Wholesome Entertainment: 30+ Movies That Help teach the value of work

Akeela and the Bee

About a girl from a poor neighbor hood who tries to win a spelling competition

Amazing Grace

About William Wilberforce who tries to make slavery illegal in England

Boys Town

About a man who believed in boys and fought to help them

Chariots of Fire

About the 1924 Olympics and a man who refuses to compromise his morals

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - preview first

About a man who will do anything to help his children

Cool Runnings Preview First

About the Jamacan Bobsled Team in the 1988 Winter Olympics

Evelyn - Adult themes preview first

About a man whose daughter gets taken away and fights to get her back

From Homeless to Harvard - Adult Themes Preview First

About a girl whose parents are drug addicts, who becomes homeless,
and who decides there is something better in life

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

About a mom who had many struggles but did her best for her boys
And about a poor boy who decided to work to change his world

Hidden Figures

About 3 women who want to work for the space program and prove their worth

Hidden in Silence (no trailer)

About a courageous girl who rescues and hides Jews

Joan of Arc

About a woman called by God to save France from England

October Sky

About boys who decide to build a rocket and their teacher who inspired them

Madame Currie (1943)

About the woman who discovered radium and pioneered radioactivity

McFarland USA

About a Running Coach and the boys he coaches

Monuments Men

About men who try to save great works of art from the Nazis

Newsies Original Film Broadway Version

About newspaper boys try to fight for fair wages and working conditions

Night Crossing

About people who wanted to escape from East German and how they tried to make it happen

Not Without My Daughter

About a woman falsely lured to Iran who tries to escape with her daughter

Rosenstrausse

About the only successful open protest against the Nazis - women trying to save their husbands

Rudy - adult themes preview first

About a man who wanted to play football at Notre Dame

Something the Lord Made

About a man who cared enough to change modern medicine

Stand and Deliver - Preview First Adult Themes

About a teacher who believed in his students and held them accountable

Summer Stock

About a troop of actors who work to put on a production

The African Queen

About a woman determined to live and to fight the Nazis and the man who helps her

The Amazing Adventure - with Cary Grant

About a rich man who doesn't feel well and his doctor challenges him to get a job

The Blind Side

About a mother, a homeless student, a the work it takes to make dreams happen

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

About a woman who wants to do some good in the world and decides to go on a mission to China

The Man Who Invented Christmas

About Charles Dickens writing and publishing a book faster than others felt possible

The Miracle Worker

About the woman who helped a deaf blind girl learn, and the girl who was willing to learn

The Pursuit of Happyness - Adult Themes Preview First

About a man who knows that there is a better world for him and his son and is willing to work

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939 (sorry no trailer)

About the work involved to invent the telephone