Movies like Heidi 1965
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Heidi (1965)
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 Alps life. Heidi becomes friends with the goatherd Peter who is about the same age as her and spent two beautiful years in the pasture. But then she is sent by her aunt to Frankfurt in the house of Consul Sesemann where Heidi should get a proper education and upbringing. After some initial difficulties Heidi eventually adjusts to her new situation and makes friends with Clara, the paralyzed daughter of the consul. Only with the strict governess Miss Rottingmeier she keeps getting in trouble. Miss Rottingmeier clearly can not cope with the free and outdoors spirit of Heidi. But Heidi lets a fresh wind blow through the Sesemann house and even causes Clara to overcome her illness.
Style:
uplifting, scenic, pastoral, sentimental, period drama, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
mountain, orphan, children, nature, friendship, innocence, family drama, optimism, physical disability, governess, village life, healing, coming of age, adaptation, resilience, class differences, disabled character, redemption, paralysis, goat, rescue, family relations, child abuse, grandfather, childhood ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
swiss alps, alps
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Most similar movies to Heidi
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sentimental, touching, feel good and uplifting films with plots about friendship, coming of age, children, family relations, family drama, girl and orphan mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Heidi: Heidi: Queen of the Mountain (2017), A Piggy Tale (1991), Anne of Green Gables (1972), The Blue Apple Tree (2012), Anne of Avonlea (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
8K
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, ...
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
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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:
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Place:
alps, switzerland, swiss alps, europe
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:
1880s, 19th century
Place:
swiss alps, switzerland, alps, europe, germany
Similarity:
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2K
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%
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Genre: Family
Country: India, UK
Story:
Heidi: Queen of the Mountain, partially inspired by Johanna Spyri’s beloved Heidi, reimagines the tale for a new audience.
Style:
scenic, uplifting, pastoral, sentimental, period piece ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
adaptation, heartwarming, family bonds, children, mountain, friendship, nature, innocence, coming of age, mountain village, caregiver, village life ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
alps
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Story:
Dolly, a lovely, adorable little girl from the mountain region. Due to the death of her parents, she was sent to her parents' friend, Mrs. Chu's care. When Dolly and her mini pig playmate, Guava, first came to Taipei, they brought a great ...
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, slapstick
Plot:
friendship, childhood, children, innocence, heartwarming, loyalty, family drama, resilience, unhappiness, coming of age, everyday life, caretaker ...
Time:
90s
Place:
taipei, taiwan
Similarity:
23%
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:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Heidi leaves the mountains of Switzerland for a trip to New York City.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, light hearted, sentimental
Plot:
children, child protagonist, innocence, culture clash, optimism, family values, adaptation, friendship, fish out of water, christmas, homesickness, family drama ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, swiss alps, alps, switzerland
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Blue Apple Tree, is a Venezuelan film starring Diego, a city boy about 11 years, marked by serious emotional deprivation, which is forced to spend a holiday with his grandfather Francis (Miguel Angel Landa), who barely knows him, on a small farm ...
Style:
contemplative, reflective, melancholic
Plot:
family drama, coming of age, village life, childhood trauma, mountain, healing, self discovery, childhood, loneliness, identity, isolation, resilience ...
Place:
venezuela
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An embittered WWII veteran returns to his grandfather's home in the Louisiana woods. The old man helps his grandson readjust by giving him two hound dog puppies to care for.
Style:
emotional, tear jerker, sentimental, pastoral, period piece ...
Plot:
dog, bonding, family drama, loyalty, reconciliation, veteran, healing, family values, coming of age, grandfather, friendship, village life ...
Time:
1900s
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
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: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A retired horse trainer finds a young runaway girl in his barn. Skeptic at first, he let's her stay and a friendship develops while he discovers her heart and talent for horses.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, emotional, pastoral ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
horse, friendship, girl horse relationship, horse trainer, runaway, small town, troubled teen, human animal relationship, rider horse relationship, animal human communication, racehorse, young girl ...
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Eleven year old Maria has lost her little brother to cancer. Having disappeared into herself, her mother is no longer there for Maria and her father struggles to keep the family together. Maria meets Jacob, who is the same age as she, but with a ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, melancholic, sensitive, heartfelt ...
Plot:
boy girl relationship, mourning, grief, friendship, cancer, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, children, loss, childhood, innocence, empathy ...
Similarity:
20%
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, compassionate, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
19th century, edwardian era
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:
20%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Charles Dickens' classical story about the young orphan boy in 1837 England is again re-filmed in grand fashion. Richard Dreyfuss portrays Fagin, the unscrupulous leader of the young pick-pockets Oliver (Alex Trench) initially falls in with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, gloomy, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
orphan, charles dickens, youth, oliver twist, children, control, injustice, friends, friendship, kidnapping, social decay, coming of age ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
london, europe, england
Similarity:
20%
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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:
20%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
13-year-old Corrine deals with her parents' recent divorce while everyone else is already adapted to their new roles as a blended family, challenging herself to train a rambunctious puppy as she discovers her new purpose.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, teenage girl, parents, teenager, coming of age, divorce, family drama, family relations, divorced parents, kids and family, adolescence, teenage life ...
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
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:
19%
264
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Megan has a special relationship with discarded jumping horse Whitestar. When it turns out that Whitestar still has special talents, the owner takes him away from Megan for competitions, but has no success. Only when Megan and Whitestar are together ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, uplifting, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
horse, friendship, woman riding a horse, girl horse relationship, female protagonist, human animal relationship, woman horse relationship, animal human communication, friends, animal life, rider horse relationship, loyalty ...
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Dette er en historie om to piger på 11 år. Nana, som har en hund, men som egentlig bare drømmer om være en anset ballerina, og Conny, der er tvunget til at gå til ballet, men som har et brændende ønske om at være berømt dyrlæge. Hvad vil ...
Style:
light hearted, feel good, family comedy
Plot:
girl, friendship, children, ballet, youth, childhood, dog, coming of age, dream, dance, innocence, imagination ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: South Africa
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
"e’Lollipop" is the extraordinary story of two inseparable South African children, Tsepo and his orphaned friend Jannie. Jannie is sent to a missionary station in Tsepo’s village where they become best friends as Jannie finds his ...
Style:
poignant, intercultural, emotional, multicultural, period piece ...
Plot:
friendship, children, bonding, resilience, innocence, compassion, coming of age, empathy, hopes, determination, loss, healing ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, africa
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bright and independent 12-year-old Summer Larsen rescues a sweet, stray dog and will stop at nothing to save him. And it's her determination that ultimately impacts those around her.
Style:
touching, light, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
dog, kids and family, inspiration, construction company, veterinarian, shopping mall, coming of age, parents and children, children, girl, parent child relationship, childhood ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ivan is a very lonely 8 year boy who is bullied almost every day in school. Even his father taunts him because Ivan litteraly is a weakling (That should explain the title Rubber Tarzan). As a result of this Ivan spends a lot of his time on ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, emotional, realistic, period piece ...
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, bullying, loneliness, children, school, father son relationship, childhood, underdog, dreaming, dyslexia, self discovery ...
Time:
80s
Place:
copenhagen
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb (Ruud Feltkamp). His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien (Thekla Reuten) ...
Style:
emotional, dramatic, melancholic, sentimental, period drama
Plot:
homeless, orphan, street life, survival, street kid, poverty, child protagonist, hopes, social inequality, search for father, foster home, compassion ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
netherlands, rotterdam netherlands
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large ...
Style:
sentimental, tear jerker, inspirational, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
dog, boy and dog, justice, life philosophy, destiny, friendship, coming of age, countryside, boy dog relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, drawing, artist ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 1999, 1930s, 70s
Place:
antwerp, flanders, california, san francisco
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A 14-year-old coping with the divorce of her parents, a new school and typical teenage growing pains finds purpose and pride in a lost horse she cares for and trains for a state competition.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
rider horse relationship, girl horse relationship, horse, girl, family drama, personal growth, coming of age, equestrian, self discovery, human animal relationship, ambition, woman horse relationship ...
Similarity:
18%
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