall-E is destined to spend his days cleaning up the planet that has been trashed by humans. When he meets Eve, a robot who has been sent back to Earth on a scanning mission, he quickly falls in love and sets out across the galaxy to be with her. There are very few spoken lines in this film, but "Wall-E" still manages to pack an emotional punch.

#3. Modern Times (1936)

- Director: Charles Chaplin - Stacker score: 98.4 - Metascore: 96 - IMDb user rating: 8.5 - Runtime: 87 minutes

Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film " Modern Times " marked the last on-screen appearance of his character, the Little Tramp. In the movie, the character struggles to hold on to gainful employment in this modern, industrialized world. Along the way, he befriends an orphan girl with whom he joins forces, facing the world they don't quite fit into together.

#2. Singin' in the Rain (1952)

- Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly - Stacker score: 98.9 - Metascore: 99 - IMDb user rating: 8.3 - Runtime: 103 minutes

A movie about making movies, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds sing and dance their way through " Singin' in the Rain ." While the film, which came before the Broadway show, had an original script and original dance numbers, almost everything else in it, from the music to the costumes to the sets, had been borrowed from previous MGM films.

#1. City Lights (1931)

- Director: Charles Chaplin - Stacker score: 100.0 - Metascore: 99 - IMDb user rating: 8.5 - Runtime: 87 minutes

The title for best G-Rated movie of all time goes to "City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin. The ultimate installment in the Little Tramp chronicles, the movie sees the character doing everything in his power to earn money so that he can take care of the blind flower girl he's fallen in love with. It's not until he accidentally saves a millionaire's life and earns a giant reward that he's able to do so, and everything begins to come together.

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G-rated movies take a lot of flack, but you know what? A lot of them are actually fantastic. Just because something is suitable for young children doesn’t mean it’s automatically bad! Here’s ten G-rated movies you can watch with the kids … or without.

1. The Emperor’s New Groove

Disney tried something different with The Emperor’s New Groove and the result was one of the best G-rated comedies of all time. It tells the story of Kuzco (David Spade), a spoiled and arrogant Incan emperor who is turned into a llama by his scheming advisor Yzma (Eartha Kitt). His only hope of survival lies with a kindly peasant, Pacha (John Goodman), but unfortunately Kuzco has already threatened to destroy his home and replace it with “Kuzcotopia.”

You’ve probably already seen several memes spawned by this movie, but seeing them in context is much better. A LLAMA? HE’S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!

2. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids terrified me as a child! It wasn’t just the giant insects, either. It was the fact that the movie ends with Rick Moranis’ character very nearly eating his shrunken son from a bowl of cereal. Dear god! And yet it’s a G rating.

But aside from the moments of tiny terror, there’s plenty to love and laugh at in this film. It did so well at the box office that it spawned a couple of sequels, and rumor has it that eventually, one day, we’ll see Moranis come out of retirement for a reboot film called Shrunk , although the project is apparently on hold at the moment.

3. Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins , the classic tale of the firm English nanny who floats down on an umbrella and brightens the lives of the dysfunctional Banks family. Julie Andrews plays the title role, and she is of course a delight. Walt Disney knew she would be; he hand-picked her for the role and even delayed filming while she had a baby, because he simply couldn’t fathom another actress playing Poppins.

Who can forget the animated segments, or the wonderful made-up word that is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, or Dick Van Dyke’s incredibly dodgy Cockney accent? This movie has been entertaining kids since the far-off days of 1964, and it’s not about to stop anytime soon.

4. Toy Story

When Toy Story came out, it revolutionized computer animation … and it told a great story, as well. Pixar’s first feature-length movie deals with themes of friendship and jealousy, things kids (and plenty of adults) need to learn to navigate, and it does so via the great characters of Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen).

Woody is the top toy in the bedroom of young Andy, but when a flashy new “space ranger” toy named Buzz Lightyear arrives during a birthday party, Woody suddenly finds himself relegated to the second favorite. And then, to make matters a hundred times worse, Woody and Buzz end up in the hands of a terrible child who likes to blow up toys. This movie may be G-rated, but there’s so much toy abuse! Yet it does, of course, have a happy ending.

5. The Sound of Music

Julie Andrews again! Isn’t she just the queen of family-friendly movies? This time around she plays Maria in The Sound of Music , a young nun who the other nuns simply don’t know what to do with. How do you solve a problem like Maria? She takes a job as governess to the seven Von Trapp children, but finds herself falling in love with their father, Captain Georg Von Trapp (Chistopher Plummer).

Young kids may not fully understand of the plot of The Sound of Music , but they’ll love the songs. Tunes like “My Favorite Things,” “Do-Re-Mi,” “So Long, Farewell,” and of course, “The Sound of Music” have stood the test of time and how.

6. Anastasia

Hey, remember when Anastasia first came out and everyone insisted on lumping the title character in with the Disney Princesses, even though Anastasia was not in fact made by Disney? Well, that problem persists to the modern day, seeing as how the movie is on Disney+ now.

Anastasia is one of those movies where everyone who watches it is bewildered it got a G rating. It does, after all, revolve around the deaths of the Princess Anastasia’s entire family. So, prepare your young children in advance, but remember that they’ll still probably love the talking bat and the catchy musical numbers.

7. The Muppet Christmas Carol

A Christmas movie that can be enjoyed all year round, because anything involving the Muppets shouldn’t be reduced to a one-a-year affair, The Muppet Christmas Carol (which I have no doubt Charles Dickens would have LOVED) stars Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, and he gives it his all and then some. He plays the role completely straight, and the movie is all the better for it.

Caine is joined by Kermit, Miss Piggy, The Great Gonzo (playing Dickens himself), Rizzo the Rat, Fozzie Bear, and all your favorite Muppets, in what is considered one of the best Christmas films, one of the best Muppet films, and one of the best G-rated films of all time.

8. The Straight Story

Wait, David Lynch directed a G-rated film for Disney? The same David Lynch who gave us Eraserhead and Blue Velvet ? THAT David Lynch? Yes he did, and it’s a lovely piece of work.

The Straight Story is all about Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), an elderly man who lives with his daughter Rose (Sissy Spacek). One day he learns that his estranged brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton) is dying, but Alvin can no longer safely drive across the country to go see him. So instead he decides he’ll drive a lawnmower all the way.

This charming but almost completely forgotten movie is based on a likewise charming but almost completely forgotten true story: there really was a man named Alvin Straight, and he really did drive a lawnmower across Iowa and Wisconsin to visit his brother.

9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Sorry, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame has a G rating? Doesn’t that film contain all sorts of horrors, including the implication of sexual violence?! Yep, it very much does, and yep, it’s still G. (Disney+ still politely warns you when you start the movie, though, that it contains smoking .)

Not for nothing is Hunchback called “the most R-rated G you will ever see in your life.” It’s a beautiful film, but it doesn’t remotely shy away from what Judge Claude Frollo (Tony Jay) wishes to do to anyone who doesn’t fit into his vision of society. Kids might end up watching it from between their fingers, but once the credits roll, they might have learned some new things about acceptance and resistance.

10. The Lion King

The Lion King is quite simply one of the best G-rated films ever made. Actually, scratch that, it’s one of the best films ever made. From the first stunning frame of the bright red sunrise, you know you’re in for a treat.

The Lion King tells the story of a lion cub who is betrayed by his treacherous uncle (it’s all very Hamlet ) and goes on a hero’s journey to reclaim his throne and his land. Along the way, he meets a variety of colorful characters, including Timon and Pumbaa (Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella), a meerkat and warthog duo who have delighted children for decades now.

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