Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004) is a family drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Nadia Tass and based on the American Girl doll series. New York City, 1904: AnnaSophia Robb plays Samantha Parkington, a girl from a privileged home who moves in with her refined grandmother, played by Mia Farrow, and starts learning what it means to be a proper young lady of the era.

Her carefully ordered world shifts the day Nellie O'Malley arrives next door as a servant girl, along with her two younger sisters. Despite living in entirely different circumstances, Samantha and Nellie become close quickly — sharing secrets, helping each other through difficult moments, and stumbling into more than one genuine adventure before the holidays are over.

A gentle story about friendship across class lines, told without hammering the lesson too hard. It works because the two girls are simply likable. Stream Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004) online on iFILM.