Movies like The Christmas Box

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The Christmas Box (1995)
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The Christmas Box (1995)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balance his career and family life, he has recurring dreams about an angel.
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, semi serious
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, dream, family life, snow, xmas, angel, mansion, workaholic, old woman, living together, recurring dream, family relations, destiny, couples, self discovery, family problems, estate, hopes, couple relations, businessman, death, mother, house, cemetery ...
Place: utah, salt lake city utah

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Most similar movies to The Christmas Box

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, feel good, semi serious and humorous films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, xmas, holiday, family relations, christmas season and hopes mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like The Christmas Box: Prancer (1989), Call Me Mrs. Miracle (2010), Prancer Returns (2001), Borrowed Hearts (1997), 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Prancer (1989)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in ...
Style: touching, christmas classics, entertaining, sad, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, holiday, small town, single father, reindeer, santa claus, farm, father daughter relationship, snow, widower, animal, xmas ...
Time: year 1989
Place: michigan
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95%
Call Me Mrs. Miracle (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Mrs Merkle (or Mrs. Miracle as she is know by some) finds herself in a toy department of a department store that is having all kinds of financial problems, but leave it to this kind lady as she will get the Christmas spirit flowing very freely at ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, department store, winter, parents and children, miraculous event, family relations, hopes, xmas, society, couples, supernatural ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Prancer Returns (2001)
Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This holiday-themed children's film offers a unique take on the legend of Santa Claus and his tiny reindeer. In this movie, a young boy finds a deer in the forest he is sure is Santa's beloved Prancer. Determined to return the creature to ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, santa claus, youth, mischievous children, reindeer, young heroes, child as adult, mistaken identity, fish out of water, disorder, danger, orphan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Borrowed Hearts (1997)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen's boss's "family" so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier Javier Del Campo.
Style: touching, romantic, feel good, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, single parent, looking for love, parents and children, pretend relationship, new year, xmas, unlikely couple, family relations, holiday, fake relationship, snow ...
Time: 90s
Place: rome italy, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Calvin Carter, a successful business executive, has it all, but neglects those closest to him. On Christmas Eve, all that changes when the sign on his office building falls on him. He awakes in a hospital bed, attended to by Angie, a nurse who soon ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, christmas classics ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, time loop, hospital, self discovery, redemption, introspection, misfit, couple relations, disorder, friendship, time ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a "special" assignment. He must answer a little girl's question about whether Santa Claus really exists.
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, xmas, youth, little girl, cemetery, shopping cart, family relations, 8 year old girl, girl, newspaper ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1890s
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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My Santa (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A young, single mother, Jen, begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas. However, when she takes her son Eric to see the local mall Santa, Jen immediately feels an attraction and connection with Chris, the young, attractive man filling the ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, looking for love, single mother, fall in love, holiday, secret identity, magic, couples, family relations, love and romance, love triangle, heir ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Mistletoe Over Manhattan (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Rebecca, Mrs. Claus (Tedde Moore) is worried that her exhausted, workaholic husband (Mairtin O’Carrigan) has lost his holiday spirit. She believes she can help him recapture his bliss and secretly heads to the one place she knows the spirit of ...
Style: feel good, serious, sentimental, realistic
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, love and romance, divorce, couple relations, couples, miraculous event, xmas, christmas romance, santa claus, bad mother, nanny, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, emotional, captivating, christmas horror ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: scrooge, christmas, ghost, christmas carol, self discovery, road not taken, human spirit, introspection, supernatural, family relations, disorder, hopes ...
Time: victorian era
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Good natured Reverend Henry Biggs finds that his marriage to choir mistress Julia is flagging, due to his constant absence caring for the deprived neighborhood they live in. On top of all this, his church is coming under threat from property ...
Style: touching, christmas classics, black comedy, uplifting, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, family outing, adult
Plot: christmas, holiday, black, african american, church, winter, clergy, church choir, angel, black history, black american, marriage ...
Time: year 1996
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2021)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a family faces loneliness and loss of faith, Mrs. Miracle swoops in to renew their Christmas Spirit, and they experience a holiday of heavenly proportions.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, husband wife relationship, couple relations, self discovery, family relations, married couple, social problems, relationships, magic, family problems, male female relationship, introspection ...
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Three Days (2001)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Ten years ago, Andrew married his childhood sweetheart, Beth. Now Andrew's a high-powered literary agent, but his relationship with his wife has not fared as well. When Beth is tragically killed just days before Christmas, an angel gives Andrew ...
Style: sincere, sentimental, touching, captivating
Plot: death of wife, angel, marriage, second chance, christmas, holiday, love and romance, husband wife relationship, winter, snow, xmas, time ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Christmas Spirit (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cynical youth whose mother is about to lose her job right before the holidays is visited by a magical Christmas spirit.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family life, youth, family relations, unemployment, parents and children, supernatural, friendship, miraculous event, dog, stupid kid, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Ebbie (1995)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In this updated retelling of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," ruthless business-woman and shopping store owner Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge is taught the true spirit of Christmas by three Spirits who visit her.
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, christmas carol, scrooge, xmas, switching roles, marketing, sister, death, ghost, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A little girl discovers dreams can come true if you really believe. 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 ...
Style: fairy tale, christmas classics, sentimental, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, christmas season, thanksgiving, court, lawyer, department store, children, courtroom, friendship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Angel in the Family (2004)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Sarah Bishop and her estranged sister Beth are reunited after their father Buddy suffers a mild stroke. Buddy, who's never accepted the loss of his wife Lorraine, wants only one thing-to return home for Christmas. With sweet memories of a life ...
Style: emotional, touching, sweet, sentimental, christmas classics
Plot: christmas, afterlife, love, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, miraculous event, snow, christmas season, death of wife, loss of loved one, widower, christmas eve ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
A Snow Globe Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: While clasping her favorite Christmas snow globe, a cynical, overworked TV executive rants about how the movies she produces lie, making you think dreams come can come true. Upset, she tries to smash the globe, but instead it bonks her on the head, ...
Style: sweet, light, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: christmas, santa claus, alternate reality, holiday, family problems, road not taken, love and romance, husband wife relationship, winter, adaptation, male female relationship, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on the reservation list. However, ...
Style: light, romantic, sentimental, touching, feel good
Plot: christmas, saving a life, christmas eve, rescue, love affair, kindness, angel, unlikely partners, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, happy ending, female protagonist ...
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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A Perfect Day (2006)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A family man is warned he has only forty days to live.
Style: emotional, captivating, sentimental, light, semi serious ...
Plot: self discovery, christmas, family relations, introspection, hopes, family life, family problems, writers, success, price of fame, ego, friendship ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
One Magic Christmas (1985)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.
Style: christmas classics, touching, emotional, sentimental, surprise ending ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas spirit, angel, coming of age, dysfunctional family, redemption, bittersweet, small town, christmas season, xmas ...
Time: year 1985
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52%
Christmas Story (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas ...
Style: touching, feel good, captivating, christmas classics, serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, orphan, village, apprentice, friendship, toys, young heroes, selflessness, winter, snow, holiday ...
Time: year 2007
Place: finland, europe
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52%
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Ms. Scrooge (1997)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by ...
Style: touching, captivating, thought provoking, sad
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, time travel, miser, scrooge, christmas carol, ghost, change of heart, boy, regret, xmas, urban setting, christmas spirit ...
Time: 90s
Place: rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
Style: touching, atmospheric, sentimental, christmas classics, christmas horror ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, scrooge, miser, holiday, christmas carol, ghost, charles dickens, happy ending, xmas, business, afterlife, christian ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, 1800s, 1840s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Northpole (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, captivating, humorous, serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, youth, parents and children, imaginary, north pole, save the day, single parent, escapades, winter, snow, christmas eve, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
November Christmas (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involved with strangers for the first time since his son's death long ago.
Style: emotional, sincere, serious, disturbing, sad ...
Plot: christmas, cancer, human spirit, parents and children, family gatherings, hopes, girl, holiday, youth, xmas, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Santa, Jr. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: While delivering toys, Santa's son (Nick Stabile) is arrested for trespassing. Dispirited, he turns for help to a public defender (Lauren Holly).
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: santa claus, christmas, family relations, disorder, love and romance, legal, family life, wish come true, hopes, christmas romance, holiday, xmas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Noel (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina ...
Style: touching, emotional, humorous, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: christmas, love and romance, parents and children, hopes, angel, couple relations, holiday, winter, new year, jealousy, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2004
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Pete's Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only one experiencing the day over and over, he decides to use his unique gift to give the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, christmas special ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, time loop, holiday, youth, christmas season, family relations, starting over, parents and children, hopes, teenager, time, time travel ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized ...
Style: christmas classics, emotional, touching, atmospheric, serious
Audience: adult
Plot: christmas, christmas carol, scrooge, ghost, christmas season, great depression, xmas, charles dickens, winter, redemption, holiday, righting the wronged ...
Time: 1930s
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Family Man (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
Style: feel good, touching, inspirational, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: christmas, midlife crisis, road not taken, destiny, parallel universe, life changing experience, alternate reality, lost love, fish out of water, lifestyle change, time travel, family relations ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s ...
Place: new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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46%
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