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Movies like Tightrope to Terror (1983)

The best movies like Tightrope to Terror (1983) are PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020), Angels in the Snow (2015) and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009). If Tightrope to Terror hooked you with its family, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020)

    A royal relative steals a gem with the power to make things fly, the Paw Patrol takes to the skies to stop him and save Barkingburg.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  2. Angels in the Snow (2015)

    The affluent, yet troubled Montgomery family hits the road for a special Christmas in the mountains.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  3. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009)

    During a family vacation, Alex, a young witch, accidentally casts a curse on her loved ones. To reverse this, she tries to find a magical stone while her brother tries to keep their parents together.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  4. Christmas with Holly (2012)

    After being dumped at the altar on her wedding day, Maggie Conway moves to the island town of Friday Harbor in Washington State, where she meets Mark Nagle, the local coffee shop owner.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  5. I Believe (2019)

    A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  6. Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)

    A ne’er-do-well thirty-something attempts to appease her family by kidnapping herself an attractive boyfriend for the family Christmas. Despite unlikely odds and dysfunctional family moments, the two fall in love and share a magical Christmas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  7. Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special (2020)

    Faced with a holiday cheer crisis, the North Pole knows there's only one person who can save the day: Santa's great friend Mariah Carey. The Queen of Christmas creates a fabulous and star-studded spectacular to make the whole world merry!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  8. Return to Nim's Island (2013)

    Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make her first human friend – Edmund, who’s run away to the island from the mainland – to save her home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  9. Angela's Christmas Wish (2020)

    A determined Angela makes a wish to reunite her family in time for Christmas, then launches a plan to find her way from Ireland to Australia.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  10. Ploey: You Never Fly Alone (2018)

    A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  11. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

    Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  12. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)

    When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  13. Cat Pack: A PAW Patrol Exclusive Event (2022)

    When Mayor Humdinger transforms his robot cat Meow-Meow into a tiger-sized metal-eating menace, the PAW Patrol calls in the Cat Pack for help in the stopping the creature.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  14. Falling for Christmas (2022)

    An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia in a skiing accident.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  15. Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

    Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  16. Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024)

    After getting kicked out of the forest, Woody thinks he's found a forever home at Camp Woo Hoo — until an inspector threatens to shut down the camp.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  17. Last Chance for Christmas (2015)

    When Prancer injures his hoof Santa’s stable hand, John, must find a fill in to ensure Christmas deliveries go off without a hitch. His mission gets complicated when he discovers that Frankie, the perfect substitute reindeer, belongs to a precocious 8-year-old girl and her mother Annie. As he races to get Frankie up to the North Pole, he realizes that he’s actually falling in love with Annie and has to find a way to win her over and save Christmas at the same time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

  18. Flicka (2006)

    Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  19. Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)

    Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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  20. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    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

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Tightrope to Terror?

The closest matches to Tightrope to Terror are PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020), Angels in the Snow (2015) and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Tightrope to Terror?

Start with PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020), the closest match to Tightrope to Terror.

What is the highest-rated movie like Tightrope to Terror?

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009), rated 7.3/10 by 1,829 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Tightrope to Terror?

Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Tightrope to Terror?

Yes: PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (2020), Angels in the Snow (2015) and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009).

How are movies similar to Tightrope to Terror chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Tightrope to Terror, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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