Movies like If You Believe
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If You Believe (1999)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bah! Humbug! Susan Stone is definitely what you'd call a modern-day scrooge. She is a young, jaded book editor who is consumed with self-doubt and has lost the passion and drive that defined her childhood persona. On the verge of losing her job and being completely on the "outs" with her family, Susan has nearly given up on happiness. Out of nowhere, a cheerful, carefree seven-year-old girl named Suzie awaits Susan back at her apartment. It turns out that little Suzie is the embodiment of Susan's inner child, she is Susan as she once was years ago. Suzie has come to help the adult Susan rediscover and recapture the love of life that she's lost.
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, christmas eve, loss of job, self doubt, female protagonist, small town, public humiliation, christmas present, book editor, christmas movie, novel, kiss, christmas tree, kissing, christmas lights, christmas carol, christmas decorations, christmas decoration
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, light, humorous and entertaining films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, happy ending, kiss, love and romance and christmas season mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like If You Believe: Santa's Boots (2018), Naughty or Nice (2011), Wish Upon a Christmas (2015), 'Tis the Season for Love (2015), Gift of the Magi (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Holly returns home for Christmas expecting the same as any other year, she’s blindsided to learn her family’s department store is on the brink of foreclosure. To keep the business going, Holly fills in as Santa’s Helper and meets the ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, light, sincere
Plot:
christmas, holiday, love interest, uncle nephew relationship, career change, breakup, family business, workplace romance, vacation, department store, christmas eve, new job ...
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Krissy Kringle receives a delivery intended for Santa Claus. A magical book that shows if a person has been naughty or nice. She uses the book's power to find out about those around her, which leads to some very unusual and unintended ...
Style:
disturbing, sweet, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, christmas season, love and romance, christmas present, supernatural power, looking for love, friendship, hopes, self discovery, christmas eve, curses spells and rituals, caught in a lie ...
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87%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When business executive Amelia returns home to help a family-run ornament company, the employees see her as their savior who is coming in to rescue the company. They are heart-broken and shocked to learn that her plan to get the company on track ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, light, humorous
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, small town, family business, wish come true, happy ending, unfulfillment, factory owner, transformation, male female relationship, christmas spirit, holiday, character change ...
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81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The holiday drama follows an out-of-work actress who returns to her quaint hometown, where a Christmas romance proves the life she once left behind could turn out to be even better than Broadway.
Style:
captivating, feel good, humorous, light
Plot:
christmas, hometown, love interest, parent grown child relationship, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, friendship, winter, love, couples, family relations, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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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, unfulfillment, hopes, wish come true, christmas eve, christmas present, family relations, optimism, ghost, family gatherings ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Music store owner Meg spearheads the community effort to save the Christmas Tree Lane shopping district from demolition. As she finds herself falling for Nate, a recent acquaintance, she’s thrown when she learns his surprising tie to the developer.
Style:
light, entertaining, romantic, feel good
Plot:
christmas, holiday, architect, christmas season, small town, happy ending, save the day, christmas spirit, love and romance, perseverance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love ...
Place:
denver colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Los Angeles television producer Maggie Baker unwittingly falls for Danny Wise, the son and former producer of his mother’s popular annual Christmas special Julia Wise Lifestyle. When Maggie’s secret plan to reunite Danny and his two brothers ...
Style:
sweet, light, feel good, funny, emotional ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, happy ending, love, love affair, rivalry, love and romance, opposites attract, family values, male female relationship, escapades, fall in love, couples ...
Place:
denver colorado, los angeles, rhode island, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Forest City depends entirely on the Aikens Christmas decoration factory. Local economics graduate Judith 'Noelle' Dunn returned there to finish her thesis by analyzing the plant. A freak near-accident matches her with adventurous drifter ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, emotional, atmospheric, light ...
Plot:
christmas, small town, love affair, family relations, social relations, save the day, factory, workplace, mysterious character, loyalty, stock market, rivalry ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hayley is an interior designer who plans to surprise her recently widowed mother Patricia with the perfect holiday present: the extended family she knows her mom yearns for.
Plot:
christmas, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Artist Traci is a once-devout Christian who has stopped believing in God after her husband tragically died despite her prayers. As her second Christmas without him approaches, she tries going to a support group for inspiration and comfort.
Plot:
christmas, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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A Princess for Christmas similar movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When Belinda heads back to her hometown for the holidays, things get complicated when she is forced to team up with her ex at the town's annual Christmas scavenger hunt.
Style:
romantic, sweet, light, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, second chance, ex-lover, hometown, christmas season, ex boyfriend, love and romance, old friend, christmas eve, christmas spirit, christmas party, chance meeting ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As a kid, Darcy had no control over her family’s holidays and thus, has grown up to be a Christmas control freak — so much so that she loses sight of what the holidays actually mean. Suddenly, she finds herself magically transported into her ...
Style:
humorous, funny, feel good, light, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, best friends in love, happy ending, holiday, perfectionist, best friends, christmas present, dream come true, alternate reality, wish come true, fantasy becomes reality, self discovery ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
To inherit her father's company, socialite Ellen must first visit his small hometown, where she learns the value of hard work and helping others.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, light
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
christmas, true love, inheritance, snowstorm, fish out of water, father daughter relationship, small town, love, snow, two suitors, accident, deception ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Isobel Gray plans a storybook Christmas with her boyfriend, including a snow-covered cottage in the Northwest, and a carefully composed bucket list of classic holiday traditions. But when the boyfriend goes AWOL, the list proves challenging and a ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, romantic, entertaining
Plot:
christmas, holiday, bucket list, christmas season, dream, winter, love and romance, romantic friendship, perseverance, stubbornness, male female friendship, vacation ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1991
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore. Upon arrival, Claire finds Christmas celebrations have been ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, romantic, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, small town, bookstore, happy ending, christmas eve, optimism, perseverance, society, family relations, christmas spirit, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place:
vermont, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While clasping her favorite Christmas snow globe, a cynical, overworked TV executive rants about how the movies she produces lie, making you think dreams come can come true. Upset, she tries to smash the globe, but instead it bonks her on the head, ...
Style:
light, sweet, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, alternate reality, love and romance, road not taken, family problems, husband wife relationship, winter, escapades, love, couples, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Charity, an ambitious reporter, learns the true meaning of Christmas when she investigates Erik Gallagher, a beloved member of the town who insists all the gifts he provides every Christmas are from none-other than Santa himself.
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental
Plot:
christmas, christmas season, santa claus, reporter, desire, miraculous event, happy ending, job offer, holiday, magic, journalist, skepticism ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sophie Bennett begins a new holiday tradition of spending every holiday at the Evergreen Inn and Ski Lodge, which she inherited from her parents. Evergreen Inn is a special place filled with people who cannot make it home for the holidays or who ...
Style:
entertaining, visually appealing, captivating, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, ski resort, christmas season, family business, happy ending, hopes, winter, coping, miraculous event, faith, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Following an unexpected breakup weeks before Christmas, Hannah, tech wiz and creator of the dating app, Perfect One, heads home for the holidays, challenged to save her failing business by re-conceiving a new romantic dating model. Upon her return ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, high school sweetheart, christmas eve, holiday, love and romance, christmas spirit, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, father daughter relationship, small town, homecoming, love letter, starting over ...
Place:
oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on the reservation list. However, ...
Style:
feel good, touching, romantic, light, sentimental
Plot:
christmas, saving a life, rescue, christmas eve, love affair, angel, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, kindness, love and romance, happy ending, unlikely partners ...
Place:
portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday, has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate ...
Style:
light, entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, life turned upside down, faith, gift, baker, fish out of water, miraculous event, wish come true, objects come to life, christmas eve ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a driven doctor doesn't get the prestigious position she planned for, she unexpectedly finds herself moving to a remote Alaskan town. While she meets the locals and even starts a new romance, she has to learn to let the life she planned ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, feel good, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, small town, family relations, love and romance, doctor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, social relations, small town life, career woman, royalty, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa, san francisco, seattle, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future -- and pointing her toward love.
Style:
sweet, light, captivating, disturbing, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
christmas, dating, christmas present, holiday, gift, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, changing lives, predicting the future, lifestyle change, magical object ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When you're the city attorney you don't need the kinds of problems that her father was giving her. After her mother died, her father began doing his "Santa Schick," as she called it, much more intensely... which meant that he ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, youth, holiday, father daughter relationship, family relations, christmas movie, santa claus suit
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Eve is a Christmas movie fanatic and dreams of having a movie-perfect Christmas with a movie-perfect boyfriend. On Christmas Eve, when Eve and her cynical sister Lacy make wishes to Santa, they wake up in Christmas Town and find themselves trapped ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, light, emotional
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, love, love affair, fall in love, love and romance, trapped, save the day, two suitors, female protagonist, christmas wish, disaster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Snowed Inn Christmas related movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Every December in the small town of Ponchatoula, Louisiana a wooden wishing box is placed in the park as a Christmas tradition. After a night out together, Maddie encourages her sister Faith to put a wish in the box - a wish to experience true love ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining, sweet, emotional
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, male female relationship, love affair, adaptation, opposites attract, couples, love, rivalry, friendship, love and romance, lifestyle, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in 1958, follows Maggie who sneaks up to New York City to make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, putting her high-society wedding plans on hold.
Plot:
christmas
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this holiday romantic comedy, a mysterious woman who works at the post office answering Santa's mail captures the heart of a disillusioned postal carrier
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, christmas spirit, workplace romance, workplace, mysterious character, fall in love, workplace situations, wish come true, office, letter, love, hopes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Lisa's trip home to Evergreen for the holidays finds her shepherding an effort to save the town's beloved general store, fulfilling the wishes of a Christmas past and finding a romance full of Christmas magic.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, romantic, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, society, small town, friendship, love, happy ending, childhood memory, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, human spirit, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sara Shaw is the type of woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at work, but when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finally have the courage to stand up for herself. Santa grants her ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, light
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, wish come true, holiday, male female relationship, winter, love and romance, fall in love, unlikely couple, self confidence, magic, christmas spirit, relationship vs career ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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