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A Golden Christmas (2009)
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A Golden Christmas (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a magical summer together, a nine-year-old boy whispers his heart into the ear of a best friend. With a loyal, golden dog by their side, the boy and girl bury a time capsule of keepsakes then they go their separate ways. Years later, looking for a fresh start, a man and woman each return to the place they felt most at home as a child. But a comedic case of unknown identity has them competing for the same childhood memories, and Christmas escapades ensue. For the sake of their happiness, they must discover their common past before they turn each other s lives completely upside-down. Can a golden dog lead them home?
Style: touching, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: family outing, girls' night, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, family relations, getting home, starting over, dog, pets, christmas romance, holiday, realtor, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, parent grown child relationship, xmas, christmas season, youth, animal lover, animal, golden retriever, redheaded woman, love and romance, looking for love, hopes, blonde, house ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, touching and semi serious films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, family relations, xmas, christmas season and christmas romance mostly in Family, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like A Golden Christmas: 3 Holiday Tails (2011), Crazy for Christmas (2005), Chilly Christmas (2012), Puppy Love (2012), Christmas Mail (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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3 Holiday Tails (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Rod and Katherine Wright are enjoying their retirement in Florida – or so they’re telling each other. Actually, Rod’s been bored with nothing to do, and Katherine misses her kids back home, especially with Christmas right around the corner. At ...
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous
Plot: christmas, pets, dog, love and romance, couples, friendship, christmas romance, wedding, childhood friend, childhood memory, christmas eve, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida
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95%
A Golden Christmas 3 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Heather is a charming free spirit whose self-absorbed fiancé Roger never seems to hear a word that comes out of her mouth. Bobby is a naval officer who comes home from serving overseas, looking to start a new chapter in his life. Both Heather and ...
Style: light, captivating, humorous, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: christmas, golden retriever, dog, christmas romance, animal, girl, christmas eve, puppy, friend, family relations, christmas season, xmas ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jennie Garth of "90210" stars as Susan, an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake (Brad Rowe of "General Hospital") is a ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, looking for love, family relations, wedding, pets, fall in love, couples, disorder, family life, xmas, dog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Crazy for Christmas (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A girl loses her parents and husband and is left driving a limo trying to get by raising her young son. An interesting but strange rich man hires her limo on Christmas eve and has her drive him to various ice rinks where he gives out $100 bills to ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, single parent, family gatherings, journalism, neighbor neighbor relationship, christmas romance, xmas, family relations, generosity, chauffeur, limousine driver ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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A Belle for Christmas (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Family film about a pair of children whose father's girlfriend has kidnapped their dog. Dean Cain stars as Glenn Barrows, a recent widower doing his best to raise his young kids Elliot and Phoebe, who really miss their mother. Things start to ...
Style: touching, feel good, emotional, sweet, light
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, dog, single father, kids and family, animal, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, family life, best friend, pet owner relationship, family relations, new year's eve ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Chilly Christmas (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Eleven-year-old Bobby Cole and his dog Chilly are best friends, living happily in their Southern California beach house. But when Bobby's father Patrick (C. Thomas Howell), a single parent and police detective, accepts a job in New York City, ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, youth, pets, family relations, disorder, parents and children, father son relationship, holiday, save the day, best friend, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Puppy Love (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When single mom Megan Nolan moves to a new town, she feels guilty for uprooting her ten-year-old daughter Caitlin. Seeing that the little girl's only friend is a neighbor's dog, Megan decides to adopt a shelter pet for Caitlin. She ...
Style: feel good, touching, captivating, light, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: dog, parents and children, fall in love, family relations, single parent, pets, hopes, friendship, couples, animal, holiday, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Christmas Mail (2010)
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: sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching, independent film ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, workplace romance, holiday, workplace, fall in love, wish come true, workplace situations, office, xmas, letter, christmas romance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
A Christmas Wish (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: MARTHA EVANS has been abandoned by her ne'er-do-well husband, who took all their cash and left her homeless and virtually destitute with her two daughters and stepson. Martha leaves town in hopes of finding a job and a place to stay, she ...
Style: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, single mother, christmas season, small town, family relations, parents and children, down on your luck, parent child relationship, money problems, wish fulfillment, christmas spirit ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Christmas Lodge (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Mary Tobin has wonderful memories of family gatherings at the Christmas Lodge. When she arrives for a weekend vacation, she quickly realizes that the lodge that she loves has fallen into serious disrepair. With a lack of funds and a looming ...
Style: uplifting, semi serious, touching, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, true love, family relations, wish come true, human spirit, family gatherings, love and romance, hopes, christmas romance, holiday, xmas, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set during the meager years of the Great Depression, 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS follows the story of Emma, a ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, sentimental, touching
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, dog, animal life, lifestyle, pets, youth, school, love, adaptation, destiny, happy ending ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1931
Place: usa, pennsylvania, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Eve's Christmas (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A wealthy and successful career woman gets a second chance in life when a magical wish transports her back in time eight years to when she walked away from her fiance to lead a business life in New York.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good, christmas classics ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, time travel, wish come true, self discovery, redemption, one more chance, road not taken, couples, love and romance, family life, obnoxious boss ...
Time: year 1996
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Five-time Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner Henry Winkler stars in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, the story of what happens when you open your heart to the power of Christmas. Disenchanted single mom Jennifer Cullen (Brooke Burns) is a ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, single parent, holiday, matchmaking, against the odds, love affair, disorder, couples, family life, family gatherings, eccentric family, uncle niece relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Christmas Pen Pals (2018)
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, light, entertaining, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, high school sweetheart, holiday, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, christmas eve, love and romance, christmas spirit, christmas romance, homecoming, father daughter relationship, small town, anonymous letter ...
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two New York City children who launch a hilarious scheme to get what they most want this holiday season.
Style: semi serious, feel good, realistic, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, dysfunctional family, divorced parents, holiday, xmas, santa claus, couples, young heroes, eccentric family, disorder, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Single mom Abbey takes a leap of faith to pursue her passion for interior design. When she gets hired to decorate the estate of local businessman Nick, Abbey must complete the job by Christmas Eve. With the holidays fast approaching, Abbey must ...
Style: touching, sincere, feel good, sentimental, humorous
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, single parent, male female relationship, fall in love, miraculous event, hopes, xmas, single mother, two suitors, doctor ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
One Christmas Eve (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A series of mishaps threaten a recently divorced mom's attempts to make her two kids' first Christmas "without dad" perfect.
Style: sentimental, feel good, semi serious, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, disorder, single parent, parents and children, dog, christmas eve, life turned upside down, fall in love, puppy, youth, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
An Accidental Christmas (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Separated after 15 years of marriage, Vicki and Jason are set up by their two teenage children to spend a Christmas vacation together on the beach. But their family vacation is further complicated when Vicki's boss and Jason's gorgeous ...
Style: realistic, touching, humorous, christmas comedy
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, couple relations, couples, youth, beach, wizards and magicians, twins, starting over, hopes, love and romance, frame up ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Holly stopped believing in Santa Claus after her wish to meet the man of her dreams never came true. So Santa sets her up with Ryan, who isn't entirely truthful about himself. Now Holly faces a dilemma: marry her current boyfriend, Ted, or fall ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, humorous, christmas classics ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot: singleness, christmas, holiday, true love, christmas romance, looking for love, fall in love, fish out of water, misfit, couples, disorder, family life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
A Dog Named Christmas (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, adoption, boy dog relationship, animal, pets, holiday, family relations, friendship, social relations, society, social issues ...
Time: 50s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Christmas in the City (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her six-year-old daughter Grace travel to the big city in hopes of making extra holiday cash to save the store. When she's offered a job in the toy department of ...
Style: feel good, touching, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: christmas, department store, city life, family relations, small town, store, new job, family business, fired from the job, parent child relationship, love and romance, xmas ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Christmas Wonderland (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Heidi, who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery’s big Christmas party, she must ...
Style: sweet, humorous, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, second chance, inspiration, choice, talent, love, starting over, art, christmas eve, relationship vs career ...
Place: new york, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Christmas Angel (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young girl tries to prove that the mysterious old lady next door is really an angel, when some of the neighborhood kids’ Christmas wishes. Olivia is not like most fifth graders. She is being raised by Melinda, a single mother who works at a ...
Style: realistic, feel good, touching, semi serious, christian film
Audience: family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, kids
Plot: holiday, single parent, youth, christmas, wish come true, friendship, parents and children, family relations, friends, christmas eve, faith, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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'Tis the Season for Love (2015)
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: feel good, captivating, light, humorous, romantic comedy
Plot: christmas, hometown, christmas romance, love interest, parent grown child relationship, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, winter, love, couples, friendship, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Christmas with Holly (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After being dumped at the alter on her wedding day, Maggie Conway moves to the island town of Friday Harbor in Washington State, where she meets Mark Nagle, the local coffee shop owner.
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, girl, death in the family, xmas, brother brother relationship, gift, dog, thanksgiving, friend, uncle niece relationship, loss of mother ...
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Christmas Land (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jules has just inherited a quaint magical Christmas-themed village and Christmas tree farm bequeathed her by her grandmother. She plans to sell it and use the profits to buy her dream home in New York City. But the longer Jules stays on the farm and ...
Style: romantic, entertaining, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, holiday, last will and testament, christmas romance, grandmother granddaughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, happy ending, winter, family business, small town, society ...
Place: chicago, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Sleigh Bells Ring (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Recently divorced, Laurel struggles to get into the holiday spirit while heading up her hometown Christmas parade. With the help of a Christmas sleigh and a handsome woodworker, Laurel is destined to turn her luck around, rekindle her holiday spirit ...
Style: romantic, light, entertaining, sweet, funny ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, single mother, mother daughter relationship, holiday, hometown, christmas romance, old love, male female relationship, santa claus, winter, christmas spirit, homecoming ...
Place: vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The Bannister family including former K-9 police hero Zeus (voiced by Mario López) is back, and this time they're spending their holidays at a beautiful Rocky Mountain resort. But toss in an unexpected visit from cocky Uncle Randy (Casper Van ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, animal life, save the day, pets, holiday, love, destiny, christmas season, xmas, animal, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Comfort and Joy (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: High-powered single-woman Jane Berry is focused on the important things in life, such as advancing her career and spending a bundle on fashionable shoes. But then a car accident on Christmas Eve changes her forever: Jane wakes up after the crash to ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: memory loss, christmas, starting over, looking for love, road not taken, couples, rescue, fall in love, single parent, family relations, workplace, family problems ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
A Christmas Romance (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Julia Stonecypher is finding it difficult to get into the Christmas spirit. Having recently lost both her husband and her job, Brian Harding, the vice president of the local bank arrives on her doorstep amid a snowstorm, to inform Julia that her ...
Style: serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, youth, xmas, eviction, snow, single parent, unlikely couple, life is a bitch, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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