Movies like The Chalk Garden: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Chalk Garden (1964) — a drama and mystery film directed by Ronald Neame — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Chalk Garden most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like adolescence, judge and grandparent grandchild relationship. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Secret Garden 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She meets her sickly cousin, and the two children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Secret Garden 1993★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Flowers in the Attic 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Brand Upon the Brain! 2007★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Mystery
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community
Stream in India on Netflix
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Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house’s secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Wife's Nightmare 2014★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to be her husband's daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Deep End of the Ocean 1999★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Railway Children 1970★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2016★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Aurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history. As she prepares to move in, Aurora discovers that the family who once lived there mysteriously disappeared without a trace.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Red House 1947★ 6.3
Shares: Mystery, Drama
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
Stream in India on Bloodstream, Artiflix, Brew
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A Better Life 2011★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
An Indigenous Latino American gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018★ 7.2
Shares: Mystery, Drama
There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing room, Aurora enlists her Real Murders Club members to help gather clues. At the same time, she experiences mounting concern that Aida is becoming attracted to the film’s director who, like everyone else working on the set that day, is considered a suspect. And this time around Martin is especially worried about Aurora’s safety after learning that the film’s screenwriter, who has a romantic history with her, emerges as the prime suspect.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2017★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind. Once again, Aurora finds herself drawn into a deadly investigation as she risks it all to help Martin reunite with his family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Mimzy 2007★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mr. Holmes 2015★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Mystery
In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Internet sensation and old family friend of Aurora Teagarden, Poppy Wilson, has returned to Lawrenceton to start her new embroidery business. But not everyone is happy with Poppy's success when she turns up dead. To find the killer, Roe must follow the unsettling truths that lead her—into the path of the killer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent 2016★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Mystery
When Jenn's old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it'll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Mystery, Drama
A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Seeds of Yesterday 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now