Movies Like Tom Sawyer
If you liked Tom Sawyer (1976), a family and adventure movie directed by James Neilson, 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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A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also family and tv movieMeg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any…
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The Call of the Wild (1972)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and familyJohn Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles…
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Momo (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also family and adventureMomo 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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A Christmas Miracle for Daisy (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also family and tv movieWhitney Alder owns interior design firm Marietta Designs, which she runs with her friend Andi in the small town of Marietta, Montana. Whitney is designing Santa’s float for the annual Marietta Christmas Parade when a…
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Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
★ 5.9/10Also family and tv movieWhen a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along…
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (2017)
★ 6/10Also family and tv movieCan twelve 12-year-olds escape from the most ridiculously brilliant library ever created? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library plunks a dozen sixth-graders into the middle of a futuristic library for a night of nonstop…
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To Grandmother's House We Go (1992)
★ 6.5/10Also family and adventureWhen precocious twins Sarah and Julie feel like Mom is tired of them, they take off on an exciting adventure to their grandmother's house and encounter a pair of villains along the way.
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Zog (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also family and adventureZog is a keen young dragon who wants to learn to fly, roar, and breathe fire, so he studies at the Dragon School. He is desperate to impress his teacher and win a golden star, but he is prone to accidents and he has to…
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and familyDavy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass…
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Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and familySince a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
★ 6.6/10Also family and adventureTom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
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Tom Sawyer (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also family and adventureTom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and witnessing a murder.
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Adventures in Babysitting (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also family and adventureTwo teen rival babysitters, Jenny and Lola, team up to hunt down one of their kids who accidentally ran away into the big city without any supervision.
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The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and tv movieYoung sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and familyJack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the…
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White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and familyA boy and his dog, White Fang, must try to save the noble Haida tribe from evil white men in turn-of-the-century Alaska.
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The Pagemaster (1994)
★ 6.4/10Also family and adventureRich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the…
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The Gruffalo's Child (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also adventure and familyA follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of the big bad mouse and meets the Snake…
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PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also adventure and familyWhen their latest scheme goes awry, Mayor Humdinger and his nephew Harold accidentally divert a meteor towards Adventure Bay. The meteor's golden energy grants the PAW Patrol superpowers. The heroic Mighty Pups are on…
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Under Wraps (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also family and tv movieThree friends try to save their mummified friend, Harold, from greedy criminals by returning him to his resting place before midnight on Halloween.