Movies Like Sesame Street: When Families Grieve
If you liked Sesame Street: When Families Grieve (2010), a family movie directed by Nancy Stern Winters, 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 Shack (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also familyA grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
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My Girl 2 (1994)
★ 6.1/10Also familyVada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little…
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Spy Kids (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also familyCarmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their…
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Jack Frost (1998)
★ 6/10Also familyA father who can't keep his promises dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has one final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
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Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also familyAdmiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and…
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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
★ 6/10Also familyWhen a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch…
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August Rush (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also familyEvan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater…
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The Kid (2000)
★ 6.8/10Also familyAn unhappy, disliked image consultant gets a second shot at life when he is mysteriously confronted by an eight-year-old version of himself.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also familyNancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
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Thunderstruck (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also familyAfter NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
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Speed Racer (2008)
★ 6.4/10Also familySpeed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and…
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
★ 5.9/10Also familyAlthough he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.
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The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also familySet 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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ParaNorman (2012)
★ 7.1/10Also familyIn the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform…
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With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
★ 6.4/10Also familyAbby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who…
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Christmas with Holly (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also familyAfter being dumped at the altar on her wedding day, Maggie Conway moves to the island town of Friday Harbor in Washington State, where she meets Mark Nagle, the local coffee shop owner.
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Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also familySet 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…
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Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also familyPhineas and Ferb become the galaxy's unlikeliest last hope when they must return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance.
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Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also familyThird-grader Judy Moody sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life.