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Movies that feel like Still Walking (2008)

If you loved Still Walking, the closest films we have are Wonder (2017), Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) and The Lion King (1994). All three share Still Walking's contemplative and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel and Philo and others, checked against today's data.

A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.

🍅 100% Rotten Tomatoes7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Hirokazu Kore-edacontemplativewarmcozymelancholy

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If Still Walking hit the spot, these will too

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Wonder
2017 · dir. Stephen Chbosky
🍅 86%7.9family · drama

Both land stillness and warmth at once

The difference: None of the melancholy that defines Still Walking

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · dir. Lasse Hallström
🍅 64%8.1drama · family

The same preoccupation in both: family relationships

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship unfolds.

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The Lion King
1994 · dir. Roger Allers
🍅 92%8.5animation · family · drama

The same mix in both: comfort, then melancholy

The difference: Plays it as animation more than Still Walking does

Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.

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Nobody Knows
2004 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 92%8drama

Hirokazu Kore-eda directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Missing the warmth of Still Walking

In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.

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Hugo
2011 · dir. Martin Scorsese
🍅 93%7.5adventure · drama · family

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans adventure where Still Walking does not

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

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Bridge to Terabithia
2007 · dir. Gábor Csupó
🍅 85%7.2adventure · drama · family

Both trade on warmth more than on being family

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 differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.

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Fly Away Home
1996 · dir. Carroll Ballard
🍅 87%6.9adventure · drama · family

Drama with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.

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A Little Princess
1995 · dir. Alfonso Cuarón
🍅 97%7.6drama · family · fantasy

Contemplative family in both cases

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 severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.

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The Lion King
2019 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 52%6.8adventure · drama · family

Drama built on melancholy, twice over

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

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The Secret Garden
1993 · dir. Agnieszka Holland
🍅 89%7.3drama · family · fantasy

Both trade on warmth more than on being family

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

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The Call of the Wild
2020 · dir. Chris Sanders
🍅 62%6.7adventure · family · drama

Both work the same comfort

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

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The Land Before Time
1988 · dir. Don Bluth
🍅 65%7.4family · animation · adventure

Melancholy is the shared currency

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1980s show

An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.

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