Movies like Annabelle's Wish

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Annabelle's Wish (1997)
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Annabelle's Wish (1997)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
Story: A lovable calf named Annabelle born on Christmas Eve has a very special wish... to fly like one of Santa's reindeer. Based on the farm legend that Santa gives voices to the animals for one day each year, this tender tale of friendship and compassion begins when Annabelle makes friends with Billy, a young boy who cannot talk, and a friendly bunch of barnyard animals. Together they contend with Billy's mean aunt and the bullies in the neighborhood. Annabelle shows everyone the true meaning of Christmas by making one very special wish come true.
Style: christmas special, sentimental, retro, independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, winter, holiday, santa claus, reindeer, new year's eve, xmas, dog, horse, desire, fire, boy, orphan, farm, grandfather, owl, cow, pig, chicken, mute, rooster, furry, flashback, music box, calf ...

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Most similar movies to Annabelle's Wish

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, christmas special, humorous and semi serious films with plots about christmas, holiday, christmas movie, santa claus, winter, xmas and escapades mostly in Animation, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Annabelle's Wish: Stick Man (2015), Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer (2018), The Polar Express (2004), Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970), Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is beaten in the reindeer games ...
Style: christmas classics, sweet, retro, cute, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, winter, reindeer, christmas season, xmas, parents and children, imaginary kingdom, disorder, family relations, friends, misfit, friendship ...
Time: year 1998
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100%
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (2000)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Based on the popular book by L. Frank Baum, the beloved author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, comes the incredible story of The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus. Many centuries ago, long before toys had even been invented, a baby abandoned ...
Style: folk tale, funny, captivating, fairy tale, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, winter, xmas, christmas wish, literary, new year's eve, holiday, talking animal, fairy, christmas movie
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50%
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Stick Man (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 27 min.
Story: Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons. Will he get back to his family in time for Christmas?
Style: christmas special, sincere, entertaining, captivating
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, winter, nature, santa claus, forces of nature, magic, forest, anthropomorphism, christmas eve, new year's eve, blaster, house ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer (2018)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs.
Style: light, exciting, humorous, feel good, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: reindeer, christmas, santa claus, holiday, horse, north pole, save the day, friendship, escapades, imaginary, good versus evil, happy ending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Polar Express (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Style: feel good, computer animated, fairy tale, motion capture, christmas classics ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, magic, train, railway, dream, santa claus, snow, winter, xmas, good versus evil, boy ...
Time: year 2004, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Long ago the Lady Borealis placed the evil Winterbolt under a magic spell, and put the last of her magic into the nose of a newborn reindeer: Rudolph. But now Winterbolt's awake. He gives Frosty's family magic amulets to keep them from ...
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, claymation, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: holiday, stop motion, christmas, xmas, christmas season, reindeer, winter, christmas wish, christmas spirit, circus, curses spells and rituals, disorder ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 48 min.
Story: A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a small baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grew up, he wanted to deliver toys to the ...
Style: christmas classics, feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, mischievous children, stop motion, family relations, escapades, danger, good versus evil, imaginary, rescue, friendship ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must deal with an evil postman ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, christmas special, computer animated
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, santa claus, winter, furry, north pole, surrealism, holiday, partner, child in peril, friends, disorder, buddies ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Flight Before Christmas (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Denmark, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young reindeer who suffers from vertigo learns to overcome his fear, takes flying lessons from a clumsy flying squirrel and heads to the North pole to save a troubled Santa and his fleet of flying reindeer.
Style: exciting, feel good, light, christmas special, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, friends, xmas, society, destiny, winter, christmas season, new year, monster, wolf pack, power relations ...
Time: year 2008
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Saving Santa (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, India
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, fairy tale, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: christmas, reindeer, santa claus, save the day, fish out of water, danger, escapades, disorder, time travel, xmas, when the parents are away, christmas spirit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
Story: A delightful, animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale. A Cricket on the Hearth, tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful Cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the ...
Style: christmas special, christmas classics
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, cricket, xmas, christmas season, toy maker, deception, father daughter relationship, blindness, toy comes to life, christmas tree, cricket the insect
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, claymation, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing
Plot: holiday, christmas, stop motion, time travel, new year's eve, new year, winter, christmas season, xmas, time, runaway, reindeer ...
Time: 20th century, prehistory, 18th century, 70s, 11th century ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! (2023)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The holiday season has arrived, and brilliant but accident-prone Steve Urkel has already ruined his local celebration by publicly humiliating a shopping mall Santa. In his attempt to make things right and score some nice points with the big guy in ...
Style: captivating, exciting, funny, entertaining, sentimental ...
Plot: christmas, saving christmas, winter, singing, gift, holiday, spirit, santa claus, music and dance, music
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story: When Santa has an accident at Fred's house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.
Style: christmas special
Plot: christmas, holiday, flintstones, alternate history, new year's eve, santa claus, family relations, christmas eve, caveman, christmas movie, christmas tree, anachronism
Time: stone age, prehistoric times, prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 74 min.
Story: When the mysterious Toy Taker grabs all of Santa's toys, it looks like the children will miss out on Christmas. But everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, comes to the rescue with his lovable friends: Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius the ...
Style: christmas special, feel good, semi serious, humorous, stylized ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, reindeer, friends, disorder, misfit, escapades, obnoxious boss, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, partner, contests and competitions, friendship ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Charlie B. Barker and Itchy Ford are back with Sasha and the gang having a Dicken's of a time as they try to save Christmas from Carface and an evil spirit that wishes to use dogs all over the world to ruin Christmas forever.
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, exciting, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, dog, christmas carol, xmas, holiday, scrooge, furry, cartoon dog, partner, friends, disorder, family relations ...
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
Story: Garfield, Jon and Odie go to Jon's family farm for Christmas, where Garfield finds a present for Grandma.
Style: christmas classics, christmas special
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas eve, holiday, christmas, christmas season, superhero, new year's eve, xmas, cartoon dog, cartoon cat, family relations, grandmother grandson relationship, piano ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
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: humorous, stylized, touching, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, redemption, race against time, snow, escapades, christmas season, magic, runaway, good versus evil, magical ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: tanzania, idaho, cuba, toronto ontario canada, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Jack Frost (1979)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story: In this delightful animated tale, Pardon-me Pete (Buddy Hackett), the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see ...
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, claymation, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, stop motion, xmas, winter, christmas season, christmas wish, christmas spirit, name calling, fall in love, ventriloquist dummy, groundhog day ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story: Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas ...
Style: christmas special, colorful, atmospheric, christmas classics, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, dog, winter, obsession, snow, christmas eve, fish out of water, imaginary, social misfits, xmas, change of heart ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Caillou's Holiday Movie (2003)
Genre: Animation, Family, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Caillou learns about winter holiday traditions from around the world. He and his entire family celebrate Christmas, sharing, giving and caring.
Style: semi serious, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas present, christmas season, friendship, winter, friends, new year's eve
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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An Elf's Story (2010)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
Story: The inspirational tale of Chippey, the young scout elf who is assigned by Santa to restore Taylor McTuttle's belief in Christmas magic. When the boy breaks the number one Elf on the Shelf rule, Chippey loses his Christmas magic; the entire ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, sweet, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, friendship, friends, childhood, love, elf, teenage girl, girl, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Frosty the Snowman (1969)
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
Story: A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in ...
Style: christmas classics, sweet, christmas special, anime, crying ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, xmas, magic, friendship, christmas season, snow, good versus evil, snowman, winter, school, christmas wish ...
Time: 60s
Place: antarctic
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Barbie: A Perfect Christmas (2011)
Genre: Animation, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Join Barbie and her sisters Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea as their holiday vacation plans turn into a most unexpected adventure and heartwarming lesson. After a snowstorm diverts their plane, the girls find themselves far from their New York ...
Style: feel good, christmas special, light, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: barbie, christmas, holiday, family relations, friends, christmas present, sister, christmas party, christmas eve, sister sister relationship, sisters, friendship ...
Place: usa
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The Snowman (1982)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story: A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes the boy on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
Style: christmas classics, sweet, sad, heartbreaking, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: christmas, imaginary kingdom, holiday, northern lights, winter, xmas, snow, christmas spirit, cold, new year's eve, ice, dance ...
Time: 1900s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: antarctic, brighton, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: Christmas Eve takes a twisty turn when the Boss Baby accidentally swaps places with one of Santa's elves and gets stranded at the North Pole.
Style: captivating, exciting, entertaining, humorous, funny
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, child protagonist, elf, child, north pole, adventure hero, winter, evil child, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
Story: A Miser Brothers' Christmas is a sequel to the classic 1974 television special The Year Without a Santa Claus. The stop-motion animated special, produced by Warner Brothers Television Animation (owners of the post-1973 Rankin/Bass animated ...
Style: humorous, christmas special, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, santa claus, save the day, family relations, good versus evil, miser, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, brother brother relationship, magic ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Merry Madagascar (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
Story: The Zoosters are back in an all-new holiday adventure. When Santa and his reindeer crash onto the island of Madagascar it's up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman and those wacky penguins to save Christmas. Get ready for a sleigh full of laughs in ...
Style: christmas special, funny, melancholic, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, holiday, amnesia, friendship, escapades, christmas present, disorder, imaginary, hypochondriac, save the day, animal life, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: madagascar, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 26 min.
Story: When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his ...
Style: feel good, not serious, humorous, 3d animation, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, ice age, holiday, father daughter relationship, north pole, partner, animal life, friendship, legends and myths, spoiled brat, silly humor, escapades ...
Time: prehistory, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
Story: Lanny and Wayne are at it again! With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology which has fallen into the hands of a computer-hacking Naughty Kid! Desperate to prevent Christmas from ...
Style: christmas special, computer animated
Audience: kids
Plot: holiday, christmas, santa claus, naughty child, mission, computer hacker, flashback, robot dog, brother brother relationship, saving christmas, jealous brother, remote control ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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