A Focus Series

Movie messages

Help your kids recognize unbiblical ideas in popular movies
Inside this Series

It’s scary how frequently popular entertainment presents unbiblical ideas and unbiblical world views, even in family friendly movies. The free downloads on this page will help you you turn your movie viewing into a game – a game where your kids learn to detect secular world views presented in the movie.

Check this page regularly for new downloads. A new Parents Guide to Movie Messages is released in every new issue of Focus on the Family magazine

Despicable Me

Play this game of Movie Messages while watching Despicable Me.
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The Jungle Book

Play this game of Movie Messages while watching The Jungle Book (the animated version from 1967).
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The Iron Giant

Play this game of Movie Messages while watching The Iron Giant.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Play this game of Movie Messages while watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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Frozen (2013)

Help your kids learn to recognize secular world views presented in popular media and how they can skew our thinking. Play this game of Movie Messages while watching Frozen.
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Help your kids start to think about all the ways that the messages we consume in media and entertainment can influence what we think and believe. Play a game of Movie Messages while watching Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.
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Toy Story

Here’s a fun game to play with your kids as you watch the Toy Story movie together. The game will help your children learn not to passively absorb messages they are hearing but to test them against what God says.
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