Hispanic Heritage Month gives families a great reason to enjoy movies that celebrate culture, family, courage, faith, and community. These films offer entertaining stories with plenty of heart, along with opportunities for families to learn something new. Here are 10 family-friendly movies worth adding to your watchlist this Hispanic Heritage Month.
Top Inspiring Movies to Watch for Hispanic Heritage Month
SPY KIDS
SPY KIDS is a James Bond adventure for children, with a Hispanic flavor. For years, Ingrid Cortez has told her children the bedtime story of “The Spies Who Fell in Love.” Her children, Carmen and Juni, don’t suspect that the spies in…
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MCFARLAND, USA
MCFARLAND, USA is an inspiring sports story taking place in 1987. It stars Kevin Costner as Jim White, a coach with a history of getting fired who’s forced to take a teaching position in the tiny town of McFarland, California. The predominately…
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A MILLION MILES AWAY
A MILLION MILES AWAY on Amazon Prime is about the first migrant farmworker ever to go on a space mission for NASA. Starring an outstanding Michael Peña as Jose Hernandez, the movie shows Jose’s hardscrabble childhood as a traveling farmworker, until a…
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THE LONG GAME
THE LONG GAME follows a group of Mexican American teenagers in 1955 Texas who love the game of golf but are restricted from playing at the country club where they caddy. When School Superintendent JB Peña gets denied from the country club…
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STAND AND DELIVER
STAND AND DELIVER is the story of a teacher in Los Angeles helping raise expectations until 18 of his students excel in a national calculus test. Jaime Escalante gives up a good job and accepts lower pay to become a teacher in…
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BELLA
BELLA opens up with the wonderful narration, "If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans." Jose has just been signed to a big soccer contract. Filled with joy, Jose is a good-looking, clean-cut, athletic young man at the top…
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BLUE MIRACLE
BLUE MIRACLE is a wonderful drama on Netflix. Omar is on the brink of losing the beloved all-boys orphanage in Cabo, Mexico that he and his wife, Becca, run. He enters a fishing competition with a fisherman named Wade. Omar and Wade…
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THE PERFECT GAME
In THE PERFECT GAME, a Mexican immigrant returns to Monterrey, Mexico after the St. Louis Cardinals baseball franchise refuses to make him a coach. He works at a steel plant and tries to drink away his anger. Meanwhile, the local priest wants…
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