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Here you’ll find films that teach or show the importance of kindness, and those that inspire empathy and compassion.

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8 Hollywood Films That Teach Us Kindness(not all are suitable for children)
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Pay it Forward
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
I am Sam
The Amazing Spiderman 2

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
12 Years a Slave
American History X
Life of Pi

5 films for families that show the importance of kindness
Recommended by Caresa Alexander Randall, Deseret News

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Home

Movies that Inspire Compassion
Recommended by Common Sense Media

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The Glass House Parents Guide

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Cinderella
My Neighbor Totoro
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Dear Dumb Diary
Despicable Me
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
An American Girl Story – Melody, 1963: Love has to Win
Batkid Begins
Dolphin Tale
The Indian in the Cupboard
A Little Princess
Howl’s Moving Castle
Kedi
Old Yeller
And the Children Shall Lead
A Christmas Carol
Kindness is Contagious
Little Women
The Tale of the Princess
Moonlight

Glass Parents Guide

Kaguya
Belle and Sebastian
I am Eleven
Millions
Inequality for All
Dancing in Jaffa
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
Loving
Steel Magnolias
Wonder Woman
The World According to Sesame Street
Young Frankenstein
Dead Poets Society
Edward Scissorhands
The Lady in the Van
G-Dog
Lady Valor
Temple Grandin
Schindler’s List
The Joy Luck Club
Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine
Virunga

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The Glass Castle Parents

15 Movies that Teach Empathy and Compassion
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The Grapes of Wrath
The Blind Side
Inside Out
Pay it Forward
The Glass Castle
Zootopia
Patch Adams

Freedom Writers
Pollyanna
Remember the Titans
Beauty and the Beast
The Pursuit of Happyness
Charlotte’s Web
A Little Princess
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