Movies like Santa's Apprentice

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Santa's Apprentice (2010)
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Santa's Apprentice (2010)
Original name: L'apprenti Père Noël
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 planet, there is a little boy who is a perfect match, but his lack of self-confidence and fear of heights make him a poor contestant. Will Santa agree to step down, and help his apprentice take his place?
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, anime, 2d animation
Audience: family outing, kids, preschool
Plot: christmas, teaching the ways of the world, friendship, orphan, young heroes, snow, hunting, xmas, youth, elderly, aging, imaginary, workplace, retiring, power relations, santa claus, imaginary kingdom, gift, christmas movie, family
Keyword: preschoolers

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, feel good and touching films with plots about friendship, escapades, youth, friends, christmas, disorder and young heroes mostly in Animation, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like Santa's Apprentice: The Polar Express (2004), The Magic Snowflake (2013), Yogi's First Christmas (1980), Eleanor's Secret (2009), Arthur Christmas (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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The Magic Snowflake (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A young boy named Nicholas is about to become the next Santa Claus, but must first avoid a crisis that's threatening the magic of Christmas before he can succeed in his new role.
Style: feel good, humorous, touching, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: santa claus, christmas, danger, young heroes, save the day, escapades, heir, friendship, snow, holiday, innocence lost, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ 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 ...
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100%
Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Yogi, Boo Boo and Cindy are awakened from hibernation and join their friends' Christmas activities while interfering with 2 villians' efforts to ruin the holiday.
Style: christmas special, christmas classics, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, holiday, yogi bear, xmas, unhappiness, christmas spirit, spoiled brat, ice fishing, recluse, disorder, friends, animal life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Eleanor's Secret (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunt bequeaths her house to his parents and her book collection to the young boy. Nat discovers that the books serve as a shelter for all the heroes found in children's ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: save the day, escapades, danger, youth, book, friendship, alice in wonderland, boy, disorder, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, family relations ...
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100%
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
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100%
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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
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100%
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Laura's Star (2004)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Laura sees a shooting star falling to earth and finds it in a park, down on the floor and with a broken point. The star is a living being, and Laura takes her home to reattach its point with a band-aid. The little star has special powers and can ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, anime, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: little girl, friendship, rescue, dream, danger, escapades, supernatural power, super powers, child, space, friends, imaginary ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Magic Crystal (2011)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A magic crystal causes double the number of gifts Santa can deliver all over the world and this makes for many happy gezinnetjes. His criminal assistant Basil however has a diabolical plan: he wants to steal the crystal so as to gain control over ...
Style: exciting, feel good, captivating, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, orphan, save the day, escapades, christmas spirit, imaginary, imaginary kingdom, friendship, rivalry, danger, rescue, santa claus ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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
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I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story: Linus and Lucy's younger brother Rerun wants a dog for Christmas, and Snoopy's brother Spike may be the answer.
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious, christmas special ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 65 min.
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38%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Duration: 70 min.
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34%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
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34%
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Korea
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Style: light, exciting, humorous, feel good, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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33%
The Nutcracker and The Mouseking (2004)
Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany, Croatia, UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The fairytale story revolves around a young prince who - along with his entourage - is turned into a nutcracker through his own ungrateful and selfish behaviour, and awaits a kindly soul who'll release him from the spell. The mouse-king seeks ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, humorous, light hearted, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
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33%
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Country: USA, Philippines, Thailand
Duration: 67 min.
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33%
The Tigger Movie (2000)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: As it happens, everybody - Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Roo, Rabbit, Owl - is busy preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore. When everything they do seems to get undone by Tigger's exuberant bouncing, Rabbit suggest Tigger go outside and find other ...
Style: sentimental, intense, stylized, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: winnie the pooh, friendship, tiger, rescue, escapades, heroic mission, disorder, young heroes, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, imaginary, curses spells and rituals ...
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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 ...
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33%
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