Movies Like The Secret Garden
If you liked The Secret Garden (1993), a drama and family movie directed by Agnieszka Holland, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Secret Garden (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also family and fantasyMary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a…
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Anne of Green Gables (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and familyAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
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A Little Princess (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and familyWhen 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…
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The BFG (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also family and fantasyAn orphan little girl befriends a benevolent giant who takes her to Giant Country, where they attempt to stop the man-eating giants that are invading the human world.
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The Secret Garden (1987)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and familyWhen 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…
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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
★ 6/10Also drama and fantasyUnder the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy…
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Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also family and fantasySet in the storybook world of Enchancia, the music-filled movie follows Sofia, an average girl whose life suddenly changes when her mother marries the king and she is whisked off to live in a castle with her mom, new…
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Ballet Shoes (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and familyAn unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one…
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The Little Princess (1939)
★ 6.7/10Also family and dramaA little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
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Black Beauty (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also family and dramaThe fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.
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Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also family and fantasyAnastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
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The Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasyA modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasyMomo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…
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The Good Witch (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasyA mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and familyAfter her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is…
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also family and dramaSet in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with…
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FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and dramaIn 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
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The Canterville Ghost (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and dramaWhen a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She…
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Anne of Green Gables (1985)
★ 8.1/10Also family and dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
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Skater Girl (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and familyPrerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.