Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) is a family drama you can watch online on iFILM. Kevin Sullivan picks up Anne Shirley's story after Avonlea, sending the red-haired dreamer off to teach at Kingsport Ladies' College with a diploma and a head full of stories.

Megan Follows returns as Anne — quick-tempered, stubborn, hopelessly in love with language. She writes fiction and saves her rejection slips, faces down a classroom that doesn't respect her yet, and keeps circling around her feelings for Gilbert Blythe (Jonathan Crombie). Colleen Dewhurst's Marilla still hides her warmth behind a sharp tongue. The further Anne travels from Green Gables, the harder the old town pulls her back.

Adapted from L.M. Montgomery's novels, this Canadian miniseries runs close to four hours and wins you over with tone rather than plot twists — gentle, a little old-fashioned, never cloying. If the first film left you wishing it would keep going, the sequel finishes Anne's coming-of-age on honest terms. Stream Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) online on iFILM.