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Buttons (2018)
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Buttons (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: During a time of robber barons, child labor, and rising industry, two orphan girls get a little help from their unexpected guardian angels who turn the tide of events and change their lives forever.
Style: sincere, thought provoking, feel good, captivating, entertaining
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, guardian angel, orphan, wish come true, miraculous event, christmas wish, desire, kids and family, family relations, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, making a wish, husband wife relationship, youth, theater, child labor, storytelling, absent father, dead mother, family

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, sincere and entertaining films with plots about christmas, christmas movie, family relations, holiday, parents and children, family life and christmas season mostly in Family, Drama and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Buttons: Northpole: Open for Christmas (2015), Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022), When Angels Come to Town (2004), All I Want for Christmas (2013), Christmas Spirit (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Northpole: Open for Christmas (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A successful businesswoman, Mackenzie, inherits her beloved aunt's inn, and chooses to restore the hotel to its original grandeur only to sell it right before Christmas. Unbeknownst to Mackenzie, she receives some unexpected help from a team of ...
Style: feel good, light, humorous, sincere
Plot: christmas, holiday, female protagonist, childhood memory, love interest, inheritance, small town, snow, winter, friendship, love, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors" is based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing. This once-in-a-lifetime movie special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they ...
Style: captivating, thought provoking, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, coping, family relations, musician's life, christian, lifestyle, music, family life, kids and family, christmas, girl ...
Time: 1950s
Place: tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ten-year-old Gloria and her recently widowed grandfather Bud befriend a mysterious reindeer when the family gather for Christmas. Bud comes to believe that Prancer may actually be magical, but Gloria fears his theory will send him straight to a ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, entertaining, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, reindeer, grandfather granddaughter relationship, family relations, christmas spirit, family life, wizard, magical creature, magic, christmas season, father daughter relationship, garbage dump ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
When Angels Come to Town (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Max, an angel in exile, walks around the United States to help humans. In a small town in Maine, he meets a young woman without a family named Sally. As she struggles to get custody of her younger brother, Max immediately believes that his new ...
Style: touching, light, entertaining, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, angel, kindness, adaptation, assistant, hopes, against the odds, coping, stranded, happy ending, orphan, brother sister relationship ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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All I Want for Christmas (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After being told by her boss that the company needs to attract more clients, Elizabeth, a skilled executive, meets one of Santa’s helpers, who blesses her with an extraordinary gift allowing Elizabeth to hear everyone’s unspoken thoughts. While ...
Style: feel good, captivating, entertaining, sincere, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, female protagonist, wish come true, santa claus, miraculous event, magic, desire, chance meeting, christmas wish, new year, christmas season, xmas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Christmas Spirit (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A cynical youth whose mother is about to lose her job right before the holidays is visited by a magical Christmas spirit.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, touching
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family life, youth, family relations, unemployment, parents and children, supernatural, friendship, miraculous event, dog, stupid kid, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Five More Minutes: Moments Like These (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The second holiday story inspired by Scotty McCreery’s song “Five More Minutes,” a young widow’s Christmas wish for her son is answered in unexpected ways when she returns to their old home for the holidays.
Style: light, captivating, entertaining, humorous, funny
Plot: christmas, dead father, santa claus, house, wish fulfillment, widow, desire, christmas wish, making a wish, young widow, wish come true, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
Style: touching, funny, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: boy, adoption, wish come true, miraculous event, child, mother son relationship, parents and children, couple relations, family values, desire, family relations, hopes ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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Christmas Story (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas ...
Style: touching, feel good, captivating, christmas classics, serious
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, orphan, village, apprentice, friendship, toys, young heroes, selflessness, winter, snow, holiday ...
Time: year 2007
Place: finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 6.3
 2K
Northpole (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, captivating, humorous, serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, youth, parents and children, imaginary, north pole, save the day, single parent, escapades, winter, snow, christmas eve, christmas season ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Family for Christmas (2015)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: At the height of her career, investigative journalist Hannah Dunbar finds herself wondering what would have been had she stayed with the love of her life, Ben, 10 years before. When Santa Claus hears her “what ifs?” as a Christmas wish, he ...
Style: humorous, sincere, sweet, inspirational, romantic ...
Audience: date night, family outing, chick flick
Plot: christmas, husband wife relationship, road not taken, transformation, destiny, second chance, family values, family relations, introspection, character change, unfulfillment, fish out of water ...
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (2010)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents, he needs help! But the Fox family are a modern and broken family. Can they help him? The ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, sincere, light, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, santa claus, memory loss, save the day, family relations, parents and children, family life, xmas, wish come true, saving christmas, youth, amnesia ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Wish For Christmas (2016)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a high school senior finds out from her parents that she must miss the town's winter dance in order to attend church, she successfully wishes their faith away, bringing disastrous consequences to her family and community. To restore their ...
Style: christian film, humorous, entertaining, light, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, holiday, religion, atheist, church, wish come true, stereotypes, prejudice, family problems, life philosophy, lifestyle, society ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
A Country Christmas Story (2013)
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, semi serious, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family relations, ambition, church choir, couples, love and romance, holiday, singing, small town, xmas, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2021)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a family faces loneliness and loss of faith, Mrs. Miracle swoops in to renew their Christmas Spirit, and they experience a holiday of heavenly proportions.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, sincere
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, husband wife relationship, couple relations, self discovery, family relations, married couple, social problems, relationships, magic, family problems, male female relationship, introspection ...
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
A Magic Christmas (2014)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Jack Carter, a man constantly living in a state of regret, takes his technology-obsessed family, including their lovable dog Buster, on a Christmas vacation to the mountains in the hopes of reconnecting with them. While on vacation, Jack and his ...
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, semi serious
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, family relations, relationships, family holiday, kids and family, father son relationship, relationship problems, father daughter relationship, christmas season, changing lives, marital problem, eccentric family ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 6.0
 820
Feliz NaviDAD (2020)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: David Morales, an Arizona high school principal and single dad, has lost the holiday spirit after also losing his wife a few years ago during the Christmas season. Now, David will do anything to avoid Christmas so he moonlights as a delivery driver ...
Style: romantic, sincere, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot: christmas, dating, true love, online dating, love affair, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love interest, relationships, love and romance, looking for love, father and daughter ...
Place: arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 6.5
 563
Mary Christmas (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Californian widower Joel Wallace, a successful businessman, is a great catch in a grand mansion, but absorbed by his work. His daughter Felice writes to a TV Christmas special, hoping for a 'new mammy'.
Style: feel good, touching, captivating, light, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: christmas, family relations, nanny, single parent, hopes, family life, fall in love, wish come true, parents and children, birth mother, television reporter, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Booky & the Secret Santa (2007)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Booky does everything she can to make an enjoyable Christmas, for her family, during the depression as her father is out of work.
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, unemployment, family relations, family life, parents and children, hopes, bittersweet, family gatherings, wish come true, family problems, friendship ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
 5.9
 418
Silver Bells (2013)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An overly win-driven sportscaster goes too far and must perform community service during December as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army.
Style: entertaining, sincere, funny, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, sportscaster, salvation army, charity, community service, family relations, husband wife relationship, christmas season, father son relationship, relationship vs career, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Christmas Bunny (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Christmas Bunny tells the story of a lonely foster child (Sophie Bolen) who finds a lost, injured rabbit in the woods on Christmas Eve. The rabbit is nursed back to health by The Bunny Lady (Florence Henderson), who runs a rabbit rescue in an ...
Style: uplifting, sentimental, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot: christmas, family relations, friendship, nursing, family life, pets, coming of age, orphan, youth, farm, rabbit, holiday ...
Time: 21st century
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Christmas in the Heartland (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Kara and Jessie are two teenage girls from very different worlds, but with a little Christmas magic, they find they have much more in common than they ever imagined.
Style: disturbing, sincere, entertaining, captivating, psychological
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, female protagonist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, grandfather, grandmother, parents and children, grandfather granddaughter relationship, family relations, holiday, new year, christmas romance, christmas movie
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
A Belle for Christmas (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Family film about a pair of children whose father's girlfriend has kidnapped their dog. Dean Cain stars as Glenn Barrows, a recent widower doing his best to raise his young kids Elliot and Phoebe, who really miss their mother. Things start to ...
Style: touching, feel good, emotional, sweet, light
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: christmas, dog, single father, kids and family, animal, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, family life, best friend, pet owner relationship, family relations, new year's eve ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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A Dog Named Christmas (2009)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: christmas, dog, adoption, boy dog relationship, animal, pets, holiday, family relations, friendship, social relations, society, social issues ...
Time: 50s
Place: vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
A Unicorn for Christmas (2021)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A heartwarming tale about young Izzy who is not happy about having to move from the big city to the country when her family takes over an old farm. Things change for Izzy when she finds a small white pony named Snowflake and becomes convinced that ...
Style: thrilling, feel good, entertaining, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, unicorn, friendship, girl horse relationship, human animal relationship, kindness, magic, protector, white horse, animal, horse, animal human communication ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Every Other Holiday (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Recently separated parents Tracie and Rick spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. But this Christmas, the girls have only one thing on their wish lists — to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie’s family ...
Style: semi serious, thrilling, psychological, captivating, romantic
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, family reunited, mother daughter relationship, family relations, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, parents and children, kids and family, family problems, christmas romance, marital problem, lifestyle ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.3
 160
Dragon Girl (2020)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Nine year old Sara befriends a newborn dragon, together they will turn Christmas upside down and literary put it on fire.
Style: entertaining, captivating, sincere, feel good
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, fire breathing dragon, magic, human animal relationship, friendship, animal human communication, magical creature, friends, nerd, girl, refugee ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
The Three Gifts (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Jack Green inherited a southern Californian horse ranch and an all-natural toy factory in the barn. With his wife Cherie, he accepts taking in the three 'holy terrors' from his bossy aunt Rita's orphanage during renovations, until the ...
Style: sincere, light, feel good, sentimental, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: christmas, missing child, orphanage, adoption, horse ranch, orphan, father figure, lifestyle change, kids and family, bittersweet, family relations, responsibility ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 6.1
 14K
Godmothered (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman in need of something very ...
Style: fairy tale, sincere, humorous, light, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family friendly
Plot: fairy, christmas, magical girl, fairy godmother, magic, young girl, christmas season, snow, magical, female protagonist, new year, ambitious woman ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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