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10 Best Movies Like Tom Brown's School Days

If you loved Tom Brown's School Days, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
A Little Princess

A Little Princess

1995★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tom Brown's School Days for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the se...

#2
Bridge to Terabithia

Bridge to Terabithia

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tom Brown's School Days for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differen...

#3
To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tom Brown's School Days for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor,...

#4
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

2009★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tom Brown's School Days for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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

#5
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tom Brown's School Days for fans of Drama & Family. 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
Flicka

Flicka

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tom Brown's School Days for fans of Drama & Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. ...

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