Movies like Santa Claus

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Santa Claus (1985)
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Santa Claus (1985)
Original name: Santa Claus: The Movie
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 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, holiday, santa claus, christmas season, xmas, christmas spirit, magic, snow, immortality, saving christmas, new year, magical, twin towers, love affair, holiday horror, folklore, rescue, north pole, reindeer, village, heroes, village life, escapades, danger, disorder ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: new york, usa
Keyword: candy, stable, wizards

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Most similar movies to Santa Claus

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and touching films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, santa claus, holiday, disorder, xmas and family relations mostly in Family, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like Santa Claus: The Santa Clause (1994), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), Santa Buddies (2009), The Search for Santa Paws (2010), The Santa Clause 2 (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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%
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%
Santa Buddies (2009)
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, fairy tale, sweet, light, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: dog, christmas, santa claus, holiday, owner dog relationship, pets, save the day, hopes, happy ending, christmas present, xmas, stupid kid ...
Time: 2000s, 21st 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 ⇓
35%
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The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
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: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, 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: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
31%
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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 ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, light, melancholic, christmas classics ...
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 ...
Time: future, year 2007, year 1993, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: chicago, nova scotia, london, paris france, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Prancer Returns (2001)
Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
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, youth, mischievous children, reindeer, young heroes, child as adult, mistaken identity, fish out of water, disorder, danger, orphan ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008)
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: christmas, holiday, family relations, uninhibited rivalry, save the day, escapades, danger, supportive spouse, good versus evil, rivalry, disorder, santa claus ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, France
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, feel good, touching, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, puppet, friendship, youth, escapades, imaginary, mischievous children, heroes, innocence lost, danger, friends ...
Time: year 1996
Place: italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
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, grindhouse ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: native american, friendship, toys, coming of age, toy comes to life, magic, boy, child protagonist, toy soldier, cowboy, childhood, escapades ...
Time: 90s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Christmas Story (2007)
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: touching, feel good, 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 ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
28%
The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
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, oil, youth, new year, brother brother relationship, arctic, father son relationship, north pole, santa claus, saving christmas ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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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 ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
50%
Jingle All the Way (1996)
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, slapstick, christmas classics, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot: christmas, father son relationship, holiday, santa claus, chase, toys, postman, shopping, superhero, christmas party, motorcycle, neighbor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 2016
Place: minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (2010)
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, light, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, memory loss, save the day, family relations, parents and children, family life, xmas, wish come true, saving christmas, youth, amnesia ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 ⇓
28%
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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%
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
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: touching, humorous, feel good, semi serious, light ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, preschool
Plot: dog, santa claus, christmas, pets, family relations, disorder, stowaway, animal life, friends, youth, family gatherings, christmas spirit ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, happy, inspirational
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: holiday, christmas, snow, boy, destiny, santa claus, child, search for father, never give up, xmas, direction and purpose, adventure hero ...
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Prancer (1989)
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, entertaining, sad, mysterious ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, holiday, small town, single father, reindeer, santa claus, farm, father daughter relationship, snow, widower, animal, xmas ...
Time: year 1989
Place: michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
27%
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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 ⇓
27%
Santa's Boot Camp (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When kids become so bratty and self-centered that Santa's elves go on strike, Santa, in desperation, must bring six unscrupulous youths to his boot camp to help save Christmas.
Style: entertaining, captivating, funny, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, spoiled brat, elf, santa claus, children, teenage boy, theft, adventure hero, teenager, xmas, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Nutcracker (1993)
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: feel good, semi serious, stylized, humorous, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ballet, christmas, danger, rescue, young heroes, family relations, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, escapades, disorder, holiday, youth ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
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: humorous, feel good, semi serious, christmas horror, psychotronic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, martian, alien invasion, robot, mars, kidnapping, santa claus, children, alien encounter, space travel, spaceship, brother sister relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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 ⇓
26%
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