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10 Best Movies Like A Little Princess

If you loved A Little Princess, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Little Princess for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an ins...

#2
The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

1993★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Little Princess for fans of Drama & Family & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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...

#3
The Commitments

The Commitments

1991★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Little Princess for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers:...

#4
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

2019★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Little Princess for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Oprah Winfrey talks with the exonerated men once known as the Central Park Five, plus the cast and producers who tell their story in "When They See Us."...

#5
The Chipmunk Adventure

The Chipmunk Adventure

1987★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Little Princess for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets $100,000. Unbeknownst to the participants, the "race" is actually a diamond smuggling...

#6
Hoot

Hoot

2006★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Little Princess for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls....