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Movies Like Touch the Sun: Princess Kate

If you liked Touch the Sun: Princess Kate (1988), a family and drama movie directed by George Ogilvie, 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. 1Last Ride

    Last Ride (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.

  2. 2The Deep End of the Ocean

    The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.

  3. 3Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

    ★ 7.3/10Also family and 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…

  4. 4A Dog's Purpose

    A Dog's Purpose (2017)

    ★ 7.6/10Also family and drama

    A dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.

  5. 5Flicka

    Flicka (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also family and drama

    Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets…

  6. 6Fluke

    Fluke (1995)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and family

    Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and reincarnates as a dog. Remembering some of his previous being, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time…

  7. 7The Boys Are Back

    The Boys Are Back (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and…

  8. 8Secrets & Lies

    Secrets & Lies (1996)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

  9. 9Dog Gone

    Dog Gone (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family and drama

    When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.

  10. 10The Little Princess

    The Little Princess (1939)

    ★ 6.7/10Also family and drama

    A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

  11. 11Skater Girl

    Skater Girl (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and family

    Prerna, 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.

  12. 12Where the Red Fern Grows

    Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and family

    Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces…

  13. 13The Forge

    The Forge (2024)

    ★ 8.2/10Also drama and family

    19 year old Isaiah Wright lives for basketball and video games. A year out of high school, he has no job, no plans, and no idea how to be a man. At odds with his single mother Cynthia, Isaiah is given an ultimatum – to…

  14. 14The Rookie

    The Rookie (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and family

    Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children high-school chemistry teacher and baseball coach in Texas, Jim's team…

  15. 15A Dog's Journey

    A Dog's Journey (2019)

    ★ 8.1/10Also family and drama

    A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

  16. 16The Greening of Whitney Brown

    The Greening of Whitney Brown (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and family

    Whitney, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, is forced to move to the country when her parents feel the squeeze of economic hard times. A fish out of water, far from her comfort zone, she befriends an amazing horse…

  17. 17Twitches Too

    Twitches Too (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and family

    Reunited witch twins Camryn and Alex adjust to their new life as supernatural beings while at the same time trying to maintain a normal existence in this sequel to the magical Disney Channel original movie Twitches…

  18. 18I'll Be Home for Christmas

    I'll Be Home for Christmas (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also family and drama

    Jackie Foster, a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom, is looking forward to wrapping up her latest case and spending Christmas with Gracie, her adorable and precocious, eight-year old daughter. But when…

  19. 19The Last Mimzy

    The Last Mimzy (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…

  20. 20Finding Nemo

    Finding Nemo (2003)

    ★ 7.8/10Also family

    Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo…

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