Movies like Elf
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Elf (2003)
345K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.
Style:
feel good, humorous, christmas special, funny, light, hilarious, entertaining, christmas classics, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, father son relationship, santa claus, north pole, christmas season, christmas eve, christmas time, corporate world, raccoon, man child, winter, food, tickling, christmas elf, elf, parenthood, orphan, fish out of water, new year, sarcasm, xmas, coffee, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, south pole, canada, seattle
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Most similar movies to Elf
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, light and entertaining films with plots about christmas, family, holiday, christmas movie, christmas season, christmas time and family relations mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Elf: Noelle (2019), Fred Claus (2007), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
31K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, fairy tale, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, elf, new year, holiday, family business, fish out of water, christmas time, disorder, north pole, buddies, santa claus ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, melancholic, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, santa claus, snow, toys, husky dog, christmas time, happy ending, sibling relationship, imaginary, bodyguard, xmas ...
Time:
year 1993, future, year 2007, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
chicago, nova scotia, sydney australia, london, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty ...
Style:
fairy tale, funny, sweet, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, redemption, xmas, imaginary kingdom, dog, village, burglary, santa claus, little girl, fantasy world, surrealism, christmas time ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a ...
Style:
feel good, christmas special, humorous, christmas classics, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas eve, reindeer, deception, christmas time, nothing goes right, christmas season, winter, cupid, time travel ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, year 1994, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, reindeer, christmas eve, christmas time, winter, christmas season, xmas, prank, christmas party, children ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, cute ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, winter, childhood, vacation, child, airport, young heroes, christmas time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, miami, chicago ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Drew Latham is an executive leading an empty, shallow life with only wealth on his side. Facing another lonely Christmas ahead, he revisit his old childhood home in the hope of reliving some old holiday memories – but he finds that the house in ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, absurd, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas time, dysfunctional family, suburbs, christmas season, loneliness, new year, farce, xmas, looking for love, eccentric family ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
illinois, chicago
Similarity:
100%
128K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, Claire Phillips ...
Style:
parody, light, humorous, christmas horror, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
christmas, ghost, christmas eve, greed, holiday, supernatural, santa claus, xmas, happy ending, redemption, new year, christmas carol ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, future, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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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, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, court, lawyer, department store, thanksgiving, judge, mother daughter relationship, friendship, single mother, girl ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Puppy Paws (the fun-loving son of Santa Paws) gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts to melt however, and ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, light, fairy tale, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
dog, christmas, santa claus, hopes, holiday, owner dog relationship, happy ending, pets, save the day, christmas present, xmas, christmas spirit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, road not taken, midlife crisis, alternate reality, lost love, life changing experience, lifestyle change, fish out of water, parallel universe, destiny, time travel, family man ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, year 1987, 2000s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
Style:
light, funny, saga, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, holiday, father son relationship, children, father and son, ex husband ex wife relationship, husband wife relationship, awkward situation, father son conflict, relationships, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Luther Krank is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas; he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.
Style:
feel good, satirical, humorous, christmas classics, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, christmas party, christmas time, suburban life, neighbor, cancer, farce, husband wife relationship, police, vacation, neighborhood ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
latin america, chicago, peru, usa, canada
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, sentimental, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, christmas spirit, reindeer, holiday, firefighter, children, new year, christmas eve, loss of father, winter, snow ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, mexico city, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, christmas classics, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, childhood, father son relationship, christmas eve, christmas time, child custody, saving christmas, thanksgiving, toys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america
Similarity:
67%
737K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ...
Style:
funny, light, humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, home alone, mischievous children, child, children, youth, home invasion, child protagonist, kids and family, childhood, when the parents are away ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1990, year 2016, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, north america, usa, france ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
Style:
christmas special, sad, christmas classics, tear jerker, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, snowman, redemption, holiday, magic, boy, winter, christmas season, loss of father, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, loss of husband ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, antarctic
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper, a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six “adorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
penguins, bird, pets, children, kids and family, animal, animal life, family relations, animal training, parents and children, beautiful scenery, silly humor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 80s, 70s, year 1976 ...
Place:
new york, madagascar, usa, manhattan new york city, antarctica ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, christmas special, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, christmas season, parents and children, vacation, dysfunctional family, rottweiler, christmas eve, family gatherings, squirrel, creativity ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl turns to a department store Santa in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother.
Style:
sweet, feel good, humorous, light, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, children, happy ending, couple relations, single parent, holiday, writers, african american, christmas party, christmas spirit, farce ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
155K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a deadly earthquake destroys his home in Peruvian rainforest, a young bear makes his way to England in search of a new home. The bear, dubbed "Paddington" for the london train station, finds shelter with the family of Henry and Mary ...
Style:
touching, feel good, sweet, colorful, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
kids and family, bear, children, animal, talking animal, adoption, anthropomorphic animal, goofy hero, childhood, animal life, furry, heartwarming ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, united kingdom, england, europe, peru
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Santa Claus develops amnesia after accidentally falling out of his sleigh and only the innocence of a small child can save him. Meanwhile, Santa has to battle the disbelief of a newsman.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, fairy tale, detective
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, holiday, young heroes, save the day, friendship, family life, memory loss, family relations, disorder, winter, amnesia ...
Similarity:
100%
289K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—did just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. But a trip to see Granny Wendy in London, where the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, inspirational, stylized, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, pre-teens, kids, family outing, adult ...
Plot:
childhood, pirate, magic, kidnapping, children, fairy, father son relationship, peter pan, good versus evil, rescue, destiny, fantasy world ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, california, new york, san francisco, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
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409K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, offbeat, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
jungle, fantasy world, childhood, magic, board game, time travel, getting home, children, parallel world, danger, friendship, supernatural ...
Time:
20th century, 19th century, 90s, year 1969, 1860s ...
Place:
new hampshire, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the tradition of disney's classic holiday tales comes a heartwarming movie about the power of giving and the true meaning of christmas. Discover how the legendary friendship of Santa Claus and Santa Paws began in the inspiring original film, ...
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good, christmas classics
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
dog, santa claus, christmas, pets, friendship, youth, animal life, orphan, save the day, young heroes, disorder, memory loss ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
If She's Going To Save Christmas, She's Got Some Big Shoes To Fill.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, nothing goes right, haunted by the past, fish out of water, ghost, misfit, redemption, disorder, goofy hero, family life, destiny ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, feel good, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas time, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family bonds, new year, nothing goes right, in-laws, family drama, brothers, marriage ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, parents and children, neighbor, feud, small town, suburbs, christmas time, couple relations, dark humor, neighbor neighbor relationship, xmas ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
europe, england, massachusetts, latin america
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed..
Style:
feel good, humorous, melancholic, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
love triangle, teenage girl, chase, youth, school, mischievous children, voice over narration, girl, small town, brother sister relationship, swimming pool, high school ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s
Place:
new york, antarctic, new york state, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without ...
Style:
teen, light, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, date night, family outing ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, youth, comedy of errors, on the road, disorder, getting home, nothing goes right, teenage life, fish out of water, friendship, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, new york, usa, nebraska, iowa ...
Similarity:
100%
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