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What’s in it for you and your child?Stanley shares food from Aman’s lunchbox after Stanley’s mother passes away. Stanley’s Hindi teacher Babubhai Verma does not like this and tells Stanley that he cannot attend food until he brings his own food. This slowly brings out the truth of Stanley’s personal life and is a mighty emotional adventure for parents and children both. Stanley’s story and his struggles teaches children to be grateful for what they have and to not be ruthlessly judgemental like Babubhai Verma.

Moral: love, gratefulnessDuration: 1h 36mLanguage: Hindi

Stanley ka Dabba

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?Ishaan is a little boy who is terrible in academics and constantly fails tests as opposed to his brother. This is a constant source of concern for his parents. He is sent away to a boarding school to ‘discipline’ and ‘educate’ him by his parents who fail to understand his situation. There, he meets a teacher who recognises Ishaan’s talents in art. Ishaan is diagnosed with dyslexia and is helped in overcoming it. This is a beautiful story where parents learn to understand the mental health of their child beyond just school curriculums and as a unit are taught how to cope and deal with such conditions. Taare Zameen Par is a very enjoyable film for the entire family and both parents and children can learn about multiple lesser known mental health problems in the society and how to be patient enough to deal with them.

Moral: love, acceptanceDuration: 2h 45mLanguage: Hindi

Taare Zameen Par

What’s in it for you and your child?Mathhew and his sister Marilla, decide to take home an orphan boy as help for their farm. They are shocked when they receive a girl instead: Anne Shirley.&nbsp;Marilla decides to keep Anne if she can stay out of trouble, the only problem is that Anne has a great knack for it. As Anne participates in activities, handles mishaps and makes new friends, children can learn how to be lively and exploratory. Matthew and Marilla realise that their lives have become a great deal better with Anna here.

Moral: family valueDuration: 2h 42mLanguage: English

Anne of Green Gables

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?When two pre-teens named Hallie and Annie meet through their summer camp, their two lives are rattled when they realize that they are identical twins. With parents, British mother aka famous dress designer Elizabeth and American father, a wine maker named Nick, living in two different sides of the universe, the girls decide to make an identity swap in hopes of spending time with their other parent. The girls later choose to aware their guardians of the swap while at a hotel in San Francisco, which late reunites the divorced pair and sends them back into remarriage with each other.

Moral: It is important to put the family and its values first.Duration: 2h 8minLanguage: English

The Parent Trap (1998)

What’s in it for you and your child?A family lives pay to pay to survive. When the children misplace a pair of shoes, it is impossible to immediately replace them with another pair. How will they attend the school now? How will the parents buy them a new pair? This begins a heart wrenching adventure that showcases the glaring troubles faced by the people who grow up in poverty. This movie teaches children to stay strong as a family unit and also be grateful for what we have.

Moral: love, family, gratefulnessDuration: 2h 4mLanguage: Hindi

Bumm Bumm Bole

What’s in it for you and your child?This is the story of a young witch, named Kiki who is now 13 years old. But she is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful, imaginative, and determined. With her trusty wisp of a talking cat named Jiji by her side she's ready to take on the world, or at least the quaintly European seaside village she's chosen as her new home.

Moral: We have to trust in ourself, recharge, and find our own inspiration.Duration: 1h 43minLanguage: English

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

What’s in it for you and your child?`Bhoothnath`, a blend of fun, drama and emotion.Banku, his mother, Anjali Sharma and father move in to their new house -- the Nath villa, unaware of the fact that the house is inhabited by a ghost. It is learnt the ghost is not too happy with his new housemates. But what the ghost is not prepared for is his unlikely friendship with Banku. Now Banku must uncover the reason why his ghostly friend is stuck and help him to attain salvation.

Moral: Heartwarming Friendship Between A Ghost and A Child.Duration: 2h 30minLanguage: Hindi

Bhoothnath

What’s in it for you and your child?Josh Baskin would do anything to be big to hang out with his crush at the carnival. He finds a Zoltar machine, and he wishes to be big. After Zoltar tells him, "his wish is granted", Josh notices the machine is unplugged. He wakes up the next morning in an adult's body but he still has the same personality. With the help of his best friend, Billy, Josh learns how to act like a grown up. But as he gets a girlfriend and a fun job, he doesn't want to be a kid again. Will Josh stay big or become a 13 year old boy again?

Moral: You’re never too old to have fun.Duration: 1h 44minLanguage: English

Big (1988)

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?Pompous phonetics Professor Henry Higgins (Sir Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond, one that is threatened by aristocratic suitor Freddy Eynsford-Hill.

Moral: Be kind; Be compassionate and show you care; Express gratitude; Forgive others; Help people in needDuration: 2h 50minLanguage: English

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