Movies Like Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991)

Sarah, Plain and Tall is a 1991 drama, family, romance, tv movie film from Glenn Jordan with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Seraphim Falls and The Light.

Drama Family Romance TV Movie

Seraphim Falls

2007

The Civil War has ended, but Colonel Morsman Carver is on one final mission – to kill Gideon, no matter what it takes. Launched by a gunshot and propelled by rage, the relentless pursuit takes the two men through frigid snow-capped mountains and arid deserts, far from the comforts and codes of civilisation, into the bloodiest recesses of their own souls.

6.4

MagicScore

The Light

2004

Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He only stayed two months, but his presence proved to be a disturbing catalyst.

6.7

MagicScore

Abandoned

2016

In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.

5.9

MagicScore

Oceans Rising

2017

A scientist readies a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. However, after the disasters reach a peak level of destruction those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, as he and other refugees look to save the world and stop the disaster using the two Supercolliders on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

4.7

MagicScore

The Quick and the Dead

1995

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

6.5

MagicScore

Deewana

1992

A singer marries his biggest fan, but his uncle plans to kill him in order to gain his money.

6.8

MagicScore

Mother's Day

2016

Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.

6.0

MagicScore

Per tutta la vita

2021

Four married couples find out their marriage is invalid because it was officiated by a fraudulent priest and have to decide what to do next.

5.9

MagicScore

The Vanishing Prairie

1954

Story of the American Prairie as it was when vast herds of bison and elk grazed.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

City Slickers

1991

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Cast Away

2000

Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.

7.7

MagicScore

#12

The Philadelphia Story

1940

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

7.6

MagicScore

#13

My Girl

1991

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...

7.4

MagicScore

#14

Move Over, Darling

1963

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Surrender, Dorothy

2006

When her daughter Sara unexpectedly passes away, Natalie retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.

5.1

MagicScore

#16

Slow West

2015

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

The Unforgiven

1960

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

Still Walking

2008

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

7.8

MagicScore

#19

Truly Madly Deeply

1991

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested her house have disappeared. But Jamie starts bringing ghostly friends home and behaving more and more oddly.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Yossi

2012

The sequel to "Yossi and Jagger" finds character Yossi (Ohad Knoller) leading a sad existence after losing his partner Jagger on the battlefield. A chance encounter with a middle-aged woman linked to his past shakes up his otherwise staid routine and sends him on a spontaneous pilgrimage to Tel Aviv. It is on the roads of southern Israel that he reignites the fire of his former self.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Sarah, Plain and Tall?

The top films similar to Sarah, Plain and Tall by MovieMagicScore are Seraphim Falls (6.4), The Light (6.7), Abandoned (5.9). Each shares drama/family/romance/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Sarah, Plain and Tall worth watching?

Sarah, Plain and Tall holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 28 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Sarah, Plain and Tall?

Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991) is a drama, family, romance, tv movie film directed by Glenn Jordan, starring Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Lexi Randall.

Where can I find more recommendations like Sarah, Plain and Tall?

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About movies like Sarah, Plain and Tall

This ranked list pairs Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991), a drama and family and romance and tv movie film from Glenn Jordan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Glenn Close 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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