Movies like Dear Secret Santa

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Dear Secret Santa (2013)
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Dear Secret Santa (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Beverly Hills banker/workaholic Jennifer comes home to her small Northern California town just before Christmas when her dad, Ted, takes a bad fall while putting up decorations. While home, Jenny begins getting romantic Christmas cards from an unknown admirer, who turns out to be her old neighbor and the unrealized love of her life, Jack. There's just one problem - Jack died in a car accident three years ago.
Style: sentimental, serious, sincere, captivating, romantic comedy
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, supernatural, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, supernatural romance, imaginary, small town, holiday romance, time, african american, holiday, black, black family, black woman, black man, time travel, christmas movie, lifetime, romance
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, california, beverly hills

Most similar movies to Dear Secret Santa

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, light, humorous and captivating films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, family relations, holiday, love and romance, couples and christmas romance mostly in Comedy, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Dear Secret Santa: Holiday Rush (2019), Christmas with You (2022), A Merry Christmas Wish (2022), The Santa Con (2014), A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Holiday Rush (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After his sudden firing, a popular radio DJ moves in with his aunt, bringing along his four spoiled children, and a plan to return to the airwaves.
Style: touching, entertaining, feel good, sincere, family comedy
Plot: christmas, family relations, holiday, family man, riches to rags, radio station, happy ending, hopes, parents and children, male female relationship, society, friends ...
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95%
Christmas with You (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Feeling career burnout, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan's wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Style: entertaining, light, touching, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, love, life, small town, love and romance, relationships, pop star, pop singer, male female relationship, love affair, couples ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
A Merry Christmas Wish (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Janie, a rising marketing executive living in The Big Apple, returns to her hometown of Woodland Falls when her Great-Uncle Randall passes away. Randall has even arranged for his farmhand, Dylan to help at the event, which is being held in the ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, light, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: christmas, relationships, love story, house, female protagonist, love and romance, family relations, love, male female relationship, small town, farm, inheritance ...
Place: manhattan new york city
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75%
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The Santa Con (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Small-time con man Nick DeMarco is ordered by his parole officer to take a minimum-wage job as a department store Santa during the holidays...and he hates it. Near the end of his first shift, he hastily promises a young boy, Billy, that Santa will ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, moral dilemma, parents and children, family relations, wish come true, introspection, store, santa claus, love, friendship, new year, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jennie Garth of "90210" stars as Susan, an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake (Brad Rowe of "General Hospital") is a ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, looking for love, family relations, wedding, pets, fall in love, couples, disorder, family life, xmas, dog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
A Christmas Proposal (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two lawyers dueling over a proposal to turn a quaint mountain town into a ski resort discover they are former childhood sweethearts. Lisa is fighting to protect the hamlet, big city attorney Rick represents the developer who wants to plow it under. ...
Style: humorous, captivating, emotional, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, rivalry, couples, opposites attract, legal action, small town, holiday, save the day, society, friendship, christmas romance, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Christmas Everlasting (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York’s top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey will be made partner after the New Year. However, when Alice, her older sister with special needs, ...
Style: emotional, atmospheric, captivating, sentimental
Plot: christmas, holiday, homecoming, love interest, small town, niece, love, couples, fall in love, family relations, snow, fishing ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Meet The Santas (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Because she is marrying the man who assumed the mantle of Santa Claus last December 26, Beth's postponed wedding has to be rescheduled for Xmas eve. Overwhelmed by selling the house she and her son share and the prospect of the duties of Mrs. ...
Style: fairy tale, sentimental, light, feel good, sincere
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, santa claus, holiday, family relations, parents and children, kids and family, couple relations, love and romance, christmas eve, fight, magic, self discovery ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Marry Me For Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Home for Christmas, single ad agency owner Marci fakes having a fiance to deflect mounting family pressure to get married.
Style: feel good, romantic, entertaining, light, humorous
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, holiday, black, happy ending, deception, love story, hidden identity, dishonesty, life philosophy, adaptation, love triangle, parents and children ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Long Lost Christmas (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Hayley is an interior designer who plans to surprise her recently widowed mother Patricia with the perfect holiday present: the extended family she knows her mom yearns for.
Style: entertaining, touching, light, captivating, sincere
Plot: christmas, family relations, relationships, designer, female protagonist, parents and children, gift, christmas present, mother daughter relationship, christmas movie
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66%
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Snow Bride (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a reporter encounters the eldest son of a famous political family at a mountain retreat, she winds up pretending to be his girlfriend over Christmas so he can save face with his family. Should she secretly expose newsworthy scoops about the ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: pretend relationship, christmas, winter, wedding, family relations, holiday, media, journalism, hidden identity, love and romance, christmas eve, workplace ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
A Very Merry Toy Store (2017)
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, sincere, light, captivating, emotional
Plot: christmas, small town, love interest, christmas season, widow, love and romance, christmas romance, holiday, wedding, christmas spirit, voting, mayor ...
Place: new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Town That Banned Christmas (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The competition heats up at the annual Greenlawn Christmas Decorating Contest when Norbert Bridges moves to town and stirs up trouble with the reigning champion Donnie Manning. But when the town outlaws Christmas after things get out of control it s ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, social relations, friendship, family life, rivalry, ambition, small town, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions, small town life, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2 (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: As Darcy and Aiden prepare to celebrate their second Christmas together, an unexpected guest and a fight to save the beloved community center unites everyone for an unforgettable holiday.
Style: captivating, sincere, light, feel good
Plot: christmas, christmas season, holiday, gift, christmas romance, love and romance, friendship between men, christmas spirit, family relations, male female relationship, nothing goes right, life turned upside down ...
Place: philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Call Me Mrs. Miracle (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 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, light, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, department store, winter, parents and children, miraculous event, family relations, hopes, xmas, society, couples, supernatural ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
You Can't Fight Christmas (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Christmas designer Leslie Major (Brely Evans) is the biggest fan of Christmas ever. She is like a tidal wave of Yuletide cheer. Her biggest job every year is decorating the lobby of the famed Chesterton Hotel. As she is on a ladder decorating the ...
Style: humorous, feel good, sweet, light, funny ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas eve, christmas party, love and romance, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, tradition, designer, family business, family relations, friendship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
A Magical Christmas Village (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When Summer’s mother Vivian moves in with her and her young daughter Chloe, her orderly existence is upended. Upon arrival, Vivian sets up an heirloom, miniature Christmas village resembling their town, and tells Chloe it grants Christmas wishes. ...
Style: psychological, satirical, semi serious, thrilling, captivating
Plot: christmas, holiday, family relations, female protagonist, living together, lifestyle, relationships, satire, christmas season, holiday romance, skating, realtor ...
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56%
A Christmas Romance (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Julia Stonecypher is finding it difficult to get into the Christmas spirit. Having recently lost both her husband and her job, Brian Harding, the vice president of the local bank arrives on her doorstep amid a snowstorm, to inform Julia that her ...
Style: serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, youth, xmas, eviction, snow, single parent, unlikely couple, life is a bitch, fall in love, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Christmas Do-Over (2006)
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, hopes, love and romance, couples, disorder, family relations, obnoxious boss, time, time travel, xmas ...
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55%
Every Christmas Has a Story (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A TV personality has an on-air snafu and admits she hates Christmas. Following the debacle, she is invited to the Most Christmas-y town in America to try and repair her image. Forced to work with her ex-boyfriend Jack, the show’s producer, the ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, feel good, romantic, funny ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, small town, winter, stereotypes, artists and showbiz, transformation, holiday, love and romance, fall in love, happy ending, christmas romance, snow ...
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52%
Guess Who's Coming to Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jaded rock star Dax is found by New York paparazzi passed out in his car with a frozen holiday turkey in the passenger seat. In order to repair his tarnished image, Dax publicly agrees to grant a fan’s “Dear Santa” Christmas wish. To his ...
Style: humorous, touching, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, small town life, family relations, family gatherings, reverend, small town, disorder, love, christmas romance, writers, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Seasons Of Love (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Set in the picturesque backdrop of New York, "Seasons of Love" is a romantic, soulful holiday drama about two people who struggle to find love against the odds, while reconciling with the past and learning the true value of family.
Style: humorous, uplifting, semi serious, sincere, romantic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, against the odds, hopes, looking for love, haunted by the past, family relations, redemption, couples, self discovery, friendship, black, holiday ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Christmas at Grand Valley (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Burned out from the hubbub of the Chicago gallery world, artist Kelly returns home to the picturesque Grand Valley just in time for Christmas. Leo, businessman and all-star dad to his children, struggles to balance his time this holiday season. When ...
Style: light, emotional, feel good, captivating, sincere
Plot: christmas, holiday, painter, love, snow, christmas romance, couples, family relations, fall in love, christmas eve, inspiration, winter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Spruces and the Pines (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A Romeo and Juliet romance takes place among two feuding New England Christmas Tree lot families. Against their families’ wills, Julie Pine and visiting-from-Texas, Rick Spruce, fall in love, but are forced to hide their Yuletide relationship.
Style: romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas romance, family relations, love interest, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, male female relationship, couples, love and romance, love story, relationship problems, family disapproval, in love ...
Place: new england
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47%
12 Gifts of Christmas (2015)
Genre: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Anna Parisi, an unemployed fine arts painter, is unable to make ends meet, she is hired to become a personal Christmas shopper for Marc, an uptight corporate exec. As they begin working together, Marc learns that Christmas giving has less to ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, light, romantic, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas season, christmas, christmas romance, artist, family dinner, aunt niece relationship, advertising, painting, office party, holiday, santa claus, male female relationship ...
Place: new york
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47%
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Snowglobe (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, ...
Style: light, sincere, humorous, entertaining, emotional ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: christmas, love and romance, hopes, prank, mischievous children, imaginary, supernatural, snow, winter, sister sister relationship, miraculous event, youth ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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45%
Christmas Town (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A week before Christmas Liza McCann visit her estranged father who strangely lives in a town decked out for the holidays and is full of Christmas spirit. Strange events immediately occur when they arrive challenging everything Liza had once believed ...
Style: light, sweet, semi serious, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, date night, kids
Plot: christmas, holiday, family relations, estrangement, parents and children, family life, love, couples, lifestyle, love affair, love and romance, xmas ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
My Christmas Prince (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Samantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a European diplomat from the tiny country of Madelvia, decides to joins her. ...
Style: light, romantic, humorous, feel good, sweet ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: christmas, royalty, prince, meet the parents, true love, prejudice, couples, stereotypes, royal family, love and romance, power relations, fictional country ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
All About Christmas Eve (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 'Tis the Season for Evelyn Wright...literally, she is a party planner in NYC. At the last minute Eve finds out that one of her agency's top clients is throwing a HUGE Christmas event, in LA, on Christmas Eve! Eve must decide whether to ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good
Plot: christmas eve, christmas, dating, holiday, christmas season, christmas romance, alternate timeline, airplane trip, love and romance, relationship vs career, couples, moral dilemma ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
'Tis the Season for Love (2015)
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: feel good, captivating, light, humorous, romantic comedy
Plot: christmas, hometown, christmas romance, love interest, parent grown child relationship, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, winter, love, couples, friendship, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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43%
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