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Wish For Christmas (2016)
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Wish For Christmas (2016)
Original name: Wish for Christmas
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a high school senior finds out from her parents that she must miss the town's winter dance in order to attend church, she successfully wishes their faith away, bringing disastrous consequences to her family and community. To restore their faith, she is led through a series of Christmas adventures that change her heart and those around her.
Style: christian film, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, religion, wish come true, church, atheist, parents and children, society, stereotypes, family problems, lifestyle, prejudice, life philosophy, faith, christmas spirit, santa claus, desire, charity, making a wish, cell phone, wish fulfillment, christmas season, christmas present, christmas party, christian propaganda ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, light and entertaining films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, christmas season, family relations, happy ending and christmas spirit mostly in Family, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Wish For Christmas: Saving Christmas (2017), Our First Christmas (2008), Christmas with the Andersons (2016), Christmas Angel (2012), The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Saving Christmas (2017)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young boy, Danny, tries to prove the existence of Santa by using his intelligence and gadgets. He and his trusted group go on an intense journey to find the truth of Santa.
Style: sweet, light, feel good, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, journey, holiday, santa claus, small town life, miraculous event, follow your dream, christmas eve, wish come true, goodhearted, children, child protagonist ...
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95%
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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93%
Christmas with the Andersons (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Drowning in tinsel and lights every Christmas, Michael and Caroline Anderson throw the year’s biggest party at their house. But this year, with Michael jobless and Caroline’s store struggling, that tradition may end. The Andersons decide to host ...
Style: humorous, feel good, funny, light, sweet ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, parents and children, family values, aunt, holiday, christmas present, happy ending, stereotypes, goodhearted, prejudice, self discovery ...
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83%
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 ⇓
73%
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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 ⇓
73%
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
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73%
Merry Christmas, Baby (2015)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Marci throws herself into preparing for Christmas and building her new event-planning business. But when the business gets off to a rocky start and members of her family face their own hardships, Marci steps up to help everyone have a good holiday.
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, baby, planning, christmas spirit, family relations, parents and children, christmas season, business, urban, christmas movie
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69%
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 ⇓
67%
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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 ...
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64%
Twice Upon a Christmas (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Santa's first born daughter, Rudolfa, is secretly selling pieces of the North Pole, and eventually take over where she attempts to ruin Christmas, and replace Santa's workshop with a brand new casino. But Santa's lost daughter Kristin ...
Style: light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, wedding, santa claus, sister sister relationship, xmas, male female relationship, escapades, supernatural, father daughter relationship, imaginary, parents and children, family relations ...
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62%
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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
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61%
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Secret Santa (2003)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Newspaper reporter Rebecca Chandler, who feels she got no fair chance to prove her worth in her thee years career, looks forward to a Hawaian holiday with her fiancé Ryan, but instead of a ring he brings her- walking orders, he found better. So she ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, disturbing, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, female reporter, job, relationship vs career, relationships, female journalist, secret identity, christmas season, uncover truth, santa claus, television crew ...
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By God's Grace (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the tradition of a classic "A Christmas Carol", this film offers many lessons on the importance of giving and the cause and effect our choices have on others.
Style: psychological, semi serious, captivating, thrilling, christmas special
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, faith, holiday, christmas spirit, christmas season, problem, miraculous event, relationship problems, changing lives, religious, christmas carol, christian ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Mandie Shaw is thrust into Miss Heathwood’s School for Girls, she struggles to grasp the school’s new rules and the finer points of high society. As Mandie tries to stay out of hot water with Miss Heathwood and discover what the ...
Style: humorous, funny, stylized, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, christmas eve, friendship, escapades, girls' school, teenage girl, obsessive quest, riddles and clues, deep south, prairie ...
Time: edwardian era
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58%
Saving Christmas (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Kirk is enjoying the annual Christmas party extravaganza thrown by his sister until he realizes he needs to help out Christian, his brother-in-law who has a bad case of the bah-humbugs.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, tradition, brother in law, christmas party, family relations, siblings relations, christian, xmas, faith, holiday, religious, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
A Wish for Christmas (2016)
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: entertaining, light, feel good, humorous, sweet
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, wish come true, winter, male female relationship, snow, love and romance, fall in love, self confidence, unlikely couple, ambition ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, seattle
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54%
The Christmas Candle (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. ...
Style: uplifting, serious, sentimental, feel good, christmas special ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, miraculous event, angel, social relations, society, clergy, hopes, religions or cults, village, faith, christian, religious ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1890s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Christmas at Dollywood (2019)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Event planner Rachel lands her biggest job yet – Dollywood's 30th Smoky Mountain Christmas celebration, where she’s teamed with operations director Luke to plan an event as glamorous as Dolly Parton herself. Sparks fly, but it takes ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining, light ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, event planner, christmas romance, relationship vs career, holiday, fall in love, christmas spirit, ambition, coping, small town, family values, male female relationship ...
Place: new york
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53%
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12 Dog Days Till Christmas (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After being assigned to an animal rescue shelter as part of his community service by his probation officer, a troubled teenager is forced to get into the spirit of the holidays when he is recruited to help find homes for twelve unwanted dogs before ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, dog, animal shelter, new house, transformation, kindness, youth, society, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, life philosophy, animal rescue, help ...
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53%
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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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Christmas for a Dollar (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: America is in the midst of the Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially after Mrs. Kamp's untimely death. Now little Ruthie, with her mother gone and her father overwhelmed by doctor bills resulting from her ...
Style: sincere, feel good, touching, disturbing, christian film
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, father daughter relationship, family relations, horse, youth, father son relationship, poor family, love, siblings, poverty, teaching the ways of the world, family values ...
Time: 1930s
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51%
A Christmas Eve Miracle (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Sharron Holden is a loving mother, wife, and workaholic. She's on the verge of a huge promotion at work, but her husband feels as if she has given up on her family. While on vacation, she imagines that life would have been better if she ...
Style: entertaining, thought provoking, inspirational, feel good, light ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas eve, parents and children, second chance, wish come true, family relations, transformation, working mom, workaholic, character change, lifestyle ...
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50%
A Joyous Christmas (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Just before Christmas, bestselling author Rachel Kennedy returns to her hometown to host an event for her upcoming book. Though being home is difficult since losing her parents and losing touch with her brother, David, she finds strength from ...
Style: feel good, sweet, entertaining, humorous, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, happy ending, holiday, homecoming, winter, writers, male female relationship, character change, christmas spirit, fund raising, saving a life ...
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48%
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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 ⇓
48%
Five More Minutes: Moments Like These (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The second holiday story inspired by Scotty McCreery’s song “Five More Minutes,” a young widow’s Christmas wish for her son is answered in unexpected ways when she returns to their old home for the holidays.
Style: light, captivating, entertaining, humorous, funny
Plot: christmas, dead father, santa claus, house, wish fulfillment, widow, desire, christmas wish, making a wish, young widow, wish come true, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
A Christmas in Tennessee (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Allison Bennet, along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha, run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew, a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the ...
Style: sweet, humorous, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, small town, mother daughter relationship, christmas romance, fall in love, happy ending, family business, snow, transformation, character change, opposites attract ...
Place: tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
A Snow Globe Christmas (2013)
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: sweet, light, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: christmas, santa claus, alternate reality, holiday, family problems, road not taken, love and romance, husband wife relationship, winter, adaptation, male female relationship, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Christmas in the Smokies (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Christmas in the Smokies is a modern day Christmas classic set in the beautiful Smoky Mountains. It tells the story of one family's journey to save their historic berry farm against all odds during one fateful holiday season.
Style: romantic, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, homecoming, old love, help, father daughter relationship, happy ending, farm, resentment, love and romance, holiday, family home, social relations ...
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42%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 ⇓
41%
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