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Elevate Family Movie Night with 3 German Films Your Children Will Love

December 30, 2016 by Rachel Lister

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Family movie nights are a great way to bond and learn together. If you add some independent and foreign films — especially those in their original languages with subtitles — you’ll elevate family movie night to a whole new level of learning. This is Rachel here with some great ideas for international films that you can enjoy together as a family. Thanks to Kidflix Global for sponsoring and providing a great giveaway prize.

Elevate Family Movie Night with 3 German Films Your Children Will Love


 

My family loves experiencing new cultures through the movies we watch. It can be such a fun way to introduce children to things beyond what they see every day.

As someone who grew up traveling internationally, I’ve often wished my kids could have the same experiences, but in a family of 8 international travel just isn’t something that can happen very often.

We have our wish-list of places we’d like to visit though and we always have fun exploring those places through film in anticipation of the day when we get to visit in person.

This month my kids and I have been exploring Germany through our family movie nights thanks to Kidflix Global. They make it so easy to buy or rent international children’s films that you can enjoy as a family.

We’ve found 3 German films that your family will love:

Emil and the Detectives

Emil

Twelve-year-old Emil comes to Berlin to spend the holidays with friends and, on his way, his money is stolen. Together with his new pal, Pony, and her street-wise friends, Emil vows to catch the thief and deliver him to the police. For ages 8+.

The Blind Flyers

The Blindflyers movie

Musically gifted teenagers from a school for the blind work together to help Herbert, a runaway, return to Khazakistan. Romance blooms as the three create a band and enter a televised music video contest. For ages 10+.

Stella and the Star of the Orient

Stella and the Star of the Orient

While rummaging in her grandmother’s attic, ten-year-old Stella steps into an antique wardrobe and travels back 100 years in time where she meets her own great-grandmother, Clementine, and Gus, Clementine’s younger brother. Together they solve a family mystery. This is such a sweet story with a magical quality. For ages 6+. 

The Benefits of Foreign Films

Elevate Family Movie Night with 3 German Films Your Children Will Love

All of these films are in German with subtitles so they are a great chance to expose kids to the sound of the German language. While older kids who can read may do best with these, younger kids can pick up a lot of the story simply by watching.

My 4 year old sat with me through all of these and really enjoyed them. She asked for clarification a few times when she was lost, but for the most part, she could figure out what was going on simply by paying attention to the context and it was a fun experience for her to hear the language.

Stella and the Star of the Orient

My older boys found they had to pay attention more than they do with an English film so it was a good chance for them to slow down and focus. With so many options for entertainment that require very little from my kids, I loved having something that stretched them a bit more.

My favorite of these films was Emil and the Detectives. My husband said it reminded him of a German version of The Goonies. They were all great family movies that offered a fantastic cultural learning experience. 

My family had so much fun hanging out together and exploring the German culture. Watching the films in a short period of time really helped my kids see some of the similarities and start to get a feel for the sound of the language.

Enter the Mystery in Germany Sweepstakes

In addition to our giveaway below, you have another chance to win. On January 1, 2017, Kidflix Global will launch their newest promotion and sweepstakes.

They will be giving away these 3 German films:

  • Stella and the Star of the Orient (ages 6+)
  • The Blindflyers (ages 10+)
  • Emil and the Detectives (ages 11+)

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Our Giveaway

KidFlix Global Prize PackWe’re hosting a giveaway for a 3-DVD package that includes all 3 films…

  • Stella and the Star of the Orient (ages 6+)
  • The Blindflyers (ages 10+)
  • Emil and the Detectives (ages 11+)

We will randomly select a total of 5 winners.

If you’d like to win, please leave us a comment below telling us if you have family movie nights and if you’ve ever watched a foreign movie with subtitles with your children. Then complete your entry using the form below.

This giveaway is in addition to their sweepstakes which will launch on January 1st.

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Written by 5 Minutes for Mom contributor, Rachel Lister.
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70 Comments

  1. Cindy Munkelt says

    January 21, 2017 at 2:53 pm

    Just with husband-emptynesters. No I haven’t. Want these for my niece.

    Reply
  2. rosemary says

    January 21, 2017 at 8:14 am

    wow

    Reply
  3. Allyson Rose Becker says

    January 21, 2017 at 4:01 am

    Not usually. And no I have not watched foreign movies.

    Reply
  4. Peggy Rydzewski says

    January 21, 2017 at 12:11 am

    No sub titles movies because one is only 4 and the other is 8 and movie night is when they come to nanas house.

    Reply
  5. Dee Hadley says

    January 20, 2017 at 9:40 pm

    We have movie night on Thursday. It’s great! I have never watched a movie with subtitles.

    Reply
  6. Brandy says

    January 20, 2017 at 9:39 pm

    I haven’t thought much about it but weather I win or not I think we would both enjoy it!!!!!!

    Reply
  7. Shirley Hicks says

    January 20, 2017 at 5:15 pm

    no..we don’t watch foreign films and really don’t have movie night

    Reply
  8. Tim Deeter says

    January 20, 2017 at 4:34 pm

    my kid love witch moive all time

    Reply
  9. liz lew says

    January 20, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    We usually do at least once a month

    Reply
  10. Daniel M says

    January 20, 2017 at 12:45 pm

    we try to have a few movie nights on the weekends if everyone isn’t busy

    Reply
  11. Jerry Marquardt says

    January 20, 2017 at 12:41 pm

    I have had family mnovie nights with my family. I never watched a foreign movie with any subtitles with my children.

    Reply
  12. Leslie Stanziani says

    January 20, 2017 at 11:33 am

    We do a weekly family movie and game night. We have watched movies with subtitles.

    Reply
  13. Jae Park says

    January 20, 2017 at 11:12 am

    Yes, we do have family movie nights. On the odd night when the kiddos have little or no homework, we will find a movie to watch and pop some popcorn. We have watched foreign movies together and enjoyed them. Thank!

    Reply
  14. Keri justice says

    January 20, 2017 at 9:55 am

    We do have family movie night but we’ve not ever watched any foreign films. I would love to win theses!

    Reply
  15. tiffany c (@sweetmatcha) says

    January 20, 2017 at 9:51 am

    Yes we love family nights! We recently watched Kubo and the two strings, and the kids loved it! We haven’t watched any movies with subtitles together, but I would love this prize to watch together with the kiddos. Plus dd can bring dvds to school for movie days, I bet she’d love to share these movies with her classmates. Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  16. Megan Chan says

    January 18, 2017 at 10:52 pm

    Yes, I love having family movie nights! And yes, we have watched subtitled movies as well.

    Reply
  17. latoya says

    January 18, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    We don’t really have regular movie nights, we sort of just watch or go to the movies together when we have something we all want to see. My mom and I watch lots of foreign films.

    Reply
  18. Christa Bengtsson says

    January 18, 2017 at 3:57 pm

    We have family movie nights on Saturday nights. We have never watched one with subtitles with the kids before.

    Reply
  19. susan smoaks says

    January 18, 2017 at 12:31 pm

    we do have family movie nights. we do them about once a month. we all love it so much.

    Reply
  20. Dave L says

    January 18, 2017 at 9:20 am

    We do have family movie nights, and occasionally we will watch a foreign film like My Neighbor Totoro or Kiki’s Delivery Service with the original language track and subtitles instead of the English dub. I prefer watching foreign films because they are usually refreshingly original. Thank you for the fun giveaway.

    Reply
  21. Jennifer H. says

    January 18, 2017 at 12:08 am

    We don’t watch foreign films. We like watching Lord of the Rings.

    Reply
  22. Erica B. says

    January 17, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    We love having movie nights. We’ve never watched a foreign movie though.

    Reply
  23. Kelley Roach says

    January 16, 2017 at 9:19 pm

    Yes we do often!! There are even cartoons on Netflix with subtitles. I love this!

    Reply
  24. kathy d says

    January 15, 2017 at 1:15 am

    We don’t have family movie night. The little one would not sit still long enough and no we don’t watch movies with subtitles. I don’t like them

    Reply
  25. Audrey Stewart says

    January 14, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    I have never watched a sub titled film with children, but I keep the close caption on my TV. I can’t hear that well.

    Reply
  26. Danielle Magee says

    January 13, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Yes, we have family movie night. No, we have never watched a subtitle film.

    Reply
  27. Dena says

    January 12, 2017 at 2:12 pm

    We don’t have a set night for movie nights, mostly when the grandkids are here. We have watched movies with subtitles, but nothing from Germany. Sounds interesting.

    Reply
  28. KD says

    January 11, 2017 at 11:34 am

    We often have family movie nights but haven’t yet watched any subtitled movies. These movies sound good!

    Reply
  29. Ashley Packard says

    January 11, 2017 at 11:03 am

    We like to watch a lot of animated stuff, but we haven’t tried any films with subtitles yet

    Reply
  30. Meghan says

    January 11, 2017 at 10:56 am

    We do! Mainly cartons now.

    Reply
  31. Gabrielle Kinman says

    January 11, 2017 at 3:17 am

    The movies with subtitles are as good as the others. Thank you so much.

    Reply
  32. Elizabeth Brooks says

    January 11, 2017 at 3:11 am

    The weekends we watch movies. Snuggles and popcorn

    Reply
  33. PAT says

    January 11, 2017 at 2:38 am

    love to win

    Reply
  34. Kathy Ammerman Cox says

    January 10, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    We watch holiday movies as a family we start Dec 1 and pick a different one every night till Christmas but we have never exposed the kids to foreign films I think I will try it.

    Reply
  35. Gayle Gildehaus says

    January 10, 2017 at 9:14 pm

    My girls and I love to put in old VHS movies to watch on nights!

    Reply
  36. Robyn Brooks says

    January 10, 2017 at 8:13 pm

    Family movie nights yes, Foreign movues no

    Reply
  37. heather s says

    January 10, 2017 at 7:22 pm

    We haven’t watched a movie with a subtitle but would be open. We watch family movies together

    Reply
  38. MelissaandKeith Miller says

    January 10, 2017 at 7:07 pm

    Yes we have family movie nights No we have never used subtitles

    Reply
  39. Kim Keithline says

    January 10, 2017 at 6:04 pm

    Saturdays are usually our movie night we have never watched a foreign film with sub titles before

    Reply
  40. Marti says

    January 10, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    We have family movie nights, but have not tried a subtitled film yet because the youngest is too young to read well. I do enjoy them myself and I’d love to watch Emil and the Detektives; it was one of my favorite books as a kid and I would be interested to see how the story has been updated,

    Reply
  41. jeremy mclaughlin says

    January 10, 2017 at 10:27 am

    Yes we always have family movie night. Never watched a foreign movie with subtitles with my children.

    Reply
  42. KENNETH OHL says

    January 10, 2017 at 4:43 am

    We try to have Friday night as movie night and we have never watched a foreign film together

    Reply
  43. Dianna Davis says

    January 10, 2017 at 12:37 am

    yes, we love our family movie nights– We have had only two foreign films with the subtitles– It took a while but it helps the littler ones read what they can

    Reply
  44. M'lissa says

    January 9, 2017 at 8:16 pm

    We have family movie night every Friday. My kids have never seen a foreign movie.

    Reply
  45. Katie K says

    January 9, 2017 at 5:27 pm

    We do have family nights w/ pizza, games and sometimes movies. Kids aren’t old enough -yet- to do subtitles but we are definitely open to it!

    Reply
  46. Donna Clifford says

    January 9, 2017 at 3:53 pm

    Yes we do have family movie nights. No on foreign films, but we would not mind.

    Reply
  47. Maryanne says

    January 6, 2017 at 2:41 am

    Yes we have movie nights but we haven’t tried subtitles yet!

    Reply
  48. Ira says

    January 5, 2017 at 7:48 pm

    We don’t have family movie nights yet as my kids can’t sit the whole movie at once. But they learn 3 languages and watch kids programs in all 3. And I do hope to add more movies from around the world soon.

    Reply
  49. Paol Trenny says

    January 3, 2017 at 6:52 pm

    We have movie night twice a month (Saturday). And yes, we have watched many movies with subtitle.

    Reply
  50. dorrie turner says

    January 3, 2017 at 6:04 am

    We have had family movie night many times, but never tried a subtitled movie.

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  51. Angela Saver says

    January 2, 2017 at 11:59 pm

    Yes we have family movie nights! We have only watched 1 movie with subtitles.

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  53. Carol says

    January 2, 2017 at 3:17 pm

    I never watched a foreign movie with subtitles with my children.

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  55. Ashley M says

    January 2, 2017 at 6:34 am

    We have a family fun night every Friday! I have never watched an entire foreign film with my children!

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  57. Mel says

    January 1, 2017 at 4:07 pm

    We do have movie nights but haven’t watched a foreign film yet.

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    January 1, 2017 at 11:14 am

    We love having family movie nights, but never watched a foreign one with subtitles! Neat idea!

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  62. Christina O says

    December 31, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    Yes, we have family movie nights on Saturdays. No subtitles that I remember.

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  63. Elizabeth Miller says

    December 31, 2016 at 11:48 am

    We do have family game and movie night pretty much every week. We have never watched a foreign movie as a family.

    Reply
  64. Richard Brandt says

    December 31, 2016 at 10:53 am

    Yes, we prefer foreign films with their original soundtrack. It’s a big world out there.

    Reply
  65. Cindy Brooks says

    December 31, 2016 at 1:17 am

    We do have family movie nights. My sweet husband and I like to watch foreign films, but we’ve never watched one as a family!

    Reply
  66. Laura says

    December 31, 2016 at 1:01 am

    Yes, we have family movie nights. We never have watched a foreign movie with subtitles though!

    Reply
  67. Beth T. says

    December 30, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    My niece and nephews watch foreign films with their parents, and I think they really enjoy the different cultures and languages. As kids, we did, too–my mom was a teacher and never passed up the opportunity for a teaching moment, pointing out differences and asking whether we preferred their way or ours, for example. It opened our eyes and reminded us that our ways weren’t the only ways, nor automatically the “best”.

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  68. Seyma Shabbir says

    December 30, 2016 at 5:24 pm

    Yes we do often!! There are even cartoons on Netflix with subtitles. I love this!

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