Movies Like The Time of Secrets (2007)

The Time of Secrets is a 2007 family, tv movie film from Thierry Chabert with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle.

Family TV Movie

My Father's Glory

1990

Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel grows up during the turn of the century in awe of his rationalist dad. When the family takes a summer vacation in the countryside, Marcel becomes friends with Lili, who teaches him about rural life.

7.3

MagicScore

My Mother's Castle

1990

To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.

7.2

MagicScore

Marley & Me

2008

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

7.2

MagicScore

25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

2008

Concert held on August 4, 5 and 6, 2008 at the Nippon Budōkan hall in Tokyo to commemorate both the Japanese theatrical release of Ponyo (2008) and the 25 years of musical collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

9.3

MagicScore

Crush

2022

When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.

7.4

MagicScore

Miles

2017

High school senior Miles Walton joins the girls volleyball team in hopes of winning a college scholarship, which causes an uproar in his small Illinois farming town.

5.3

MagicScore

How to Train Your Dragon

2010

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.

7.9

MagicScore

Monsters, Inc.

2001

Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

7.9

MagicScore

North Sea Texas

2011

A teen boy living in a small town on the Belgian coast finds his ordinary life take an unexpected turn when a handsome traveler blows through town.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

Eternity

2025

In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

A Birder's Guide to Everything

2013

David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

5.8

MagicScore

#12

Theater Camp

2023

After the indomitable and beloved founder of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with her clueless "crypto-bro" son to keep the thespian paradise afloat.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986

When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.

7.2

MagicScore

#14

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

1997

Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

Kiki's Delivery Service

1989

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

7.8

MagicScore

#16

Be with You

2018

Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.

8.2

MagicScore

#17

Edward Scissorhands

1990

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

7.7

MagicScore

#18

God's Own Country

2017

A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

7.7

MagicScore

#19

Boyka: Undisputed IV

2016

In the fourth installment of the fighting franchise, Boyka is shooting for the big leagues when an accidental death in the ring makes him question everything he stands for. When he finds out the wife of the man he accidentally killed is in trouble, Boyka offers to fight in a series of impossible battles to free her from a life of servitude.

7.2

MagicScore

#20

Columbus

2017

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Time of Secrets?

The top films similar to The Time of Secrets by MovieMagicScore are My Father's Glory (7.3), My Mother's Castle (7.2), Marley & Me (7.2). Each shares family/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Time of Secrets worth watching?

The Time of Secrets holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 22 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Time of Secrets?

The Time of Secrets (2007) is a family, tv movie film directed by Thierry Chabert, starring Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Richard Oiry, Andrée Damant.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Time of Secrets?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more family recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Time of Secrets

This ranked list pairs The Time of Secrets (2007), a family and tv movie film from Thierry Chabert, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Pierre-François Martin-Laval take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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