Movies and TV shows like The Adventures of Pollyanna 1982
If you like "The Adventures of Pollyanna" you are looking for uplifting, sentimental and children's story movies or TV shows about / with kindness, compassion, optimism, heartwarming, aunt niece relationship, friendship and family values themes of Adventure, Drama and Family genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
The Adventures of Pollyanna (1982)
36
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Pollyanna comes to stay with her aunt, Polly Harrington, the most powerful woman in the town of Harrington. Aunt Polly wants her to concentrate on her studies but Pollyanna would rather make friends with the orphan kids. One day, a woman named Widow Jenn comes to town and Pollyanna, along with other citizens, try to spy on her because of a rumor going around.
Style:
uplifting, sentimental, children's story, anthology, period drama, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
kindness, compassion, optimism, heartwarming, aunt niece relationship, friendship, family values, acceptance, innocence, family drama, small town, empathy, matriarchy, healing, prejudice, coming of age, rumor, social change, literary, family relations
Place:
new england
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to The Adventures of Pollyanna
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out uplifting, sentimental, emotional and feel good films and TV series with plots about coming of age, friendship, family drama, heartwarming, small town, family relations and community mostly in Family, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Adventures of Pollyanna: Anne of Green Gables (1972), Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999), Follyfoot (1971), Hiroshima Maiden (1988), The New Lassie (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne of Green Gables is a made-for-television British mini-series directed by Joan Craft based upon the novel, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Style:
pastoral, sentimental, period piece, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
anne of green gables, literary, imagination, dreaming, coming of age, family drama, friendship, innocence, adoption, small town, resilience, identity ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Real life scenarios about how people deal with certain problems.
Style:
anthology, inspirational, realistic, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
life lesson, compassion, heartwarming, slice of life, personal growth, empathy, community, healing, redemption, intimate, small town, urban ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
94%
215
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Follyfoot is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television and the independent West German company TV Munich. It aired in the United Kingdom between 1971 and 1973, repeated ...
Style:
pastoral, inspirational, sentimental, uplifting, educational ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, life lesson, empathy, heartwarming, community, slice of life, family drama, small town life, woman riding a horse, girl horse relationship, rural area ...
Place:
yorkshire, england
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
"You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks to him about the grief his pals have been giving him lately. The other boys haven't exactly tried to understand why Dad ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, uplifting, educational, period drama
Plot:
world war two, prejudice, intolerance, empathy, acceptance, discrimination, friendship, compassion, social commentary, humanity, interracial relations, coming of age ...
Time:
post world war two, 1950s, 50s
Place:
hiroshima japan, japan
Similarity:
80%
Movie in collections
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The New Lassie is an American children and family oriented drama series which aired in first-run syndication from September 8, 1989 to February 15, 1992. The series stars Will Estes as Will McCullough, Lassie's new master. Real life husband and ...
Style:
uplifting, feel good, sentimental, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, children, animal, loyalty, family drama, companionship, pets, courage, heartwarming, family values, trust, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the Florida Everglades, of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, his son Mark and Ben the grizzly bear.
Style:
lighthearted, sitcom, wild
Audience:
kids
Plot:
bear, animal, father son relationship, friendship, family drama, children, bonding, family values, heartwarming, nature, wildlife, protective parent ...
Time:
60s
Place:
florida, everglades
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
Golden Fiddles is a 1994 Australian mini series based on the novel by Mary Grant Bruce. It was sot from 23 July to 16 September 1991 and was re-edited into a TV movie in 1994.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, uplifting, family saga, period drama
Plot:
rags to riches, depression era, family drama, poverty, family values, resilience, heartwarming, survival, struggle, working class, adaptation, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
south australia, australia
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 350 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne of Avonlea is a film made for television 4-part mini-series, developed in United Kingdom. It is based on Anne of Avonlea, the sequel to Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Style:
heartfelt, pastoral, sentimental, period drama
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
anne of green gables, literary, friendship, personal growth, coming of age, small town life, family drama, young adult, school teacher, children, dialogue, getting home ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
Genre: Adventure, Family, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
After her father's death, Pollyanna is sent to live with her rich and authoritative aunt, Pollyanna now has to adapt to a new life by playing the glad game and venturing into new experiences
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenage girl, high school life, optimism, kindness, family drama, teenager, coping, teenage life, money problems, financial problem, family relations, family problems ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
TV show
Style:
disturbing, captivating, sentimental, uplifting, tear jerker ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
religion, faith, priest, heartwarming, child protagonist, children, innocence, changing lives, religious faith, lifestyle change, broken heart, catholic priest ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The show narrates the magical adventures of Lola Goreng, and her grandchildren Alice and Elvis, who find themselves living with Moira, a child who they found on the streets. Adding more magic to their story is Jorell played by Julius Miguel.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, fantasy adventure, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
kindness, friendship, heartwarming, family values, family drama, family relations, relationships, friends, empathy, magic realism, wish fulfillment, resilience ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997
Style:
sentimental, comedy drama, emotional, feel good, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
adoption, family drama, animal, zookeeper, parenting, children, pets, heartwarming, marriage, blended family, relationships, large family ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, spanning six seasons and was revived for a popular second run ...
Style:
feel good, heroic, independent film, uplifting, melancholic
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
dog, german shepherd, travel, rescue, animal protagonist, wandering, road trip, compassion, small town, loyalty, family drama, companion ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 193 min.
TV show
Story:
Young Remi, a foundling, lives on the farm run by his impoverished foster parents. When their money runs out, unbeknown to his foster-mother, Rémi is sold by his hard-hearted foster father to an old street performer named Vitalis. Vitalis was once ...
Style:
sentimental, period drama
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dog, monkey, orphan, foundling, friendship, coming of age, street performer, surrogate family, childhood, family reunited, heartwarming, adoption ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Mountain-based adventures of a young boy and his dog in a small village in the southern Alps.
Style:
scenic, pastoral, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, dog, boy and dog, companionship, bonding, loyalty, nature, childhood, village life, animal, innocence, small town ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alps
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
A Heisei youth graffiti drama, in which the heroine Yoneda Yui (Hashimoto Kanna), born in the first year of the Heisei era, connects people's hearts to the future as a nutritionist. Always cherishing her individuality, she sometimes struggles, ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, period piece, asadora
Plot:
heisei era, coming of age, optimism, slice of life, female protagonist, resilience, empowerment, individuality, female empowerment, self discovery, personal growth, family values ...
Similarity:
47%
201
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
When Young Phillip is separated form his mother and found by a black man named Timothy and his cat Stewcat, Phillip becomes blind and they all end up on an island. Will they survive or will they die?
Style:
emotional, tropical, reflective, educational, period drama
Plot:
stranded, blindness, cat, prejudice, survival, desert island, friendship, coming of age, interracial relations, mentor, mentor protege relationship, shipwreck ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
46%
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 ...
Style:
touching, feel good, uplifting, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, optimism, teaching the ways of the world, small town life, countryside, small town, young heroes, friends, change of heart, orphan, family relations, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 1900s, 1910s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
45%
Movie in collections
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
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a middle-class family coping with the sudden passing of their beloved patriarch Patrick, a whimsical inventor who touched the lives of all who knew him. Devastated, his family finds hope in a guide book he created for his sons.
Style:
emotional, captivating, satirical, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
father son relationship, single parent, family relations, coming of age, imagination, grief, loss, family drama, life lesson, fantasy world, satire, lifestyle change ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involved in matchmaking and striving for inter-racial understanding in 1956 Alabama.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, period piece, sentimental
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heartwarming, broadway, empathy, optimism, small town, community, social change, matchmaking, black, social commentary, coming of age, adaptation ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
alabama, southern usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Brazil, USA, Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.
Style:
emotional, uplifting, inspirational, sentimental, independent film
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
penguins, friendship, ocean, bonding, heartwarming, seaside, rescue, compassion, unlikely friendships, marine life, empathy, redemption ...
Place:
brazil, patagonia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Hungary
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
A few kids make a circus show for their sick friend, and get in some trouble along the way.
Style:
lighthearted, uplifting, sentimental, retro, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
children, circus, compassion, friendship, empathy, illness, problem solving, teamwork, bittersweet, community, coming of age, unhappiness ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
42%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Josh Dubin is thrilled to switch from homeschool to public school, and being the only kid with a prosthetic leg is a challenge he’s ready to face. As he carves out a place among his peers, his friends and family are with him every step of the way.
Style:
funny, semi serious, satirical, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
child protagonist, school, friendship, coming of age, family drama, heartwarming, empathy, personal growth, high school life, acceptance, education, satire ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Hugo Archibald is a doctor and brings home a wide variety of exotic animal species. The latest animal he brings home is a chimpanzee named Jennie. Dr. Archibald is not home very much, and Andrew feels he does not care about him. And Lea his wife ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
chimpanzee, human animal relationship, sign language, heartwarming, communication, family drama, animal, animal that acts human, monkey, animal protagonist, animal training, coming of age ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, inspirational, scenic, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
lion, wildlife, teenager, jungle, bonding, heartwarming, conservation, family drama, animal rescue, empathy, rehabilitation, coming of age ...
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
In the early 20th century, Luka, a poor, crippled young boy from the wrong side of the tracks, stumbles upon a theatre at the end of a carnival, where he befriends a bunch of kids who work and live at the theatre, and he feels more at home there ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, costume drama, uplifting, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, theater, friendship, magic, carnival, theatrical troupe, money problems, christmas season, society, theatre group, social problems, friends ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Remi (played by Julian Ras) is a foundling, but apart from that he's just a normal boy, who lives an ordinary life together with Betty Barbarin, the mother who found him. Untill his eleventh birthday, when a big truck stops at their door and ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, poignant, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
orphan, friendship, coming of age, abandonment, journey, lifestyle, search for mother, child, teenage protagonist, adventurer, adolescence, teenage life ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Addie tries to get her village to make a memorial to the women who were put on trial for witch craft there. Can she challenge the way her community see her and her family?
Style:
captivating, exciting, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot:
autism, female protagonist, witch, teacher, village, village life, rural setting, countryside, young girl, young woman, small town, child protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Fight is a story about fifteen year old Yuu, whose family becomes separated after an incident involving her father's spring factory. With her undying spirit to "fight" off every obstacle arising in life, Yuu maintains her positive ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, uplifting, realistic, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
perseverance, determination, coming of age, family drama, resilience, hopes, optimism, teenage girl, youth, child protagonist, struggle, parent child relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
37%
Related movie lists
