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The Nutcracker (American Ballet Theatre) (1977)
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The Nutcracker (American Ballet Theatre) (1977)
Genre: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critcally acclaimed Emmy nominated production. The thisspectacular performance is danced by the magnificent team of Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, and Gelsey Kirkland, both chowcased at the peak of the their careers, with members of the American Ballet Theatre.
Style: light, sweet, cute, light hearted
Plot: christmas, nutcracker, dancing, magical, ballet, opera, choreography, broadway, classical music, dance performance, magic, princess, prince, snow, dream, toys, christmas eve, celebration, christmas present, reality vs fantasy, reality versus fantasy, music, toy

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out light, feel good, sweet and romantic films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, christmas romance, holiday, male female relationship, love and romance and snow mostly in Romance, Fantasy and Music genres. Some movies like The Nutcracker (American Ballet Theatre): The Nutcracker (1993), Enchanted Christmas (2017), A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018), A Christmas Melody (2015), A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Nutcracker (1993)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, stylized, humorous, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ballet, christmas, danger, rescue, young heroes, family relations, curses spells and rituals, imaginary kingdom, escapades, disorder, holiday, youth ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993
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95%
Enchanted Christmas (2017)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Weeks before Christmas, interior designer Laura is sent to her hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico to remodel a landmark hotel. As Laura is kept busy with the renovations, her 8-year-old daughter Nicole is introduced to the art of salsa dancing at a ...
Style: entertaining, romantic, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, second chance, male female relationship, starting over, dancing, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, hotel, love and romance, dancer, dance performance ...
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95%
A Shoe Addict's Christmas (2018)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever she tries on a new pair of shoes.
Style: entertaining, funny, romantic, humorous, light ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, christmas spirit, holiday, christmas romance, firefighter, christmas eve, happy ending, time travel, snow, fall in love, faith, hopes ...
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90%
A Christmas Melody (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Kristin has just had to close her small Manhattan clothing boutique to return to her Ohio home town and live in her parents' former home. It's an adjustment for Kristin and her young daughter— especially when she runs into her former ...
Style: romantic, feel good, sweet, light
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, winter, musician, love affair, lifestyle, love and romance, friendship, escapades, music, society, love ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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A Nashville Christmas Carol (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A workaholic television producer receives a visit from her recently deceased mentor, who warns her that her current path leads to a dark future.
Style: feel good, entertaining, sincere, captivating
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, job promotion, childhood friend, relationships, music, friendship, christmas present, christmas wish, assistant, ghost, magic ...
Place: tennessee, nashville tennessee
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The Nutcracker (2008)
Genre: Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: This version of "The Nutcracker" gives the classic ballet a tragic spin, with Masha (instead of Clara) now the unloved, unappreciated daughter of the Town Council President. At a Christmas party, Masha is given a seemingly alive Nutcracker ...
Plot: opera, drunkenness, death, cookbook, toys, ballet, bakery, dance, tragic event, christmas party, sexual desire, toy soldier ...
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75%
The Holiday Calendar (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A talented photographer stuck in a dead-end job inherits an antique Advent calendar that may be predicting the future -- and pointing her toward love.
Style: sweet, light, disturbing, sincere, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, dating, christmas present, friendship, gift, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, lifestyle change, male female relationship, love and romance ...
Time: future
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74%
The Hip Hop Nutcracker (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story: Features Rev Run as he brings audiences on a hip-hop reimagining of The Nutcracker ballet set in NYC.
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, feel good, captivating
Plot: christmas, performer, holiday, hip hop, nutcracker, african american, music, dancer, dancing, singing, stage
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday (2019)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Hannah is a book editor and she must work with her former rival Ryan to help a potential writer find her way. However, life seems to have other plans for Hannah as Angel Anthony reminds the duo about the miracle of Christmas and the value of ...
Style: romantic, touching, feel good, sentimental, light ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, fall in love, love, couples, love and romance, women, looking for love, writers, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mentor, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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68%
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Nutcracker (1986)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story. A lavish, exciting and ...
Style: stylized, entertaining, independent film, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, nutcracker, dancing, toy comes to life, hunting, dance, happiness, soldier, uncle niece relationship, rat, evil king, ballet performance ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century
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68%
The Turning Point (1977)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic, serious ...
Plot: ballet, dancing, ballerina, regret, choreography, dance, bittersweet, midlife crisis, mother daughter relationship, jealousy, rivalry, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
A Winter Princess (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When Carly, secretly a princess, plans Snowden Peak’s Snow Ball with Jesse, their attraction is undeniable. In planning the event, the two make the gala a fundraiser to help infuse much needed resources into the resort. But without a celebrity ...
Style: fairy tale, light, romantic, funny, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: prince, royal family, incognito, fall in love, royalty, couples, love and romance, happy ending, dancing, beautiful scenery, small town, love ...
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66%
Christmas Comes Twice (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Cheryl visits the Christmas carnival in her hometown, she gets a second chance in life when she is transported to Christmas five years in the past.
Style: light, feel good, humorous, romantic
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, one more chance, time travel, christmas present, holiday, adulthood, nothing goes right, hopes, couples, redemption, disorder, wish come true ...
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61%
A Christmas Love Story (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A youth choir director needs to write a big song for the Christmas Eve show but finds herself distracted when a boy with a golden voice joins her choir, which will come as news to his widowed father.
Style: entertaining, sweet, light, romantic, feel good
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, single father, choir, fund raising, second chance, male female relationship, widower, fall in love, talented, new love, goodhearted, music ...
Place: new york, connecticut
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58%
Angels and Ornaments (2014)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Corrine's holiday season gets an unexpected dose of romance when she meets the mysterious Harold, who is on a deadline from a higher power to help Corrine find her true love by Christmas Eve. As the clock ticks down to Harold's deadline, ...
Style: romantic, light, captivating, sweet, entertaining ...
Plot: christmas, best friends in love, winter, wish come true, true love, love affair, relationships, looking for love, unlikely couple, friends, fall in love, love interest ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Ghosts of Christmas Always (2022)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Katherine is a Ghost of Christmas Present and she must help one soul, Peter, rediscover his Christmas spirit. But this year has something unusual in store.
Style: thrilling, satirical, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, help, christmas season, christmas spirit, assistant, satire, save the day, spirit, holiday, soul mate, christmas eve, christmas movie
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The Sleeping Beauty (2000)
Genre: Music, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Ballet luminary Rudolf Nureyev choreographed this spectacular 1972 National Ballet of Canada production of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," and also stars as Prince Florimund opposite Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. After ...
Style: silent
Plot: ballet, witch, poisoning, princess
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A Very Nutty Christmas (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday, has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate ...
Style: funny, entertaining, feel good, light, humorous ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, wish come true, baker, miraculous event, christmas eve, faith, christmas spirit, life turned upside down, gift, objects come to life ...
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Christmas at the Palace (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Katie, a former professional ice skater, is hired by the king of San Senova, Alexander, to help his daughter in a Christmas ice skating performance. As Katie spends time in the castle and with the king, she and Alex begin to develop feelings for ...
Style: light, sweet, feel good, funny
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, ice skater, christmas romance, love, class differences, social differences, love and romance, society, love affair, male female relationship, cultural difference, opposites attract ...
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52%
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Mammame (1986)
Genre: Fantasy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 65 min.
Story: A Ruizian adaptation of Jean-Claude Gallotta's iconic wordless ballet choreography.
Style: silent
Plot: dance performance, modern dance, choreography, dance, ballet, beach, no dialogue
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51%
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Lisa's trip home to Evergreen for the holidays finds her shepherding an effort to save the town's beloved general store, fulfilling the wishes of a Christmas past and finding a romance full of Christmas magic.
Style: captivating, sweet, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas romance, christmas spirit, small town, society, happy ending, escapades, friendship, fall in love, human spirit, childhood memory ...
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49%
A Heavenly Christmas (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Upon her untimely death, a workaholic finds herself in training to be a Christmas Angel in Heaven. Despite being the worst recruit in the history of Christmas, she’s assigned a hard luck case. As she’s forced to help solve his problems, she’ll ...
Style: sincere, sentimental, sweet, romantic
Plot: christmas, afterlife, christmas season, love, winter, fall in love, christmas eve, power of love, love and romance, snow, human nature, fish out of water ...
Place: chicago
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Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays (2019)
Genre: Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: World-traveler Harper returns to Memphis and meets wealthy widower Owen who hires her to au pair for the holidays. As they prepare for a joint event at Graceland, their feelings grow for each other. Harper realizes she enjoys living near family and ...
Style: romantic, captivating, humorous, light
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: christmas, nanny, single father, opposites attract, male female relationship, love and romance, happy ending, social differences, unlikely couple, adaptation, parents and children, fall in love ...
Place: memphis
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46%
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Homegrown Christmas (2018)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After stepping down as CEO of her dream job, Maddie heads home for the holidays to gain perspective. She finds herself running into her old high school sweetheart Carter, and tensions quickly arise. When forced to put together a Christmas dance for ...
Style: sweet, entertaining, romantic, humorous, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, small town, male female relationship, happy ending, christmas spirit, homecoming, second chance, love story, christmas party, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, self discovery ...
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46%
A Christmas Miracle (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Single mom Emma Sanderson is looking for a Christmas miracle to write about for the lifestyle magazine where she's landed a temporary job. Along the way Emma discovers unexpected romance with a supportive colleague and brings about a Christmas ...
Style: sweet, light, captivating, romantic, entertaining
Plot: christmas, photographer, single mother, male female relationship, boss and employee, miraculous event, co worker co worker relationship, love affair, fall in love, lifestyle, friendship, coworker relationship ...
Place: denver colorado
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45%
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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44%
Merry & Bright (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Cate, CEO of the Merry and Bright Candy Cane Company, meets Gabe during the busy Christmas season. She assumes Gabe is the suitor her well-meaning mother is trying to set her up with when in reality, he works for Empire Corporate Recovery, which has ...
Style: light, romantic, touching, sincere, sweet
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: christmas, dating, christmas romance, love and romance, company, collaboration, deal, celebration, cooking, xmas, christmas eve, marriage proposal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ohio, new york
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41%
Christmas In Evergreen: Tidings of Joy (2019)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule.
Style: feel good, light, sweet, emotional, gay cinema
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: christmas, love and romance, fall in love, publishing, couples, ambition, male female relationship, love affair, love, friendship, female writer, holiday ...
Place: vermont, new york
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41%
Love the Coopers (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, large family, parents and children, nothing goes right, couple relations, couples, family gatherings, new year, holiday, happiness, snow ...
Time: year 2015, 60s, year 1946, 21st century
Place: usa, pittsburgh
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40%
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High Strung (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a ...
Style: romantic, light, sweet, entertaining, happy
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: dancing, ballet, dancer's life, dance, violin, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, youth, unlikely couple, competition, music, breaking point, musician ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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