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10 Best Movies Like Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

If you loved Samantha: An American Girl Holiday, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Samantha: An American Girl Holiday for fans of Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#2
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

1970★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Samantha: An American Girl Holiday for fans of Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named...

#3
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

2009★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Samantha: An American Girl Holiday for fans of Drama & Family & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class....

#4
A Sister's Nightmare

A Sister's Nightmare

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Samantha: An American Girl Holiday for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister, Cassidy, shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatric hospital....

#5
Stranger in Our House

Stranger in Our House

1979★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Samantha: An American Girl Holiday for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda...

#6
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

2006★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Samantha: An American Girl Holiday for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly bec...