Movies like Single Bells
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Single Bells (1997)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kati, successful advertising manager, dreams of a family with Jonas, who has been her boyfriend since eight years. As he doesn't like the plan at all, they start an argument. Kati finally decides to go to her sister Luise on Christmas instead of flying to Mauritius with Jonas. This turns out to be a bad idea because she isn't the only guest Luise's family has to bear... Kati, successful advertising manager, dreams of a family with Jonas, who has been her boyfriend since eight years. As he doesn't like the plan at all, they start an argument. Kati finally decides to go to her sister Luise on Christmas instead of flying to Mauritius with Jonas. This turns out to be a bad idea because she isn't the only guest Luise's family has to bear...
Style:
parody
Plot:
christmas, fire, rat, family relations, couples, airport, grandmother, son in law, brawl, daughter in law, sister sister relationship, goose, kitchen, christmas tree, overalls
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, captivating and entertaining films with plots about family relations, christmas, couples, christmas movie, parents and children, holiday and love and romance mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Single Bells: Messy Christmas (2007), Father Christmas Is Back (2021), A Child's Christmases in Wales (2009), Grumpy Christmas (2021), A Nanny for Christmas (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A holiday celebration with the extended family gets stretched to the breaking point in this comedy from Germany. Sara is happily married to Jan, though this wasn't always the case -- Sara is Jan's second wife, while Sara has three ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, biting
Plot:
eccentric family, family relations, lovers reunited, new love, ex husband, destructive relationship, family problems, road not taken, couples, dark humor, baby, fatherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Four sisters – Caroline, Joanna, Paulina, and Vicky – reunite for the Christmas Holiday in a Yorkshire mansion. However, their estranged father, James, joins in for the first time since he left the family behind decades prior. The group attempts ...
Style:
satirical, funny, feel good, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, sister sister relationship, mansion, family relations, family reunited, father daughter relationship, sisters, father and daughter, humour, satire, male female relationship, dysfunctional family ...
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69%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 52 min.
Story:
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
Style:
parody
Plot:
christmas, empire fashion, scrooge, stand up, sketch, jane austen, reenactment, british humour
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59%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family's home for the Christmas holidays. But this time, the old folks have a surprise, a good surprise for them. They have decided to go living with one of their children and make him or ...
Plot:
lgbt, dark humor, bourgeoisie, christmas, family relations
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
One-off period comedy, peeping into the lives of a south Wales family's Christmases across the 1980s, written by comedian Mark Watson and inspired by a Dylan Thomas short story. Christmas in this household may be a less than poetic affair, but ...
Plot:
christmas, family relations, rehearsal, christmas eve, christmas spirit, christmas movie
Time:
year 1983, year 1986, year 1989, 80s
Place:
england, wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Movies like Sisters
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ falling down country house, with hilariously chaotic consequences, as ancient sibling rivalries flare up again to sabotage the hoped for season of ...
Style:
light, funny, humorous, feel good, entertaining
Plot:
christmas, family relations, sibling relationship, family problems, holiday, against the odds, couple relations, family home, husband wife relationship, uninhibited rivalry, brother sister relationship, parents and children ...
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50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Bitter, grumpy patriarch Don Servando and his family travel to spend Christmas with Doña Alicia, a relative who becomes his "ultimate nemesis". It may be Christmas, but Don Servando is set on proving to everyone that Doña Alicia is a ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, entertaining, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, humour, family relations, thrill ride, satire, control, family holiday
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ally (Emmanuelle Vaugier) is a smart young career woman who needs a new job. Samantha (Cynthia Gibb) is a busy Beverly Hills advertising executive/mom whose too-well-mannered kids need some fun in their lives. And Danny Donner (Dean Cain) is the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, nanny, love and romance, comedy of errors, lifestyle, fall in love, workplace, disorder, dishonesty, family relations, parents and children, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
beverly hills, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A marriage therapist attempts to fix her own marriage by focusing on how to change her husband.
Style:
light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
marriage, husband wife relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, hopes, society, family relations, couples, youth, lifestyle, christmas
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Jesse is dumped right before the holidays by her boyfriend, Shawn, his parents convince her to still spend Christmas with them, and Shawn's handsome cousin, while Shawn is away.
Style:
parody
Plot:
christmas
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Witchipoo and the Wicked Witch of the West give Paul Lynde three wishes for Halloween. KISS performs three songs. Florence Henderson sings a disco version of "That Old Black Magic."
Style:
parody
Plot:
halloween, disco, christmas, valentine's day, truck driver, cult music band, witch, housekeeper, arm wrestling, sister sister relationship, sheik, easter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Bed with Santa (Swedish: Tomten är far till alla barnen) is a 1999 Swedish comedy film directed by Kjell Sundvall. A German remake was made under the tiltle Meine schöne Bescherung.
Style:
funny, sexy, realistic, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, lgbt, family relations, pregnancy, santa claus, couples, love and romance, chaos and mayhem, couple relations, family gatherings, parent child relationship, marriage ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four cousins are excited to celebrate Christmas with each other until their estranged grandfather summons them home for their beloved grandmother’s memorial.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, satirical, captivating
Plot:
christmas, family relations, cousin cousin relationship, family reunited, family problems, relationships, eccentric family, sisters, satire, sister sister relationship, sicilian, holiday ...
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45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two sisters embark on a hilarious, mile-a-minute road trip to rescue their grandmother and her beloved dog from her retirement home before their reckless sister gets there first.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
epidemic, travel, retirement home, sister sister relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, social problems, family problems, family relations, sisters, girl, grandmother, road trip ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Victor Barinov at the personal request of the Russian President will go to Sochi at the world championship for professional chefs and to prove that he and his team are the best in the world! The hard struggle for the title of winner of Operations ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, sincere, feel good, light ...
Audience:
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Plot:
food, chef, competition, friendship, rivalry, family relations, couples, restaurant, coworker relationship, job, youth, love ...
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
Andy Richter is capturing the spirit of the '70s network Christmas special, and inviting you to celebrate the Holiday Season the right way with his family and all his important celebrity friends.
Style:
live comedy
Plot:
christmas, friend, friendship, comedian, joke, family relations, current affairs, guest, live performance, monologue, actor playing himself, live audience
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
Style:
light, funny, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Eleven moving dates, eight friends: Philipp, Wiebke, Jessica, Maria, Swantje, Michael, Thomas, Dina – all in their twenties and mutually lonesome. And always searching: For a new city, a new job, an own apartment, a new, or even an old love. The ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, light, feel good, sexy ...
Plot:
couples, love and romance, family relations, friendship, breakup, goth girl, coming of age, loyalty, sex scene, female nudity, christmas dinner, video chat
Time:
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Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
One December day around Christmastime I am in the city of Las Vegas talking to Harry the Horse about this and that, when I hear this yarn about a citizen by the name of Murray Crown (Tom Arnold), who runs a clip joint which he prefers to call a ...
Plot:
christmas, pregnant woman, wrestler, christmas movie
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.
Style:
feel good
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, female college student, abusive boyfriend, friendship, blue collar, best friend, double date, working class family, christmas eve, grandmother grandson relationship, mining town ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, future
Place:
pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The entire family stays at Dave and Sandy's home for the holidays. Kassandra wants a puppy for Christmas, but Mom and Dad aren't ready for that. Will Santa grant Kassandra's only wish for Christmas?
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
girl dog relationship, christmas, dog, family relations, human animal relationship, christmas present, pets, pet dog, animals, gift, animal human communication, owner dog relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Christmas is just around the corner but suburban workaholics Maya Fletcher and her husband Jack are too busy to get into the holiday spirit. As their Christmas to do list grows and deadlines fast approach, holiday spirit is at an all time low. Maya ...
Style:
humorous, funny, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
christmas, planning, holiday, counselor, family relations, mother daughter relationship, christmas eve, christmas present, husband wife relationship, family life, family holiday, mother son relationship ...
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34%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Jessica has a big presentation in Palm Springs. There are a couple of problems though: her two kids who will do anything to get mom and dad back together again - even if they have to hack mom's phone or pose as a secretary to make sure ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, youth, divorce, bad mother, separation, forgery, holiday, gift, boy, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, loyalty ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A mature podiatrist, his girlfriend and her teenage children travel Ibiza to live a crazy holidays.
Style:
light, captivating, psychological, humorous
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
dj, music festival, rain, drunk, youth, friendship, parents and children, family relations, society, sex, couples, love and romance ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
This comedy takes its cue from such female-centered films as "Bridesmaids" and "Trainwreck." Pic centers on a woman who makes a living from breaking up couples and decides to take on the task of splitting up her sister's ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot:
male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, breakup, family problems, couples, couple relations, relationship problems, family relations, marital problem, sister sister relationship, love interest, dysfunctional relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Films like A Bad Moms Christmas
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
When a family meets for Christmas at their posh Cape Cod estate, family arguments and secrets cause a stir. It takes a real down-to-earth family - like Aunt Bam and the almighty Madea - to save this holiday.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
christmas, family relations, family problems, farce, estate, family gatherings, family life, disorder, unfulfillment, eccentric family, parents and children, master and servant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Using a professional grade video camera, a dysfunctional family records their Christmas Day in 1985, which descends into total chaos.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, light, cynical ...
Plot:
christmas, family relations, satire, suburbs, family gatherings, uninvited guest, parents and children, couples, erotica, party, dysfunctional family, culture clash ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Car salesman Gerry Schartl is on his way to dream holidays in an all-inclusive club at Cosamera. He´s a smart guy, great in his job, and his life is perfect - well, nearly perfect...
Style:
humorous, captivating, satirical, funny, light ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, car salesman, social satire, husband wife relationship, employer employee relationship, father and daughter, male female relationship, relationship vs career, travel, humour, parents and children, kids and family ...
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29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bad weather diverts Tom and Laura Jane from their Bahamas dream wedding. So, with friends, parents, and Laura's protective big brother, they land at a mystery hotel in Jamaica—which turns out to be a swinger's resort! Can the innocent ...
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
bbc, swinger, family vacation, resort, marriage, love story, love and romance, happy ending, family relations, family values, vacation, family bonds ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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