Movies like Lantern Hill

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Lantern Hill (1989)
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Lantern Hill (1989)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is verbally abused and her mother bullied. Jane is forced into a private academy, in which the other girls tell her that her father, whom Jane believes to be dead, is actually alive. Soon after, Andrew Stuart sends word that he would like to meet his long-lost daughter, so Jane is sent by train to Bright River to stay with him, where she encounters an old mystery that she must help her father overcome, new friends, and the chance to bring her father and mother back together again.
Style: crying
Plot: supernatural, dog, school, ghost, children, island, train, teacher, friendship, writers, snow, death, summer, illness, house, wealth, dream, orphan, family relations, farm, maid, fog, father daughter relationship, mansion, freedom ...
Time: 1930s, year 1935
Place: toronto ontario canada, nova scotia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, crying, feel good and sentimental films with plots about family relations, friendship, youth, girl, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship and children mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Lantern Hill: Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), Back Home (TV Movie) (1989), Bridge to Terabithia (1985), Looking for Miracles (1989), The Challengers (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Where the Red Fern Grows is the heartwarming and adventurous tale for all ages about a young boy and his quest for his own red-bone hound hunting dogs.
Style: sad, depressing, emotional, epic, tear jerker ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: dog, youth, great depression, childhood, camping, camp, soul searching, animal, camping trip, canine, coming of age, friendship ...
Time: 1900s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: oklahoma, usa
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Back Home (TV Movie) (1989)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: During World War II, young Rusty was sent to America for safety. It's now five years later and the spunky redhead returns to her native England. From the family she hardly remembers to snobby classmates and rule-filled boarding schools, Rusty ...
Style: crying
Plot: adoption, brother sister relationship, redhead girl, post war, boarding school, mother daughter relationship, world war two, getting home, dance class, death of friend, dormitory, singing ...
Time: year 1945, 1940s
Place: england, britain
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Bridge to Terabithia (1985)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Jess Aarons and new girl Leslie Burke create a world of their own and call it Terabithia and pretend to be the king and queen. They return to their magical kingdom every day after school.
Style: crying, independent film, psychotronic
Audience: kids
Plot: children, drawing, youth, love, bereavement, art, death, boy girl friendship, woods, young boy, imagination, guilt ...
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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
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Looking for Miracles (1989)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Sixteen-year-old Ryan Delaney has won a scholarship, but it's not a full one, so he needs a summer job to pay for his university expenses. And although he's not eighteen, he can't swim, and has never been to camp, he manages to get a ...
Style: crying
Plot: coming of age, summer camp, summer job, social justice, siblings, snake, single parent, country club, graduation, broom, 16 year old, hardship ...
Time: 1930s, year 1935
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Challengers (1991)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After her father dies and she moves to a new town, Mackie wants to join a certain gang/band. But they've got this boys-only rule. So Mackie comes up with an audacious plan...only it begins to backfire.
Style: independent film
Audience: family outing
Plot: child, grief, talent show, gender bender, single parent, gender, child's point of view, ice cream, summer, new house, river, children ...
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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, family life, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet, family gatherings, wish come true, family problems, friendship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Duration: 97 min.
Story: After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
Style: semi autobiographical, sincere, touching, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, toddlers
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Story: The story revolves around a blind boy named Mohammed who is released from his special school in Tehran for summer vacation. His father, shamed and burdened by Mohammed's blindness, arrives late to pick him up and then tries to convince the ...
Style: emotional, touching, dramatic, depressing, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
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Time: year 1999, 20th century, 90s
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My Sweet Orange Tree (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Zezé is an 8 year old boy who, although a naughty boy, has a good heart. He leads a very modest life, due to the fact that his father has been unemployed for a long time, and has the habit of having long conversations with a sweet orange tree which ...
Style: touching, sentimental, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: coming of age, family relations, friendship, boy, friends, family life, mischievous children, youth, father son relationship, book, school, tree ...
Time: 20th century
Place: brazil, latin america
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The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Duration: 99 min.
Story: Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: foster home, foster child, bully, birth mother, social services, friendship, brother sister relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, name calling, social worker, transformation ...
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Duration: 105 min.
Story: When their mother disappears, a group of siblings are forced to fend for themselves, and make their way on their own. They eventually meet their grandmother, a loner who is reluctant to take them in. Based on the novel by Cynthia Voigt.
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental, feel good ...
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Style: sentimental, touching, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
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The Story Lady (1991)
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Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, fairy tale
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Railway Children (1970)
Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 109 min.
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Style: emotional, touching, feel good, semi serious, family saga ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
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Duration: 58 min.
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Style: crying, period drama
Audience: kids
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure ...
Style: semi serious, touching, feel good, gothic, sad ...
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Audience: kids, family friendly, adult
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
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Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Style: touching, semi serious, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing, chick flick, family friendly
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
An American Girl Holiday (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
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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
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Time: 1900s, victorian era, edwardian era
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and ...
Style: emotional, tear jerker, sad, touching, heartbreaking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Secret Garden (1987)
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, light, disturbing ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
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⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Hugo and Josephine (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
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Duration: 82 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Wonder (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: bullying, child, school, middle school, friendship, happy ending, father son relationship, deformity, family relations, fight, hospital, science teacher ...
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Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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