Please be aware that inclusion on this list does not constitute a
Christian Spotlight
recommendation or endorsement. It simply indicates that the film received an “Better than Average” morality rating from its reviewer.
42
[4½]
1776
[3]
Musical
+
A
The Adventures of Pinnochio
[3½] +
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
[3]
The African Queen
(NR) [4½]
Air Bud
[3½] +
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
[1] +
Akeelah and the Bee
[5]
The Alamo
[4]
Alpha and Omega
[2½]
Alice in Wonderland
[4½]
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked
[3½]
Amazing Grace (2007)
[5]
Ambush in Waco
(NR) [4]
An American Tail III
[ 3½]
Anna and the King
[5] +
AntiTrust
[4½]
Antwone Fisher
[4½]
Antz
[4] +
April Morning
(NR) [3½]
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
(PG) [2½]
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
[4]
Arthur Christmas (2011)
[4½]
Astro Boy (2009)
[4]
The Audrey Hepburn Story
[4]
August Rush (2007)
[3]
Awakenings
[4½]
Away from Her (2007)
[4]
B
Back to the Future
[5] +
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
[4]
Balto
[4] +
Bandslam (2009)
[4]
Barbie in the Nutcracker
(NR) [4]
Beautiful
[4]
The Beaver
[4]
Bedtime Stories (2008)
[4½]
Bee Movie (2007)
[3½]
Beethoven
[4]
Beethoven's 2nd
[3]
Beethoven's 3rd
[2½]
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
[4]
Benji: Off the Leash!
[1½]
Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
[3]
Big Fish
[3½]
Bill Cosby: Himself
(NR) [3]
Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham (2008)
[3]
Bobby Jones—Stroke of Genius
[4½]
The Bourne Supremacy
[4]
Brian's Song
[4½] +
Brick (2006)
[4]
Bride and Prejudice (2005)
(PG-3) [3]
The Bridge on the River Kwai
[4½]
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
[5]
Brigham City
[4]
Bright Star (2009)
[4½]
Broken Bridges (2006)
[3]
C
Calamity Jane
(NR) [3½]
The Calling
[1]
Captain America (1992)
[3½]
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
[4]
Carman: the Champion
[4]
Cars
[4]
Cars 2
[4]
Cats and Dogs
[4]
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
[3]
Cellular
[4½]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
[5]
Charly
[4]
Chasing Mavericks (2012)
[4]
Cheaper by the Dozen
[5]
Chicken Little
[4½]
A Christmas Carol (1951)
[5] +
A Christmas Carol (1984)
[2½]
A Christmas Carol (2009)
[5]
A Christmas Story
[5]
Christmas with the Kranks
[2½] +
Clockstoppers
[4]
The Conspirator
[3½]
Cool Hand Luke
[5] +
The Core
[3]
The Count of Monte Cristo
[4½]
Cry, The Beloved Country
[4½] +
Curious George (2006)
[4½]
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
[2½]
D
Dad
[4½]
Dance With Me
[4]
Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
[4] +
Daniel Deronda
(NR) [5]
Dang
(NR) [3]
Dan in Real Life (2007)
[4]
The Decalogue
(NR) [5]
Deliver Us from Evil (2006)
(NR) [5]
Despicable Me (2010)
[4]
Diary of a City Priest
(NR) [4]
The Diary of Anne Frank
(NR) [4½]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules
[4]
Dick Tracy
[3½]
Digimon: The Movie
[4]
Dinosaur
[4]
The Dish
[4]
Disney's The Kid
[3] +
Doogal (2006)
[3]
Doubt (2008)
[4½]
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (2012)
[5]
Driven
[3½] +
Driving Miss Daisy
[4] +
E
Eddie and the Cruisers
[4½]
Earth (2009)
[3]
Eight Below (2006)
[4]
Ella Enchanted
[4]
Emma
[3½] +
The Emperor's Club
[4½] +
Enchanted (2007)
[5]
End of the Spear (2006)
[3]
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012)
[3]
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
[5] +
Evelyn
[4] +
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
[5] +
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
[3½]
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
[5]
F
Fairytale: A True Story
[3]
Fantasia/2000
[3½]
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
[2]
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
[3½]
Father of the Bride II
[4] +
Favorite Son
(NR) [4]
Jet Li’s
Fearless
[4]
Felicia's Journey (1999)
[4½]
The Fighting Temptations
[3]
Finding Neverland
[4]
Firehouse Dog
[3]
First Kid
[4] +
First Knight
[4½]
Flightplan
[4½]
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
[4]
Flipped (2010)
[5]
Food, Inc. (2009)
[4]
Forever Young
[4½] +
Frequency
[5] +
G
The Game of Their Lives (2005)
[2½]
George of the Jungle
[3]
Get Low (2009)
[4½]
Gettysburg
[5] +
G-Force (2009)
[3]
Gods and Generals
[5]
Godsend
[3]
Godzilla 2000
[4½]
Goodbye Lenin!
[4½]
Gone With the Wind
[5] +
Good Boy!
[4]
Good Night, and Good Luck
[3½]
The Great Buck Howard
[4]
The Great Escape
(NR) [4] +
The Grand Illusion, aka La Grande Illusion (1937)
(NR) [5]
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
[3]
The Greatest Show on Earth
(NR) [3½]
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(NR) [4½]
H
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
[3]
Happily N'Ever After (2007)
[3]
Happy Times
[4½]
Hardflip (2012)
[2½]
Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
[4]
Holyman Undercover (2010)
NR [2½]
Home Alone 3
[4] +
Hometown Legend
[3½]
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
[3½] +
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
[4]
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
[3½]
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011)
[3]
Hoosiers
[4] +
Hostile Waters
[3½]
Hotel for Dogs (2009)
[3½]
House of Mirth
[3]
How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)
[4]
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
[4]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
[4] +
I
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
[4]
I Confess
(NR) [3]
Imagine That (2009)
[4]
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
[5]
The Incredibles
[4½]
Inside Job (2010)
[4½]
Invictus (2009)
[4]
I Remember Mama
(NR) [4½]
Ice Age
[3½] +
Immediate Family
[4] +
Inkheart (2009)
[5]
Inspector Gadget
[3]
The Iron Giant
[4]
The Iron Lady (2011)
[4]
The Island
[4]
It Takes Two
[4]
It's a Wonderful Life
(NR) [5] +
IQ
[3] +
J
Jane Eyre (2011)
[4]
John Carter (2012)
[4]
Johnny English (2003)
[2]
Johnny English Reborn (2011)
[3]
Joshua
[5]
Drama
Josie and the Pussycats
[3½]
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
[5]
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
[3½]
Joyeux Noël
[4½]
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
[4]
K
K-19: The Widowmaker
[4]
K-Pax
[4]
Kandahar
(NR) [4½]
Kate and Leopold
[3½]
Kingdom Come
[1½]
The Kite Runner (2007)
[5]
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
[4½]
L
Ladder 49
[4½]
Ladyhawke
[3½]
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
[4½]
The Lake House (2006)
[3]
Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
[5]
Last of the Dogmen
[4]
The Last Sin Eater (2007)
[3½]
The Last Song (2010)
[4]
Lawrence of Arabia
(NR) [5] +
Leave it to Beaver
[4] +
The Legend of Zorro
[4½]
Les Misérables
[4] +
Letters to Juliet
[2½]
Life Is Beautiful
[4]
Foreign Film—Italian; Subtitled
+
Little Men
[4]
Little Women
[5] +
The Little Rascals
[4] +
The Long Ride Home
[4]
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
[3½]
Lorenzo's Oil
[4½] +
Love's Labour's Lost
[2]
M
Madagascar
[4]
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
[4½]
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
[3½]
The Majestic
[5] +
Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
[4]
The Mark of Zorro
(NR) [4]
Martian Child (2007)
[4]
Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
[4½]
Mary and Joe
[3]
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
[5]
Matchstick Men
[5]
The Medallion
[3]
Meet Dave (2008)
[3½]
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[4½]
MegaMind (2010)
[4]
Megiddo
[4] +
Merry Christmas (a.k.a. Joyeux Noël)
[4½]
Mighty Ducks III
[3]
Mirror Mirror (2012)
[3½]
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
[3½]
Mrs. Brown
[4] +
The Majestic
[5] +
The Man from Snowy River
[5] +
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
(NR) [3]
Marvin's Room
[4]
Miracle
[3½]
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
[2]
Morning Light (2008)
[3]
Mr. Holland's Opus
[4] +
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
[5]
Mulan
[5] +
Munich
[4]
The Muppets (2011)
[5]
Muppets From Space
[2½]
Music of the Heart
[3]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
[3]
My Dog Skip
[3]
My Father's Glory
[4]
Foreign film—French; Subtitled
My Girl
[4½]
My Neighbor Totoro
[5]
My Six Loves
(NR) [4] +
N
Nancy Drew (2007)
[3]
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
[3½]
The Nativity Story (2006)
[4] +
The Naked Prey
(NR) [4]
Nacho Libre (2006)
[3½]
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
[4½]
The New World (2006)
[4½]
Night at the Museum (2006)
[4]
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
[5]
Nim's Island (2008)
[5]
Noelle (2007)
[3½]
No Man is an Island
(NR) [4] +
No Reservations (2007)
(PG) [3]
North Country (2005)
[3½]
The Notebook (2004)
[4]
Not Without My Daughter
[4]
O
Of Gods and Men (2010)
[4½]
Oliver Twist (2005)
[3]
101 Dalmations (1961)
[4½] +
102 Dalmatians
[4½]
One Against the Wind
[4] +
Onegin
[4]
The Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure (2012)
[3]
Operation Dumbo Drop
[2]
The Other Side of Heaven
[4]
Over the Hedge (2006)
[4]
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
[4]
P
The Parent Trap
[3½] +
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
[3½] +
Penelope (2008)
[3½]
The Perfect Game (2010)
[3]
The Perfect Holiday (2007)
[2½]
Persepolis (2007)
[5]
Peter Pan (2003)
[3]
Pirates of the Caribbean
[4½]
Planet of the Apes
[5] +
PT 109
(NR) [4] +
Paulie
[3] +
The Pianist
[4]
Pokemon: The First Movie
[3½]
Pride (2007)
[4]
Primer
[3]
Princess Bride
[3½] +
The Princess Diaries
[3]
The Prisoner of Zenda
(NR) [3½]
The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)
[4]
Prom (2011)
[4½]
Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
[4]
Q
Quest for Camelot
[2½]
The Queen (2006)
[5]
R
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
[4½]
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
[4]
Real Steel (2011)
[4]
Rebound (2005)
[2]
Red Betsy
[4]
Red Cliff
[4]
Reggie's Prayer
(NR) [3½]
Remains of the Day
[4] +
Return to Me
[4] +
RocketMan
[3] +
Rudy
[4½] +
Run Silent, Run Deep
(NR) [4] +
Running Against Time
[4]
S
Sabrina
[4]
The Santa Clause II
[3]
Saving God (2008)
[2]
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
[3½]
Savage Sam
(NR) [3]
Seabiscuit
[5]
Secondhand Lions
[4]
The Secret Garden
[5] +
The Secret of Kells (2010)
NR [4]
Selena
[4½] +
The Sentinel (2006)
[3½]
Serendipity
[4]
Shall We Dance?
[3½]
Foreign Film—Japanese; Subtitled
+
Shall We Dance?
[3½]
American remake
+
Shark Tale
[3]
Sicko (2007)
[4½]
Simone
[5]
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
[4]
Sins of the Father
(NR) [5]
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
[4½]
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
[5]
Sky High
[3½]
Sleepwalking (2008)
[3]
Small Time Crooks
[3] +
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
[4½]
The Soloist (2009)
[5]
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
(NR) [5]
Space Chimps (2008)
[2½]
The Spanish Prisoner
[4] +
Spider-Man
[5]
Spider-Man 2
[4½]
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
[5]
Starter for Ten (2007)
[5]
Star Trek (2009)
[5]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
[4½]
Spitfire Grill
[4½] +
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011)
[3]
Steamboy
[5]
Sting: Moment of Truth (2004)
(NR) [4]
Superman
[4]
Support Your Local Sheriff
[4]
Surf's Up (2007)
[4]
Swept From the Sea
[3½]
T
Taliesin Jones
[5]
Tangled (2010)
[4]
Taste of Cherry, The
(NR) [4]
The 10th Kingdom
(NR) [4½]
The Terminal
[4]
That Darn Cat
[3½]
That Thing You Do
[4] +
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
[2]
Tooth Fairy (2010)
[3½]
Three Came Home
(NR) [4]
Thunderbirds
(2004)
[4]
Time Out
[4½]
To Hell and Back
(NR) [3½]
To Kill a Mockingbird
(NR) [4½] +
To Save a Life (2010)
[3½] +
Toy Story
[5] +
The Trial
[4] +
TRON: Legacy (2010)
[4½]
True Grit (2010)
[5]
The Truman Show
[4] +
Tulpan (2009)
[4.5]
Twilight (2008)
[4]
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
[5]
U
U-571
[4]
The Ugly Dachshund
[2]
Underdog (2007)
[2½]
Undefeated (2012)
[3½]
Under the Same Moon (La misma luna) (2008)
[3]
United 93
[3½]
V
Valiant (2005)
[4]
Vanya on 42nd Street
[4½]
Victoria and Albert
(NR) [4]
The Village
[2]
The Visitation (2006)
[4½]
The Visitor (2008)
[4]
W
A Walk to Remember
[4] +
Walking Across Egypt
[5]
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
[4]
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
[4½]
The War Within
[5]
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
[4]
The Way (2011)
[3½]
We Are Marshall (2006)
[4½]
Whale Rider
[4½]
What a Girl Wants
[3] +
What If… (2010)
[3] +
Whiteout (2009)
[2]
The White Ribbon (2009)
[5]
The Wild
[4]
Wild America
[4] +
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
[4½] +
The Wild Thornberry's Movie
[4]
Wit
[4]
The Wizard of Oz
[5] +
World Trade Center
[5] +
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
[5]
Y
Yours Mine and Ours
(NR) [4] +
Yours Mine and Ours (2005)
[3]
Z
Zookeeper (2011)
[4]
Convenient source for recommended Christian videos and books