Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

In 1931 three Aboriginal girls taken from their families escape a state-run school and walk home across the Australian outback, following the 1,500-mile rabbit-proof fence as their guide. Phillip Noyce tells the true story through the girls themselves, with Kenneth Branagh as A. O. Neville, the Chief Protector of Aborigines determined to bring them back. The walk here is not self-discovery but an act of resistance, and that is what makes it unforgettable. It is rated PG and a strong family choice, but its subject, the forced removal of children now known as the Stolen Generations, deserves a conversation afterward.