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Movies Like A Smile as Big as the Moon

If you liked A Smile as Big as the Moon (2012), a tv movie and family movie directed by James Steven Sadwith, 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. 1Double Teamed!

    Double Teamed! (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also tv movie and drama

    Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are…

  2. 2Tru Confessions

    Tru Confessions (2002)

    ★ 6.8/10Also tv movie and family

    Trudy Walker hated her life. She thought it was totally messed up until she found out about a contest that could change everything...

  3. 3Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

    Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (2017)

    ★ 6/10Also family and tv movie

    Can 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…

  4. 4Clash of the Thundermans

    Clash of the Thundermans (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also tv movie and family

    When Chloe develops a destructive new superpower, the Hero League orders her to an elite boarding school for superheroes to learn control of her abilities. Faced with the prospect of sending Chloe away for years, the…

  5. 5Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess

    Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (2012)

    ★ 7.4/10Also family and tv movie

    Set 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…

  6. 6Descendants 3

    Descendants 3 (2019)

    ★ 7.7/10Also family and tv movie

    The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.

  7. 7A Veteran's Christmas

    A Veteran's Christmas (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10Also tv movie and family

    Captain Grace Garland, a decorated U.S. veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must rediscover the magic of Christmas. When…

  8. 8An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

    An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and family

    A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.

  9. 9The Color of Rain

    The Color of Rain (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and drama

    After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.

  10. 10The Good Witch

    The Good Witch (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also family and drama

    A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".

  11. 11Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and family

    Anne 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…

  12. 12Let It Shine

    Let It Shine (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also family and tv movie

    A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help a friend and win the girl of his dreams while overcoming self-doubt and the expectations of his strict religious parents.

  13. 13Going to the Mat

    Going to the Mat (2004)

    ★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and drama

    Jace Newfield has a problem. Besides being blind and being the new kid at school, his problem is that the kids at his new school thinks he's a jerk. Jace has to find a way to be accepted into his new school. Joining…

  14. 14Skater 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.

  15. 15Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

    Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and tv movie

    Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…

  16. 16Flicka

    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…

  17. 17I Believe

    I Believe (2019)

    ★ 7.8/10Also family and drama

    A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.

  18. 18Spin

    Spin (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and family

    Rhea discovers her passion for creating DJ mixes that blend the rich textures of her South Asian culture and the world around her. Her life revolves around her eclectic group of friends, her after-school coding club…

  19. 19The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

    The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and family

    Jack 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…

  20. 20My Dinner with Hervé

    My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and tv movie

    An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

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