By Movieguide® Contributor
Escaping to an imaginary world can be fun, and there’s no better way to spark the imagination than watching a fairytale. Many of the films on this curated Movieguide® list contain a strong moral worldview that teaches children valuable life lessons. From classics like THE WIZARD OF OZ to modern favorites like PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, these flicks are perfect for an enchanting family movie night.
CINDERELLA is Disney’s live-action version of the classic fairy tale. A girl named Ella has two loving parents. Her mother instills in Ella that kindness and goodness will bring her happiness. Ella’s mother dies. Eventually, Ella’s father remarries a mean stepmother with…
Read the Full Review →Disney’s ENCHANTED turns the fairy tale story inside out in a delightful, positive, morally worthwhile way. Narissa, the evil stepmother of Prince Edward, pushes Giselle down a well after the Prince asks Giselle to marry him. The well leads across the dimensions…
Read the Full Review →Mike Myers plays the title role in SHREK, a fractured fairy tale about a smelly ogre with a bad disposition. Shunned by the human townspeople around him, Shrek is a cynical, no-nonsense creature, whose swamp has been overrun by annoying fairy tale…
Read the Full Review →THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE starts slightly before the Christian book by C. S. Lewis, with an air raid in London during World War II. Four children, Lucy, Peter, Edmund, and Susan, are taken to the English countryside for safety.…
Read the Full Review →In the animated movie PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, Puss in Boots realizes he’s on his last life and needs to find the Last Wish star to ask for more lives. However, Puss isn’t the only one searching for the Last…
Read the Full Review →TANGLED is Disney’s comical animated version of the Rapunzel fairy tale. A wicked old hag steals the baby Rapunzel from the King and Queen because a magical flower created by a drop of sunlight gives Rapunzel’s hair a glow that can heal…
Read the Full Review →[In a story told by a grandfather (Peter Falk) to his grandson (Fred Savage), a young girl, Buttercup (Robin Wright), falls in love with a farm boy, Westley (Cary Elwes), and they pledge their undying love for each other; yet, when Wesley…
Read the Full Review →FROZEN is a somewhat tedious thriller about three college friends trapped on a ski chair lift, leaving them to frostbite and wolves. What is worse, it’s Sunday night, and no one will be back at the resort until next weekend. Dan jumps…
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