Movies like A Christmas Carol: The Musical
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A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
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Original name: A Christmas Carol
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Hungary, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, emotional, captivating, uplifting, touching, semi serious, christmas horror
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
scrooge, christmas, ghost, self discovery, road not taken, human spirit, introspection, supernatural, family relations, redemption, disorder, hopes, holiday, time travel, time, charles dickens, misfit, obnoxious boss, coldhearted, power relations, cemetery, haunted house, miser, christmas season, money lender ...
Time:
victorian era, victorian
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to A Christmas Carol: The Musical
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, hopes, redemption, family relations and ghost mostly in Fantasy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like A Christmas Carol: The Musical: Scrooge (1970), Scrooged (1988), A Christmas Carol (1999), A Christmas Carol (1984), An American Christmas Carol (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.
Style:
feel good, visually appealing, touching, unusual plot structure, clever ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, ghost, holiday, dancing, redemption, destiny, charles dickens, supernatural ability, childhood, death, musician, happy ending ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 70s, 1860s
Place:
london, tokyo, england
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life, Claire Phillips ...
Style:
light, humorous, funny, parody, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
christmas, ghost, redemption, supernatural, greed, holiday, christmas eve, television, happy ending, time travel, tv show, love ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, future, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
usa, new york
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100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Scrooge is a miserly old businessman in 1840's London. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of Marley, his dead business partner. Marley foretells that Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, each of whom will attempt to show Scrooge ...
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semi serious, atmospheric, feel good, sentimental, christmas special ...
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christmas, ghost, miser, redemption, regret, scrooge, clerk, transformation, benefactor, holiday, charles dickens, victorian england ...
Time:
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Place:
london, turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
Style:
atmospheric, touching, sexy, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, miser, ghost, holiday, scrooge, happy ending, afterlife, charles dickens, christian, life & death, business, greed ...
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england, london, europe, new york
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, emotional, touching
Plot:
christmas, ghost, winter, great depression, redemption, holiday, bittersweet, hopes, self discovery, supernatural, introspection, unfulfillment ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A remake of the Dicken's classic, "A Christmas Carol" featuring a very nasty pop singer who gets a reality check by three Christmas spirits.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, ghost, unlikely couple, supernatural, couples, change of heart, workplace situations, nothing goes right, lifestyle, performer's life, self discovery, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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42%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
"If I could work my will, every idiot that goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips would be boiled with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly in his heart" So spoke the immortal words of Christmas’ most famous miser, ...
Style:
christmas horror
Plot:
christmas, scrooge, ghost, redemption, holiday, compassion, christmas movie
Time:
1840s, victorian era
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36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
Style:
funny, humorous, feel good, talky, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
christmas, ghost, holiday, muppets, childhood, greed, time travel, disney, kids and family, talking animals, change of heart, escapades ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, 1840s, future, victorian era
Place:
england, london, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Television movie updating Charles Dickens' story, "A Christmas Carol." Businesswoman Ebenita Scrooge treats her employees and customers poorly. She has no time for Christmas or the holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, she is visited by ...
Style:
touching, captivating, thought provoking, sad
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, time travel, miser, scrooge, ghost, change of heart, boy, regret, christmas spirit, urban setting, female protagonist, african american ...
Time:
90s
Place:
rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A Carol Christmas follows the basic plot of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, but the story has been modernized. The traditional "Scrooge" character is a talk show host named Carol.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, sweet, light
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, family relations, disorder, road not taken, starting over, holiday, hopes, hollywood, friends, talk show host, female protagonist, christmas eve ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mrs Merkle (or Mrs. Miracle as she is know by some) finds herself in a toy department of a department store that is having all kinds of financial problems, but leave it to this kind lady as she will get the Christmas spirit flowing very freely at ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, department store, winter, parents and children, miraculous event, family relations, holiday, hopes, society, supernatural, couples, friendship ...
Place:
new york
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31%
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 ⇓
31%
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A starry-eyed young girl journeys from the mountains of Appalachia to the stage at Dollywood, where she discovers the impact of African-Americans on the world of country music - while at the same time competing in a country music competition for ...
Style:
sentimental, captivating, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, family relations, ambition, church choir, couples, love and romance, holiday, small town, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, christmas season, country singer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Calvin Carter, a successful business executive, has it all, but neglects those closest to him. On Christmas Eve, all that changes when the sign on his office building falls on him. He awakes in a hospital bed, attended to by Angie, a nurse who soon ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience:
date night
Plot:
christmas, hospital, self discovery, redemption, introspection, misfit, couple relations, disorder, friendship, holiday, time loop, time ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Western, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
No overview found.A Wild West retelling of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol," with Scrooge as a land baron, gunfighter, and card cheat who is visited by three spirits who attempt to teach him the true meaning of Christmas.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, christmas horror ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, ghost, small town, social relations, family relations, disorder, starting over, misfit, boss and employee, redemption, supernatural, hopes ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balance his career and family life, he has recurring dreams about an angel.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, semi serious
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
christmas, dream, family life, old woman, workaholic, angel, mansion, recurring dream, living together, destiny, hopes, couple relations ...
Place:
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A wealthy and successful career woman gets a second chance in life when a magical wish transports her back in time eight years to when she walked away from her fiance to lead a business life in New York.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
christmas, time travel, wish come true, self discovery, redemption, one more chance, road not taken, love and romance, couples, family life, holiday, hopes ...
Time:
year 1996
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
A young father struggling to make ends meet on a Depression-era salary can't afford to buy his 5-year-old daughter what she's expecting Santa Claus to bring her for Christmas. The surprise, uplifting ending is guaranteed to put even the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, youth, road not taken, redemption, hopes, obnoxious boss, boss and employee, ghost, family relations, disorder, parents and children, miraculous event ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sloan is beautiful, stylish, and on the fast track to success at her public relations firm. After her client Caitlin ends up in a coma and becomes her own personal ghost of Christmas past, present, and future; she finds out first hand that her ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, ghost, self discovery, love and romance, introspection, supernatural, scrooge, redemption, couples, road not taken, lovers reunited, teenager ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A ne'er do well father and ex-husband who always raced his way through the holidays is forced to relive Christmas Day time and again until he gets it right in this family oriented fantasy comedy starring Jay Mohr. It's Christmas time once ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, offbeat
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
time loop, christmas, holiday, disorder, family relations, couples, love and romance, hopes, obnoxious boss, time, time travel, divorce ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.
Style:
uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
ghost, human nature, elderly, dealing with death, hopes, single parent, love and romance, golden years, unfulfillment, family problems, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, europe, usa, new york
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24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past and lost family.
Style:
emotional, serious, sincere, captivating, feel good
Plot:
christmas, redemption, self discovery, haunted by the past, rehabilitation, hopes, road not taken, human nature, life is a bitch, family life, family relations, dysfunctional family ...
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texas, usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A stressed out lawyer and mother of three gets her yuletide wish when she wishes to see what her life would be like if she had chosen to pursue her career in Law rather than marrying and becoming a working mother.
Style:
light, humorous, feel good, sincere, touching ...
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family outing
Plot:
christmas, wish come true, road not taken, dull life, hopes, unfulfillment, starting over, escapades, society, holiday, youth, adaptation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
One of the best-loved holiday stories of all time is back in this animated, musical version of Charles Dickens' most famous tale. An all-star voice lineup features Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Asner, Michael York and Tim Curry as Scrooge. Come share the ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious, christmas horror
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
christmas, redemption, ghost, holiday, power relations, disorder, human spirit, self discovery, boss and employee, hopes, misfit, fish out of water ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 173 min.
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Story:
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas eve, scrooge, employer employee relationship, miser, christmas, ghost, spirit, greed, poor family, introspection, afterlife, suspense ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, future, 1840s
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only one experiencing the day over and over, he decides to use his unique gift to give the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, offbeat
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, time loop, youth, family relations, starting over, parents and children, hopes, holiday, christmas season, teenager, time, time travel ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his ...
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family outing, date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A week before Christmas, Paula finds herself struggling with bills and life with her blue-collar husband Gary and her two daughters. When Nick, her high school boyfriend returns to town, a wealthy art gallery owner, Paula wonders if she made the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, humorous, light, captivating ...
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A family man is warned he has only forty days to live.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa
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22%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, touching, light, sincere ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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