Movies like Fred Claus

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Fred Claus (2007)
 5.7
 48K
Fred Claus (2007)
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 shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.
Style: sentimental, humorous, light, melancholic, christmas classics, semi serious, slapstick, exciting, fairy tale, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: holiday, christmas, santa claus, snow, toys, sibling relationship, husky dog, imaginary, happy ending, family relations, xmas, north pole, bodyguard, saving christmas, new year, christmas spirit, redemption, winter, christmas season, chase, dysfunctional family, new year's eve, magical, rapper, happiness ...
Time: future, year 2007, year 1993, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century ...
Place: chicago, nova scotia, paris france, london, sydney australia, illinois, tower bridge london

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Most similar movies to Fred Claus

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and light films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, santa claus, xmas, family relations and christmas season mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Fred Claus: Elf (2003), I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), The Santa Clause (1994), Noelle (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Elf (2003)
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 ...
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, christmas special, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, father son relationship, santa claus, north pole, christmas season, corporate world, adoption, snow, winter, elf ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, south pole, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
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: light, humorous, feel good, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, date night, family outing
Plot: christmas, college, holiday, desert, youth, comedy of errors, on the road, disorder, friendship, nothing goes right, getting home, teenage life ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, california, usa, nebraska, iowa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
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: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: santa claus, christmas, holiday, reindeer, christmas season, xmas, prank, christmas party, christmas eve, children, winter, mistaken identity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Santa Clause (1994)
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, touching, christmas classics, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, adult
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, childhood, christmas season, father son relationship, toys, divorce, child custody, thanksgiving, xmas, snow ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 27K
Noelle (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
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, fairy tale, feel good, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: kids, chick flick
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, elf, holiday, fish out of water, family business, new year, disorder, north pole, buddies, santa claus, magic ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
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, stylized, humorous, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: christmas, santa claus, imaginary kingdom, dog, village, surrealism, holiday, silly humor, snow, xmas, transformation, loneliness ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 34K
Toys (1992)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.
Style: stylized, melancholic, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: toys, good versus evil, inheritance, childhood, family relations, anti war, sibling relationship, rivalry, parents and children, family life, innocence lost, business ...
Time: year 1992, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 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
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, reindeer, christmas eve, christmas season, xmas, time travel, north pole, hidden identity, nothing goes right, disorder ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 5K
Get Santa (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A father and son who must team up to save Christmas, once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, christmas comedy
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: santa claus, christmas, reindeer, youth, save the day, young heroes, rescue, family relations, escapades, parents and children, chases and races, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
Place: yorkshire, england, london, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
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: light, atmospheric, sincere, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, santa claus, reindeer, holiday, firefighter, children, loss of father, new year, winter, snow, xmas ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2009, 90s, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, chicago, mexico city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a ...
Style: light, humorous, surreal, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, unlikely friendships, violence, family relations, prank, mischievous children, save the day, partner, nothing goes right, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: future, year 1988, 80s
Place: orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Christmas & Co. (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must ...
Style: light, semi serious, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, children, gift, christmas eve, magic, christmas party, childhood, snow, rescue, celebration ...
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 41K
Jack Frost (1998)
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
Plot: christmas, snowman, holiday, winter, magic, snow, boy, childhood, christmas season, xmas, reincarnation, loss of father ...
Time: 90s
Place: colorado, antarctic, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: After Timmy Turner causes Santa amnesia he must become the new Santa in order to save Christmas.
Style: christmas special, feel good, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, holiday, wish come true, imaginary, friends, disorder, save the day, christmas season, youth, list, north pole, penguins ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
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, humorous, funny, satirical, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: holiday, christmas, christmas party, suburban life, neighbor, farce, cancer, husband wife relationship, xmas, disorder, family gatherings, nothing goes right ...
Time: 2000s
Place: chicago, latin america, peru, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Call Me Claus (2001)
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: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, santa claus, haunted by the past, fish out of water, nothing goes right, redemption, ghost, disorder, misfit, goofy hero, family life, destiny ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.4
 2K
Snow (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in San Ernesto, California with only three days before Christmas, Nick Snowden needs to rescue a young reindeer from a zoo.
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, fish out of water, escapades, daring rescue, fall in love, hidden identity, love and romance, dishonesty, race against time, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 3.4
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Elf-Man (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, save the day, supernatural ability, supernatural, imaginary, escapades, danger, wish come true, miraculous event, magic, xmas, superhero ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.2
 16K
Santa Claus (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the old man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which ...
Style: christmas classics, slasher, mysterious, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, christmas season, xmas, christmas spirit, saving christmas, snow, magic, immortality, folklore, new year ...
Time: year 1985
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Perfect Holiday (2007)
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
Plot: christmas, santa claus, children, single parent, happy ending, couple relations, holiday, writers, african american, christmas party, brother brother relationship, farce ...
Time: year 2007
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Meet The Santas (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Because she is marrying the man who assumed the mantle of Santa Claus last December 26, Beth's postponed wedding has to be rescheduled for Xmas eve. Overwhelmed by selling the house she and her son share and the prospect of the duties of Mrs. ...
Style: fairy tale, sentimental, light, feel good, sincere
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, family relations, parents and children, kids and family, couple relations, love and romance, christmas eve, fight, magic, self discovery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Thoroughly disgruntled, Santa (Goodman) opts to take a year off from delivering presents, until a young man helps him rediscover the meaning of the holidays.
Style: sweet, feel good, fairy tale, light, christmas special
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, xmas, workaholic, kids and family, culture clash, life philosophy, vacation, christmas present, self discovery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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The Claus Family (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When his grandfather suddenly falls ill, holiday-hating Jules learns of his family's magical legacy and realizes he's the only hope to save Christmas.
Style: feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, toys, grandfather, kindness, magic, christmas season, new job, xmas, family relations, exploration ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neighborhood bully, he does his best to try and give Mr. Wilson the Christmas Spirit. Dennis causes his ...
Style: feel good, light, sincere, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: holiday, christmas, mischievous children, santa claus, miraculous event, family relations, friends, youth, precocious child, xmas, christmas season, destiny ...
Time: 2000s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
A Carol Christmas (2003)
Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Carol Christmas follows the basic plot of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, but the story has been modernized. The traditional "Scrooge" character is a talk show host named Carol.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas carol, family relations, disorder, starting over, road not taken, hollywood, friends, hopes, talk show host, female protagonist ...
Time: 2000s
Place: beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.0
 33K
Deck the Halls (2006)
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, funny, humorous, light, christmas classics ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, neighbor, feud, small town, parents and children, unlikely friendships, suburbs, xmas, rivalry, couple relations, social relations ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: europe, england, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
'Twas the Night (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining, naughty
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, family relations, disorder, dishonesty, on the run, cons and scams, mischievous children, imaginary, christmas eve, uncle nephew relationship, youth, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
A Mom for Christmas (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story revolves around 11-year-old Jessica (Juliet Sorcey), whose mother died when she was three years old. Her father Jim (Doug Sheehan) is a workaholic with little time for his daughter. Just before the Christmas holiday season, Jessica wins a ...
Style: romantic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, family relations, single parent, miraculous event, parents and children, youth, winter, imaginary, shoplifter, father daughter relationship, mannequin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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