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Nativity! (2009)
15K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martin Freeman is lovelorn teacher Mr Maddens, a former am-dram star whose girlfriend (Ashley Jensen) dumped him over Christmas five years ago and upped sticks, inexplicably, to La-La Land. Yuletide cheer is not his forte, but he's forced to drum some up when Pam Ferris's headmistress earmarks him to direct the Nativity play.
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating, sentimental, realistic, not serious, christmas special
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, youth, school, ambition, desire for fame, mischievous children, disorder, artists and showbiz, christmas season, nativity, rivalry, teacher, save the day, new year, xmas, contest, girl, student, paparazzi, little boy, donkey, audition, christmas eve, thanksgiving ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, europe
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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, family relations, christmas eve and disorder mostly in Comedy, Family and Crime genres. Some movies like Nativity!: Saving Christmas (2014), Jingle All the Way 2 (2014), Call Me Claus (2001), 8-Bit Christmas (2021), Home Alone 4 (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This Christmas the pupils of St Bernadette's and their much-loved, madcap teacher Mr. Poppy are back for their biggest adventure yet involving fantastic flashmobs, excitable elves, Christmas carols and of course Archie the donkey! When their ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good, light
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, mischievous children, rivalry, couple relations, teachers and students, couples, ambition, disorder, youth, holiday, contests and competitions, school ...
Time:
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Place:
england
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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, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, tradition, christmas party, brother in law, family relations, siblings relations, christian, xmas, faith, holiday, santa claus, christmas dinner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Larry's daughter wants only one thing for Christmas - a talking bear. His daughter's step-dad intends to make sure that Larry can't get one.
Style:
surprise ending, realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, family relations, goofy hero, family life, parents and children, disorder, race against time, chases and races, nothing goes right, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
This is a made for tv adaptation of Barbara Robinson's novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H stars as Grace Bradley who inherits the job of running her church's Christmas pageant when the woman who usually does it ...
Style:
christmas classics, christmas special
Plot:
christmas, naughty child, firefighter, fire, bully, change of heart, holiday, christmas season, dysfunctional family, child neglect, juvenile delinquent, petty theft ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This sequel to the popular British comedy sees a new teacher (David Tennant) take over. When he enters his school in the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition, he and his pregnant wife, and the schoolchildren, embark on an epic road ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, not serious, humorous, light
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, youth, contests and competitions, disorder, couples, social relations, power relations, teachers and students, school, couple relations, mischievous children, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
If She's Going To Save Christmas, She's Got Some Big Shoes To Fill.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, nothing goes right, haunted by the past, fish out of water, ghost, misfit, redemption, disorder, goofy hero, family life, destiny ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.
Style:
satirical, feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
video game, christmas, holiday, child, family values, game, gift, children, satire, friendship, escapades, friends ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1980
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Zambia
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
home alone, christmas, mischievous children, prank, holiday, crime gone awry, save the day, when the parents are away, parents and children, young heroes, home invasion, youth ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
After inheriting a farm at Christmas time, a widowed father makes a bumpy adjustment to village life — while his kids hatch a plan to stay there forever.
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, captivating, satirical
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, family relations, relationships, parents and children, lifestyle, kids and family, countryside, satire, christmas season, christmas spirit, interracial love relationship, single father ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
music, teacher, teachers and students, musician, children, rock music, student, school, fish out of water, music band, rock concert, rock band ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
america, new york, usa, los angeles, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, India
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Some years after their son is killed, a married couple decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep and things take a strange turn.
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, sincere, philosophical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, christmas, healing, family relations, divine intervention, hopes, life turned upside down, sweetheart, angel, child as adult, starting over, save the day ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, rock music, nativity, teacher, elementary school, school, satire, contests and competitions, musician, music, high school life, children ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The competition heats up at the annual Greenlawn Christmas Decorating Contest when Norbert Bridges moves to town and stirs up trouble with the reigning champion Donnie Manning. But when the town outlaws Christmas after things get out of control it s ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, family relations, social relations, friendship, family life, rivalry, small town, ambition, christmas eve, contests and competitions, disorder, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Bob and Stu are former best friends who still hold a grudge from an argument they had when they were teenagers. Now, they hope to settle the score with a different kind of competition: who can out-bulb the other in their town’s annual Christmas ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, feel good, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, rivalry, competition, feud, neighbor, christmas season, christmas spirit, ambition, satire, competitor, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Similarity:
25%
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:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"A Christmas Carol" turns into "A Christmas Corral" as the animals of Woodsley's Farm help Oliver and his little sister June stage the classic tale to shock their Dad into embracing the spirit of the holidays.
Style:
funny, sincere, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, parents and children, family relations, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, children, humour, father son relationship, christmas spirit, kids and family, christmas carol ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A selfish con-man must show that he can be a family man to inherit his uncle's estate. As he tries to set up his scam family, he realizes that he really wants to have a one.
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, family relations, disorder, frame up, cons and scams, suburbs, inheritance, caper, rivalry, debt, friendship, holiday ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A mischievous, swag-obsessed boy must overcome his inner Scrooge, or remain caught in a cycle where everyday is a Christmas without presents.
Style:
feel good, funny, exciting, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, time loop, dog, holiday, unhappiness, christmas season, bribe, african american man, bribery, christmas spirit, african american, money ...
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Seven-year-old Danny Parker is a good kid who loves his parents. But they have to go out on business dinners all the time, leaving him stuck with a sitter. It's not so bad when it's his favorite babysitter, Janelle but he also gets stuck ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, when the parents are away, mischievous children, nanny, parents and children, disorder, youth, save the day, little boy, friendship, rivalry, babysitter ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Style:
cult classic, christmas special, funny, period piece, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
christmas, bullying, childhood, holiday, boy, school, coming of age, children, christmas season, childhood memory, bully, little boy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, year 1983, 20th century
Place:
indiana, columbus ohio, usa, canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
While trying to avoid an obsessed girl, rocker Drake Parker meets a young girl, who makes him promise to give her family the best Christmas ever. Later, at the Premiere's first ever Christmas party, a group of teens start to make trouble. ...
Style:
christmas special, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, youth, nothing goes right, comedy of errors, mischievous children, family relations, lifestyle, disorder, step siblings, friends, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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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:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During a ride on his sleigh Santa is mistaken for an alien in a UFO. After an attack, he ends up seriously injured in a small town. Two children must help him, so Christmas is not jeopardized.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, hidden identity, parents and children, government agent, surveillance, santa claus, save the day, xmas, friendship, couples, society, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After getting fired from his job, a slick, fast-talking businessman is thrown into an elf competition to become Santa¹s next second-in-command. Put through a series of rigorous training exercises to prepare for the contest, The Miz and another ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sweet, light, sentimental ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, magic, north pole, toys, christmas eve, heartwarming, contest, rivalry, second chance, fish out of water ...
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A boy witnesses his mother kissing what he believes to be is the real Santa Clause and retaliates with mischief.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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