Movies Like The Beloved Brat

If you liked The Beloved Brat (1938), a comedy and drama movie directed by Arthur Lubin, 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.

1
Matilda (1996)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a…
2
The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.
3
A Little Princess (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
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…
4
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
★ 8/10Also drama
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their…
5
Secondhand Lions (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
6
It Runs in the Family (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
7
Annie (1982)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
An orphan in a facility run by the mean Miss Hannigan, Annie believes that her parents left her there by mistake. When a rich man named Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to let an orphan live at his home to promote his…
8
The Upside (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine in his New York penthouse. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee who's trying to reconnect with his ex and his…
9
Annie (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a…
10
Princess Protection Program (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to Louisiana, where she stays with a covert agent and his tomboyish daughter, and must learn how to behave…
11
Gifted (2017)
★ 8/10Also drama and comedy
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
12
About My Father (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Encouraged by his girlfriend Ellie, Sebastian and his Italian immigrant father, Salvo, spend the 4th of July weekend with her wealthy and exceedingly eccentric family. The gathering soon develops into a culture clash…
13
13: The Musical (2022)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedy
After moving from New York City to Indiana, a 12 year old navigates his parents' divorce, his impending bar mitzvah and his new school's social circles.
14
Uncle Buck (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal…
15
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…
16
Blank Check (1994)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his family — especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal…
17
Uptown Girls (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny to Ray - the precocious, oft-ignored daughter of a music executive - she learns what…
18
Bad Hair Day (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Monica is desperate to be prom queen, but on the big night, her hair is an uncontrollable mess. Meanwhile, FBI agent Liz Morgan is on the hunt for a jewel thief who is looking for a stolen necklace, which Monica has in…
19
Lemonade Mouth (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in…
20
The Kid (1921)
★ 8.1/10Also comedy and drama
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.