The best movies to transmit values to children 2026

Until recently, the teaching and education of childhood involved fairly strict curricular content and there was no room for emotional education and self-knowledge.

The little they learned, they learned at home, depending on the philosophy and type of life of each family. But, luckily, that has ended and in educational centers more and more space is opening up for education in values.

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Furthermore, parents today are concerned about receiving all types of training in values ​​in order to transmit it to their children in the best way. And it is scientifically proven that education in emotions and values ​​during childhood contributes to correct mental development for the future.

Among others, children who receive a correct emotional and values ​​education tend to be more autonomous, responsible with themselves and know how to make correct decisions more quickly. In addition, they develop empathy, social education and are respectful of themselves and others. As if that were not enough, when they grow up, children educated in values ​​are capable of self-regulating their emotions and these teachings can be transmitted to future generations.

To educate in values ​​outside the classroom, you don't need to be an emotional expert: there are many specific tools to help and others that, without realizing it, also do the same. This is the case, for example, of cinema. In addition to being a perfect entertainment engine, it also teaches children lessons.

Your favorite cartoon movies like Up, A Bug's Life or Tarzan hide behind the fun stories a lot of values ​​and emotional learning. For example, with the first they will be able to discover the importance of love, trust or loyalty, while with the second or third they will learn how important determination and hard work are to become who they want to be. Furthermore, in Toy Story you will see the loyalty between friends reflected.

To make the task easier for families, we have prepared a gallery in which we specify the values ​​taught by the most famous animated films. Because yes, the seventh art is also capable of helping and educating our children.

Bugs

Bichos is a film that will fundamentally teach the value of collaboration, help, support, etc. among the peer group.

The bugs can be given a human mentality and we see how everyone together (cooperation) manages to save their harvest from the grasshoppers – the most powerful ones – who come to collect the food that the ants have.

They will also learn that together great things can be achieved if there is a common goal and if everyone does their part.

Likewise, the “powerful-weak” relationship also appears, which the bugs finally end up solving together.

Finding Nemo

In Finding Nemodifferent values appear: friendship, you will learn the value of friendship, company, happiness or positivity.

Lilo&Stich

With Lilo and Stich you can learn a large number of values: the main one, which is present throughout the film and perhaps the best known, is family, as it is called in the film, “Ohana”. The family between Lilo and her sister.

Likewise, children will find other values ​​such as generosity, respect, trust, and love for pets (although Stich is not a dog as such).

The Little Mermaid

With The Little Mermaid, children will learn, above all, the value of friendship.

Princess Ariel, throughout the film, is helped by her friends: if she gets into trouble, if she has to look for the prince... Sebastian the crab and Flounder the fish always lend her a hand.

Additionally, they can learn obedience. How you have to listen to your parents because they always recommend the best. Likewise, it can be of help to parents, since Ariel is a bit rebellious and does not usually pay much attention to what his father tells him.

Mulan

With Mulan they will learn, above all, the value of equality between men and women. Mulan wants to go to the army so that her father does not go, however, a woman is not valid to do so in the film. Therefore, he decides to transform into a man, because being a man is the only way he can be respected.

This film attempts to eliminate the sexism that generally surrounds women in Disney films.

Tarzan

In Tarzan we can largely see respect for animals. The hunters try to put them in cages, while Jane and her father respect them greatly.

Likewise, other values ​​appear such as friendship, cooperation, respect for the environment with the elephant, equality among all (in this case, between gorillas and humans).

Pocahontas

In the movie of Pocahontas (a princess who lives in the jungle), we can see different values ​​that children will learn: non-discrimination, the difference in cultures and respect between them, respect for nature and animals, the value of freedom, kindness, justice, friendship or love.

toy story

The main value that Toy Story will teach us is friendship. In fact, one of the songs on its soundtrack is "There's a Friend in Me." Says it all, right?

Another of the great values ​​is coexistence, a value that is seen in the film since all the toys coexist together, each one with their customs and ideas, which leads us to another value: respect for others.

Likewise, other values ​​appear such as loyalty.

Wall-E

In this film, in which humans have fled a destroyed planet and only Wall-E remains, we can see the value of coexistence since, in order to coexist, we need many other values such as respect, affection or tolerance.

Furthermore, a great value that exists in the film and that, in part, gives the plot to it is respect for the environment.

Up

Finally, we go to Up this tender film whose protagonists are an old man who has just lost his life partner and a child.

In Up we can see values ​​such as love between the two old men. Respect and trust between the child and the grandparent who have to overcome different things together, which leads to the value of cooperation, teamwork, and mutual help.