Movies Like Harriet the Spy

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Mrs. Doubtfire

1993·2h 5m·★ 7.1·Chris Columbus

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2001·1h 30m·★ 7.9·Andrew Adamson

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Coffee and Cigarettes

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.0·Jim Jarmusch

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Antonia's Line

1995·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Marleen Gorris

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005·2h·★ 6.5·Doug Liman

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2021·1h 30m·★ 6.4·Nikole Beckwith

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2005·1h 52m·★ 6.3·Malcolm D. Lee

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2015·1h 39m·★ 6.5·Stephen Herek

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2008·1h 40m·★ 6.5·Patricia Rozema

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2008·1h 40m·★ 6.3·Gurinder Chadha

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2008·1h 34m·★ 5.6·Fred Durst

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Little Secrets

2002·1h 36m·★ 6.4·Blair Treu

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1998·1h 29m·★ 6.0·Daisy von Scherler Mayer

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The General

1926·1h 19m·★ 8.1·Clyde Bruckman

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Moxie

2021·1h 50m·★ 6.7·Amy Poehler

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2003·1h 32m·★ 6.3·Boaz Yakin

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My Spy

2020·1h 39m·★ 6.4·Peter Segal

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1994·1h 22m·★ 6.4·Penelope Spheeris

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How Good Is Harriet the Spy?

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