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Elf-Man (2011)
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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, christmas eve, youth, heroes, family relations, rescue, disorder, hopes, new year, police officer, scientist, desire, skiing, toys ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and light films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, christmas eve, family, holiday, family relations and santa claus mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Elf-Man: A Simple Wish (1997), Santa Who? (2000), Santa Hunters (2014), The Night They Saved Christmas (1984), The Santa Clause 2 (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, fairy godmother, magic wand, good versus evil, villainess, race against time, witch, imaginary, rivalry, supernatural ability, down on your luck, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
nebraska, manhattan new york city, oklahoma city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Santa Claus develops amnesia after accidentally falling out of his sleigh and only the innocence of a small child can save him. Meanwhile, Santa has to battle the disbelief of a newsman.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, fairy tale, detective
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, holiday, young heroes, save the day, friendship, family life, memory loss, family relations, disorder, winter, amnesia ...
Similarity:
100%
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, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, friendship, escapades, youth, christmas eve, children, holiday, imagination, heartwarming, teamwork, unhappiness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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, north pole, santa claus, oil, arctic, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, saving christmas, elf, new year ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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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, touching, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, dog, pets, save the day, animal life, holiday, destiny, love, christmas season, golden retriever, christmas eve, xmas ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
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:
feel good, fairy tale, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, reindeer, christmas eve, christmas time, winter, christmas season, xmas, prank, christmas party, children ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 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, semi serious, captivating, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, christmas wish, holiday, desire, female protagonist, holiday romance, heartwarming, christmas spirit, wish come true, miraculous event, chance meeting, santa claus ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, 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, holiday, best friend, escapades, partner, odd couple, rescue, chases and races, unlikely partners, misfit partners, heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
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, disorder, friends, save the day, christmas season, youth, christmas elf, list, godparent ...
Similarity:
100%
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, funny, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, memory loss, save the day, family relations, parents and children, family life, xmas, wish come true, christmas eve, saving christmas, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
31K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, China
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, humorous, feel good, fairy tale, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, elf, new year, holiday, family business, fish out of water, christmas time, disorder, north pole, buddies, santa claus ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
75%
637
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:
humorous, feel good, 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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Sweden, Poland
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, rescue, young heroes, save the day, escapades, family relations, parents and children, chases and races, christmas season ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, yorkshire, england, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
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:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, sweet, light ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, christmas carol, road not taken, family relations, starting over, disorder, hopes, hollywood, friends, talk show host ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
beverly hills
Similarity:
100%
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, celebration, rescue, childhood, new year ...
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
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:
feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschool
Plot:
christmas, youth, santa claus, best friend, mischievous children, wish come true, holiday, disorder, hopes, supernatural, christmas season, christmas eve ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
2K
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, feel good, touching, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, holiday, fish out of water, fall in love, escapades, daring rescue, race against time, dishonesty, love and romance, hidden identity, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, offbeat ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
holiday, christmas, mischievous children, friends, family relations, miraculous event, youth, precocious child, bully, xmas, christmas season, destiny ...
Time:
2000s, future
Similarity:
100%
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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, semi serious, humorous, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, imaginary, family relations, good versus evil, family life, disorder, wish come true, on the run, youth, hopes, young heroes, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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:
holiday, christmas eve, family relations, disorder, save the day, good versus evil, supportive spouse, rivalry, escapades, danger, uninhibited rivalry, santa claus ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
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:
humorous, feel good, light, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, family life, holiday, eccentric family, youth, coming of age, christmas time, happy ending, teaching the ways of the world, love, escapades, destiny ...
Time:
year 1946, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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, feel good, exciting, weird
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, cousin cousin relationship, christmas elf, christmas present, holiday, getting home, destiny, hopes, heroes, happy ending, escapades, youth ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 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, melancholic, surreal, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, violence, lone hero, unlikely friendships, family relations, save the day, prank, mischievous children, partner, nothing goes right, goofy hero ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1988
Place:
orlando florida
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When his grandfather suddenly falls ill, holiday-hating Jules learns of his family's magical legacy and realizes he's the only hope to save Christmas.
Style:
sincere, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, grandfather, toys, kindness, magic, christmas season, xmas, christmas eve, exploration, family relations ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
christmas, reindeer, youth, santa claus, self discovery, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, mischievous children, young heroes, family life, fish out of water, hopes ...
Similarity:
100%
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, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, winter, department store, miraculous event, parents and children, family relations, hopes, xmas, friendship, supernatural, couples ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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, light, captivating, 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, christmas eve, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, melancholic, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot:
holiday, christmas, santa claus, snow, toys, husky dog, christmas time, happy ending, sibling relationship, imaginary, bodyguard, xmas ...
Time:
year 1993, future, year 2007, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
chicago, nova scotia, sydney australia, london, paris france ...
Similarity:
100%
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, entertaining, light, naughty
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, family relations, disorder, dishonesty, on the run, cons and scams, mischievous children, imaginary, holiday, uncle nephew relationship, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, rescue, parents and children, family life, family business, disorder, beach, xmas, holiday, christmas eve, heroes ...
Place:
miami, florida
Similarity:
100%
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