Movie nights are a great way to relax and spend time with your family, even when you’re on vacation. Your Ocean Isle Beach vacation rental has everything you need for a family movie night in. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show—oh, and don’t forget the popcorn. Here are a few of our favorite beach-inspired movies and documentaries for the whole family. We’ve included the movie ratings for your discretion. Enjoy the show!
FINDING NEMO(G)
Finding Nemo is a family classic for all ages. Nemo the young clownfish is taken from his home. Watch his friends and family try to find him and bring him back home.
FINDING DORY (G)
Forgetful Dory the blue tang suddenly remembers that she has family that may be trying to find her, so she sets out to find them. It’s the perfect follow-up to Nemo.
THE LITTLE MERMAID(G)
Ariel the mermaid is enchanted with all things human. Disregarding her father’s order, she ventures out to explore the world beyond.
MOANA(PG)
Moana is about an adventurous teenager who, with help from demigod Maui, sails out on a daring mission to prove herself a master wayfinder and save her people.
DOLPHIN TALE(PG)
Dolphin Tale is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin named Winter and the helpful strangers who banded together to save her life.
FREE WILLY(PG)
A young troublemaker befriends an orca in captivity and hatches a plan to help his new whale friend escape his menacing captors and return to the sea.
MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (G)
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate tale takes on a life of its own in the hands of the Muppets with Kermit and Miss Piggy at the helm.
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (G)
Climb aboard the Nautilus into an undersea world of adventure with shipwrecked survivors taken captive by Captain Nemo.
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (G)
This heroic tale chronicles the courageous exploits of the Robinson family after they are shipwrecked on a deserted island where they have to survive.
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (PG-13)
There are enough Pirates of the Caribbean movies to watch each night of your beach vacation! These are geared more for older kids and teens, though.
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER (G)
A filmmaker forges an unusual (and adorable) friendship with an octopus living in a kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.
BLUE PLANET II(PG)
Blue Planet and Blue Planet II are part of an award-winning natural history series presented by David Attenborough that take you on a journey you won’t soon forget.
what’s your favorite beach movie?
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