Fall Break Fun :: Movies!

Fall break is here! Which means, if you are staying home for fall break, your kids are home and underfoot. And sometimes, honestly, even if it’s not fall break, having a good, old-fashioned movie night is the best. (I love our Fridays when, after a long week of school and work, we all some home, order a pizza, and watch movies together as a family.) But for fall break, maybe elevate the usual movie night and make it just a little extra fun!

Here are a few ways to spice up your living areas before embarking on a movie marathon:

Jumbo Projector

Hang a white sheet on your wall or in your garage. You can rent a projector from the Memphis library or go ahead and buy one on Amazon. Movies are more fun when they’re large! Put down pillows or rearrange your couches for a fun, comfy movie night in!

Create drive-in “cars”

Get a big ole box from one of your home delivery services and convert it to a car! Raid that art closet. Cut out wheels, headlights, and make a steering wheel! Park it in front of the TV, put a pillow inside for a comfy tush, and you have your very own drive-in theatre.

Movies by streaming service:

1. My Father’s Dragon
2. The Magician’s Elephant
3. Chupa
4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
5. Leo
6. Blueback
7. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
8. Trolls Band Together
9. Migration
10. Orion and the Dark
11. Ultraman: Rising

1. Inside Out 2
2. The Garfield Movie
3. If
4. The Tiger’s Apprentice
5. Wonka
6. Under the Boardwalk
7. The Inventor
8. Hot Potato: The Story of the Wiggles
9. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

1. The Secret Kingdom
2. The Amazing Maurice
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
4. Terra Willy
5. StarDog and TurboCat
6. Teen Titans GO! to the Movies
7. Pete’s Dragon
8. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
9. George of the Jungle
10. Steven Universe: The Movie

I’m going to list these in 3 categories. One is movies that make my 90’s heart happy, one is Disney classics you may have forgotten about, and one is the latest movies streaming on there.

90’s/2000’s classics:

1. Honey I Shrunk the Kids- my kids have actually watched this and they LOVE it
2. While You Were Sleeping- See? Disney+ has stuff for big kids too! Your tweens will love this romantic comedy!
3. Freaky Friday- mother/daughter body swap! Classic!
4. Blank Check- An 11-year-old cashed a blank check for a million bucks. What could go wrong?
5. 10 Things I Hate About You- Oh how I miss Heath Ledger (plus, sneaky Shakespeare plot!)
6. Three Men and a Baby- Three bachelors adapt to pseudo-fatherhood after the arrival of the love child of one of them (this may be a plot that is a bit touchy to explain…)
7. Never Been Kissed- frumpy reporter gets a makeover and goes undercover in a high school. And then falls for her teacher.
8. Sister Act- a lounge singer hides out from the mob by pretending to be a nun in a convent; how did these movies get made??
9. Rookie of the Year- a 12 year old boy can throw 100mph fastballs…
10. The Rocketeer- a pilot discovers a top-secret jetpack; there’s something about Nazis?
11. Bonus: Disney JUST, FINALLY added Angels in the Outfield!

Classic Disney movies:

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
2. The Fox and the Hound
3. The Artistocats
4. Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers
5. Oliver and Company
6. The Sword and the Stone
7. Pinocchio
8. Sleeping Beauty
9. The Jungle Book
10. Lady and the Tramp (the new remake is pretty good as well)

Latest Releases:

1. Lightyear
2. Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (a new one)
3. Hocus Pocus 2
4. Disenchanted
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
6. Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
7. Polar Bear
8. Sneakerella
9. Pinocchio (somehow I missed there’s a live action version of this)
10. Strange World