If you loved The Princess Diaries, try Raising Helen

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Raising Helen has roughly 7.6× fewer votes than The Princess Diaries — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Princess Diaries

2001 · dir. Garry Marshall

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Raising Helen

2004 · dir. Garry Marshall

What they share

Both films are directed by Garry Marshall, and they both carry the cozy, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Princess Diaries, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Raising Helen is

Somebody decided Garry Marshall could do a serviceable job with single motherhood. A woman inherits her sister's three children after she dies. It's a Disney film, so you can guess what happens, with no surprises.

If you loved The Princess Diaries, try Raising Helen

The Princess Diaries

Raising Helen

What they share

What Raising Helen is

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