The Princess Diaries
Movie2001 • Romance • Comedy • Family
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of he…
Similar themes: Romance, Comedy
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Movie1971 • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticke…
Similar themes: Comedy, Family
A Monster Calls
Movie2016 • Adventure • Family • Fantasy
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
Similar themes: Adventure, Family
Grandma
Movie2015 • Drama • Comedy
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey th…
Similar themes: Drama, Comedy
Whale Rider
Movie2003 • Drama • Family
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Similar themes: Drama, Family
Grandma's Boy
Movie2006 • Comedy
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But when he gets…
Similar themes: Comedy
The Farewell
Movie2019 • Drama • Comedy
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in th…
Similar themes: Drama, Comedy
Armageddon Time
Movie2022 • Drama
In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up…
Similar themes: Drama
And So It Goes
Movie2014 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
Nobody likes self-centered realtor Oren Little, and he prefers it that way. He's deliberately mean to anyone who crosses his path and wants nothing more than to sell one final h…
Similar themes: Drama, Romance
Struck by Lightning
Movie2013 • Drama • Comedy
After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.
Similar themes: Drama, Comedy
Another Happy Day
Movie2011 • Drama • Comedy
A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.
Similar themes: Drama, Comedy
A Patch of Blue
Movie1965 • Drama • Romance
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
Similar themes: Drama, Romance
The Evening Star
Movie1996 • Drama • Romance • Comedy
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebel…
Similar themes: Drama, Romance
According to Greta
Movie2009 • Drama • Romance
Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Ev…
Similar themes: Drama, Romance
The Chalk Garden
Movie1964 • Drama • Mystery
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Ed…
Similar themes: Drama, Mystery
The Creeping Terror
Movie1964 • Science Fiction • Horror
A newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling monster that has emerged from a spaceship to eat people.
Similar themes: Science Fiction, Horror