Movies like Fred Claus
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Fred Claus (2007)
45K
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, semi serious, ridiculous, exciting, scary, fairy tale, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, family relations, toys, snow, sibling relationship, husky dog, happy ending, north pole, bodyguard, farce, redemption, chase, dysfunctional family, catastrophe, twists and turns, children, artist, winter, god, writers, weapons, justice, lone hero ...
Time:
future, year 1993, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century, contemporary ...
Place:
paris france, london, chicago illinois, 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 humorous, feel good, light and sweet films with plots about mentor, fantasy world, children, dialogue, first contact, destiny and natural disaster 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), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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285K
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:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, preschoolers, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, father son relationship, holiday, christmas spirit, santa claus, winter, north pole, goofy hero, elf, christmas eve, toys, adoption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, canada, empire state building manhattan new york city, usa, south pole ...
⇓ 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:
feel good, humorous, light, semi serious, intense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
christmas, college, holiday, desert, youth, comedy of errors, race against time, disney, on the road, disorder, getting home, nothing goes right ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, california, usa, nebraska, iowa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, touching, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, magic, reindeer, disney, prank, christmas party, children, mistaken identity, chaos, disorder ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
⇓ 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, touching, sentimental, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, disney, childhood, toys, child custody, magic, father son relationship, kids and family, toy maker, christmas eve ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago illinois, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, feel good, sweet, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, imaginary kingdom, dog, villain turns good, magic, surrealism, silly humor, farce, holiday, thief, loneliness ...
Time:
2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, humorous, sweet, semi serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, reindeer, disney, christmas eve, deception, disorder, nothing goes right, hidden identity, family life, children ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, he is sentenced to a stint for one week as a bona fide, tutu-clad, real-life tooth fairy. ...
Style:
light, humorous, funny, surreal, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
curses spells and rituals, fairy, ice hockey, transformation, dreams, fish out of water, teenager, fantasy world, supernatural, magic, shrinking, love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
touching, fairy tale, feel good, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, court, lawyer, thanksgiving, department store, children, friendship, lawyer client relationship, christmas eve, intergenerational friendship ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, intense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, magic, violence, unlikely friendships, family relations, prank, save the day, mischievous children, nothing goes right, partners, goofy hero ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1988
Place:
orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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:
feel good, sweet, humorous, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, children, farce, single parent, happy ending, couple relations, writers, african american, christmas party, breakup, brother brother relationship ...
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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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:
sad, fairy tale, humorous, feel good, sexy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, snowman, holiday, magic, winter, childhood, reincarnation, loss of father, father son relationship, boy, husband wife relationship, loss of husband ...
Place:
colorado, denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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, light ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, christmas party, suburban life, neighbor, farce, husband wife relationship, disorder, nothing goes right, family gatherings, neighborhood, santa claus ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
chicago illinois, latin america, canada, peru, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
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:
sweet, feel good, humorous, sexy, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, toys, immortality, magic, indians, nostalgia, farce, justice, beautiful scenery, island ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee -- the unsuspecting, blithesome James -- his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
Style:
humorous, scary, melancholic, unusual plot structure, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dog, christmas, animals, children, holiday, pets, puppy, love, talking animals, happy ending, natural disaster, chase ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
london, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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:
funny, entertaining, feel good, humorous, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
penguins, animals, children, pets, bird, animal life, family relations, animal training, parents and children, kids and family, beautiful scenery, silly humor ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1981, year 1980, year 1976 ...
Place:
antarctica, new york, canada, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The tale of a workaholic dad-turned-dog who finds that being man's best friend shows him the most important job - being a great dad.
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, semi serious, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
dog, disney, transformation, experiment gone awry, pets, animals, divorce, human becoming an animal, parents and children, disorder, parent child relationship, family life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, neighbor, rivalry, feud, small town, parents and children, unlikely friendships, suburbs, couple relations, social relations, dark humor ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
latin america, england, europe, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
7K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary friend, childhood, magic, friendship, youth, bittersweet, imagination, circus, lone hero, life philosophy, vengeance, life & death ...
Place:
new jersey, las vegas, atlantic city new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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43K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no dog. ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, indifference, disney, youth, childhood, unfulfillment, bullying, supernatural, happy ending, redemption, cynic, father son estrangement ...
Time:
future, 60s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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:
sentimental, feel good, touching, emotional, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, disney, coming of age, dysfunctional family, redemption, bittersweet, small town, magic, death, children ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Michael Chapman was once a child TV star. But when he grew up, he couldn't get work. So he and his brother, Ed start their own talent agency that specializes in child acts. They can't seem to find the next big thing and they have to deal ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, clever, intense, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
childhood, youth, precocious child, talent agent, christmas, alter ego, happy ending, bullying, culture clash, brutality, kids and family, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s, future, 90s
Place:
new jersey, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a whole new world of fun and games ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
monster, brother brother relationship, friendship, coming of age, young heroes, halloween, mischievous children, supernatural ability, best friends, wish come true, fish out of water, child as adult ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to keep his change a secret and find just what is causing it, all the while eluding the local dog ...
Style:
humorous, touching, unusual plot structure, sweet, light ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dog, disney, animals, lawyer, animal life, farce, transformation, district attorney, vengeance, talking animals, stereotypes, childhood ...
Time:
70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead ...
Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
bigfoot, wildlife, sasquatch, happy ending, fish out of water, brothers, police investigation, mentor, kindness, parents and children, friendship, suburbs ...
Time:
80s
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, north america, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, humorous, funny, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, good versus evil, fairy godmother, magic wand, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural, mischievous children, parents and children, brother sister relationship, villainess ...
Place:
nebraska, new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to ...
Style:
sweet, humorous, light, feel good, motivational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, miraculous event, objects come to life, friendship, coming of age, accountant, prodigy, mysterious character, faith, curses spells and rituals, fish out of water, wizards and magicians ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, children, holiday, christmas eve, gift, magic, christmas party, snow, celebration, rescue, childhood ...
Place:
paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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, feel good, emotional, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, small town, holiday, reindeer, single father, snow, father daughter relationship, santa claus, widower, farm, animals, girl ...
Place:
michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Motivational Speaker Jack Corcoran is determined to get his career off the ground, but the biggest gigs he can get are the ones nobody wants. Then one day, he receives a telegram that his circus clown father has passed away, and has left a ...
Style:
feel good, light, touching, funny, road movie ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
animals, friendship, rescue, on the road, nothing goes right, goofy hero, fish out of water, inheritance, hitchhiker, elephant, runaway, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on earth. Max accepts, and returns to earth, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, scary ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
disney, deal with the devil, redemption, devil, children, destiny, god, happy ending, adaptation, murder, natural disaster, police investigation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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