The Secret Garden

1987 · 100 min · Live action

Recommended from age 7. Orphan girl and sick boy.

Reason translated with AI from our Spanish original.

Good to know

Death or separation
Someone loved dies or disappears, often a parent.
Difficult themes
War, bullying, illness, broken families, hard real events.

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UK

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US

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Spain

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Availability as of 17 October 2026. Data from JustWatch.

TMDb user score

7.750 votes · TMDb

What it’s about

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.

Genres: TV Movie, Drama, Family

If your child is sensitive

If they get scared: under 7, a cuddle or a pause helps more than explaining it isn’t real. From 8, explaining does work.

Source: Joanne Cantor’s research (summary at Kids First)

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