20 movies like Harriet the Spy, ordered by similarity : Caterina Goes to Town(2003), Lady Bird(2017), Girl Flu(2016), Little Secrets(2001), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day(2014), The Angry Birds Movie 2(2019), Inside Out(2015), Ponette(1996), Wildlife(2018), Blinded by the Light(2019), Cats & Dogs(2001), Mes Petites Amoureuses(1974) ...
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1996
101 Minutes
Michelle Trachtenberg Rosie O'Donnell Vanessa Lee Chester Gregory Smith J. Smith-Cameron Robert Joy Eartha Kitt Don Francks Eugene Lipinski
young girl spy nanny best friend mother father creative dreamy spirited small town house school park spying junior high school friendship secret vengeance rivalry revenge
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when her friends find her secret notebook the tables are turned on her. Can she win her friends back and still keep on going with the spy business?
Comedy, Drama
Italy
2003
106 Minutes
Alice Teghil Sergio Castellitto Margherita Buy Carolina Iaquaniello Federica Sbrenna Claudio Amendola Galatea Ranzi Flavio Bucci Antonio Carnevale Paola Tiziana Cruciani Silvio Vannucci
teacher father mother young girl friend government official engaging spirited witty touching small town rome high school shopping mall cemetery rally father/daughter relationship new school friendship politics
Caterina, forced to leave her small town at the age of thirteen, faces the complications of living in the big metropoly of Rome.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Katee Sackhoff Jade Pettyjohn Heather Matarazzo Jeremy Sisto Judy Reyes Diego Josef Isaiah Mustafa Jonah Beres
young girl mother sister classmate friend young boy cheeky amusing emotional california school house classroom bathroom bedroom menstruation growing up immaturity friendship self-esteem
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
2001
94 Minutes
Evan Rachel Wood Michael Angarano David Gallagher Vivica A. Fox Jan Broberg Rick Macy Paul Kiernan Tayva Patch Landon Kunzelman
violinist girl neighbor best friend love interest mother lighthearted endearing hilarious household salt lake city backyard school suburbia utah friendship therapy fitting in secrets young love
A fourteen-year-old aspiring violinist finds herself under an increasing amount of pressure to keep secrets for herself, her family and her newfound best friend.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2014
81 Minutes
Steve Carell Jennifer Garner Ed Oxenbould Dylan Minnette Kerris Dorsey Megan Mullally Bella Thorne Sidney Fullmer Mekai Matthew Curtis Lincoln Melcher Elise Vargas
teen boy mother father sister brother friend campy cheeky amusing house bedroom school car chemistry class restaurant bad luck growing up family friendship school
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
Finland|USA|UK
2019
96 Minutes
bird pig rival spy hero friend hilarious cheeky playful amusing lighthearted island house mountain forest village saving the day rivalry unlikely allies unlikely friendship
The flightless birds and scheming green pigs take their feud to the next level.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
2015
95 Minutes
young girl mother father imaginary friend teacher friend amusing charming emotional san francisco house imaginary world school dining room street emotion moving change adaptation hockey
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
Comedy, Drama
France
1996
97 Minutes
Victoire Thivisol Marie Trintignant Xavier Beauvois Claire Nebout Matiaz Bureau Caton Delphine Schiltz Aurélie Vérillon Léopoldine Serre Henri Berthon Carla Ibled Luckie Royer
child mother father friend aunt somber emotional powerful france small town school death afterlife accident childhood religion superstition discovery growing up transformation
A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Drama, Music, Comedy
UK|USA|France
2019
114 Minutes
Viveik Kalra Hayley Atwell Rob Brydon Kulvinder Ghir Nell Williams Aaron Phagura Meera Ganatra Dean-Charles Chapman Sally Phillips
teenager father mother friend love interest teacher powerful uplifting inspiring hilarious cheeky england high school house bedroom new york city bruce springsteen music growing up culture
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
USA|Australia
2001
87 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Elizabeth Perkins Miriam Margolyes Alexander Pollock Salome Jens Glenn Ficarra Billy West
boy scientist secret agent dog cat spy amusing madcap campy household dog house factory secret headquarters suburbia talking animal undercover operations family spying conspiracy human-animal friendship
A look at the top-secret, high-tech espionage war going on between cats and dogs, of which their human owners are blissfully unaware.
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
123 Minutes
Martin Loeb Ingrid Caven Jacqueline Dufranne Vincent Testanière Roger Rizzi Anne Stroka
boy mother mother's boyfriend grandmother friend girl endearing calm tender striking south of france paris apartment school bicycle shop coming of age adolescence desire loneliness family
A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the... See full summary »
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
France|USA
1998
90 Minutes
Frances McDormand Nigel Hawthorne Hatty Jones Ben Daniels Arturo Venegas Stéphane Audran Katia Caballero Chantal Neuwirth Kristian de la Osa
schoolgirl headmistress kidnapper lord schoolboy orphan cheeky charming lighthearted paris boarding school school abduction friendship sabotage love underdog rescue rivalry 1950s
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Spain|USA
2019
85 Minutes
animal young girl father mother friend neighbor amusing playful touching cheery cheeky imaginary world theme park roller coaster house imagination theme park friendship adventure adventure
Wonder Park tells the story of an amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.
Drama
1986
76 Minutes
Emma Coles Kris Bidenko Kris McQuade Stephen Leeder Debra May Peter Hehir Tony Barry Kerry Dwyer Arthur Faynes Kim Antonios Denise Roberts
teen girl friend mother boyfriend father sad profound sydney beach school house friendship mother/daughter relationship adolescence family coming of age divorce growing up transformation 1980s
Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
2016
96 Minutes
Chris Bellant Jamie-Lynn Sigler Sarah Jes Austell Natalie Hall Jonathan Lipnicki Matt McGorry Darby Stanchfield Zuzanna Szadkowski Katie McClellan Brendan Dooling Marco James
outcast friend mother gym teacher girl sister brooding cheeky amusing high school house bedroom classroom gym car high school crush outcasts friendship dating video tape
An awkward high school outcast navigates the wildly confusing days of his senior year.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA|Mexico
2016
97 Minutes
Thomas Mann Lily Mae Harrington Ely Henry Marin Ireland Lachlan Buchanan Nikki Massoud Shannon Hartman Sylvia Kates
high-school student young woman friend girlfriend emotional confident passionate offbeat high school prom house party hospital growing up romance physical appearance physical disability growing up love pursuit
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses her weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
1996
93 Minutes
Mara Wilson Danny DeVito Rhea Perlman Embeth Davidtz Pam Ferris Paul Reubens Tracey Walter Brian Levinson Kira Spencer Hesser Kiami Davael
young girl father mother headmistress teacher friend winsome witty school family home telekinesis children vs. adults student-teacher relationship family dysfunction underdog adventure discovery 1990s
This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother.