Now Streaming – July 2025

Pictured: L-R: SONNY (Acston Lucas Porto), DIEGO (Jacob Rodriguez), DORA (Samantha Lorraine) and NAIYA (Mariana Garzón Toro) in the movie DORA AND THE SEARCH FOR SOL DORADO on NICKELODEON and streaming on PARAMOUNT+. Photo Credit: Pablo Arellano Spataro/Nickelodeon/Paramount+ ©2024, Paramount Global. All Rights Reserved

By Leigh Hewett

A great way to beat the heat in July is to enjoy a family movie night. The are several fun options new to streaming this month. From finding adventure with DORA AND THE SEARCH FOR SOL DORADO to taking a trip down memory lane with a classic like SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Netflix - 7/1/2025

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 - 7/1/2025

Quality:
****
Content:
+2 Moderately questionable elements.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 finds young inventor Flint Lockwood and his friends embarking on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and other foodimals to save the world. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 is a feast of fun for the eyes and the funny bone, with some positive moral lessons along the way.

Max - 7/1/2025

SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE - 7/1/2025

Quality:
****
Content:
+3 Some minor questionable elements. (Media-wisdom is suggested to discuss.)
SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE is an entertaining animated comedy about a sheep who wants to have the day off from doing regular farm work, but loses his shepherd when he conspires with the other sheep. SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE is an adorable family movie with a strong Christian, redemptive, moral worldview.

Hulu - 7/20/2025

SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE - 7/20/2025

Quality:
****
Content:
+2 Moderately questionable elements.
The Smurfs return to the big screen in SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE, where Smurfette finds her true purpose by helping save a lost village. SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE is an adorable movie for the entire family, with a strong Christian, moral worldview.

Peacock - 7/1/2025

HORTON HEARS A WHO - 7/1/2025

Quality:
***
Content:
+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
HORTON HEARS A WHO is an uneven adaptation of the famous story by Dr. Seuss about the elephant who hears a tiny voice crying in the wilderness and declares, “A person’s a person, no matter how small!” HORTON HEARS A WHO is sometimes entertaining and humorous movie and sometimes dull and annoying when it dilutes its message of faithfulness, compassion, self-sacrifice, and looking out for others with some Romantic, politically correct messages.

Paramount+ - 7/2/2025

DORA AND THE SEARCH FOR SOL DORADO - 7/2/2025

Quality:
***
Content:
-1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.
DORA AND THE SEARCH FOR SOL DORADO is an action-adventure movie for families on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ that follows the world’s greatest explorer, Dora, her cousin Diego and their friends on a perilous adventure through the Amazon jungle in search of the ancient Incan treasure of Sol Dorado. DORA AND THE SEARCH FOR SOL DORADO is an exciting adventurous movie that not only explores a jungle in search of treasure but explores what it means to have confidence in oneself, what adventure is really for, and the importance of friends and family.

Prime Video

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

Quality:
****
Content:
+1 Moderately questionable elements. (Discernment required for young children.)
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 picks up five years later as Hiccup discovers what it means to be a leader and a man as impending war comes to his village. Extremely entertaining, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 has incredible animation and a moving story about family, forgiveness and sacrifice, but caution is advised, especially for younger children, due to some light environmentalist content, some scary dragons and brief references to pagan Viking gods.

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