Movies like Elf-Man

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Elf-Man (2012)
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Elf-Man (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An Elf is left behind by Santa to help rescue the Harper family from a lousy Christmas. The Elf and the family get more than they bargained for, as the kids help the Elf discover his special powers and true identity as a budding superhero.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, exciting, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, save the day, supernatural, supernatural ability, wish come true, miraculous event, escapades, danger, imaginary, magic, xmas, superhero, youth, heroes, family relations, rescue, disorder, hopes, new year, police officer, scientist, desire, skiing, toys, invention ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and light films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, family relations, xmas, youth and disorder mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Elf-Man: A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012), Noelle (2019), Get Santa (2014), Santa Hunters (2014), Ira Finkelstein's Christmas (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ⇓
95%
A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story: After Timmy Turner causes Santa amnesia he must become the new Santa in order to save Christmas.
Style: christmas special, feel good, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, holiday, wish come true, imaginary, friends, disorder, save the day, christmas season, youth, list, north pole, penguins ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 6.3
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Noelle (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
Style: light, fairy tale, feel good, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: kids, chick flick
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, elf, holiday, fish out of water, family business, new year, disorder, north pole, buddies, santa claus, magic ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.3
 5K
Get Santa (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A father and son who must team up to save Christmas, once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, christmas comedy
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: santa claus, christmas, reindeer, youth, save the day, young heroes, rescue, family relations, escapades, parents and children, chases and races, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
Place: yorkshire, england, london, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in time to save Christmas.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, dog, pets, santa claus, holiday, escapades, best friend, misfit partners, chases and races, rescue, save the day, hopes ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 4.6
 436
Santa Hunters (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 65 min.
Story: Four children trIn Santa Hunters, Alex and his cousins Zoey (Yde) and Richard (Coronel) create an elaborate setup of traps to catch Santa on tape, but their plan backfires when they realize that seeing Santa will cause him to lose his Christmas ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, santa claus, youth, escapades, friendship, xmas, christmas present, young heroes, heroes, chases and races, legends and myths, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Ira Finkelstein's Christmas (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: All Ira Finkelstein wants for Christmas is...Christmas. Unfortunately, his parents are sending him to Florida to be with his Grandparents. Ira's spirit soars as he manages to land in Christmas Town, USA, instead.
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, follow your dream, disorder, mischievous children, friends, family relations, hopes, switching roles, parents and children, holiday, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
A Carol Christmas (2003)
Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Carol Christmas follows the basic plot of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, but the story has been modernized. The traditional "Scrooge" character is a talk show host named Carol.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, sweet ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas carol, family relations, disorder, starting over, road not taken, hollywood, friends, hopes, talk show host, female protagonist ...
Time: 2000s
Place: beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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All I Want for Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After being told by her boss that the company needs to attract more clients, Elizabeth, a skilled executive, meets one of Santa’s helpers, who blesses her with an extraordinary gift allowing Elizabeth to hear everyone’s unspoken thoughts. While ...
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, sincere, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, female protagonist, wish come true, santa claus, miraculous event, magic, desire, chance meeting, christmas wish, new year, christmas season, xmas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A girl steals a weather machine from Santa Claus, to make a snow day. The machine breaks, and causes an out of control snowstorm.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: christmas, youth, best friend, mischievous children, wish come true, santa claus, holiday, disorder, supernatural, hopes, christmas season, preteen ...
Time: year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Christmas & Co. (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must ...
Style: light, semi serious, feel good, funny, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, children, gift, christmas eve, magic, christmas party, childhood, snow, rescue, celebration ...
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 4.8
 303
Tiny Christmas (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 66 min.
Story: It is Christmas Eve, and a clumsy elf accidentally shrinks down two cousins into miniature sizes! The kids are then scooped up into Santa's sack and dropped off across the street at their neighbour's house. In order to make it home for ...
Style: light, humorous, exciting, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas present, cousin cousin relationship, getting home, heroes, destiny, holiday, hopes, youth, adaptation, escapades, happy ending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
 6.4
 2K
Snow (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Set in San Ernesto, California with only three days before Christmas, Nick Snowden needs to rescue a young reindeer from a zoo.
Style: semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good, touching
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, fish out of water, escapades, daring rescue, fall in love, hidden identity, love and romance, dishonesty, race against time, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 ⇓
80%
A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neighborhood bully, he does his best to try and give Mr. Wilson the Christmas Spirit. Dennis causes his ...
Style: feel good, light, sincere, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: holiday, christmas, mischievous children, santa claus, miraculous event, family relations, friends, youth, precocious child, xmas, christmas season, destiny ...
Time: 2000s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
When Santa Fell to Earth (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Christmas is just two weeks away, it is pouring with rain, and Ben is struggling to get into the Christmas spirit. Suddenly, Bens life takes a turn for the better when Santa Niklas Goodfellow and his Christmas caravan come crashing down to Earth in ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, good versus evil, family relations, family life, imaginary, disorder, hopes, youth, young heroes, on the run, wish come true, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 5.8
 1K
Blizzard (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Style: touching, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: christmas, reindeer, youth, santa claus, self discovery, young heroes, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, mischievous children, fish out of water, hopes, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to ...
Style: fairy tale, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, preschool
Plot: santa claus, christmas, holiday, reindeer, christmas season, xmas, prank, christmas party, christmas eve, children, winter, mistaken identity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a ...
Style: light, humorous, surreal, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, unlikely friendships, violence, family relations, prank, mischievous children, save the day, partner, nothing goes right, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: future, year 1988, 80s
Place: orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A lonely cat living in a mall pet shop has a sour outlook on life until, in the midst of the holiday rush, she’s swept up into a robbery and a friendship with a human girl.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: christmas, pets, friendship, shopping mall, supernatural ability, heroes, talking cat, escapades, rescue, sarcasm, youth, dog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 6.2
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A Dog's Tale (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anything is possible when the Professor tells Tim about a supernova that grants wishes. Unfortunately, when Tim's wish doesn't go as planned, he finds himself in a dog's body!
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: youth, child as adult, mischievous children, wish come true, heroes, escapades, treasure hunt, daring rescue, hopes, danger, family life, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
'Twas the Night (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, entertaining, naughty
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, family relations, disorder, dishonesty, on the run, cons and scams, mischievous children, imaginary, christmas eve, uncle nephew relationship, youth, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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 ⇓
72%
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A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The original traditional one-hundred-percent red-blooded two-fisted all-american christmas continues five years later with Ralphie, Randy mom and the old man. This time Ralphie has his eyes fixed on a car. But trouble is sure to follow.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, sincere, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: christmas, family life, holiday, youth, eccentric family, coming of age, society, love, adaptation, destiny, escapades, happy ending ...
Time: 2010s, year 1946, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
A Halloween Puppy (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A boy accidentally turns his mom's boyfriend into a dog.
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: human becomes animal, halloween, dog, magic, best friend, youth, curses spells and rituals, family relations, friendship, stupid kid, danger, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Christmas in Compton (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Big Earl, the owner of a Christmas tree lot in Compton, California runs into some trouble when his son Derrick crosses the line to prove to his father that he is a success.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, save the day, family relations, family business, miraculous event, boss and employee, parents and children, hopes, workplace situations, xmas, holiday, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 5.7
 48K
Fred Claus (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, light, melancholic, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: holiday, christmas, santa claus, snow, toys, sibling relationship, husky dog, imaginary, happy ending, family relations, xmas, north pole ...
Time: future, year 2007, year 1993, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: chicago, nova scotia, london, paris france, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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 ⇓
70%
A Mom for Christmas (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story revolves around 11-year-old Jessica (Juliet Sorcey), whose mother died when she was three years old. Her father Jim (Doug Sheehan) is a workaholic with little time for his daughter. Just before the Christmas holiday season, Jessica wins a ...
Style: romantic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, family relations, single parent, miraculous event, parents and children, youth, winter, imaginary, shoplifter, father daughter relationship, mannequin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Mr. St. Nick (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kelsey Grammer stars as Nick St. Nicholas, a Miami-based playboy philanthropist who is about to make his life complete by wedding the girl of his dreams, gorgeous TV weathercaster Heidi Gardelle (Elaine Hendrix). Not known to the general public is ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, santa claus, family business, parents and children, family life, rescue, disorder, beach, xmas, holiday, factory, destiny ...
Place: florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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