IMDb Home School's Top 20 Movie Picks for Families
We've been watching more movies at our house these days. The days seem infinitely longer in quarantine and we all need to unplug a little at the end of the day. We've watched some great movies in the process. I have been trying to work meaningful movies into the mix. I've even been searching for movies that might apply to the history classes and concepts my kids are covering in their homeschool assignments (bring on your favorite World War 1 movie recommendations)!
I'm not going to lie, I also felt it was time my kids saw the movie Top Gun. No educational value except for knowing what a bogey and a MiG are. It's also important that they know the origins of the phrase: Talk to me Goose . . .
IMDb Home School
While homeschooling has become the new normal for parents around the world, IMDb has created a watch list called IMDb Home School which provides parents with educational picks for children stuck at home. This list is inclusive of multiple subjects, age groups, and streaming platforms. The list includes movies like Hidden Figures to educate about Math/History, Making it which highlights Art , Won’t You Be My Neighbor? that touches on Social Studies.
IMDb's Top 20 Home School Movies
- Hidden Figures | Subject: Math/History
- Now Streaming on FX Now and Available to Rent on Prime Video
- Making It | Subject: Art
- Season 2 Now Streaming on Hulu
- Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Subject: Social Studies
- Now Streaming on HBO
- The Book Thief | Subject: History
- Available to Rent on Prime Video
- Cosmos: Possible the Worlds | Subject: Science
- Premieres April 6. on Disney+
- To Kill a Mockingbird | Subject: History/Literature
- Now Streaming on STARZ and Available to Rent on Prime Video
- March of the Penguins | Subject: Science
- Available to Rent on Prime Video
- School of Rock | Subject: Music
- Now Streaming on Hulu
- Reading Rainbow | Subject: Literature
- Now Streaming on Prime Video
- Our Planet | Subject: Science
- Now Streaming on Netflix
- Stand and Deliver | Subject: Math
- Now Streaming on Prime Video
- Fantasia | Subject: Music
- Now Streaming on Disney+
- Selma | Subject: History
- Available to Rent on Prime Video
- Osmosis Jones | Subject: Science
- Now Streaming on STARZ
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | History/Science
- Now Streaming on Netflix
- Mr. Holland's Opus | Subject: Music
- Now Streaming on HBO
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Subject: History
- Now Streaming on Netflix
- Lean on Me | Subject: Detention
- Available to Rent on Prime Video and Streaming on BET+
- When We Were Kings | Subject: Social Studies/History
- Now Streaming on Cinema
- The Martian | Subject: Science
- Now Streaming on Cinemax
Click Here to view the whole list on IMDb.
What movies would you add to this list?
Besides Top Gun . . .
Tell us in the comments!
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