Diwali 2022: Festivals are the only occasions when most of your family, if not all, comes together in one place and what better way to spend a good time together, than a good movie? But choosing the right movie to watch together can be a hard task, as finding a film that can satisfy the entire family, comes with many arguments and fights. So to make things easy, we have come up with some recommendations, that everyone can enjoy.
Family Movies to Watch this Diwali 2022
Lagaan
What else brings all the families together, than an exciting game of cricket and a sense of patriotism for the country? Set in 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match. Being completely foreign to the game, if Bhuvan and the villagers can defeat the British commander’s team, the tax will be repealed.
Watch this film on Netflix.
Taare Zameen Par
Taare Zameen Par might be one of the first films that started a discussion about child and parent relations and about being on the spectrum. Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class.
When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. Until one day an unconventional art teacher tries to help the imaginative student discover his true identity. Watch this film on Netflix.
Encanto
The Disney animated film was an instant classic, that focuses on family relations and even resonates with many real-life family dynamics. Encanto tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live in a wondrous, charming place called Encanto.
Each child has been blessed with a magic gift unique to them—each child except Mirabel. But when the family’s home is threatened, Mirabel may be their only hope. You can watch this film on Disney+.
Home Alone
It’s been 31 years since the film’s release, yet it remains a popular classic that everyone can enjoy. In the film, 8-year-old Kevin McAllister is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they’ve left him home by himself, Kevin learns to fend for himself and eventually has to protect his house against bumbling burglars Harry and Marv, who are planning to rob every house in the neighbourhood.
Kevin’s mother Kate is frantic when she realizes that she and the family have unintentionally left Kevin behind in Chicago, and she tries to make it back to Chicago as fast as she can, getting help from a polka band leader named Gus Polinski. Watch the film on Amazon Prime Video.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Do I even need to say more about this film? If your family hasn’t watched it with you already, then it is time to usher them into the wizarding world. Based on the wildly popular J.K. Rowling’s book about a young boy who on his eleventh birthday discovers, he is the orphaned boy of two powerful wizards and has unique magical powers. Watch this film on Amazon Prime Video.
So which of the above-mentioned family movies will you be watching? Let us know in the comment section below.
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