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Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)
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Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two brothers' lives are changed forever when they hit the road to a snowbound Alaskan village. Brother Ray and Pete had been feuding for years. So, when their ailing father asks them to drive a semitruck full of gifts and supplies from California to the isolated Alaskan village of Willow Creek, they agree ---- reluctantly. Along the way, they pick up trouble when they're joined by Jessie, who is Ray's estranged wife and Pete's ex-girlfriend. Then, a blizzard strands the truck deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Miles from help, with time running our fast, they realize only a miracle can save them. But, as they are about to be reminded, Christmas...is the season for miracles.
Style: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, truck, management, trucker, pregnancy, village, family relations, parents and children, family life, village life, generosity, rebelliousness, social relations, siblings relations, family gatherings, gambling, santa claus, truck driver, baby, holiday, christmas eve, juvenile delinquent, father son relationship, fatherhood, brother ...
Time: 80s
Place: vancouver, reno nevada, vancouver british columbia canada

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about christmas, family relations, christmas movie, parents and children, youth, xmas and holiday mostly in Family, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Christmas Comes to Willow Creek: Mr. Christmas (2004), Mary Christmas (2002), Prancer Returns (2001), My Santa (2013), Christmas Story (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mr. Christmas (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story: A young father struggling to make ends meet on a Depression-era salary can't afford to buy his 5-year-old daughter what she's expecting Santa Claus to bring her for Christmas. The surprise, uplifting ending is guaranteed to put even the ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, road not taken, boss and employee, hopes, redemption, obnoxious boss, ghost, disorder, family relations, family life, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
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Mary Christmas (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Californian widower Joel Wallace, a successful businessman, is a great catch in a grand mansion, but absorbed by his work. His daughter Felice writes to a TV Christmas special, hoping for a 'new mammy'.
Style: feel good, touching, captivating, light, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, family relations, nanny, single parent, hopes, family life, fall in love, wish come true, parents and children, birth mother, television reporter, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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88%
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 ⇓
86%
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My Santa (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A young, single mother, Jen, begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas. However, when she takes her son Eric to see the local mall Santa, Jen immediately feels an attraction and connection with Chris, the young, attractive man filling the ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, looking for love, single mother, fall in love, holiday, secret identity, magic, couples, family relations, love and romance, love triangle, heir ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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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
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77%
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a structural problem in one of ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, xmas, disorder, family relations, family gatherings, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, television, travel agency, doctor, argument ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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75%
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Northpole (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, captivating, humorous, serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, youth, parents and children, imaginary, north pole, save the day, single parent, escapades, winter, snow, christmas eve, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
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72%
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they try to hitch a ride to Las ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: christmas, parents and children, family relations, family life, on the road, teenager, youth, holiday, christmas season, children, santa claus, full moon ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, utah, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Christmas Spirit (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cynical youth whose mother is about to lose her job right before the holidays is visited by a magical Christmas spirit.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family life, youth, family relations, unemployment, parents and children, supernatural, friendship, miraculous event, dog, stupid kid, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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 ⇓
70%
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
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70%
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Angels Sing (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife ...
Style: touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, friendship, coming of age, holiday, mysterious character, christmas movie
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Once Upon a Christmas (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Can Santa's daughter turn naughty to nice and save Christmas?
Style: touching, uplifting, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, family life, heroic mission, eccentric family, save the day, mischievous children, family problems, disorder, parents and children, one last chance, dysfunctional family, family gatherings ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Nick's plan to let fate bring his wife to him must be altered because he must replace his father as Santa Claus on December 26. Ernst, the right-hand man to several generations of Santas, generates a list of potential mates. Nick dutifully sets ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, hidden identity, road not taken, looking for love, family problems, fall in love, couples, family life, love affair, parents and children ...
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62%
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 ⇓
61%
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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
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58%
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
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56%
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 ⇓
54%
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Coming Home for Christmas (2013)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Sisters Kate and Melanie haven’t spoken to each other in years since a hurtful scene at Melanie’s wedding. Their parents, Wendy and Al, have let the pain of their daughters’ absence drive a wedge between them, and their tensions have led to a ...
Style: feel good, light, sweet, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family life, parents and children, family gatherings, dysfunctional family, eccentric family, siblings relations, family problems, family relations, male female relationship, friendship, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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54%
Call Me Mrs. Miracle (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Mrs Merkle (or Mrs. Miracle as she is know by some) finds herself in a toy department of a department store that is having all kinds of financial problems, but leave it to this kind lady as she will get the Christmas spirit flowing very freely at ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, light, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, department store, winter, parents and children, miraculous event, family relations, hopes, xmas, society, couples, supernatural ...
Place: new york
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54%
Pete's Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only one experiencing the day over and over, he decides to use his unique gift to give the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, christmas special ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, time loop, holiday, youth, christmas season, family relations, starting over, parents and children, hopes, teenager, time, time travel ...
Place: canada
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53%
A Country Christmas Story (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A starry-eyed young girl journeys from the mountains of Appalachia to the stage at Dollywood, where she discovers the impact of African-Americans on the world of country music - while at the same time competing in a country music competition for ...
Style: sentimental, semi serious, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, ambition, church choir, couples, love and romance, holiday, singing, small town, xmas, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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53%
The Good Witch's Wonder (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Cassie Nightingale (Bell) finds herself with only days to plan her stepson Brandon's (Knight) wedding to Tara (Leggat) when the happy couple unexpectedly pushes up the date for their big day. Meanwhile, Martha (Disher), the newly elected mayor ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, touching
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: good witch, uncover truth, friendship, family relations, small town, supernatural, witch, psychic, clairvoyant, wedding, christmas, magic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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A Christmas Memory (1997)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A boy, Buddy, whose parents have split and whose mother is an actress in New York, has been dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older cousins, all of whom are unmarried.
Style: christmas classics, realistic, semi serious, uplifting, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, youth, friendship, small town, family relations, buddies, love and romance, small town life, countryside, adult virgin, family life, family gatherings ...
Time: 1930s
Place: southern usa, alabama
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48%
Adventures of Bailey: Christmas Hero (2012)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: It's "Christmas time" at the Baker household, and Bailey is at it again. Worried that he will not get any presents from Santa because he's been a bad doggie, Bailey learns about a mysterious Native American Indian called the ...
Style: humorous, touching, semi serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, family life, friendship, family relations, getting home, siblings relations, hopes, on the road, youth, animal, wish come true ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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46%
Our First Christmas (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Cindy and Tom Baer-Neil have been married for nearly a year, each having lost their first spouse. With the holidays just around the corner, Cindy and Tom are determined to make the new family’s first Christmas perfect. But their respective ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining, light
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, conflict, party, brother brother relationship, family tradition, husband wife relationship, parents and children, parenthood, life philosophy, mischievous children, adaptation ...
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45%
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The Santa Con (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Small-time con man Nick DeMarco is ordered by his parole officer to take a minimum-wage job as a department store Santa during the holidays...and he hates it. Near the end of his first shift, he hastily promises a young boy, Billy, that Santa will ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, moral dilemma, parents and children, family relations, wish come true, introspection, store, santa claus, love, friendship, new year, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Eskil & Trinidad (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Eskil moves from town to town with his father in Northern Sweden. He misses his mother and sucks at playing hockey, the main activity among the boys his age. Things changes when he meets Trinidad, a mysterious woman who lives outside society ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, village life, parents and children, family relations, coming of age, father son relationship, father and son, youth, village, friends, sport team, self confidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
42%
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
Style: touching, atmospheric, sentimental, christmas classics, christmas horror ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, scrooge, miser, holiday, christmas carol, ghost, charles dickens, happy ending, xmas, business, afterlife, christian ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, 1800s, 1840s
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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