A Glean movie guide
The Ultimate 10-Year-Old’s Watchlist
Big adventures for growing imaginations.
From magical adventures to high-speed heroics, these are the must-watch movies for pre-tee
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The movie list
- 01
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A visually stunning superhero journey that captures the heart and 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 that celebrates family bonds during a chaotic 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
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
The definitive start to a magical journey, following a young wizard discovering his true potential.
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.
- 04
Spirited Away
A breathtakingly imaginative masterpiece about a young girl’s bravery in a mysterious spirit world.
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.
- 05
The Goonies
The ultimate treasure-hunting adventure filled with secret maps and lifelong friendship.
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.
- 06
Paddington 2
A pure, heartwarming comedy that proves kindness and manners can win over any crowd.
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.
- 07
How to Train Your Dragon
An epic tale of friendship that challenges tradition with thrilling dragon-flying action.
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
- 08
Matilda
An empowering story about a brilliant girl who uses her wits to stand up to the world.
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, don’t agree. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
- 09
School of Rock
A high-energy comedy that celebrates self-expression and the power of finding your own voice.
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.
- 10
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
A visually inventive quest that balances big laughs with a surprisingly deep story about courage.
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.
- 11
Holes
A clever mystery about justice and friendship that keeps you guessing until the very end.
After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. But Stanley and the other boys start to unravel a mystery, linked with the camps tough-as-nails warden —and possibly Stanley’s family itself.
- 12
The Iron Giant
A touching sci-fi classic about a boy and his giant robot that explores what it means to be a hero.
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.