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Plot Summary:
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 image, Annie is selected. While Annie gets accustomed to living in Warbucks' mansion, she still longs to meet her parents. So Warbucks announces a search for them and a reward, which brings out many frauds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, period piece, inspirational, retro, entertaining, juvenile, cult classic, touching, humorous
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Annie Live! (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young orphan opens the heart of billionaire Sir Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 83%
Newsies (1992)
Plot Summary:
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Family, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: cult classic, epic, political, juvenile, anamorphic, sentimental, uplifting, feel good, humorous, realistic
Similar in 80%
Punky Brewster (1984)
Plot Summary:
Punky Brewster is an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent. The show ran on NBC from September 16, 1984 to September 7, 1986 and again in first-run syndication from October 30, 1987 to May 27, 1988. Punky Brewster spawned an animated spin-off It's Punky Brewster. The series featured the original cast voicing their respective characters. The cartoon was produced by Ruby-Spears, and aired on NBC from September 14, 1985 to December 6, 1986.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 82%
The Music Man (1962)
Plot Summary:
A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: period piece, sentimental, retro, entertaining, aesthetic, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 79%
Better Nate Than Ever (2022)
Plot Summary:
13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove everyone wrong. A chance encounter with Nate’s long-lost Aunt Heidi turns his journey upside-down, and together they must learn that life’s greatest adventures are only as big as your dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, teen comedy
Similar in 88%
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Plot Summary:
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: period piece, freeze frame, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, thought provoking, epic, inspirational, depressing
Similar in 88%
Annie (1999)
Plot Summary:
Eleven-year-old Annie has been living in an orphanage her whole life run by cruel Miss Hannigan. After unsuccessful escape attempts, Grace Farrell comes to take the child home to live two weeks with billionaire Oliver Warbucks during Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: emotional, christmas special, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, corny
Similar in 89%
Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
Plot Summary:
Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil noblewoman who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace so she can become Queen and claim the throne for herself! And now it is up to Annie and her friends to stop her!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 789
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 76%
Ballet Shoes (2007)
Plot Summary:
An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. Together, they nurture their passions for acting, aviation and ballet in this charming TV adaptation of Noel Streatfield's novel.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, serious, realistic, uplifting, period drama
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The Music Man (2003)
Plot Summary:
Contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and 1962 film, updated to reflect a few early twenty-first-century sensibilities: A masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Similar in 84%
Oliver! (1968)
Plot Summary:
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: visually appealing, sentimental, social, epic, dark, terrifying, uplifting, serious, captivating, emotional
Similar in 78%
3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)
Plot Summary:
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: humorous, emotional, melancholic, realistic, touching, feel good, family comedy, semi serious, sentimental, light
Similar in 75%
Harriet the Spy (1996)
Plot Summary:
When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her speculations make her very unpopular! Can she win her friends back?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: intense, enigmatic, entertaining, epic, children's program, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, crying
Similar in 80%
Ramona and Beezus (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, teen, romantic, uplifting, family comedy, romantic comedy
Similar in 86%
The Sound of Music (1965)
Plot Summary:
Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 253000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, christian film, touching, romantic, scenic, serious, epic, inspirational, period piece
Similar in 77%
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ray and Sal, two orphaned sisters, adopt and hide a Great Dane puppy from their two adopted parents living in a luxury downtown New York apartment that expressely forbids dogs.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching
Similar in 86%
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: powerful, urban fantasy
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Scrooge (1970)
Plot Summary:
The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, christmas special, hilarious, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious, independent film, sentimental, light
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Problem Child (1990)
Plot Summary:
Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, light, hilarious, slapstick, humorous, cult classic, epic, romantic comedy, light hearted
Similar in 81%
Curly Sue (1991)
Plot Summary:
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal. But Grey is touched, and over the objections of her snotty fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sweet, humorous, sentimental, realistic, entertaining, teen, psychological, retro
Similar in 84%
Mary Poppins (1964)
Plot Summary:
A magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 183000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, uplifting, sweet, fairy tale, colorful, humorous, romantic, entertaining, cute
Similar in 82%
Annie (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ever since her parents left her as a baby, little Annie has led a hard-knock life with her calculating foster mother, Miss Hannigan. However, all that changes when hard-nosed billionaire and mayoral candidate Will Stacks takes her in on the recommendation of his advisers. Stacks believes that he's Annie's guardian angel, but the plucky youngster's confidence and sunny outlook may mean that Annie will save Will instead.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, feel good, sincere, teen, captivating, sentimental, realistic, hilarious, humorous
Similar in 82%
Rent-a-Kid (1995)
Plot Summary:
Harry Habert, owner of a rent office has an original idea: To rent babies from a nearby orphanage to the local families. He rents the Ward brothers to his first customers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Family, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, melancholic, touching, slapstick, independent film, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy
Similar in 79%
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Plot Summary:
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, light, sweet, feel good, funny, gothic, teen, happy, comedy drama
Similar in 85%
The Secret Garden (1993)
Plot Summary:
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: costume drama, touching, atmospheric, feel good, fairy tale, sentimental, period piece, serious, realistic, light
Similar in 84%
The Parent Trap (1998)
Plot Summary:
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places. Hallie meets her mother, and Annie meets her father for the first time in years.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, sweet, romantic, sentimental, romantic comedy, touching, realistic, inspirational
Similar in 81%
My Girl (1991)
Plot Summary:
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, feel good, crying, emotional, sad, sweet, inspirational, tear jerker, heartbreaking
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A Little Princess (1995)
Plot Summary:
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 attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self- worth.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, fairy tale, heartbreaking, serious, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sweet, sad
Similar in 87%
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Plot Summary:
It's the story about seven very different best friends, and one summer that will bring them together like never before.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sad, touching, realistic, sexy, unusual plot structure, sweet
Similar in 86%
3 Men and a Baby (1987)
Plot Summary:
Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, funny, touching, entertaining, romantic comedy, parody, retro, family comedy