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10 Best Movies Like Gentle Ben

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

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#1
A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

2003★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gentle Ben for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them aroun...

#2
The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gentle Ben for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is ...

#3
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gentle Ben for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead....

#4
Spider-Man Strikes Back

Spider-Man Strikes Back

1978★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gentle Ben for fans of Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the New York State University, one of Peter Parker's tutors has accidentally given three students all the materials they need to create an atomic bomb. While Peter Parker tries ...

#5
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gentle Ben for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#6
Johnny Tsunami

Johnny Tsunami

1999★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gentle Ben for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Hawaiian teenage surfer shows off his skills when he takes to the snow slopes in Vermont....

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