August Rush – Institute for Educational Advancement Connecting bright minds; nurturing intellectual and personal growth Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:23:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ieafavicon-e1711393443795-150x150.png August Rush – Institute for Educational Advancement 32 32 25 of Our Favorite Gifted Kid Movies /blog-25-favorite-gifted-kid-movies/ /blog-25-favorite-gifted-kid-movies/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2015 01:56:45 +0000 https://ieadev.wpengine.com/blog-25-favorite-gifted-kid-movies/ In the spirit of the Academy Awards this weekend, we thought we would share a list of good movies featuring gifted children and young adults. Based on a discussion on the 优蜜视频 Facebook page and a poll of the 优蜜视频 staff, here are some of our community鈥檚 favorite movies about gifted kids (and gifted grown kids):

  1. August Rush (PG)
  2. Big Hero 6 (PG)
  3. Billy Elliot (R)
  4. Bridge to Terabithia (PG)
  5. Dead Poets Society (PG)
  6. Finding Forrester (PG-13)
  7. Gifted Hands (NR)
  8. Good Will Hunting (R)
  9. Goonies (PG)
  10. Harry Potter series (PG-13)
  11. The Imitation Game (PG-13)
  12. The Incredibles (PG)
  13. Little Man Tate (PG)
  14. A Little Princess (G)
  15. (PG)
  16. Meet the Robinsons (G)
  17. Mr. Holland鈥檚 Opus (PG)
  18. October Sky (PG)
  19. Rain Man (R)
  20. Real Genius (PG)
  21. Rushmore (R)
  22. School of Rock (PG-13)
  23. Searching for Bobby Fischer (PG)
  24. Spellbound (G)
  25. Weird Science (PG-13)

Not surprisingly, many of these are adaptations of novels, as there are a plethora of .

If you are celebrating the Academy Awards this weekend by enjoying a movie, we hope it will be one about a gifted kid!

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