Movies like The Secret Garden 2017
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The Secret Garden (2017)
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Steampunk update of the classic tale by Frances Hodgson Burnett, with orphaned teen Mary Lennox discovering the magic and mystery of the secret garden.
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, mystical, atmospheric, emotional, whimsical
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
secret, steampunk, orphan, nature, garden, teenager, magic, magician, puzzle, magical creature, wizard, children, friendship, discovery, imagination, healing, countryside, hopes, mansion, grief, transformation, resilience, estate, bonding, isolation ...
Place:
england
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Most similar movies to The Secret Garden
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, entertaining and uplifting films with plots about friendship, children, small town, coming of age, friends, community and heartwarming mostly in Family, Fantasy and Drama genres. Some movies like The Secret Garden: The Tiger Rising (2022), Trigger (2006), Laura's Star (2021), Robo-Dog: Airborne (2017), Hope Ranch (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When 12-year-old Rob Horton discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May and the stubborn new girl in ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, mysterious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
tiger, friendship, boy, human animal relationship, family drama, coming of age, animal, teenager, friends, animal human communication, preteen, imagination ...
Place:
florida
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A youngster living in a stately home discovers the magical garden Mary, Colin & Dickon stumbled across years before - but faces a battle with the housekeeper over whether to nurture it.
Style:
sentimental, atmospheric, serious, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
orphan, youth, friendship, young heroes, obsessive quest, save the day, destiny, escapades, estate, secret, child's point of view, child ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received a month before his birthday.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
youth, teenage life, obsessive quest, escapades, friends, riddles and clues, best friend, cause and meaning, lifestyle, secret, teenager, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
75%
198
Genre: Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A warm, dramatic story about eleven-year-old Alise's encounter with a wild horse on the run.
Style:
captivating, psychological, pastoral, emotional, uplifting
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
horse, friendship, woman riding a horse, girl horse relationship, personal growth, human animal relationship, wild horse, animal human communication, animal, teenager, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
72%
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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:
70%
Genre: Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A new chapter begins for Laura: Together with her parents and her brother Tommy, she moves to a new home. But at first the girl can't really get used to the new city and has difficulties making friends and socializing. One evening she watches a ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, uplifting, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
child protagonist, friendship, magical, heartwarming, childhood, children, adaptation, friends, child, magic, superstar, empathy ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After an accident causes Robo-Dog to get lost and lose his memory, he is taken in by a new family. Tyler enlists the help of Barry as they scour the town in search of their missing robotic best friend.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
robot, robot dog, friendship, memory loss, dog, accident, talking animal, animal, heroes, animal human communication, friends, androids and robots ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
With the impending foreclose of the family Ranch, Rebecca struggles with her rebellious daughter Grace who is still not over the death of her father Mike.
Style:
captivating, psychological, feel good, uplifting, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, teenager, faith, family drama, hopes, family values, christian, social problems, kids and family, rancher, girl horse relationship, woman horse relationship ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
64%
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Genre: Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Anna, a 7-year-old girl, is left at a boarding school by her father, a doctor and missionary who has been called to a dangerous mission.
Style:
suspenseful, emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, mystical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
boarding school, missionary, father daughter relationship, abandonment, isolation, coming of age, survival, loss, friendship, faith, dangerous mission, resilience ...
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Michael Garrett, a New York corporate troubleshooter, is sent to a small town in Ireland to close a deal on a construction site believed to be inhabited by leprechauns. Michael sets out to get the approval of the town’s leprechaun expert, Sarah ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, feel good, light hearted, mystical ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
magical creature, small town, countryside, village life, small village, character change, gnome, villager, legal, village, change of heart, lifestyle ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An aging military chaplain and a young girl from a broken home join forces to plant a miracle garden touched by God. The Healing Garden is a faith-based film, laced with warmth and comedy. It celebrates the healing of families and communities ...
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, sincere, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
faith, religious, garden, gardening, religion, healing, faith based, religious fundamentalism, relationships, society, religious conversion, religious faith ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
They'll take back your uncool heart to protect peace! One day cool director Piyoshi Kurosawa offers Phantomirage a sparkling big role! That's right, if this is the case, let's make everyone's heart flutter through the movie! ...
Style:
light, captivating, entertaining, colorful, uplifting ...
Plot:
friendship, magical girl, magic, superheroine, magical creature, magical object, friends, wizards and magicians, college student, wish come true, student, transformation ...
Similarity:
59%
127
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young girl deals with her guilt following the sudden and tragic death of her father. With the family facing financial ruin, the survivors move to Oklahoma to live with the girl’s grandmother outside of Tahlequah, atop Sparrowhawk Mountain. ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, inspirational, emotional, mystical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
girl horse relationship, woman riding a horse, friendship, healing, redemption, guilt, grief, family drama, forgiveness, animal, horse ranch, human animal relationship ...
Place:
oklahoma
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Alex decides to end his kid brother's nightmares by forming a task force to take care of imaginary monsters. When their business becomes a hit, nothing can go wrong...until one of the monsters turns out to be real, and really big.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, horror comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
nightmare, monster, friendship, teamwork, ghost hunter, magical creature, brother brother relationship, friends, escapades, supernatural being, supernatural, brothers ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Mindy adopts Angel, a high-spirited pony that—according to legend—will lead its owner to gold hidden in the nearby mountains. When Angel is kidnapped by a mad treasure hunter, Mindy and her school friends head into the hills to rescue the pony ...
Style:
mystical, captivating, mythical, suspenseful, uplifting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
treasure hunt, girl horse relationship, horse, treasure, adventure hero, adventurer, magical creature, female protagonist, magical, white horse, magic, hidden treasure ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When three teen friends are forced by their parents to get summer jobs, they decide to invent fake jobs and hang out instead, but then embark on a series of get-rich-quick schemes to make the money they should have been earning. But the sweet life ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teenager, friendship, escapades, adolescence, money, teenage protagonist, summer vacation, youth, teenage life, group of friends, friends, summer ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When five kids learn they are leaving the only home they've known the new kid forms a hopeless plan. With their friendship hanging in the balance, a group of kids embarks on a high-stakes scavenger hunt in Las Vegas. The kids endure a quirky ...
Style:
feel good, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, childhood, adventurer, girl, group of friends, friend, boy, mischievous children, adventure hero, children, friends, coming of age ...
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
50%
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:
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
David Walliams has co-created a brand new retelling of a classic fairytale, starring as the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk: Ever After. In Walliams’ version, the Giant didn’t die after falling off the beanstalk, but escaped with a concussion ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, fairy tale, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
magical, satire, wizard, magical creature, magic, giant, fish out of water, friendship, imagination, adaptation, heartwarming, british ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Anne Shirley turns 13, she faces complex issues with her friends, inspirational adults and Marilla and Matthew. At the same time, she begins a friendship with Gilbert Blythe that emotionally escalates to disrupt the status quo of her peaceful ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, lighthearted, period drama
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
innocence, coming of age, friendship, adolescence, free spirited, children, child, mischievous children, relationships, explorer, childhood, small town ...
Time:
victorian era, 1900s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
Mackenzie Crook writes, directs and stars in this new family comedy series about a scarecrow who comes to life, based on the characters created by author Barbara Euphan Todd.
Style:
family comedy, entertaining, captivating, feel good, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
scarecrow, children, farm, countryside, friendship, adaptation, teenager, imagination, friends, orphan, child, british ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On a mission to get God's attention in hopes that God will heal his sister from terminal cancer, a young boy begins answering the prayers left by church members in the pastor's prayer box after the pastor throws them away, jaded by his own ...
Style:
heartbreaking, emotional, thought provoking, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
faith, religion, brother sister relationship, fighting illness, kids and family, belief in god, family problems, religious faith, religious, illness, life is a bitch, brother ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Follows single mother Roz McKenzie, who calls upon a miracle in order to survive Christmas with her daughter.
Style:
feel good, christmas special, entertaining, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, single parent, winter, heartwarming, mother daughter relationship, christmas romance, love and romance, romantic relationship, xmas, couple relations, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
45%
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214
Genre: Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Siblings Dylan and Andrea set off with their new friends on a marvelous journey of discovery in search of long lost pirate loot.
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating, scenic ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, children, friendship, treasure hunter, brother sister relationship, teamwork, escapades, treasure, friends, treasure map, siblings relations, mischievous children ...
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kallie thinks she's cursed by Christmas. For the past 5 years, something bad has happened every Christmas season. One day she finds The Santa Box on her doorstep. Inside is a note that changes how Kallie feels about Christmas forever.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
christmas, female protagonist, winter, miraculous event, christmas spirit, christmas present, christmas season, lifestyle change, magic, changing lives, magical object, redemption ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Little Brother has moved with his family, and a stick son has seen the day of light, but there is no new friends.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, touching, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, imaginary friend, friends, imaginary, family relations, odd couple, youth, parents and children, disorder, mischievous children, heartwarming, child protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town for being a nuisance.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
inventions and discoveries, technology gone awry, experiment gone awry, social relations, village life, goofy hero, disorder, save the day, friendship, rivalry, nothing goes right, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
england
Similarity:
41%
99K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, light, exciting, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
magic, imagination, giant, friendship, childhood, dream, fantasy world, little girl, orphan, insomnia, justice, wizard ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
england, fictional island, london
Similarity:
38%
289
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young urban family spends summers on an idyllic island. When an abandoned, mangy mutt wanders onto the property, the dad alerts Animal Control - but the children beg to keep the dog. A compromise is reached: the kids can nurse FRANK back to ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
dog, family relations, family life, mischievous children, friendship, escapades, youth, city life, mental illness, animal life, urban, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It's Christmas with the Chandlers but no one seems to have the Christmas spirit - except for Stephanie, that is. Marci and Blair are obsessing over being the perfect parents, Myra and Donald have retired and suddenly feel useless and Elizabeth ...
Style:
semi serious, psychological, captivating, thrilling, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, family drama, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, husband wife relationship, christmas season, pregnancy, kids and family, family problems, family life, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
37%
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