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10 Best Movies Like Pollyanna

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

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#1
Pollyanna

Pollyanna

1960★ 7.0

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

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life....

#2
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pollyanna 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...

#3
Foster

Foster

2011★ 6.7

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

Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep....

#4
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#5
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

1991★ 7.4

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

A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-defying "diving girl," but Doc r...

#6
The Great Gilly Hopkins

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015★ 6.6

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

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother....

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