Movies like Santa Claus: The Movie
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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
17K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Netherlands, 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 Patch, the head elf, strikes out on his own and falls in with an evil toy manufacturer who wants to corner the market and eliminate Santa Claus.
Style:
christmas classics, sweet, slasher, mysterious, exciting, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, xmas, holiday horror, christmas spirit, magic, snow, immortality, storytelling, saving christmas, north pole, reindeer, new year, love affair, folklore, rescue, elf, heroes, village life, escapades, danger, disorder, child as adult ...
Time:
year 1985, 18th century, 80s, 19th century, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to Santa Claus: The Movie
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about family, christmas, christmas movie, santa claus, holiday, disorder and christmas eve mostly in Family, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like Santa Claus: The Movie: The Santa Clause (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), The Search for Santa Paws (2010), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), Jingle All the Way (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
75%
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, 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, 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%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son's karate exposition, his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, slapstick, melancholic, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, father son relationship, holiday, christmas time, chase, santa claus, postman, shopping, toys, motorcycle, neighbor, xmas ...
Time:
90s, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, canada
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: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In this magical story, a scientist sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, touching, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
christmas, desire, santa claus, magic, against the odds, obsessive quest, north pole, reindeer, optimism, legends and myths, christmas eve, holiday ...
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:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blasting at the second site will destroy his home. He enlists the aid of a woman and her ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, xmas, north pole, santa claus, oil, arctic, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, saving christmas, elf, new year ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Based on the 60's-era cartoon of the same name. Royal Canadian Mountie Dudley Do-right is busy keeping the peace in his small mountain town when his old rival, Snidely Whiplash, comes up with a plot to buy all the property in town, then start a ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, intense, light, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
gold rush, u.s. canadian border, stereotypes, mountie, cons and scams, village life, escapades, goofy hero, gold, destiny, crisis of conscience, motorcycle ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
canada, seattle, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Style:
touching, clever, light, epic, weeping ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, toys, toy comes to life, magic, childhood, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, native american, parallel world, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 18th century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you ...
Style:
fairy tale, touching, feel good, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, puppet, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, wish come true, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger ...
Time:
year 1996, 18th century
Place:
italy, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This holiday-themed children's film offers a unique take on the legend of Santa Claus and his tiny reindeer. In this movie, a young boy finds a deer in the forest he is sure is Santa's beloved Prancer. Determined to return the creature to ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, reindeer, youth, mischievous children, mistaken identity, fish out of water, child as adult, young heroes, family life, parents and children, disorder ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents, he needs help! But the Fox family are a modern and broken family. Can they help him? The ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, sincere, funny, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, memory loss, save the day, family relations, parents and children, family life, xmas, wish come true, christmas eve, saving christmas, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
wisconsin
Similarity:
34%
2K
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, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, holiday, fish out of water, fall in love, escapades, daring rescue, race against time, dishonesty, love and romance, hidden identity, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An all-new Disney holiday classic is born - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups. Starring a brand-new litter of the cutest talking pups ever - Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble - it's perfect for the whole family. When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot:
dog, santa claus, christmas, pets, family relations, youth, animal life, friends, family gatherings, disorder, stowaway, christmas spirit ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's three days before Christmas, and Nick Snowden forgets about spending early Christmas with his wife, Sandy due to pressure at work. After a fight, Nick walks through a magical mirror and ends up with amnesia. Now it's up to Sandy to ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas eve, family relations, disorder, save the day, good versus evil, supportive spouse, rivalry, escapades, danger, uninhibited rivalry, santa claus ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
866
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:
feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, save the day, supernatural ability, supernatural, escapades, imaginary, danger, miraculous event, wish come true, magic, xmas, superhero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
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:
34%
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, sentimental, emotional, touching, surprise ending ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, angel, coming of age, small town, dysfunctional family, redemption, bittersweet, christmas spirit, xmas, christmas time ...
Time:
year 1985, 80s
Similarity:
34%
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:
33%
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:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 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, melancholic, surreal, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, violence, lone hero, unlikely friendships, family relations, save the day, prank, mischievous children, partner, nothing goes right, goofy hero ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1988
Place:
orlando florida
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas ...
Style:
feel good, touching, captivating, christmas classics, serious
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, orphan, village, apprentice, friendship, toys, young heroes, selflessness, winter, snow, holiday ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
finland, europe
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in time to save Christmas.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, exciting
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, dog, holiday, best friend, escapades, partner, odd couple, rescue, chases and races, unlikely partners, misfit partners, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, stylized, humorous, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ballet, christmas, rescue, young heroes, danger, family relations, imaginary kingdom, curses spells and rituals, escapades, disorder, holiday, youth ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993
Similarity:
32%
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:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Martians, upset that their children have become obsessed with TV shows from Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, start an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa. While on Earth, they kidnap two lively children that lead the ...
Style:
christmas horror, humorous, feel good, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, martian, robot, mars, santa claus, spaceship, brother sister relationship, hostage, kidnapping, children, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
32%
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, christmas classics, crying, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, reindeer, single father, small town, holiday, farm, father daughter relationship, widower, girl, little girl, animal ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
michigan
Similarity:
32%
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