NCRL Movie Program Ideas
1. Show movies at your after school-program for kids
2. Host a teen movie night as a fun way to engage teens
3. Plan ahead and show a movie the same week the DVD is released.
4. Spring Break Bonanza - show several family movies during Spring Break or other school vacations
5. Host a themed monthly movie night and plan out themes for the year. Ask marketing to create a calendar of "Showtimes." Themes could include the following:
Book to Big Screen To Kill a Mockingbird, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, The Hours, The Spectacular Now, A Wrinkle in Time, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Last Song, Princess Diaries, Twilight, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Stuart Little, Peter Rabbit, Holes, The Chronicles of Narnia, Coraline, Ready Player One
Banned Books to the Big Screen Fahrenheit 451, The Great Gatsby, Bridge to Terabithia, The Color Purple
Family Movie Night The Lego Movie, Wonder, Wizard of Oz, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Flubber
Sports Movies Remember the Titans, Rudy, Rocky, The Natural, A League of Their Own, The Karate Kid, Creed, The Bad News Bears, Hoosiers, Moneyball, Miracle, Chariots of Fire, Field of Dreams, Slapshot
Westerns True Grit, High Noon, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Rio Bravo, The Searchers, Giant, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Remakes Double Feature Jumanji (1995) and Jumanji (2017) Little Women (1933) and Little Women (1994) Shop around the Corner (1940) or In the Good Old Summertime (1949) and You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Double Feature - feature movies and their sequels Ant Man and Ant Man and the Wasp Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3 Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy II Paddington and Paddington 2 Shrek and Shrek 2 Mission Impossible Series NCRL Movie Program Ideas
Back to the Future Series Rocky Series Jurassic Park Series Indiana Jones Series Harry Potter Series Bourne Identity Series
Holiday Movies Hocus Pocus, The Polar Express, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life
Classic Films Casablanca, Roman Holiday, Rear Window
Award Winners - leading up to awards season, show movies that are nominated or last year’s winners
Throwback Thursday - lean in to nostalgia Breakfast Club, Jurassic Park, E.T., Jaws, The Outsiders, The Goonies
Musical Moments - musical favorites and singalongs La La Land, Singing in the Rain, Frozen, Newsies, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, The Music Man, Les Miserables, Hairspray, Chicago, Grease, An American in Paris, Funny Face, A Star is Born, Enchanted, Into the Woods
Documentaries Films Three Identical Strangers, Won't You Be My Neighbor, Man on Wire
Ladies Night On the Basis of Sex, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Hunger Games, Thelma and Louise, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, You’ve Got Mail, While You Were Sleeping, Oceans 8, The Big Sick, Bridesmaids, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Marvel vs DC Thor, Doctor Strange, Batman v Superman, Man of Steel, Ant Man and the Wasp
*****If showing a rated R movie, if possible show the movie in an enclosed room or host the event after hours.*****
5. More Resources
The 5 Minute Librarian - 13 Tips to Make your Movie Night a Blockbuster SWANK’s Movies for Every Occasion Alamo Drafthouse Specialty Screenings Ideas Common Sense Media - the leading source of entertainment and technology recommendations for families. A great source for knowing what age group to market your movie programs.