Wants vs. Needs
A teenager desperately wants to attend a huge concert featuring her favorite boy band, even though attending the concert isn't necessary for her survival or well-being.
Turning Red
A teenager switches bodies with her mother. Experiencing each other's lives helps them understand one another better, but they must also deal with the responsibilities and consequences of living someone else's life.
Freaky Friday
A child is accidentally left home alone and realizes there are no adults around to tell him what to do. At first, the freedom motivates him to eat junk food, watch whatever he wants, and ignore normal household rules.
Home Alone
A young woman must choose between remaining in the familiar world she has always known or following a mysterious rabbit into an unpredictable new world.
Alice in Wonderland
🐠 + 🔎 + 🌊
Finding Nemo
A family traveling through a dangerous post-apocalyptic world must constantly search for food, shelter, and safety while avoiding creatures that hunt by sound.
A Quiet Place
A teenager discovers a magical board game that can completely change reality. Continuing to play could fix the problems the game created, but every turn also brings a new and potentially dangerous consequence.
Jumanji
A group of monsters goes to work collecting children's screams because those screams provide the energy needed to power their entire city.
Monsters Inc.
A young wizard learns that he can leave his ordinary life behind to attend a school of magic, but doing so introduces him to responsibilities and dangers he never faced before.
Harry Potter
👻 + 🚫 + 🚒
Ghost Busters
In this 2006 film, a struggling salesman faces homelessness while pursuing a better life for himself and his young son, showing the difference between basic needs and financial wants.
The Pursuit of Happiness
A young man is granted three wishes. The benefits seem enormous, but using those powers creates unexpected consequences and responsibilities.
Aladdin
A teenager enters a singing competition where winning could give her the opportunity to perform professionally. The chance to achieve her dream motivates her to practice and compete.
Sing
A young woman has spent her entire life isolated inside a tower. She must decide whether to remain in the only home she has ever known or leave it behind to discover the outside world.
Tangled
🏀 + 🐰 + 👽
Space Jam
A group of kids participates in a dangerous treasure hunt because finding a legendary pirate's treasure could give their families enough money to save their homes.
The Goonies
A man discovers a remote-controlled device that allows him to fast-forward through unpleasant parts of his life. It saves him time in the moment, but he eventually realizes that skipping difficult experiences also means missing important moments with his family.
Click
A young gamer enters a massive virtual competition because the winner will receive control of the game and the enormous fortune left behind by its creator.
Ready Player One
A young girl discovers a magical world hidden behind a secret door. She must decide between returning to her ordinary life or staying in a seemingly perfect world where everything she wants appears to be available.
Coraline
🎩 + 🍿 + 🎪
The Greatest Showman
After their town is covered by a giant food disaster, characters must find shelter and safety. The unusual food they once enjoyed as a luxury becomes something they must escape in order to survive.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
A teenage girl discovers she can magically transform into an older version of herself. Being an adult gives her freedom and independence, but she quickly discovers that adulthood also comes with responsibilities and consequences she didn't expect.
13 Going on 30
A group of criminals agrees to pretend to become model citizens in order to avoid going to prison. Avoiding punishment gives them an incentive to change their behavior—or at least appear to.
The Bad Guys
A man discovers that the comfortable world he has always known isn't real. He must choose between returning to his familiar life or learning a difficult truth that will permanently change his future.
The Matrix
🩷 + 👱♀️ + 🛼
Barbie