Movies like The Trolls and the Christmas Express
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The Trolls and the Christmas Express (1981)
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Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
The Trolls and the Christmas Express is an animated classic about six roguish trolls who are determined to sabotage Christmas by infiltrating Santa's village disguised as elves. After a week of wreaking havoc but still not completely ruining Christmas, they are about to give up when they get a devilishly clever idea. On the day before Christmas Eve they get the reindeer dancing and singing songs all night long. The poor reindeer are so tired the next day that they cannot find the energy to pull Santa's sleigh. Christmas looks like it has finally been ruined - but everyone knows you can't stop Christmas! The elves quickly devise a plan to link the train from Santa's village with tracks that travel all over the world. Santa can deliver the toys using the Christmas Express.
Plot:
santa claus, elf, troll, north pole, reindeer, holiday, christmas, train, sabotage, christmas carol
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, christmas special and semi serious films with plots about christmas, santa claus, holiday, family, disorder, reindeer and christmas eve mostly in Animation, Family and Short genres. Some movies like The Trolls and the Christmas Express: Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer (2018), Felix the Cat Saves Christmas (2004), Nine Dog Christmas (2004), Babar and Father Christmas (1986), A Flintstone Christmas (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
feel good, light, exciting, humorous, not serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
santa claus, reindeer, christmas, north pole, holiday, adventure, horse, christmas movie, imaginary, good versus evil, friendship, escapades ...
Time:
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95%
Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
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Genre: Musical, Animation, Family
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Duration: 71 min.
Story:
When the Professor and Rock Bottom plot to create the world's biggest blizzard in order to ruin Christmas, Felix the Cat and Poindexter must travel to the North Pole to help Santa Claus and save Christmas.
Plot:
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87%
Genre: Animation, Family
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Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Plot:
cartoon dog, santa claus, christmas, dog, elf
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
After writing to Santa, Arthur, Pom, Flora and Alexander carefully monitor the mailbox, but in vain. Finding their excellent idea of wanting to bring Santa home, Babar sets out on a long journey to find him and convince him to include elephant ...
Plot:
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Place:
africa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
christmas special
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, not serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
contemporary
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Just when Laura and her family were preparing to spend the Christmas holidays at Aunt Martha, the car breaks down and must spend Christmas at home, and without a tree. A fun adventure for the whole family.
Plot:
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Genre: Animation, Short, Family, Sport
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Duration: 21 min.
Story:
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Style:
christmas special
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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61%
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Duration: 23 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Genre: Animation, Short, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 43 min.
Story:
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Duration: 28 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Animation, Short
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Duration: 24 min.
Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Story:
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Story:
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54%
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
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