Movies like Journey Back to Christmas
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Journey Back to Christmas (2016)
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
WWII has ended and Hanna is still grieving over her husband's disappearance. When the Christmas Comet appears for the first time in 70 years, Hanna is caught in a terrible storm and knocked unconscious. When she wakes up, she's in 2016.
Style:
sincere, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
christmas, time travel, christmas season, magic, christmas eve, hospital, library, nurse, travel, time, winter, love and romance, small town, comet, world war two, dog, doctors, police officer, soldier, miraculous event, mother, orphan, wartime, policewoman, farm ...
Time:
year 1945, 1940s, year 2016
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Most similar movies to Journey Back to Christmas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, light and romantic films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, christmas season, love and romance, holiday, happy ending and christmas eve mostly in Romance, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Journey Back to Christmas: A Christmas Detour (2015), A Heavenly Christmas (2016), The Knight Before Christmas (2019), Last Christmas (2019), Let It Snow (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A bubbly bride-to-be’s Christmas plans take an unexpected turn when her holiday flight to New York is detoured and she encounters a cynical bar manager who has lost his faith in love. As she scrambles to make it back east for Christmas—and plan ...
Style:
sweet, light, feel good, romantic, captivating
Plot:
christmas, love and romance, opposites attract, unlikely couple, winter, looking for love, love story, blizzard, fall in love, love affair, male female relationship, christmas season ...
Place:
usa, north america
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100%
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:
sentimental, sweet, romantic, sincere
Plot:
christmas, love, afterlife, christmas season, christmas eve, fall in love, power of love, love and romance, winter, life & death, mentor, fish out of water ...
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A medieval English knight is magically transported to present day where he ends up falling for a high school science teacher.
Style:
light, feel good, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
christmas, time travel, christmas eve, knight, christmas party, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, time traveler, fish out of water, chivalry, time warp, in love, love affair ...
Time:
future, year 2019, 14th century
Place:
ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Her last date with disaster? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be ...
Style:
touching, surprise ending, sincere, sweet, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, young girl, love, young man, aspiring singer, heart transplant, male female friendship, homeless woman, sister sister relationship, escapades ...
Time:
year 1999, year 2017
Place:
united kingdom, london, england, britain, former yugoslavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A resort executive is sent to a newly purchased lodge in Maine with instructions to turn it in to an ultra-modern resort, and finds a charming, successful lodge loaded with holiday spirit. Will she stick with her boss’s plans to tear everything ...
Style:
touching, light, captivating, romantic, fable
Plot:
christmas, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, ski resort, male female relationship, winter, family business, love and romance, love affair, romantic relationship, parent child relationship, family relations ...
Place:
north america, usa, maine, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like It's a Wonderful Life
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his ...
Style:
futuristic, surprise ending, twist ending, tricky, stylized ...
Plot:
time travel, time loop, parallel universe, suspense, travel, alternate reality, science, twists and turns, life & death, violence, corruption, revenge ...
Time:
future
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Allie, a veterinarian in Evergreen, reluctantly will spend Christmas with her long-distance boyfriend. Bound for the airport, she has engine trouble, and Ryan, headed to Florida with his daughter Zoe, stops to help. Sure they won’t meet again, ...
Style:
touching, sincere, disturbing, sweet, light
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
christmas, festival, holiday, love, winter, friendship, escapades, society, love affair, love and romance, snow, small town ...
Place:
washington d.c., new england, canada, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of driven, heartless, publishing executive, Carol Huffman, who on Christmas eve is visited by the ghost of her former boss, Eve. Eve tells Carol that she has lost sight of the things that are truly important in life and that she is there ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, time travel, ghost, boss and employee, supernatural, power relations, ambition, obnoxious boss, workplace, miraculous event, relationship vs career, businesswoman ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2010s, 2000s, year 1985 ...
Place:
usa, illinois, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After three years, Nick's estranged daughter Holly returns home to find the spirit of Christmas in Santaville has dwindled, taking the family business with it. What starts out as an attempt to bail out her dad, ends up rekindling Holly's ...
Style:
light, captivating, feel good, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, business, father daughter relationship, gift, small town, race against time, love, save the day, family relations, friendship, winter ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Heavenly angel Harry Mills is sent to Earth on a trial assignment to intervene in the life of a woman who needs help getting her life on track after the death of her father. With a deadline of Christmas day, he attempts to help her heal in order to ...
Style:
romantic, light, feel good, humorous, sincere
Plot:
christmas, angel, christmas season, english teacher, holiday, teacher, love and romance, naivete, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, miraculous event, goodhearted, magic ...
Time:
2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Movies like Last Christmas
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, captivating, disturbing, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
christmas, dating, christmas present, holiday, gift, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, changing lives, predicting the future, lifestyle change, magical object ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Dr. Sharon Hayes searches for a beloved family heirloom in a small Christmas town. When she unexpectedly discovers an adorable little girl and her disheartened father, she realizes that Christmas miracles really do happen.
Style:
captivating, sincere, light, romantic
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas eve, father daughter relationship, love, male female relationship, legacy, tradition, male female friendship, friendship, widower, fall in love ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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:
feel good, humorous, sweet, entertaining, light
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, wish come true, holiday, male female relationship, winter, love and romance, fall in love, unlikely couple, self confidence, magic, christmas spirit, relationship vs career ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
seattle, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Carrie Bishop (Booth) lives for her successful career as an event planner in New York City, but her life changes in an instant after a nasty car accident in a snowstorm. Carrie suffers head trauma and regains consciousness in Central Park with an ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, restaurant, supernatural ability, hopes, win over, social relations, friendship, guardian angel, event planner, wizards and magicians, snow, winter ...
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The holiday drama follows an out-of-work actress who returns to her quaint hometown, where a Christmas romance proves the life she once left behind could turn out to be even better than Broadway.
Style:
captivating, feel good, humorous, light
Plot:
christmas, hometown, love interest, parent grown child relationship, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, friendship, winter, love, couples, family relations, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Films like The Knight Before Christmas
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two rival toy shop owners reluctantly join forces when an unscrupulous toy magnate opens a box store in their town.
Style:
romantic, captivating, sincere, light, emotional
Plot:
christmas, small town, love interest, christmas season, widow, love and romance, wedding, small business, voting, mayor, happy ending, city ...
Place:
new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, humorous, serious
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, youth, fall in love, parents and children, save the day, single parent, escapades, north pole, winter, christmas eve, christmas season, writers ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on a special ...
Style:
entertaining, sincere, light, feel good
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, christmas spirit, holiday, sibling relationship, wish fulfillment, magic, north pole, brother sister relationship, christmas eve, christmas season, youth ...
Time:
2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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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:
feel good, sweet, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, time travel, firefighter, happy ending, faith, hopes, fall in love, new love, transformation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, touching, light, romantic
Plot:
christmas, time travel, holiday, love and romance, couple relations, love story, altering history, fall in love, stereotypes, supernatural, past, culture clash ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a driven doctor doesn't get the prestigious position she planned for, she unexpectedly finds herself moving to a remote Alaskan town. While she meets the locals and even starts a new romance, she has to learn to let the life she planned ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, feel good, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, small town, family relations, love and romance, doctor, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, social relations, small town life, career woman, royalty, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa, san francisco, seattle, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A doctor returns home for Christmas to find that her father has decided to retire from his own practice. After reuniting with her high school sweetheart, she wonders if she should stay and take over her father's practice.
Style:
feel good, light, romantic, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, small town, happy ending, doctor, old love, winter, moral dilemma, getting home, second chance, self discovery, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
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23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Identical twins Kate and Chris Lockhart plot to be the other sister -- at Kate’s office and Chris’ school – and take on planning their sister’s Christmas events. One rule, though: no romance.
Style:
sweet, entertaining, captivating
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, body swapping, switching roles, happy ending, love, male female relationship, meaning of life, escapades, changing lives, self discovery, envy, rivalry ...
Place:
denver colorado, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nathan Andrews is all grown up. As a young doctor, Nathan finds himself questioning his career choice, so he goes to his hometown to soul search and reconnect with his father. Once home, a blossoming romance with teacher Megan Sullivan and a fast ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, sincere
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, male female relationship, family relations, changing lives, family life, love and romance, getting home, basketball coach, love affair, romantic relationship, doctors, relationships ...
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22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Every December in the small town of Ponchatoula, Louisiana a wooden wishing box is placed in the park as a Christmas tradition. After a night out together, Maddie encourages her sister Faith to put a wish in the box - a wish to experience true love ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining, sweet, emotional
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, male female relationship, love affair, adaptation, opposites attract, couples, love, rivalry, friendship, love and romance, lifestyle, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $50,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Christmas, Finn wants what to reclaim what he considers his family’s ...
Style:
captivating, romantic, sweet, touching, disturbing
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
christmas, single mother, sick child, winter, medical experiment, love, mother son relationship, false identity, opposites attract, once in a lifetime opportunity, follow your dream, male female relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Angie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in the past. With the advice of the ...
Style:
sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
christmas, best friends in love, time paradox, christmas season, time travel, marriage proposal, male female relationship, relationship problems, second chance, changing lives, sent to the past, time jump ...
Place:
connecticut, grand central station manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A miracle occurs for a homeless family consisting of two wayward children and their protective aunt with the help of an angel. When a young woman's niece and nephew are threatened with foster care after her sister is hospitalized following yet ...
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, custody, life is a bitch, family problems, drug abuse, hopes, police officer, youth, miraculous event, love and romance, suspense, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
rhode island, illinois, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
With Christmas approaching, a handsome fireman afraid of commitment adopts a stray cat and meets a beautiful veterinary student who challenges his decision to remain a confirmed bachelor.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, fall in love, firefighter, cat, love and romance, pets, looking for love, singleness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, happy ending, animal life, birthday ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Krissy Kringle receives a delivery intended for Santa Claus. A magical book that shows if a person has been naughty or nice. She uses the book's power to find out about those around her, which leads to some very unusual and unintended ...
Style:
disturbing, sweet, captivating, entertaining
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
christmas, christmas season, love and romance, christmas present, supernatural power, looking for love, friendship, hopes, self discovery, christmas eve, curses spells and rituals, caught in a lie ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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