The Best Spring Movies & Episodes
Here you will find my favorite spring movies and episodes that will take you through beautiful spring scenery, igniting your imagination from childhood, budding romances, growth of characters, and so much more. So come along and romanticize the little things with me! Put on a floral pastel outfit, open the windows to let the cool breeze in, bake a spring inspired creation to enjoy, sip tea from a teacup, and relish in these delightful worlds!☕️🫖🌷🌱🌸🪶
Not every movie is set in spring, but they have the essence of spring that is throughly satisfying.
Parents: Not every one of these recommendations is appropriate entertainment for children. I encourage every family to check the IMBd Parents guide before watching. I will mark the ones that are great for all ages like this: *Perfect for the whole family!
Road to Avonlea
Road to Avonlea is a heartwarming series for the whole family, you end up getting so wrapped up in the lives of the residents of Avonlea and the King family. The casting and acting are so well done! Set in the early 1900’s a young girl, Sara Stanley is sent to live with her mother’s relatives in Prince Edward Island because her father, wants to protect her from a scandal he is facing in Montreal. Sara in particular will have to make many adjustments from her privileged life to survive emotionally in rural Avonlea. The King family have lived in a small farming community called Avonlea on PEI for generations where the eldest of the five King siblings, Hetty, oversees the goings-on in the family and ensures everything runs to her high and rigid standards. This series follows Sara’s adventures, as well as that of her family and the town’s people as she grows up in Avonlea.
Every episode is so good that I couldn’t choose. This is a great series to binge watch!
(Road to Avonlea is now available on Amazon Prime to rent or buy! You can also watch it on GazeboTV)
*Perfect for the whole family!
The Spring Dance
Laura and the Widow Snider cook up a scheme to get dates for the spring dance. Caroline is puzzled when her plan to make Isaiah Edwards jealous doesn't result in an invitation to the spring dance for the Widow Grace Snider, until Charles reminds her what happened when she tried the same tactic with him years before.
(The Spring Dance is available to watch with both an Amazon and Peacock subscription)
*Perfect for the whole family!
Anne of Green Gables
The Anne of Green Gables 1985 miniseries is my all-time favorite! This is by far the best adaption I have ever watched; the characters are so believable. Avonlea will capture your hearts. The music and acting are excellent. The series is a yearly watch for my family! Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthbert's Farm on Prince Edward Island, she is a child with wild imagination, desperate to be loved. We follow Anne's enchanting life, from her struggles as an adolescent to her triumphs as a young woman.
(Anne of Green Gables is now available on Amazon Prime to rent or buy! You can also watch it on GazeboTV)
*Perfect for the whole family!
Mary Poppins
When Jane and Michael, the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents.
(Mary Poppins is available to watch with an Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ subscription)
*Perfect for the whole family!
All Creatures Great & Small
Where the Heart Is-Season 2, Episode 1
It's spring in 1938, and James's parents are overjoyed when he's offered a position at his old mentor's forward-thinking practice in Glasgow. When he returns to the Dales, James is reminded of how much he loves the place and the people.
Second Time Lucky-Season 3, Episode 1
Three months have passed, and it is now spring 1939. Some big changes are happening at Skeldale, and everyone has to learn how to adjust. Tristan is now a qualified vet, while James enters a new stage of his life with Helen.
Broodiness-Season 4, Episode 1
It's the spring of 1940, and with Tristan away, Skeldale House is busier than ever; James and Helen dream about the future, hoping that James won't be called up to serve in the RAF; Mrs Hall takes a leap of faith and Siegfried offers his support.
(All Creatures Great and Small is available to watch with both an Amazon Prime Video and PBS subscription)
Miss Potter
In 1902, Beatrix Potter lives in London, England with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down several eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about since childhood. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne's first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix, together they carefully arrange publication. This proves to be the first of many successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from London and her parents' way of life.
(Miss Potter is free to watch on Amazon Prime Video)
Cindrella
When her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
(Cinderella 2015 is available to watch with a Disney+ subscription. You can also rent or buy it on Amazon Prime Video)
*Perfect for the whole family!
Finding Neverland
In 1903 London, following the dismal reception of his latest play, J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her four young sons in Kensington Gardens. A strong, close friendship develops among them. He proves to be a great playmate and surrogate father figure for the boys. Together they imagine whole worlds, create characters, and play them with conviction. Their imaginative antics give Barrie grand ideas which he incorporates into a play that comes to be known as Peter Pan.
(Finding Neverland is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video)
Love’s Enduring Promise
In this Janette Oke sequel to "Love Comes Softly," the eldest child in an 1800s frontier family, Missie Davis is a bright and beautiful schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books. When Missie encounters Grant, a handsome New England railroad executive, she feels as though shes met a hero from one of her novels. But their courtship is complicated by the appearance of Nate, a mysterious young man who helps Missies family in a time of need. Torn between two worlds, Missie finds herself at a crossroads, forced to choose between the love of two very different men and two very different futures.
(Love’s Enduring Promise is available to watch on UP Faith & Family)
*Perfect for the whole family!
The Sound of Music
In 1930s Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When Navy Captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the abbey asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that he keeps hiring and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws the children to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives, including the Captain's.
(The Sound of Music is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video. You can also watch it with a Disney+ subscription)
*Perfect for the whole family!
Below are my favorite versions of Jane Austen films, but I find it fun to compare different versions. Looking at what I like more in one versus the other, I highly recommend the pastime!
Pride & Prejudice
When Elizabeth Bennet meets the handsome Mr. Darcy, she believes he is the last man she could ever marry, but as their lives become intertwined, she finds herself captivated by the man she has sworn to hate forever.
(Pride & Prejudice is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video. You can also watch it with a Netflix subscription)
Emma
Following the antics of a young woman, Emma Woodhouse, who lives in Georgian- and Regency-era England and occupies herself with matchmaking - in sometimes misguided, often meddlesome fashion- in the lives of her friends and family.
(Emma is available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video)
*All synopsis credit goes to IMDb & Google with partial edits by me. Photo credits to original owners.
