Movies like Heidi
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Heidi (2015)
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Switzerland, France
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, a sheltered, disabled girl in a wheelchair. Heidi is unhappy but makes the best of the situation, always longing for her grandfather.
Style:
sincere, scenic, psychological, touching, unusual plot structure, contemplative, feel good, educational, fairy tale
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, mother son relationship, little girl, goat, human animal relationship, youth, victorian england, social problems, child, disability, coming of age, dog, mountain, cat ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
alps, germany, swiss alps, switzerland, europe
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Most similar movies to Heidi
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, serious, realistic and sincere films with plots about friendship, orphan, youth, family relations, coming of age, family and girl mostly in Drama, Family and Adventure genres. Some movies like Heidi: Pollyanna (2003), An American Girl Holiday (2004), The Secret Garden (1993), School of Life (2017), Little Big Girl (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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:
rich and poor, master and servant, christmas, friendship, young heroes, teenage life, uncle niece relationship, american girl, family relations, society, orphan, youth ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
new york, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
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, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
childhood, countryside, orphan, girl, garden, friendship, beautiful scenery, mansion, little girl, sick child, children, old mansion ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 90s, year 1993 ...
Place:
india, england, liverpool, eastern europe, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Paris 1930.
Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful country woman, Célestine, and her husband, Borel, the rather stiff ...
Style:
touching, atmospheric, nature documentary, sincere, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
nature, forest, orphan, poacher, hound dog, adult child friendship, understanding, friendship, adopted son, foster child, foster home, survival ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 1930s, 1920s
Similarity:
100%
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, captivating, feel good, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
couples, teaching the ways of the world, orphan, family life, adoption, friendship, widow, doctors and patients, family relations, estrangement, homecoming, anne of green gables ...
Time:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While out and about tending to his herd, young shepherd Larus meets a mysterious little girl named Tinke. Quickly realizing that the girl is alone, Larus brings Tinke some food and slowly builds a friendship with her. Tinke, whose parents died ...
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:
19th century, 1850s
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK, South Africa, Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Born free in the American West, Black Beauty is a horse rounded up and brought to Birtwick Stables, where she meets spirited teenager Jo Green. The two forge a bond that carries Beauty through the different chapters, challenges and adventures.
Style:
sexy, sincere, psychological, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
girl horse relationship, horse riding, wild horse, horse ranch, horse, horse race, teenager, teenage boy, teenage girl, female protagonist, horse trainer, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Marcelino Pan Y Vino (English: "Marcelino Bread And Wine") is a 1955 Spanish film. It was a success, and other countries have produced versions of it. The 1955 film was written by José María Sánchez Silva, who based it on his novel, and ...
Style:
captivating, light, contemplative, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
monastery, orphan, clergy, religions or cults, catholic, little boy, family relations, society, friendship, children, jesus christ, religious ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
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, semi serious, feel good, family saga ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, girls' night
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:
edwardian era, 20th century, 19th century, 1900s, victorian era ...
Place:
yorkshire, england, britain, northern england, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During the course of one summer, a young Irish lad named Chris befriends an American boy named Joe. The two couldn't be more different, yet they become inseparable. Things turn horribly wrong however, when Chris discovers his new best friend ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gender, gender disguise, corporal punishment, coming of age, friendship, circus, youth, gender bending, impostor, first love, family relations, orphan ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a town not so far away and a time not so long ago, baby Rose was left on the porch of Greenwoods Orphanage, where Mrs. Hartley (Nancy Stafford) and the children under her tender care become her family. But when tragedy strikes, Rose (Bailee ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, sincere, compassionate, social ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, orphan, orphanage, slice of life, christmas eve, friendship, kindness, christmas spirit, care, lifestyle, child protagonist, bereavement ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
1K
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, mountain, youth, village life, goat, family relations, village, family life, escapades, power relations, isolation, misfit ...
Time:
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Place:
swiss alps, switzerland, alps, europe, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
uplifting, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, rabbit, friendship, family relations, family life, pets, nursing, orphan, coming of age, holiday, youth, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
Similarity:
100%
326
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Germany, Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this sun soaked adventure for the entire family, a group of five orphaned children form their own makeshift family while attempting to operate outside the rules of society. Though they must sometimes steal to survive, their loyalty to one another ...
Style:
uplifting, emotional
Plot:
orphan, teenager, friendship, family bonds, loyalty, solidarity, coming of age, gang, teamwork, courage, heroine, resilience ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The adventures of the young Rémi, an orphan, collected by the gentle Madam Barberin. At the age of 10 years, he is snatched from his adoptive mother and entrusted to the signor Vitalis, a mysterious itinerant musician. Has its sides, he will learn ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, scenic, touching
Audience:
kids
Plot:
transformation, self discovery, mentor, travel, life philosophy, philosophy, childhood, friendship, destiny, friends, dog, redemption ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Similarity:
100%
195K
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, touching, uplifting, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot:
bullying, friendship, school, child, happy ending, middle school, truancy, deformity, family relations, father son relationship, science teacher, disability ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Eskil moves from town to town with his father in Northern Sweden. He misses his mother and sucks at playing hockey, the main activity among the boys his age. Things changes when he meets Trinidad, a mysterious woman who lives outside society ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, family relations, parents and children, village life, coming of age, father son relationship, father and son, sport team, friends, village, youth, self confidence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
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, fairy tale, heartbreaking, feel good, costume drama ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
boarding school, imagination, childhood, princess, orphan, servant, little girl, fantasy life, child, girls' boarding school, coming of age, children ...
Time:
20th century, edwardian era, future, victorian era, 90s ...
Place:
india, new york, england, britain, africa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A second movie based on Astrid Lindgren's novel "Madicken och Junibackens pims", which is about two sisters and their adventures in 1910s Sweden.
Style:
light hearted, pastoral, costume drama, scenic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
sister sister relationship, innocence, children, childhood, sisters, unhappiness, misadventure, literary, family bonds, small town, coming of age, village life ...
Time:
1910s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Many kids might say their best friend is a puppy or a pony. But for 12-year-old Sandy, the most special pet of all is the exuberant dolphin he rescues and who returns the favor by rescuing Sandy from sharks.The dolphin named Flipper first swam into ...
Style:
melancholic, touching, exciting, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
boy, father son relationship, rescue, ocean, youth, healing power, coming of age, fishing, fisherman, animal, young heroes, friendship ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In Victorian London, feisty heroine Hetty Feather is trapped in the Foundling Hospital, the strict institution ruled over by the formidable Matron Bottomley. Aided by friends and thwarted by enemies, Hetty battles to win her freedom and finally find ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, entertaining, period drama
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
orphan, victorian england, bully, nursing, friendship, hooliganism, teenage gang, brother sister relationship, gang, child care, hospital, youth gang ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
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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 ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, adoption, basement, governess, friendship, optimism, disability ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
alps, switzerland, swiss alps, europe
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, psychological
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
bullying, teenage girl, homeless, teacher student relationship, teenage life, children, space program, father daughter relationship, home alone, social change, dead mother, female bully ...
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, northern germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Style:
touching, serious, realistic
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
horse, human animal relationship, black horse, desert, girl horse relationship, friendship, girl, stallion, world war two, survival, rescue, young heroes ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Monaco, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, scenic, sincere, exciting
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wild animal, teenage girl, lion, animal rescue, conservation, lion cub, picnic, teenager, family farm, christmas present, tough girl, strong female character ...
Place:
north africa, south africa, africa
Similarity:
100%
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, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
orphan, garden, little girl, child's point of view, family relations, uncle, friendship, mansion, family problems, mischievous children, family life, cholera ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
england, europe, yorkshire
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, educational, realistic
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, human animal relationship, orphan, friends, friendship, on the road, coming of age, boyhood, winter, little boy, mountain, youth ...
Time:
year 2013, 1940s, 20th century, year 1943
Place:
france, alps
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A girl inherits a miniature horse that develops an unlikely friendship with her half-sister's Jack Russell Terrier, who takes to riding on the horse's back.
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
friendship, dog, human animal relationship, pony, children, animal, pets, family relations, unlikely friendships, death of father, internet, trick ...
Similarity:
19%
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