Movies like The Polar Express
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The Polar Express (2004)
270K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Style:
computer animated, fairy tale, feel good, motion capture, christmas classics, sentimental, christmas special, stylized, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, train, magic, winter, railway, dream, santa claus, christmas eve, snow, xmas, christmas time, good versus evil, life philosophy, boy, friendship, christmas spirit, new year, train engineer, child protagonist, train wreck, locomotive, northern lights, reindeer, christmas season ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
michigan
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Most similar movies to The Polar Express
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, christmas special and semi serious films with plots about christmas, holiday, christmas movie, family, santa claus, friendship and xmas mostly in Animation, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Polar Express: A Christmas Carol (2009), Shrek the Halls (2007), Klaus (2019), The Snowman (1982), Christmas Is Here Again (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 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:
feel good, christmas special, colorful, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, ghost, scrooge, redemption, christmas spirit, snow, christmas eve, regret, victorian england, greed, life changing experience ...
Time:
victorian era, future, year 2009, 1800s, 1830s ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, turkey, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
Story:
The Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this new holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to take a crash course ...
Style:
christmas special, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
holiday, shrek, christmas, friendship, fish out of water, escapades, family gatherings, family life, odd couple, xmas, christmas season, christmas eve ...
Time:
2000s
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:
100%
233K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Austria, Canada, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A postman is posted to a frozen town in the North - where he discovers Santa Claus is hiding out.
Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, thought provoking, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, friendship, children, postman, letter, re-education, kindness, christmas present, small town, love, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future, 19th century
Place:
fictional island, scandinavia, finland
Similarity:
62%
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Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes the boy on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
Style:
sweet, sad, christmas classics, heartbreaking, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
christmas, imaginary kingdom, holiday, northern lights, xmas, winter, snow, christmas spirit, cold, bittersweet, new year's eve, ice ...
Time:
year 1982, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
antarctic, england, brighton
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the world's children forget all about Christmas. Now, a wide-eyed orphan and her band of friends will embark on the polar adventure of a lifetime, as ...
Style:
exciting, feel good, stylized, humorous, christmas special ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, orphan, reindeer, best friend, goofy hero, imaginary, young heroes, escapades, optimism, animal life, heroic mission ...
Similarity:
100%
1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from ...
Style:
touching, computer animated, feel good, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, toys, childhood, rescue, toy comes to life, toy story, rivalry, wilhelm scream, birthday, loyalty, buddy, birthday present ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
usa, north america, ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 25 min.
Story:
When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Style:
christmas classics, feel good, humorous, semi serious, intellectual ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas season, cartoon mouse, talking mouse, santa claus, new year's eve, christmas wish, christmas spirit, xmas, small town, disorder ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
Story:
When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but is a frustrating struggle. ...
Style:
christmas special, christmas classics, sweet, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, peanuts, christmas season, snow, xmas, winter, dog, tree, christmas time, best friend, melancholy ...
Time:
year 1965, 60s
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, exciting, witty, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, preschool
Plot:
holiday, christmas, childhood, belief, good versus evil, friendship, fairy, protector, heroic mission, heroes, santa claus, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Place:
new york, st. petersburg russia
Similarity:
45%
113K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.
Style:
3d animation, light, touching, entertaining, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens, adult
Plot:
christmas, new year, happy ending, holiday, regret, dog, guard dog, mountain, christmas season, best friend, winter, optimism ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia, Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
A collection of Winnie the Pooh's memorable holiday adventures, as Winnie, Piglet, and Tigger set out to find the right ingredients for Winter, Rabbit learns how to manage a complicated Thanksgiving dinner, and everyone gets a special visit ...
Style:
christmas special, anthology, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
winnie the pooh, thanksgiving, christmas, friendship, tiger, holiday, rabbit, donkey, cartoon pig, cartoon rabbit, friends, disorder ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, entertaining, touching, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, christmas eve, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, race against time, escapades, xmas, magical, resentment, christmas season ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
tanzania, idaho, toronto ontario canada, cuba, mexico ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, France
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse and all his Disney pals star in an original movie about the importance of opening your heart to the true spirit of Christmas. Stubborn old Donald tries in vain to resist the joys of the season, and Mickey and Pluto learn a ...
Style:
light, 3d animation, anthology, computer animated, light hearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot:
holiday, mickey mouse, christmas, anthropomorphism, cartoon mouse, family relations, friendship, self discovery, friends, imaginary, uncle nephew relationship, christmas eve ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When the mysterious Toy Taker grabs all of Santa's toys, it looks like the children will miss out on Christmas. But everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, comes to the rescue with his lovable friends: Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius the ...
Style:
christmas special, feel good, humorous, stylized, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, reindeer, friends, disorder, obnoxious boss, misfit, imaginary, escapades, imaginary kingdom, partner, contests and competitions, friendship ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
297K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, fantasy world, secret place, heroine, imagination, doll, danger, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, michigan, usa, north america, texas
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France, Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents and decorations. The gang makes a list of what they want for Christmas and send it to Santa Claus - except that Pooh forgot to ask for something. So ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, christmas special, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
winnie the pooh, tiger, friendship, rabbit, christmas, kangaroo, goofy hero, mischievous children, escapades, young heroes, best friend, partner ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, surprise ending, independent film, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama, horror for children
Plot:
parallel universe, magic, book, imagination, dragon, fantasy world, librarian, rain, magic wand, child, pirate, island ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, sweet, light, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
escapades, toys, friendship, christmas, imaginary, getting home, danger, toy story, talking animal, halloween, dinosaur, heroes ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
A lovable calf named Annabelle born on Christmas Eve has a very special wish... to fly like one of Santa's reindeer. Based on the farm legend that Santa gives voices to the animals for one day each year, this tender tale of friendship and ...
Style:
christmas special, retro, sentimental, independent film
Audience:
kids
Plot:
christmas, winter, holiday, xmas, santa claus, new year's eve, reindeer, aunt, christmas wish, dream, grandparent grandchild relationship, bully ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, France, Ireland, Philippines
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Santa doesn't want to retire, but rules are rules and he must train someone to replace him. The lucky winner, to be chosen from among millions of children, must be named Nicholas, be an orphan and have a pure heart. On the other side of the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, anime ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschool
Plot:
christmas, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, orphan, young heroes, snow, xmas, hunting, workplace, imaginary, power relations, elderly ...
Similarity:
100%
72K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an ...
Style:
entertaining, sweet, 3d animation, computer animated, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
baby, talking bird, stork, anthropomorphic animal, transformation, neglected child, talking animal, good versus evil, animal, father, son, human ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, new york, japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Mary Class is a highly successful business executive - who just happens to be the daughter of Santa Claus. But when her father falls ill, Mary returns to the North Pole and the life she left behind to take over for her dad and implement her ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, holiday, homecoming, estrangement, disorder, family life, parents and children, family business, xmas, father daughter relationship, legacy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style:
sweet, colorful, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
friendship, pig, rescue, farm, children, friends who live together, misunderstanding, animal human communication, compassion, spider, rat, cat ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, new england, maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a small baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grew up, he wanted to deliver toys to the ...
Style:
christmas classics, feel good, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, santa claus, mischievous children, stop motion, family relations, escapades, danger, good versus evil, imaginary, rescue, friendship ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
This Christmas movie a young magic-less elf named Bob, who finds himself on a wild sleigh ride after being ambushed by the evil puffin Fishface. Stranded in the middle of a magical forest, it's up to him and the friends he makes along the way ...
Style:
christmas special, semi serious, captivating, feel good, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, friendship, magic, holiday, new year's eve, elf, snow, winter, christmas spirit, christmas season, xmas ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 25 min.
Story:
A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in ...
Style:
christmas classics, sweet, christmas special, crying, anime ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, snowman, xmas, magic, friendship, christmas season, snow, good versus evil, winter, school, traffic cop ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
antarctic
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 51 min.
Story:
Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. ...
Style:
christmas classics, claymation, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, stop motion, xmas, christmas season, winter, mischievous children, christmas spirit, sneeze, father son relationship, cat, boy ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story:
When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his ...
Style:
3d animation, feel good, not serious, humorous, christmas special ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, iceberg, father daughter relationship, north pole, holiday, partner, spoiled brat, escapades, save the day, silly humor, friendship, disorder ...
Time:
prehistory, 2010s, prehistoric times
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Follows Marzipan, a young elfling, and her mother Cinnameg, as Marzipan must believe in the magic of the season and goes on an adventure to rediscover the enchanted snow deer named Glisten and save Christmas.
Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, magic, reindeer, saving christmas, holiday, winter, children, magical creature, magical girl, magical, fairy, christmas season ...
Similarity:
25%
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