Movies like The Snowman 1982

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The Snowman (1982)
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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: sweet, heartbreaking, sad, christmas classics, christmas special, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: christmas, imaginary kingdom, holiday, northern lights, winter, xmas, snow, christmas spirit, new year, forest, cold, ice, new year's eve, bittersweet, dance, little boy, heroes, friendship, youth, wish come true, friends, misfit, love and romance, imaginary, disorder ...
Time: year 1982, 1900s, 20th century
Place: antarctic, england, brighton
Keyword: preschoolers, liquid

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Most similar movies to The Snowman

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, semi serious and christmas special films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, friends, holiday, disorder, xmas and escapades mostly in Animation, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Snowman: The Polar Express (2004), Brother Bear (2003), Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999), A Troll in Central Park (1994), Santa's Apprentice (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Snowman and The Snowdog (2012)
Genre: Animation, Short, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 24 min.
Story: Featuring the same charming animation style of the original, and new music by former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows, this sequel was created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Snowman (1982). A family, including young Billy and his elderly ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, toddlers
Plot: christmas, snowman, dog, young heroes, friendship, longing, wish come true, magic, youth, hopes, objects come to life, imaginary ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
100%
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Brother Bear (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, ...
Style: touching, fairy tale, inspirational, feel good, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
Plot: friendship, brother brother relationship, brotherhood, bear, talking animal, turned into an animal, survival, self sacrifice, wilderness, native american, transformation, revenge ...
Time: year 2003, stone age, 2000s, prehistory, prehistoric times ...
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France, Taiwan, South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
Story: It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents and decorations. The gang makes a list of what they want for Christmas and send it to Santa Claus - except that Pooh forgot to ask for something. So ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, christmas special, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, winnie the pooh, friendship, tiger, rabbit, goofy hero, mischievous children, kangaroo, escapades, young heroes, best friend, partner ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A friendly troll with a magic green thumb grows one flower too many for the queen, whose laws require all trolls to be mean ugly and scare humans whenever possible. As a punishment, he is exiled to a world of concrete, where he should live a life of ...
Style: humorous, sweet, semi serious, touching, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: troll, imaginary kingdom, friendship, heroic mission, youth, mischievous children, good versus evil, heroes, escapades, fish out of water, social misfits, misfit ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, India, Canada
Duration: 76 min.
Story: During a summer stay on the mainland, Tinker Bell is accidentally discovered while investigating a little girl's fairy house. As the other fairies, led by the brash Vidia, launch a daring rescue in the middle of a fierce storm, Tink develops a ...
Style: fairy tale, feel good, semi serious, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: fairy, imaginary kingdom, rescue, tinkerbell, friendship, peter pan, mischievous children, heroes, disorder, danger, curses spells and rituals, human ...
Time: 2010s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Santa's Apprentice (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: Australia, France, Ireland
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Santa doesn't want to retire, but rules are rules and he must train someone to replace him. The lucky winner, to be chosen from among millions of children, must be named Nicholas, be an orphan and have a pure heart. On the other side of the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: christmas, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, orphan, young heroes, snow, xmas, hunting, elderly, youth, workplace, aging ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (1991)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar ...
Style: claymation, experimental
Audience: kids
Plot: stop motion, folklore, aviation, surrealism, marriage, friendship, czar, puppet, superhuman, family relations, puppet animation
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
36%
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 ⇓
35%
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 65 min.
Story: When a huge snowstorm leaves everyone stranded, Mickey and all of his guests at the House of Mouse, including Pooh, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel and many more of his old and new friends, break out the cookies and hot chocolate to help Donald ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, imaginary kingdom, partner, cinderella, holiday, family relations, disorder, friends, family gatherings, imaginary, buddies, escapades ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ⇓
34%
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 51 min.
Story: Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. ...
Style: christmas classics, claymation, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, stop motion, xmas, christmas season, winter, mischievous children, christmas wish, christmas spirit, puppet, happiness, cat ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
34%
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 ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
33%
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
Story: When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but is a frustrating struggle. ...
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, sweet, feel good, touching ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, peanuts, christmas season, snow, xmas, winter, dog, tree, melancholy, best friend, children ...
Time: year 1965
Place: minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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 ⇓
33%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story: Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.
Style: anthology, christmas classics, light hearted, light, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: mickey mouse, christmas, santa claus, xmas, winter, time travel, holiday, christmas spirit, christmas season, snow, sibling relationship, cigar ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
33%
Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the world's children forget all about Christmas. Now, a wide-eyed orphan and her band of friends will embark on the polar adventure of a lifetime, as ...
Style: exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, orphan, reindeer, holiday, best friend, escapades, young heroes, goofy hero, imaginary, animal life, optimism, heroic mission ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 68 min.
Story: Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse and all his Disney pals star in an original movie about the importance of opening your heart to the true spirit of Christmas. Stubborn old Donald tries in vain to resist the joys of the season, and Mickey and Pluto learn a ...
Style: light, anthology, 3d animation, computer animated, light hearted ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, anthropomorphism, cartoon mouse, family relations, friendship, self discovery, mickey mouse, friends, imaginary, uncle nephew relationship, snow ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
32%
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens. As he begins his 'story of ghosts' a woman in the audience screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, christmas special, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, scrooge, ghost, christmas carol, holiday, redemption, self discovery, hopes, family life, mischievous children, orphan, imaginary kingdom ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, future, 1840s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia, Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A collection of Winnie the Pooh's memorable holiday adventures, as Winnie, Piglet, and Tigger set out to find the right ingredients for Winter, Rabbit learns how to manage a complicated Thanksgiving dinner, and everyone gets a special visit ...
Style: christmas special, anthology, humorous, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: winnie the pooh, thanksgiving, christmas, bear, friendship, tiger, holiday, donkey, rabbit, cartoon rabbit, cartoon pig, partner ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Belle prepares the castle for Christmas against Beast's wishes, trying to bring him happiness for the season...
Style: christmas special, fairy tale, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, beauty and the beast, holiday, disney princess, beast, beauty, princess, xmas, imaginary kingdom, love, storytelling, snow ...
Time: 90s, 18th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 75 min.
Story: After young Clara receives a wooden nutcracker as a Christmas gift, she dreams about a fantastical battle between her Nutcracker Prince and the evil Mouse King. At stake is the Nutcracker's freedom - and Clara's future happiness.
Style: fairy tale, cult classic, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, cinderella story, objects come to life, snow, princess, winter, heartwarming, literary, soldier, good versus evil, heroes, anthropomorphic mouse ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Klaus (2019)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A postman is posted to a frozen town in the North - where he discovers Santa Claus is hiding out.
Style: feel good, thought provoking, touching, sincere, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: christmas, santa claus, children, postman, friendship, re-education, kindness, christmas present, small town, letter, friends, forest ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, 19th century
Place: finland, fictional island, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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