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10 Best Movies Like Heidi

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

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#1
Heidi

Heidi

2005★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heidi for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wil...

#2
Far from the Tree

Far from the Tree

2021★ 8.1

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

On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe....

#3
Where Is Anne Frank

Where Is Anne Frank

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heidi for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Ams...

#4
Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess

Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess

2012★ 7.5

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

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 t...

#5
The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls

2014★ 6.7

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

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald S...

#6
Heidi

Heidi

2015★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heidi for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the weal...

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