Where the Heart Is (2000)

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

What to watch after Where the Heart Is

• Music of the Heart (1999) — Same feel: feel-good, emotional
• Anywhere But Here (1999)
• Cradle Will Rock (1999)
• Parenthood (1989) — Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz wrote for both
• Playing by Heart (1998) — Same subject: california
• Cold Mountain (2003) — Natalie Portman appears in both