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What's in it for you and your child?This is a sweet martial arts action movie. There are many fast paced, battle scenes with kicks, punches, falls and more. It has interesting characters like Master Shifu, Oogway, Tigress, Viper, Mantis, Monkey, Goose, Crane etc. There is a dialogue, “what is the secret Ingredient”? and the answer is “Nothing”. This is the crux of the story - To make something special you just have to believe, it is special. There is where a parent can pause and elaborate if needed that we all are unique and special in our own ways. This helps boost your child’s confidence in self. The other major thing is you don’t have to look like a hero to be one. You can explain that it's not the looks that matter but what is within you that matters. Note: Watch this adventurous fun movie with your child and have some good family bonding time together.

Moral: family value, respectLanguage: EnglishDuration: 1h 35m

Kung fu Panda

What’s in it for you and your child?A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince grows up beyond the Savannah, living by a philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: Will he remain an outcast or face his demons and become what he needs to be?

Moral: Life is hard, but that doesn't mean you need to suffer. Happiness is a choice.Duration: 1h 28minLanguage: English

The Lion King (1994)

What’s in it for you and your child?Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 puppies. Cruella De Vil takes a fancy to the pups, and wants to get hold of them, as well as more pups, to make herself a lovely dalmatian skin coat... Cruella hires some thugs to kidnap the pups and hold them at her mansion. Will Pongo and Perdita find them in time ?

Moral: Animals deserve our deep and abiding loveDuration: 1h 19minLanguage: English

101 Dalmatians (1961)

What’s in it for you and your child?During a nightly Porsche ride with his doting rascal Xan, white South African farmer Peter finds and adopts an orphaned cheetah cub, dubbed Duma (just Swahili for cheetah). It becomes the boy's inseparable playmate, even taking it to bed. Peter made clear from the start that the cheetah should be returned to the wild before its full adulthood. But the father is stricken down with a disease just before the cheetah could be returned. Xan's mother sells the farm and moves in with a city aunt. The cheetah escapes, but finds Xan at school, where the new boy is bullied. He decides to run away to the mountains with Duma. On the way they face countless perils, which courage, Xan's intelligence and Duma's instinct overcome.

Moral: Animals are a gift from above for they truly define the words unconditional love.Duration: 1h 40minLanguage: English

Duma (2005)

What’s in it for you and your child?My Dog Skip tells the story of a 9-year-old Willie Morris as he is given a Jack Russell Terrier for his birthday, and how the dog fundamentally changes several aspects of his life. My Dog Skip is a nostalgic "boy-and-his-dog" movie, inspired by a true story, that contains a number of violent and/or sad scenes that show animal abuse, some physical and mental repercussions of war, and the death of a beloved pet.

Moral: Friendship, love, caring, AffectionDuration: 1h 35mLanguage: English

My Dog Skip (2000)

What’s in it for you and your child?This is the story of Mr. Fox (George Clooney) and his wild ways of hen heckling, turkey taking, and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Walter Boggis (Robin Hurlstone), Nathan Bunce (Hugo Guinness), and Franklin Bean (Sir Michael Gambon). It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.

Moral: Family Value, ResponsibilityDuration: 1h 27minLanguage: English

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

What's in it for you and your child?Zootopia won an Oscar for best animated feature film.Visuals are stellar and the writing is superb. There are all sorts of animals big and small in the movie like rhino, hippo, elephant, fox, buffalo, rabbit, lion, cheetah , yak etc. You can take time with your kids and find some interesting information about these species. They will be eager to know when they had seen this animated characters. This is the story about a female rabbit who is headstrong and a go getter. She always dreamed of becoming a police and finally gets the job but to stay in there she has to take up the challenge and she does it so well. She solves a mysterious kidnapping case with the help of her new friend fox. The best part for audience is to witness the sloths working at Department of Mammal Vehicle. That's just cute and hilarious. The movie gives the message, "You can be whatever you want to be-but you have to work hard to achieve it.” Note: Watch this amazing movie with your kid. This has jokes both for kids and adults plus the animation and story line is so gripping. You all would enjoy watching together having some good family time.

Moral: empathy, friendship, integrity, trustLanguage: EnglishDuration: 1h 50m

Zootopia

What’s in it for you and your child?Tired of working on the farm, the special sheep, Shaun, takes his flock and the farmer's dog, Bitzer, into his own "temporary escape plan" after an unexpected accident. Unfortunately, in the big city, the farmer is diagnosed with amnesia, that could possibly change their normal farm life forever, and the squad sets a plan in order to regain the farmer's memory and return to the farm. But, an animal control worker named Trumper intervenes in their plan.

Moral: Encourages teamwork to solve a problem and stay happyDuration: 1h 25minLanguage: English

Shaun the Sheep Movie

What’s in it for you and your child?"Free Willy" has a kind of gentle sweetness that tells the story of a boy and his whale. A street kid, Jesse, becomes friends with Willy, a killer whale, and goes to great lengths to free it from the exploitative owners who want to kill the animal.

Moral: Bravery, Courage, discipline, loveDuration: 1h 52mLanguage: English

 Free Willy (1993)

What’s in it for you and your child?The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, veteran of the circus, but the newborn is ridiculed because of his truly enormous ears and dubbed "Dumbo". After being separated from his mother, Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts; it is up to his only friend, a mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.

Moral: When it comes to friends, quality matters far more than quantity.Duration: 1h 4minLanguage: English

Dumbo (1941)

What's in it for you and your child?The movie has an amazing storyline. It is a story of friendship, longing for family and overcoming fears. It has clever humour. A good film can’t be just silly. It invokes every emotion. Real life situations can be scary, as a parent we don’t want that for our child but this is not what we can avoid always. Through such movies you can comfort your child how (s)he too can act brave and overcome situation when something scary happens in his/her life. You can pause whenever you feel like and explain to them that it is okay to be afraid. Everyone gets scared, but the right thing is to learn how to overcome it. Note: We suggest you watch this beautiful fun movie with your child. You can invite their grandparents too and have a family time together watching movies. For sure this will stay with them in their lovely memory box.

Moral: bravery, determination, empathy, kindnessLanguage: EnglishDuration: 1h 40m

The Good Dinosaur

What’s in it for you and your child?Hardworking and ambitious, Tiana dreams of one day opening the finest restaurant in New Orleans. Her dream takes a slight detour when she meets Prince Naveen, who has been turned into an amphibian by evil Dr. Facilier. Mistaking her for a princess and hoping to break the spell, Naveen plants a kiss on poor Tiana -- thereby turning her into a frog as well. The pair hop along on an adventure through the bayous to seek the help of a powerful voodoo priestess. The film teaches that there are things more important than money or success. Family and love are the most important things in the world, and we shouldn’t let anything make us forget that.

Moral: Dreams need a little push to come true.Duration: 1h 38mLanguage: English

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