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El Camino Christmas (2017)
 5.7
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El Camino Christmas (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas Eve in the fictitious town of El Camino, NV.
Style: suspenseful, humorous, bloody, fairy tale, neo western, dark comedy
Plot: christmas, hostage, christmas eve, police officer, police, hostage situation, holiday, blood, store, small town, search for father, police brutality, police officer taken hostage, incompetent police, spy, holiday horror, coca cola, profanity, grocery store, christmas movie, vending machine, christmas tree, netflix
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, entertaining and light films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, holiday, christmas eve, small town, family relations and christmas season mostly in Comedy, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like El Camino Christmas: Trapped in Paradise (1994), The Ref (1994), Noelle (2019), Santa's Little Helper (2015), Christmas in Compton (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Trapped in Paradise (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Firpo Brothers can get away with anything. They just can't get away!
Style: entertaining, humorous, light, funny, absurd ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: christmas, small town, snow, redemption, holiday, bank robbery, nothing goes right, disorder, partner, chases and races, crime gone awry, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, pennsylvania, usa
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95%
 6.9
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The Ref (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Caroline and Lloyd are a married couple constantly at each other's throats, masters at crafting acid-tongued barbs at the other's expense. Indeed, they are so obsessed with belittling each other that they never stop -- not even at ...
Style: dark comedy, witty, humorous, talky, funny ...
Plot: christmas, hostage, dysfunctional family, holiday, farce, marriage counselor, family bonds, robbery, christmas party, blackmail, alcoholic, dinner ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.3
 27K
Noelle (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
Style: light, fairy tale, feel good, humorous, exciting ...
Audience: kids, chick flick
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, elf, holiday, fish out of water, family business, new year, disorder, north pole, buddies, santa claus, magic ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A rich and nasty woman returns to her hometown to evict everyone but discovers the true meaning of Christmas thanks to the local townsfolk – and an actual angel. Features 14 original songs with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton!
Style: colorful, feel good, humorous, fairy tale, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, coldhearted, rich man, christmas season, human nature, character change, employer employee relationship, ghost story, selfishness, change of heart ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Santa's Little Helper (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After getting fired from his job, a slick, fast-talking businessman is thrown into an elf competition to become Santa¹s next second-in-command. Put through a series of rigorous training exercises to prepare for the contest, The Miz and another ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, light, sweet, fairy tale ...
Plot: christmas, santa claus, magic, north pole, holiday, christmas eve, toys, wrestling, wrestler, christmas movie, world wrestling entertainment
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Christmas in Compton (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Big Earl, the owner of a Christmas tree lot in Compton, California runs into some trouble when his son Derrick crosses the line to prove to his father that he is a success.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, save the day, family relations, family business, miraculous event, boss and employee, parents and children, hopes, workplace situations, xmas, holiday, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Let's Go to Prison (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
Style: funny, humorous, light, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prison, friendship, justice, stoner, storytelling, partner, jury, jail, revenge, mentor, prison gang, held captive ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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 ⇓
57%
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Christmas in Wonderland (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Three kids and their Dad move from L.A to Edmonton. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall they find counterfeit cash. They inadvertently help catch the crooks, and later make a discovery about Santa
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, christmas classics ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, family life, siblings relations, cons and scams, disorder, save the day, holiday, teenager, christmas eve, xmas, child, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, canada, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Killer Raccoons 2: Dark Christmas in the Dark (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On a cold Christmas Eve, former mild-mannered college student Casey Smallwood is released from prison after serving ten years for underage drinking. Eager to get out of town, he plans to meet his longtime pen pal on a train to Washington, D.C., but ...
Style: humorous, captivating, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot: christmas, xmas, silly humor, capture, absurd humor, animal, satire, fighting crime, christmas eve, hostage situation, fight, showdown ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ⇓
54%
Christmas List (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Isobel Gray plans a storybook Christmas with her boyfriend, including a snow-covered cottage in the Northwest, and a carefully composed bucket list of classic holiday traditions. But when the boyfriend goes AWOL, the list proves challenging and a ...
Style: romantic, humorous, feel good, entertaining, christmas comedy ...
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas season, bucket list, dream, winter, love and romance, romantic friendship, stubbornness, perseverance, male female friendship, childhood memory ...
Time: year 1991, year 2016
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Live Free or Die (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In small-town, hard-scrabble New Hampshire, foul-mouthed all-talk slacker John "Rugged" Rudgate fancies himself a criminal. When a local plumber stares him down at a pub, Rugged vows ...
Style: humorous, funny, suspenseful, semi serious, hilarious ...
Plot: small town, mentor, police, police investigation, unlikely criminals, character study, cons and scams, nothing goes right, vengeance, robbery, dumb criminal, gangster ...
Time: year 2006
Place: new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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 ⇓
48%
 7.2
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Go (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: clubbing, supermarket, christmas, multiple storylines, stripper, drug dealer, drug, teenage girl, hit and run, rave, undercover cop, ecstasy ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Together Again for the First Time (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: "Together Again for the First Time" tells the story of a blended family reuniting on Christmas Eve. It's the first time they've all been in the same house at the same time since the parent's marriage seven years ...
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, christmas comedy ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, family problems, couples, sibling relationship, society, rivalry, family gatherings, love and romance, family life, eccentric family, reunion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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 ⇓
44%
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CHiPS (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
Style: buddy comedy, intense, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: motorcycle, buddy cop, police, heist, investigation, corruption, chase, partner, car chase, motorcycle cop, female nudity, police corruption ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s
Place: los angeles, california, florida, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When a New England Christmas decorating competition searches for the town with the most Christmas spirit, the Mayors of East and West Riverton go all out to get their towns to the top of the holiday heap.
Style: entertaining, romantic, feel good, light, humorous ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, small town, mayor, christmas eve, contests and competitions, social relations, male female relationship, perseverance, unlikely couple, opposites attract, holiday, stubbornness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Christmas Eve (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve.
Style: sweet, feel good, funny, touching, christmas comedy ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: christmas, holiday, christmas eve, family relations, friendship, parents and children, winter, animal, save the day, gift, family life, trust ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Stealing Christmas (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Tony Danza stars as a thief named Jack Clayton. When Jack is about to be caught at the mall, he dresses up as Santa Claus and hops on the bus to Evergreen. He is mistaken for the new Santa at Sarah Gibson's tree store. He is very reluctant at ...
Style: touching, feel good, humorous, witty, christmas classics ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, small town, redemption, disorder, dishonesty, fall in love, cons and scams, bank, heist, family life, criminal, false identity ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Screwed (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A chauffeur kidnaps his rich boss's dog to hold it for ransom, but when she accidentally gets the dog back, she thinks that it's the chauffeur who's been kidnapped.
Style: funny, humorous, intense, feel good, witty ...
Plot: mistaken identity, crime gone awry, fish out of water, comedy of errors, friendship, nothing goes right, partner, hostage, cons and scams, disorder, goofy hero, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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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 ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
39%
A Majestic Christmas (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Christmas in the charming town of Briar Falls will be bittersweet this year when architect Nell goes back to her hometown having been given the job of turning the historic Majestic Playhouse into a modern multiplex, much to the town’s objections. ...
Style: light, humorous, entertaining, feel good, romantic
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, small town, holiday, snow, lifestyle, life philosophy, fall in love, transformation, opposites attract, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, lifestyle change, happy ending ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Christmas on Chestnut Street (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A store decides to start a contest to sell off 60,000 Christmas lights, ordered by accident. The competition soon causes unrest among the locals, but the store's owner, Diane, wants to keep what has become a very profitable competition going, ...
Style: humorous, romantic, captivating, light, funny ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: christmas, transformation, love and romance, escapades, social relations, happy ending, lifestyle, life philosophy, society, holiday, couple relations, contests and competitions ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: It’s Holiday Season in Reno, and Lieutenant Dangle wishes he’d never been born. With the help of a roller skating “Angel,” he learns how much better the lives of the other deputies would be if he never existed. Will he decide to live on ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating ...
Plot: christmas, police department, holiday, christmas season, problem, alternate timeline, changing lives, lifestyle, satire, christmas spirit, magic, shopping mall ...
Place: reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.9
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Dirt (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: DIRT is a quirky comedy about two simple-hearted brothers who, when abandoned by the death of their mother, search to find a replacement Mom. Junior and Scooter find themselves ill-prepared for life on their own. To ease their suffering, they search ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot: small town, kidnapping, family relations, parents and children, social relations, nothing goes right, siblings relations, husband wife relationship, violence, wedding, bank robber, brother ...
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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 11K
Lucky Numbers (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up right, but ...
Style: stylized, humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good ...
Plot: lottery, small town, justice, weatherman, dark humor, criminal heroes, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, couple relations, cons and scams, stripper, gambling ...
Time: 20th century, year 2000, 80s
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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