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A Little Princess
Why this pick
A storybook boarding-school world seen through a resilient, imaginative girl, balancing childhood mischief, friendship and heartfelt stakes with the same warmly stylized charm.
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MOVIE1998 1h 29m FRA
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The Secret Garden
Why this pick
Its young heroine transforms an intimidating old-world environment through curiosity and resolve, offering the gentle period atmosphere and child-led emotional adventure that suit Madeline.
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The Little Princess
Why this pick
This buoyant classic similarly follows a spirited schoolgirl confronting adult authority with optimism, imagination and pluck in a polished, fairy-tale-like setting.
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Harriet the Spy
Why this pick
A witty young protagonist navigates friendship and trouble through observation, nerve and inventive schemes, with a similarly bright 1990s family-film sensibility.
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The Worst Witch
Why this pick
A sweetly eccentric school story about a well-meaning girl who does not quite fit institutional rules, retaining the playful youthful rebellion and cozy British-style whimsy of Madeline.
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01 / THE STORY
In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines...
Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Arturo Venegas
Mr. Spanish Ambassador
Katia Caballero
Mrs. Spanish Ambassador
Clare Thomas
Aggie
Frances McDormand
Miss Clavel
Nigel Hawthorne
Lord Covington
Ben Daniels
Leopold the Tutor
Stéphane Audran
Lady Covenant
Chantal Neuwirth
Helene the Cook