14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
If The Secret World of Arrietty hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Both films sit with loss of innocence, belonging, and longing. Both circle the same ground: class and money, old ways vs. new world, and caught between worlds. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, dreamlike, and slow burn.
