Fall and winter are usually the time I think about movies because it seems natural to snuggle around the electronic hearth when it’s cold and dark outside. Last night we went and played baseball as a family for FHE. It was so fun I thought, we should do this more often now that it’s lighter in the evening.

My friend Shauna just asked for movie recommendations though so I thought I would help her out by asking for suggestions from all of you.

I have liked:

17 Miracles, especially since it’s about my mother-in-law’s grandfather and great-grandfather, the Savage men

Johnny Tremain (I love the music in it, so cheery)

Emma Smith: My Story (we finally just watched it and loved it)

Fireproof

Little Women, the one with Wynona Rider

Little Men

Babette’s Feast

Feature Films movies

the Duggar Family episodes on youtube (not really movies I know, but still fun and inspiring as well;

the Sarah Plain and Tall series (Skylark, etc.)

Akeelah and the Bee

Miss Potter

A Man for All Seasons

I also like to watch Moody Science classics on youtube. Just do a search on youtube for that phrase. There are a little cheesy but hark back to a simpler time when life was cleaner, which makes me feel good. They focus on believing in God and science.

You can get signed up at http://puritanpicks.com and have a service like Netflix that only stocks family friendly movies. A similar site is http://faithandfamilyflix.com. Cool!

Here’s a list from my friend Michelle F. Thank you Michelle!

1) October Sky (it’s PG, though it does hint at one of the boys having an abusive father)

2)”Emma” the Gweneth Paltrow version, it’s PG and teaches a really good lesosn about not gossiping or judging people (romanitic ending so your girls may go for it more than your boys)

3) Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House, Cary Grant, HILARIOUS family movie about buying and renovating a home.

4) What’s Up Doc? hilarious&wacky Barbara Streisand movie with a lot of quotable lines

5) Singing in the Rain, Donald O’Conner, Gene Kelley, Debbie Reynolds

6) Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Howard Keel and Jane Powel

7) The Bachelor and Bobbie Soxer, Cary Grant, Merna Loy, Shirley Temple

8) Easter Parade, Judy Garland and Fred Astaire

9) Night at the Opera, best Marx Brothers movie EVER, very quotable.

10) To Kill a Mocking bird, Gregory Peck

11) Ball of Fire, Gregory Peck and Barbara Stanwick, a night clob dancer hides form the police with 7 professors writing an encyclopedia–HILARIOUS!

12) The Absent Minded Professor, 161 version Red McMurray, the Father on My Three Sons

13) The Tooth Fairy, Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Jud, julie Andrews

14) Pete’s Dragon

15) Court Jester, Danny Kay

16) White Christmas, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye

17) Dolphin Tale, Ashley Jud Harry Connick Jr.

18) Any of the Mr. Bean movies, Mr Bean Takes a Holiday, etc., very funny, he’s a MASTER of physical comedy.

20) Cheaper By the Dozen and Bells on Their Toes, the old version

21) Yours, Mine Ours, 1968 version Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda

22) Ben Hur, 1959 Charlton Heston

23) Life is Beautiful, Italian with subtitles, this should be viewed by older children since the thematic content is heavy, Holocaust.

24) The Happiest Millionaire

25) Ever After

26) Hans Christian Anderson, Danny Kaye

An LDS family has started a great web site, with a collection of videos, full-length, and clips, from YouTube and Vimeo, with high standards of morality and excellence. Go here to read the philosophy http://zionvision.com/movies/blog/2011/07/12/welcome-to-the-zionvision-movie-blog/

and here for the home page http://www.zionvision.com/