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Best Mara Wilson movies

If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Mara Wilson movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don't know about Mara Wilson.

TOP 6: Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Mara Wilson as: Lily Stone
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Release: 2000
Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty diesel engines. Getting more gold dust will require help from Mr. C's slacker cousin, his new friend Lily and her morose grandfather, plus the secret engine.


TOP 5: A Simple Wish

Mara Wilson as: Anabel Greening
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Release: 1997
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

TOP 4: Showbiz Kids

Mara Wilson as: Self
Genre: Documentary, History, Drama
Release: 2020
A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child.


TOP 3: Miracle on 34th Street

Mara Wilson as: Susan Walker
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Family
Release: 1994
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.


TOP 2: Matilda

Mara Wilson as: Matilda Wormwood
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Release: 1996
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.

TOP 1: Mrs. Doubtfire

Mara Wilson as: Natalie Hillard
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Release: 1993
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as an English nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.


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