Movies like How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
331K
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 creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos, whom he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriending the Grinch.
Style:
fairy tale, funny, sweet, stylized, humorous, christmas classics, entertaining, semi serious, light, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
christmas, redemption, xmas, imaginary kingdom, dog, village, burglary, santa claus, little girl, fantasy world, surrealism, christmas time, new year, bully, girl, flashback, greed, transformation, materialism, christmas season, rescue, winter, social misfits, disorder, holiday ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 2000s
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Most similar movies to How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining and sweet films with plots about family, children, dialogue, runaway, catastrophe, childhood and mentor mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Christmas with the Kranks (2004), Elf (2003), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Miracle on 34th Street (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, stylized, offbeat, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, children, fantasy world, chocolate, contests and competitions, imaginary, magic, social differences, child protagonist, imagination, poverty, food ...
Time:
year 2005, 1920s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
bavaria, new delhi, japan, europe, georgia ...
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:
100%
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 ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, christmas special, funny, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, father son relationship, santa claus, north pole, christmas season, christmas eve, christmas time, corporate world, raccoon, man child ...
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%
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, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Conrad and Sally Walden are home alone with their pet fish. It is raining outside, and there is nothing to do. Until The Cat in the Hat walks in the front door. He introduces them to their imagination, and at first it's all fun and games, until ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
goofy hero, getting home, cat, youth, friendship, imaginary kingdom, disorder, talking cat, impersonating a police officer, child, rescue, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2003
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Style:
visually appealing, fairy tale, costume drama, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, teens, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, children, meaning of life, rise to the top, christmas time, grandfather granddaughter relationship, fight for justice, inventions and discoveries, magic, friends in love, lie ...
Time:
victorian era, 2020s, 19th century
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:
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, 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: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, dark comedy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, orphan, death in the family, child in peril, danger, dishonesty, steampunk, child, boy, siblings relations, destiny, nobility ...
Time:
year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, War
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green, who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own ...
Style:
entertaining, fairy tale, sweet, scenic, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
magic, children, nanny, countryside, mischievous children, kids and family, fantasy world, destiny, witch, objects come to life, world war two, farm ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
england, europe, london
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, 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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Placed in a foster home that doesn't allow pets, 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, turn an abandoned hotel into a home for their dog. Soon other strays arrive, and the hotel becomes a haven for every orphaned canine in town. But ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, light, romantic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, orphan, mischievous children, siblings relations, husky dog, young heroes, pets, animal, hotel, pitbull, friends, happy ending ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, antarctica
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, halloween, stop motion, imaginary, music, goth, objects come to life, fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, love, loneliness ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
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, celebration, rescue, childhood, new year ...
Place:
paris france, 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%
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:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, touching, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
witch, magic, childhood, nanny, mentor, family values, children, mischievous children, single father, widower, prank, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2006, edwardian era, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
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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:
67%
100K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, slapstick comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mad scientist, inventor, experiment gone awry, robot, father son relationship, technology, university, goofy hero, inventions and discoveries, nothing goes right, fall in love, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious ticktock noise. When Lewis accidentally awakens the dead, the town's sleepy facade magically springs to life with a secret world of witches and ...
Style:
spooky, entertaining, humorous, fairy tale, gothic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, horror for children, adult
Plot:
halloween, magic, haunted house, witch, witchcraft, spell, magician, child, illusionist, medieval, paranormal, book of magic ...
Time:
1950s, year 1955, 50s
Place:
michigan, germany
Similarity:
100%
193K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, sweet, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, children, elementary school, supernatural ability, school, parents and children, mischievous children, teachers and students, disorder, childhood, child prodigy, adoption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america
Similarity:
63%
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:
100%
Movie in collections
465K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask containing the spirit of the Norse god Loki, his entire life changes. While wearing the mask, Ipkiss becomes a supernatural playboy exuding charm and confidence which allows him to catch ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, hilarious, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
superhero, villain, alter ego, gangster, superhuman powers, transformation, double life, magic, split personality, dog, supernatural power, nightclub ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia, France, Pakistan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.
Style:
humorous, light, slapstick, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
baby, villain, mischievous children, museum, party, transformation, cartoonist, rivalry, superhero, pet dog, showdown, split personality ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
pakistan, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas ...
Style:
christmas special, colorful, atmospheric, christmas classics, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, dog, obsession, christmas eve, change of heart, fish out of water, imaginary, social misfits, xmas, christmas season ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Similarity:
16%
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:
16%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a ...
Style:
feel good, funny, fairy tale, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
wish come true, imaginary kingdom, miraculous event, life turned upside down, nothing goes right, imaginary, imagination, medieval, children, escapades, disorder, swimming pool ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 20th century, year 1974, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, las vegas
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, exciting, feel good, predictable ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
objects come to life, chase, dinosaur, magic, medieval, curses spells and rituals, museum, goofy hero, magical, monkey, kids and family, escapades ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, north america, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Style:
light, entertaining, humorous, cute, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
obsessive quest, fantasy world, night watchman, magic, museum, curses spells and rituals, culture clash, ancient egypt, volcano, archaeologist, transformation, kids and family ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1938, 20th century, 2010s, stone age ...
Place:
london, pompeii, england, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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