Movies like Heidi 1968
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Heidi (1968)
737
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 the alm. He at first resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl manages to penetrate his harsh exterior and subsequently has a delightful stay with him and her best friend, young Peter the goat-herd.
Style:
sentimental, uplifting, touching, feel good, serious, realistic
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, mountain, youth, family relations, physical disability, girl, adoption, basement, governess, friendship, nanny, friends, human spirit, family life, escapades, disability, optimism, hopes, young heroes, children, snow, little girl, goat, guardian, grandfather granddaughter relationship ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
alps, switzerland, swiss alps, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, realistic, serious and feel good films with plots about family, family relations, youth, friendship, friends, girl and orphan mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Heidi: Pollyanna (2003), An American Girl Holiday (2004), Summer of the Colt (1989), Treasures of the Snow (1980), The Railway Children (1970). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
197
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After her mother's death, the five year old orphan Heidi is brought by her aunt to her grumpy grandfather Alp, who leads a hermit life in the beautiful Swiss mountains. Heidi's natural cheerfulness quickly brings renewed joy in grandfather ...
Style:
uplifting, scenic, pastoral, sentimental, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mountain, orphan, friendship, innocence, children, optimism, nature, family drama, physical disability, governess, adaptation, healing ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
swiss alps, alps
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100%
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 ...
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touching, feel good, uplifting, sentimental, realistic ...
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
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:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Argentina, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, touching, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
horse, youth, countryside, family relations, friendship, sibling relationship, grandparent grandchild relationship, animal life, farm, friends, coming of age, hopes ...
Place:
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dog, animal, animal life, victorian england, furry, real life, youth, puppy love, friends, family relations, dealing with death, pets ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1961, 19th century
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland
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100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the book "Treasures of the Snow“ written by Patricia M. St. John.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, touching, semi serious, feel good, family saga ...
Audience:
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Plot:
train, teenage girl, countryside, child's point of view, railway, children, friendship, christmas, missing father, human spirit, life is a bitch, family life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, friendship, mischievous children, farm, starting over, young heroes, single parent, lifestyle, teaching the ways of the world, adoption, family life, nanny ...
Time:
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Place:
north carolina, mississippi, tennessee, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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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, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1890s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
2K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 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, sad, juvenile, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
orphan, youth, physical disability, families, grief, smart kid, aging, disability, family relations, friendship, mountain, friends ...
Place:
swiss alps, alps, europe, switzerland, germany
Similarity:
34%
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Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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sentimental, sincere, touching, feel good, serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. ...
Style:
touching, feel good, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Audience:
girls' night, pre-teens, chick flick, teens, kids ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, period piece, emotional, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
adoption, orphan, imagination, teaching the ways of the world, teenage love, coming of age, countryside, anne of green gables, love and romance, foster home, young heroes, best friend ...
Time:
1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, 1800s, year 1985 ...
Place:
canada, america
Similarity:
100%
896
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, feel good
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
60s
Place:
canada, quebec
Similarity:
100%
348K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, visually appealing, period piece, visually stunning, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2011, post world war one, 20th century, year 1931, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, madagascar, iran, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Mark goes for a visit with his uncle he's thrown into a world he knows not much about. Little does he know it'll be a world he's going to have to become very familiar with. One character Mark becomes very familiar and friendly ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sentimental
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
bear, youth, friendship, rescue, family life, orphan, danger, animal life, wilderness, escapades, family relations, cartoon bear ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
27%
8K
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Switzerland, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Style:
sincere, scenic, psychological, contemplative, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, friendship, grandfather granddaughter relationship, kindness, children, salvation, female protagonist, death of mother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, royal family, found footage, strong female character ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
alps, germany, swiss alps, switzerland, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, serious, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, wilderness, animal life, bear, youth, heroes, hopes, escapades, family relations, human spirit, righting the wronged, friends ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, light, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
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Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, sincere, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
orphan, children, family relations, friendship, hopes, friends, destiny, human nature, coming of age, girl, teenage girl, shepherd ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, serious, feel good, touching
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dog, family relations, small town, miraculous event, parents and children, hopes, animal life, pets, human spirit, young heroes, magic, youth ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
23%
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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127
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: UK, Canada, Germany
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Based on the ever-popular children's' novel by Johanna Spyri, "Heidi" follows the adventures of an indomitable young girl, forced to move to her grandfather's hovel high up in the Swiss Alps, where she she surprises all by ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
family relations, escapades, orphan, friendship, friends, youth, young heroes, hopes, mountain, optimism, girl, family
Time:
19th century
Place:
switzerland, alps, europe, swiss alps
Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, feel good, captivating, light, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Booky does everything she can to make an enjoyable Christmas, for her family, during the depression as her father is out of work.
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, youth, unemployment, family relations, parents and children, family life, hopes, bittersweet, friendship, family gatherings, wish come true, family problems ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, serious, touching, cute
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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