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10 Best Movies Like Heidi und Peter

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

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#1
Heidi

Heidi

2015★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heidi und Peter for fans of Drama & 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...

#2
A Million Minutes

A Million Minutes

2024★ 6.6

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

Vera and Wolf Küper live in Berlin with their 5-year-old daughter Nina and their one-year-old son Simon. Vera takes care of the children and the household alongside a part-time job...

#3
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974★ 6.9

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

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming c...

#4
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003★ 6.2

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

Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a...

#5
A Whole Life

A Whole Life

2023★ 7.0

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

When Andreas arrives in the remote valley in the Austrian Alps, he is only about four years old - nobody knows for sure. He grows up to become a skilled farmhand and, as a young ma...

#6
3 Days in Quiberon

3 Days in Quiberon

2018★ 6.3

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

1981, Quiberon, a small village on the coast of Brittany, France. Hilde Fritsch arrives to visit her old friend who has retreated to a spa hotel to escape the daily pressures of he...

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