Movies like The National Tree

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The National Tree (2009)
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The National Tree (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A teenager has his Sitka Spruce tree chosen to be planted outside the White House as the new national Christmas Tree.
Plot: christmas, thanksgiving, road trip, holiday, christian, single father, father son relationship, tree, single parent, widowed father, teenager, travel, poker, girlfriend, white house, fire, fall in love, usa president, forest fire, widower, blog, dinner, chainsaw, grandmother, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place: oregon, shanghai, washington d.c., mumbai india, utah, shanghai china

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Most similar movies to The National Tree

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, emotional, realistic and feel good films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, christmas tree, family relations, kiss and father son relationship mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like The National Tree: The Christmas Wish (1998), The Christmas Heart (2012), Love You Like Christmas (2016), An Old Fashioned Christmas (2010), November Christmas (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Christmas Tree (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthony, and New York's Rockefeller Center's head gardener Richard Reilly, who wants to fell a tree she's been growing for decades and move it to New York for Christmas ...
Style: christmas special
Plot: christmas, friendship, nun, holiday, inspiration, gardener, friend, tree, unlikely friendships, christmas movie, christmas tree
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Christmas Wish (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Returning to his home town after the death of the grandfather who raised him, slick and cynical Wall Street trader Will Martin (Neil Patrick Harris) feels decidedly out of place, and not at all in tune with the Christmas preparations being made by ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, thanksgiving, forgiveness, emerald, diary, grandmother grandson relationship, family business, family secret, dance, golf, restaurant ...
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91%
The Christmas Heart (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The tight-knit neighbors on Arthur Avenue have proudly lit Christmas luminaries for 40 years, but that long-standing tradition is cancelled this year when Matt Norman (Ty Wood), a teenage boy in the neighborhood, is hospitalized in desperate need of ...
Style: sweet, suspense, touching, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, faith, community, boy, brother brother relationship, moral dilemma, coping, against the odds, hopes, goodhearted, saving a life, family relations ...
Place: detroit, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Love You Like Christmas (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Maddie, a high-powered marketing executive, is on her way to a client’s wedding but her plans are derailed by car trouble. When a fork in the road leads her to Christmas Valley, a town in love with Christmas, an unexpected encounter and a group of ...
Style: feel good, romantic, light, entertaining, sweet ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, small town, holiday, single father, christmas romance, fall in love, father daughter relationship, happy ending, car breakdown, winter, opposites attract, unlikely couple ...
Place: new york, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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An Old Fashioned Christmas (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story of An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving continues. Isabella and Tilly pay a visit to Ireland, hoping Isabella's long-ago suitor, the Earl of Shannon, can assist Tilly in getting her writing published.
Style: thought provoking, sincere, suspenseful, disturbing, period drama
Plot: christmas, grandfather granddaughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, jealousy, conspiracy, american abroad, fiance fiancee relationship, cheating fiancee, christian, holiday, deception, drunkenness ...
Time: victorian era
Place: dublin ireland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After experiencing several stressful situations within a short time --including the failure of the family business and the loss of her mother-- Janet Broderick becomes ill. Falling into a deep sleep, she dreams of returning to her hometown, taking ...
Style: christmas classics
Plot: christmas, holiday, parent child relationship, death of mother, dream world, marriage crisis, tradition, flashback, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, secret, aunt ...
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
November Christmas (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young father asks for pumpkins at the local farm stand. "In August? No." the farmer replies. The farmer ruminates on the odd request and gets involved with strangers for the first time since his son's death long ago.
Style: emotional, sincere, serious, disturbing, sad ...
Plot: christmas, cancer, human spirit, parents and children, family gatherings, hopes, girl, holiday, youth, xmas, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Paper Angels (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An abused wife leaves her alcoholic husband and moves with her children to another town. There their lives become entwined with another family in trouble.
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, inspirational
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, bullying, single mother, christian, family problems, relationship problems, family relations, family life, social problems, mother son relationship, parents and children, inspiration ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Christmas Tree (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A French-American millionaire (William Holden), his girlfriend (Virna Lisi) and his war buddy (Andre Bourvil) try to grant his dying son's every wish.
Plot: christmas, father son relationship, wolf, cancer, radiation, christmas tree
Time: year 1969
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50%
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Dear Santa (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Crystal, a rich party girl, finds a little girl's letter to Santa asking for a new mother, and she vows to win over the father and daughter before the holidays.
Style: feel good, realistic, serious, touching, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, love and romance, couples, wish come true, parents and children, family relations, unlikely couple, single parent, chef, christmas eve, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Color of Rain (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, emotional, realistic
Plot: christmas, friendship, love and romance, terminal illness, friends, fall in love, youth, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, love story, power of love, loss of husband ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
A Hobo's Christmas (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at Christmas time. Here he hopes to close old wounds and be reunited with his unforgiving son ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, homeless, holiday, homelessness, youth, homeless man, hopes, estrangement, family problems, family relations, family gatherings, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: utah, usa, salt lake city utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Gift of the Magi (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A newlywed couple burdened with economic hardship decides not to exchange Christmas presents to save money over the holidays. Secretly, they make sacrifices to buy the other a special gift.
Style: realistic, captivating, sentimental, light, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, couples, love and romance, hopes, unfulfillment, wish come true, christmas present, christmas eve, family relations, holiday, optimism, ghost ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Christmas Child (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past and lost family.
Style: serious, emotional, captivating, sincere, feel good ...
Plot: christmas, redemption, self discovery, haunted by the past, road not taken, rehabilitation, journalism, dysfunctional family, family life, family problems, hopes, family relations ...
Place: usa, texas, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a "special" assignment. He must answer a little girl's question about whether Santa Claus really exists.
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, xmas, youth, little girl, cemetery, shopping cart, family relations, 8 year old girl, girl, newspaper ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, 1890s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Silver Bells (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, family relations, museum, father son relationship, photographer, family problems, couples, relationship problems, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, christmas romance ...
Place: manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Christmas Wife (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 73 min.
Story: The Christmas Wife is a made-for-cable television drama based on a story by Helen Norris. An aging and recent widower, not wanting to spend his first Christmas alone, responds to an ad in the newspaper which reads: "You are not alone. We make ...
Style: christmas classics
Plot: christmas, holiday, loneliness, companion, old man, widower, old woman, weekend, secret, music box, christmas present, married woman ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Gathering (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, in love, fall in love, bondage, family relations, terminal illness, family gatherings, elderly, life is a bitch, introspection, hopes ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Christmas Under the Stars (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When Nick is fired from his high-powered investment firm at Christmastime, he takes a job at a Christmas tree lot. There, he meets Julie, an astronomy teacher who’s always looked to the stars for hope. As the Christmas spirit washes over him—and ...
Style: light, talky, captivating, romantic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, male female relationship, happy ending, fall in love, parents and children, love and romance, life is a bitch, mother son relationship, adaptation, storytelling, transformation ...
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Christmas Doctor (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A week before Christmas, Dr. Alicia Wright is offered an assignment away from home. A mysterious man from her past journeys to find her before Christmas and brings with him a revelation that could change Alicia’s life forever.
Style: sweet, sentimental, light, feel good, entertaining
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, father daughter relationship, doctor, christmas eve, christmas spirit, friendship, african american, small town, christmas season, clinic, christmas romance ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Hope at Christmas (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Sydney Ragsdale, recently divorced, decides to spend Christmas in a house she inherited with her young daughter. As Sydney begins to spend more time at the local bookstore, she meets a teacher, Mac, who also fills in for the town Santa. Mac tries to ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, captivating, emotional ...
Plot: christmas, family holiday, bookstore, holiday, christmas romance, realtor, dating, love, snow, family relations, fall in love, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Staging Christmas (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Lori stages homes for a living and her busiest season is Christmas! Though she normally only stages homes that are for sale, she’s intrigued when a wealthy widower named Elliot asks her to stage his home for the holidays to cheer up his daughter, ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, romantic, funny, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, widower, single father, father daughter relationship, happy ending, fall in love, new love, family values, transformation, second chance, christmas spirit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love (2020)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After 15 years, Pat moves home from Hawaii with his two sons and through a series of coincidences, or Godwinks, ends up stuck in traffic next to his high school sweetheart, Margie, at Christmas.
Style: light, captivating, romantic, romantic comedy
Plot: christmas, holiday, single father, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, romantic relationship, male female relationship, family relations, love affair, in love, first love, couple relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Christmas Ever After (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Popular romance novelist Izzi Simmons spends every Christmas at her favorite snowy bed & breakfast, but this year, she's faced with an impending deadline and a severe case of writer's block. Luckily, inspiration strikes in the unlikely ...
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, romantic, fairy tale
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, disability, holiday, writer's block, christmas season, wish come true, single woman, true love, love and romance, hopes, family relations, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
The Sweetest Christmas (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After breaking up with her long-term boyfriend just before the holidays, passionate baker Kylie reconnects with her high school sweetheart, Nick. Thanks to their newly rekindled friendship, Kylie uses Nick’s restaurant to prepare for a gingerbread ...
Style: sweet, disturbing, entertaining, captivating, romantic comedy
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, happy ending, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, winter, cooking, follow your dream, rivalry, love affair, dream, fall in love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
My Sweet Holiday (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Sadie's (Malone Thomas) boyfriend cancels their holiday plans, she decides to spend Christmas with her parents back in her hometown, only to find out they've sold the family's beloved chocolate store to a stranger who knows ...
Style: captivating, sincere, disturbing
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, family business, homecoming, getting home, love story, couple relations, fall in love, love affair, in love, love and romance, male female relationship ...
Place: kansas city
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Forever Christmas (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When workaholic reality TV producer Sophie starts working on a holiday-season show about Will, a wildly sexy guy who celebrates Christmas every day of the year, she finds herself falling for her mysterious, unlikely new star, renewing her long-lost ...
Style: emotional, captivating, light, realistic
Plot: christmas, television producer, christmas romance, holiday, love, xmas, fall in love, rivalry, couples, new year, bare chested male, fired from the job ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
A Christmas Visitor (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A father struggles with the past. A daughter fights for the future. A mother searches for answers. The Boyajians have not celebrated Christmas in 11 years. They lost their faith when they lost their son to the Persian Gulf War. Now a stranger has ...
Style: touching, serious, emotional, christmas classics, realistic
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, grief, introspection, death of son, life is a bitch, redemption, hopes, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, family life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: iraq, iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Miss Christmas (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Holly Khun, known to Chicago as “Miss Christmas,” always finds a beautiful tree for the plaza, but this year’s was damaged, and the lighting ceremony is in 10 days. Hoping for a miracle, she combs through fan mail, and finds Joey McNary of ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, snow, winter, life philosophy, family values, opposites attract, unlikely couple, stranded, adaptation, couples ...
Place: chicago, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Based on a short story by the acclaimed author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, comes a holiday story of family and forgiveness. Recently widowed Mary Bassett (Helene Joy) and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm. Suddenly, ...
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, period drama
Plot: thanksgiving, family problems, family relations, farm, youth, hopes, parents and children, teenage life, family life, loss of partner, christmas, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1860s, 1800s
Place: america, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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