A Glean movie guide
The Ultimate 10-Year-Old Movie Guide
From animated epics to live-action class
Adventure, laughs, and heart for the perfect pre-teen movie night.
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The movie list
- 01
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A visually stunning superhero epic that captures the chaotic energy of growing up.
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
- 02
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
A hilarious road trip where a quirky family must save the world from a robot uprising.
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
- 03
The Goonies
The ultimate treasure-hunting adventure featuring a group of friends on the quest of a lifetime.
Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find the treasure, they run into a family of recently escaped criminals, determined to capture the kids and reach the treasure first.
- 04
Paddington 2
A joyful masterpiece about a polite bear who brings out the best in everyone he meets.
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
- 05
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The magical beginning of a legendary journey that brings the halls of Hogwarts to life.
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
- 06
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
A high-stakes video game adventure that swaps teen personalities into hilarious adult avatars.
Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!
- 07
Spirited Away
A breathtakingly imaginative journey through a world of spirits, led by a brave 10-year-old.
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
- 08
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
A stylish adventure that balances thrilling action with a surprisingly deep, heartfelt story.
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.
- 09
Enola Holmes
A fast-paced mystery featuring Sherlock’s brilliant younger sister on her first solo case.
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
- 10
School of Rock
A high-energy comedy about a substitute teacher who turns his class into a world-class rock band.
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
- 11
The Iron Giant
A touching story of friendship between a young boy and a misunderstood giant robot from space.
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
- 12
The LEGO Movie
A wildly creative adventure that celebrates imagination and the power of being yourself.
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from conquering the universe.