What to Watch: The Best Series and Movies For Tween Girls

In the first six episodes of Season One of DOT CONNER: WEBTECTIVE, mystery vlogging teen Dot and her friends search for the truth about big questions in their lives and often find the answers with help from Christian influencers like Bethany Hamilton or Dr. Darrell Brock. Each episode of DOT CONNER: DETECTIVE is funny, with a charming meme-like editing style and an educational and satisfying Christian worldview, so MOVIEGUIDE® recommends DOT CONNER: DETECTIVE for all ages.

A WEEK AWAY is a musical on Netflix about a troubled teenager who’s caused problems in every foster home he’s has been, but, when a family offers to put him in a summer camp that’s Christian, he’s hesitant. A WEEK AWAY is a fun, exciting, highly enjoyable Christian musical that the entire family will love.

IDENTITY CRISIS is a fun, faith-based family comedy on video that follows a smart but overly shy college girl named Madison, a bookworm who chooses to constantly study or work in her college library rather than socialize but encounters all sorts of comical problems when she creates her own clone who’s everything she’s not. The switcheroos with the clone are sometimes confusing, but IDENTITY CRISIS is great fun, is refreshingly free of any objectionable content and has an underlying message that every person is valuable and loved by God as part of His creation.

SWITCHED is an uplifting movie that follows two teenage girls as they mysteriously switch bodies one day and must learn how to walk in each other’s shoes. Available on Video on Demand, SWITCHED has a very strong Christian, moral worldview where characters discuss biblical principles and repent of poor behavior, with no objectionable content.

SUMMARY: INSIDE OUT 2 is a sequel to the popular, acclaimed 2015 animated comedy from Pixar and Disney. Riley, the young girl of the first movie, turns 13 and a bunch of unruly teenage emotions, led by Anxiety, take over Riley’s psyche and banish Riley’s other emotions, including Joy. INSIDE OUT 2 is a delightful, inventive, heartwarming movie about “the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10c) and doing the right thing, controlling your emotions, caring for your friends, both old and new, and promoting kindness, friendship, repentance, and forgiveness.

OUT OF MY MIND on Disney+ highlights the abilities of those with disabilities as a young girl with cerebral palsy proves she’s just as capable as a normal girl. OUT OF MY MIND is a wonderful, uplifting movie stressing the inherent value all humans have along with the importance of a strong family and includes some prayers and positive references to God.

SOUL SURFER is an inspiring, powerful story about young surfer Bethany Hamilton, who overcame great obstacles when a tiger shark took her arm while she was surfing. SOUL SURFER is an inspiring, powerful story with a wonderful performance by AnnaSophia Robb about a courageous young woman who has deep faith in Jesus Christ.