Best Kids’ Movies: 2010 and Beyond

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Finding Dory

  1. Inside Out: Travel through the mind of a little girl named Riley who is really open with her emotions. Follow her emotions Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust, and Fear. Us (as viewers) get to follow her crazy life of being a teenage hockey player and trying to be her true self.
  2. The Lorax: Young Ted lives in a place with no trees or nature, everything is synthetic and artificial. After finding out that his crush Audrey would love to see a real tree, he leaves the safety of his town in search a tree. On his journey he finds an old man who tells him the story of what happened to nature. Throughout this story the audience gets to know the Lorax, a mystical being who speaks for the trees, and the Once-ler. The story highlights climate change and the need to preserve nature.
  3. Wreck-it-Ralph: This movie showcases what it is like to be a villain in a popular video game. With all of the other characters falling in love with their favorite hero, Ralph feels unwanted and unnecessary. So he decides to go on an adventure to all of the surrounding video games to try and fit in. Will he ever find where his true home or will he get lost and never be able to return back home for good?
  4. Finding Dory: Taking place a year after Finding Nemo, Dory sets out to find her parents. The lovable Clownfish and Blue Tang make their way across the ocean in search of her family. On their epic journey they make it to the Marine Life Institute where they find some of Dory’s old friends. After more than a decade of waiting we can finally know what happened to Dory.
  5. Hotel Transylvania: Follow Dracula around his famous castle; Just know that you are not alone. And this castle always has some sort of celebration going on. There are so many types of monsters in the castle you will never know what you are getting yourself into. There are mummies, vampires, frankensteins, and so many more. Dracula’s daughter, however, is not in such a good mood: until a human arrives. She falls in love with him, but because he is a human, Dracula will not let her date him. What’s the fun in following the rules when you can do it anyway? Will she go behind her father’s back? Will she obey her orders to stay away?