9 movies on Netflix with cool messages for kids

Watching movies with the kids is always a super cool program. If they have nice messages that can generate family conversations about friendship, good attitudes and behavior in general, even better!

We’ve selected nine children’s movies available on Netflix that offer it all. See which ones are most suitable for your children’s age and good educational fun!

0 to 2 years

big little ones

Plot: Mother, father and two daughters (voices of Jair Oliveira – Jairzinho from Balão Mágico, today an incredible musician –, Tania Khalill and the couple’s daughters, Isabela and Laura) live together at home and in pleasant surroundings, always talking a lot and especially. And singing, of course!

Message for children: Teaches that being “different” – whether due to ethnicity, social class, religion, mobility, family background and other common aspects of daily life for Brazilian children – is normal and values ​​good attitudes.

Duration: 24 minutes. It’s a great duration for this age group, who lose concentration very quickly.

2 to 4 years

Maya the Bee

Plot: The little bee Maya likes to break rules and ends up making friends with the wasps, considered dangerous and treacherous in her forest. When her hive’s royal jelly is stolen, the other bees are quick to blame her, but she didn’t do anything! Only Willy the bee stands by her to prove her innocence.

Message for children: That it is important to trust adults who want the best for the child when they say that certain people are dangerous and also that true friends never leave our side.

Duration: 87 minutes.

Tigger – The Movie

Plot: Tigrão goes in search of his family through the forest and is accompanied by all the friends of the class: Winnie the Pooh, Ió, Piglet, Owl, Rabbit, Can and Guru.

Message for children: It shows that family is not necessarily who has blood ties and that friends can be the family we choose.

Duration: 77 minutes.

4 years onwards

WALL-E

Plot: In an indefinite future, humans have destroyed all nature on Earth, which has had its surface taken over by garbage and more garbage. With no space and no minimum conditions to live here, people withdrew and left on the planet WALL-E, the robot responsible for cleaning up the dirt and who was lonely until he found another robot, EVE. Their attitudes can define the destiny of humanity, even though it is on a ship that is far from Earth.

Message for the children: The main one is that we have an obligation to take care of nature and the garbage we produce so that the planet remains viable for our existence here. There is a secondary message in the relationship between WALL-E and EVE: that we are better when we have company.

Duration: 98 minutes.

Pets – The Secret Life of Pets

Plot: Dog Max gets lost in Manhattan in the company of Duke, the new dog his tutor has adopted (and whom he doesn’t like at all). While the duo gets into the sewers and gets into trouble with a violent gang led by a rabbit, their friends from the building (a puppy, a cat, an eagle and other animals) decide to face the dangers of the city to find them. Detail: the human guardians of these animals all have no idea what is happening, because everything happens in one day, while they are working.

Message for children: That it is not safe to go into unknown places without the company of adults and that we should always look out for our friends.

Duration: 86 minutes.

Home – Each in His Home

Plot: A clumsy alien and a girl flee together from aliens who, to colonize Earth, confine humans in “perfect” villages – the alien is considered a criminal by their species and the girl needs to find her mother. Despite all their awkwardness with each other, they help each other all the time.

Message for children: Teaches that, regardless of differences, everyone can learn from each other and that two heads are better than one in times of trouble.

Duration: 94 minutes.

Hotel Transylvania 2

Plot: While the vampire Mavis and the human Johnny go to visit his relatives in another city, their son, Dennis, stays with his grandfather, Dracula, in the Hotel Transylvania. Everything is amusing, but Dracula pushes the envelope all the time to check whether the boy is human or vampire – only to be reminded, in the nick of time, that Dennis is half and half.

Message for children: That miscegenation is good and generates people with nice characteristics from their different origins, and that there is no reason to force someone to choose “which side” to be on in this story.

Duration: 89 minutes.

Frozen a freezing adventure

Plot: Upon accidentally releasing her freezing power at a party, Queen Elsa isolates herself in an ice castle. But her younger sister, Anna, doesn’t give up on bringing Elsa back to living with the common people. To rescue her firstborn, she has the help of a strong peasant she meets along the way and Olaf, a snowman who has life.

Message for children: Teaches that you don’t have to isolate yourself for being different and that everything is worth it when you want to help someone you love.

Duration: 105 minutes.

Wreck-It Ralph

Plot: To try to fulfill the dream of being an arcade guy, Ralph – who is the villain of a game – ends up freeing a dangerous enemy and putting his friend at risk. Upon realizing the mess, he begins to transit between digital universes to make everything go back to normal.

Message for children: That there is no problem in recognizing mistakes and that, when this happens, the best thing to do is to take the initiative to solve the situation – always counting on the help of friends.

Duration: 112 minutes.