Movies like Pollyanna

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Pollyanna (2003)
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Pollyanna (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her wealthy but bitter aunt after the tragic death of her father. Pollyanna shares a game her father taught her -- the 'Glad Game' -- in which everyone can find a silver lining in even the darkest cloud, and her sunny nature, good humor and determination to look on the bright side of life prove to have an astonishing effect on those around her. With the help of her orphaned friend, Jimmy Bean, she casts her spell on the grumpiest townsfolk of Beldingsville -- including the cynical shut-in Mrs. Snow, the morose millionaire Mr. Pendleton and the enigmatic Dr. Chilton. And Pollyanna masterminds the romance between her Aunt's maid, Nancy, and the handyman, Tim. It is only Aunt Polly, who cannot bring herself to embrace Pollyanna's innocence and joy. But all is not straightforward in Pollyanna's war against pessimism, since she must overcome a personal tragedy that threatens to banish "glad" from her vocabulary forever.
Style: touching, feel good, uplifting, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous, tear jerker, period drama, tearjerker
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, optimism, teaching the ways of the world, small town life, countryside, young heroes, small town, hopes, orphan, friends, change of heart, family relations, youth, social relations, boy, disorder, kindness, punishment, affection, child protagonist, female protagonist, chore, past, girl, child hero ...
Time: 20th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1900s, 1910s, victorian
Place: england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, realistic and semi serious films with plots about family relations, youth, friendship, friends, family life, parents and children and young heroes mostly in Family, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Pollyanna: An American Girl Holiday (2004), Anne of Green Gables (1985), Heidi (2005), The Railway Children (1970), Benji: Off the Leash! (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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An American Girl Holiday (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from ...
Style: touching, fairy tale, feel good, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: rich and poor, master and servant, christmas, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, orphan, uncle niece relationship, family relations, american girl, society, youth ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, edwardian era
Place: new york, america, usa
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Anne of Green Gables (1985)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, West Germany, USA
Duration: 199 min.
TV show
Story: At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. ...
Style: touching, sentimental, period piece, emotional, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, best friend, young heroes, love and romance, foster home, little girl ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1800s, year 1985 ...
Place: canada, america
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Anne, now a middle-aged woman, is troubled by recent events in her life. Her husband, Gilbert, has been killed overseas as a medical doctor during World War II. Her two daughters are pre-occupied with their own young families and her adopted son ...
Style: sincere, feel good, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: couples, teaching the ways of the world, orphan, family life, friendship, adoption, widow, doctors and patients, family relations, estrangement, homecoming, anne of green gables ...
Time: 20th century
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Heidi (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wild country, especially accompanying young goatherd Peter. ...
Style: touching, realistic, serious
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: grandfather granddaughter relationship, youth, family relations, village, family life, escapades, goat, power relations, isolation, village life, misfit, orphan ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: swiss alps, switzerland, alps, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Railway Children (1970)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Waterbury family are completely happy until mysterious men take their father away and they have to move up to Yorkshire without him. The three open-hearted children soon make many friends including their Old Gentleman whom they regularly wave to ...
Style: emotional, touching, feel good, semi serious, family saga ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: teenage girl, child's point of view, countryside, train, friendship, railway, children, human spirit, life is a bitch, family life, parents and children, missing person ...
Time: edwardian era, 1800s, 20th century, 19th century, 1900s ...
Place: england, yorkshire, britain, northern england, europe ...
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Benji: Off the Leash! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: dog, youth, friendship, odd couple, young heroes, against the odds, rescue, pets, mischievous children, parents and children, adoption, fish out of water ...
Time: 2000s
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Heidi (1968)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on ...
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, basement, adoption, governess, friendship, disability, friends ...
Time: 19th century
Place: switzerland, alps, swiss alps, europe
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Heidi (1993)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 193 min.
TV show
Story: After charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair.
Style: costume drama, juvenile, sad, semi serious, emotional ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, orphan, physical disability, aging, families, grief, smart kid, disability, family relations, friendship, mountain, friends ...
Place: swiss alps, alps, switzerland, europe, germany
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Heidi (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, ...
Style: sincere, scenic, psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: orphan, friendship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, children, kindness, salvation, female protagonist, strong female lead, death of mother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, royal family, found footage ...
Time: victorian era
Place: alps, germany, swiss alps, switzerland, europe
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100%
The Secret Garden (1987)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She ...
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, light, disturbing ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: orphan, garden, little girl, family relations, uncle, mansion, friendship, family problems, mischievous children, family life, child's point of view, youth ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, europe, yorkshire
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An American Girl Adventure (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Pre-American Revolution Virginian girl whose love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Felicity loves horses, and though her parents plead with her to remain indoors, she years to ride the open plains. When Felicity comes into ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, feel good, realistic
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: horse, horse riding, friendship, rescue, best friend, hopes, american girl, animal life, young heroes, parents and children, family life, youth ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, 1770s
Place: virginia, usa, britain
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100%
An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Meet nine-year old Saige, a talented artist with a passion for horses, in this modern-day story about finding your voice! Saige is excited about the new school year, until she discovers that art-her favorite class-has been cut. On top of that, her ...
Style: touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, horse, american girl, friendship, school, family relations, balloon, singing, art, friends, female protagonist, teenage girl
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Anne with an E (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood ...
Style: compassionate, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: orphan, friendship, coming of age, small town, teenage life, child's point of view, family relations, school, feminism, children's home, imaginary, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1890s
Place: canada
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Road to Avonlea (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with her deceased mother's relatives on Prince Edward Island. While there, she must adjust to life in the small rural town of Avonlea, learn to cope with her ...
Style: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, soap opera ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: family life, small town, heroine, uncle niece relationship, teacher, parents and children, friends, couple relations, countryside, friendship, mischievous children, school ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, turn of the century
Place: canada
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50%
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.
Style: touching, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: youth, friendship, bullying, american girl, family relations, family life, school, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, teacher student relationship, female protagonist, occupation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: minnesota
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100%
Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Isabelle is an inspired dancer, but when her sister and a classmate make her doubt herself, she's motivated by a ballerina to find her own way to shine. Stars Erin Pitt & Grace Davidson.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ballet, american girl, follow your dream, dancer's life, friendship, dance school, youth, family relations, child, dancing, artists and showbiz, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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100%
A Little Princess (1995)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's ...
Style: touching, feel good, fairy tale, heartbreaking, serious ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, orphan, childhood, imagination, princess, little girl, fantasy life, servant, children, girls' boarding school, magic, coming of age ...
Time: 20th century, edwardian era, 90s, future, victorian era ...
Place: new york, india, england, africa, britain ...
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Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dolphins, veterinarian, animal life, friendship, rescue, youth, family relations, hopes, human spirit, friends, animal, sea turtle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
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100%
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The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Skyler Day stars as Ociee Nash, a spirited nine-year-old from rural Mississippi. Ociee's idyllic life is thrown into a tailspin when she's sent to live with her Aunt Mamie to become a "young lady". Ociee's true bravery, ...
Style: touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic, gothic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, friendship, mischievous children, farm, young heroes, starting over, lifestyle, single parent, family life, teaching the ways of the world, adoption, nanny ...
Time: 19th century, edwardian era, 1890s
Place: north carolina, mississippi, tennessee, usa
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Shiloh (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to ...
Style: sweet, touching, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family friendly, family outing, teen drama
Plot: dog, animal rescue, pets, youth, animal, greed, destiny, hopes, friendship, heroes, disorder, family relations ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle down, he finds a job as a stockboy in the general store of a small town. Trying to fit in, he volunteers to become scoutmaster of the newly formed Troop ...
Style: retro, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: boy scout, scout, youth, camping, small town, camp, nature, camping trip, boy strangling, childhood, world war two, family relations ...
Time: year 1966, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Secret Garden (2020)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA, China
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven. She meets her sickly cousin Colin and the two children find a wondrous ...
Style: fairy tale, mysterious, sentimental, exciting, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: orphan, imagination, estate, old mansion, secret, curse, flowers, gardening, mansion, true love, child, garden ...
Time: 2020s, 1940s, year 1947, 19th century, post world war two
Place: yorkshire, england, india
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100%
Winky's Horse (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: There is only one thing Winky wants: a horse, a real horse to ride. But horses are expensive. Fortunately it is the season of Sinterklaas; Winky just asks Sinterklaas for a horse. Than everything will work out alright. Or will it?
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, touching
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, santa claus, shopping mall, family life, fish out of water, family relations, disorder, friends, youth, hopes, young heroes, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Scrooge (1970)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.
Style: christmas horror, christmas classics, hilarious, christmas special, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, scrooge, christmas carol, ghost, dancing, broadway, xmas, redemption, charles dickens, destiny, christmas season ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s
Place: london
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100%
The Secret Garden (1993)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, ...
Style: costume drama, touching, feel good, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot: childhood, countryside, orphan, girl, garden, beautiful scenery, friendship, little girl, children, secret, mansion, old mansion ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1900s, 90s ...
Place: india, england, britain, eastern europe, africa ...
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Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. ...
Style: sentimental, melancholic, inspirational, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, journalism, children, coming of age, youth, school, teacher, family relations, life philosophy, follow your dream, family life, american girl ...
Time: 1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1934
Place: ohio, cincinnati ohio, usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Sound of Music (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style: feel good, sentimental, christian film, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, toddlers, kids ...
Plot: world war two, nanny, love, love story, love and romance, convent, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, nazi, nun, children, single father ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1938, 50s, 1900s ...
Place: austria, europe, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Owd Bob (1998)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Recently orphaned David must move to the Isle of Man to live with his grandfather, Adam, who's a sheep farmer. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, independent film
Audience: pre-teens, family outing
Plot: dog, youth, german shepherd, animal, orphan, farmer, friends, family relations, animal life, disorder, farm, family problems ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Anne of Green Gables (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, uplifting, compassionate ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: adoption, orphan, friendship, foster parent, foster child, family drama, anne of green gables, parent child relationship, family relations, parents and children, girl, happy ending ...
Time: 19th century, edwardian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it.
Style: touching, sincere, christian film, sentimental, gloomy ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, youth, coming of age, single parent, dealing with death, hopes, redemption, parents and children, family relations, friends, widow, widower ...
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