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IMDb created a watch list called IMDb Home School, which provides parents with educational picks to keep kids both entertained and learning while they stay at home. This list includes content across multiple subjects, age groups, and streaming platforms, and features movies like Hidden Figures to educate about math and history; Making It, which highlights art; and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? that touches on social studies.

You can see the full list here, or check them out below!

  1. Hidden Figures | Subject: Math, history
    Streaming: FX Now
    Available to rent: Prime Video
  2. Making It | Subject: Art
    Streaming: Hulu (Season 2)
  3. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Subject: Social studies
    Streaming: HBO
  4. The Book Thief | Subject: History
    Available to rent: Prime Video
  5. Cosmos: Possible the Worlds | Subject: Science
    Streaming: Disney+
  6. To Kill a Mockingbird | Subject: History/Literature
    Streaming: STARZ
    Available to rent: Prime Video
  7. March of the Penguins | Subject: Science
    Available to rent: Prime Video
  8. School of Rock | Subject: Music
    Streaming: Hulu
  9. Reading Rainbow | Subject: Literature
    Streaming: Prime Video
  10. Our Planet | Subject: Science
    Streaming: Netflix
  11. Stand and Deliver | Subject: Math
    Streaming: Prime Video
  12. Fantasia | Subject: Music
    Streaming: Disney+
  13. Selma | Subject: History
    Available to rent: Prime Video
  14. Osmosis Jones | Subject: Science
    Streaming: STARZ
  15. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | History/Science
    Streaming: Netflix
  16. Mr. Holland’s Opus | Subject: Music
    Streaming: HBO
  17. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Subject: History
    Streaming: Netflix
  18. Lean on Me | Subject: Detention
    Streaming: BET+
    Available to rent: Prime Video
  19. When We Were Kings | Subject: Social studies, history
    Streaming: Cinemax
  20. The Martian | Subject: Science
    Streaming: Cinemax

For more activities and resources for your family to do while staying safe at home, click here.

About the author

Ali Mierzejewski

Ali Mierzejewski

Ali Mierzejewski is the editor-in-chief at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider. With more than a decade of industry experience, Ali is a trusted source for parents, gift-givers, manufacturers, retailers, and more on the latest trends and hottest products. Whether you’re shopping for the best toys for kids — or looking for the latest in geek culture and entertainment for yourself — Ali’s expertise has you covered. When she’s not building LEGO sets or unwinding with a puzzle, Ali is obsessing over the latest season of The Bachelor, scrolling through Gritty’s Twitter, or rewatching The West Wing (for the 100th time). She is also a self-proclaimed expert on the history and lore of the entire Bachelor franchise. Ali has been featured on TODAY, The Wendy Williams Show, Yahoo Finance, Fox & Friends, HLN, The Weather Channel, ABC World News Now, and more. You can follow her on Instagram @hashtagtrendy.

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