By Movieguide® Contributor
Who doesn’t love a good underdog story? We’ve all overcome obstacles in life, and it’s a really good reminder that others have, too, even if it’s just portrayed in a movie. Be inspired by these stories of triumph, like OVERCOMER and AKEELAH AND THE BEE. Here are our top ten family movies that celebrate overcoming adversity.
INSIDE OUT 2 is a sequel to the acclaimed 2015 animated comedy. Riley, the young girl of the first movie, turns 13 and starts having teenage angst. She longs to join the champion varsity girls high school hockey team. However, new, unruly…
Read the Full Review →OVERCOMER is the heartwarming, often funny, poignant story of a teenage girl named Hannah who runs to Christ. Hannah lives with her grandmother in Franklin, Georgia. Hannah decides to try out for the high school cross-country team. Her coach, John Harrison, struggles…
Read the Full Review →OUT OF MY MIND is a wonderful uplifting story on Disney+ about Melody, a girl with cerebral palsy who proves she’s just as capable as any other girl her age. Melody gets the chance to join a normal classroom. Also, she proves…
Read the Full Review →RESCUED BY RUBY is a comedy on Netflix based on a true story about an aspiring K9 officer who adopts a shelter dog named Ruby to help achieve his professional goals and provide for his growing family. Ruby is rambunctious and brings…
Read the Full Review →Denzel Washington stars as Herman Boone in REMEMBER THE TITANS. Boone’s a black coach given the head coaching position at a formerly all-white school due to forced integration. Met with disdain, anger and a divided football team of racial foes, Coach Boone…
Read the Full Review →FACING THE GIANTS is an entertaining high school football movie with a strong evangelistic thrust. Coach Grant at Shiloh Christian Academy has reached the low point in his life. The football team keeps losing year after year, his car keeps stalling, his…
Read the Full Review →THE BLIND SIDE is a compelling, feel great drama that tells the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless young man who is welcomed into a Christian family. Leigh Anne discovers Michael and takes him in, putting him in a private Christian…
Read the Full Review →GOD’S NOT DEAD is an entertaining, profound Christian movie. Josh Wheaton arrives at college and signs up for the best schedule. He’s told not to sign up for one philosophy class, because the professor will crush his Christian faith. He signs up…
Read the Full Review →WONDER is a family drama about Auggie Pullman, a smart, witty young boy with a facial deformity who’s entering school for the first time after being homeschooled by his mother. The movie looks at his first year in school from his perspective…
Read the Full Review →AKEELAH AND THE BEE is an inspiring, entertaining drama. Eleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson feels like she doesn't fit with her classmates at her middle school in a poor African-American section of Los Angeles. Akeelah's classmates make fun of her intelligence, especially her spelling…
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