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Secret Santa (2003)
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Newspaper reporter Rebecca Chandler, who feels she got no fair chance to prove her worth in her thee years career, looks forward to a Hawaian holiday with her fiancé Ryan, but instead of a ring he brings her- walking orders, he found better. So she accepts again to be the bachelor on duty in the Christmas season, and write the annual romantic non-news feel good-story, once more about the elusive Secret Santa in small-town Hamden, where the Christmas spirit it said to last all year. Bad luck follows her from Indianapolis: her car breaks down, she can only get lodgings in a home for the elderly without Internet, and nobody wants to help her unmask the secret Santa. Soon she guesses it must be the only rich philanthropist, but the popular Mr. John Martin Carter doesn't grant her an interview and isn't tricked either, in fact meets her at the worst repeatedly without her knowing him...
Style:
sincere, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, romantic comedy, sentimental, feel good, lighthearted
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday, female reporter, christmas eve, santa claus, holiday romance, relationships, investigation, job, investigative journalism, male female relationship, secret identity, christmas season, television crew, female journalist, uncover truth, relationship vs career, female protagonist, small town, snow, personal growth, second chance, hidden identity, mistaken identity, investigative reporter ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, feel good, sentimental and entertaining films with plots about christmas, small town, christmas eve, holiday, christmas movie, second chance and christmas spirit mostly in Family, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Secret Santa: A Rich Christmas (2021), Christmas in the Heartland (2018), Christmas 9 to 5 (2019), Colorado Christmas (2023), A Miracle Before Christmas (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Spoiled socialite will learn a lesson after her father asks her to work in a family homeless center.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, thrilling, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
christmas, family drama, holiday, christmas spirit, family relations, changing lives, character change, lifestyle change, female protagonist, homeless, rich and poor, homeless shelter ...
Similarity:
95%
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:
sincere, disturbing, entertaining, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, switching places, heartwarming, grandparents, parents and children, female protagonist, family relations, grandfather, grandmother, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jennifer is a tough crime beat reporter who gets the assignment of her life: to find the true meaning of Christmas. When she goes undercover in a department store as a 9 to 5 sales clerk from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, she finds her true calling ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, feel good, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, journalism, reporter, christmas eve, love, holiday romance, heartwarming, investigative journalism, investigative reporter, female reporter, christmas season, journalist ...
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Melody Miller has left her dream job of teaching music to work as a carer. When one of her clients falls ill, his son rushes home, who to Melody's surprise turns out to be none other than country music superstar, Johnny Colorado! As the ...
Style:
romantic, christmas special, psychological, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
country music, christmas romance, christmas, holiday, singer, holiday romance, relationships, male female relationship, christmas spirit, single mother, christmas season, love affair ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
With a little help from an angel, Mercedes Wright, a fast-talking popular relationship therapist with all the answers when it comes to fixing everyone else's marriage, must now use the magic of Christmas to find the secret to save her own.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, exciting, dramatic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, heartwarming, love, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couples, couple relations, love and romance, love affair, relationships, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A hopeless romantic is cursed with relationship problems after her chauvinistic father mistreats the wrong woman.
Style:
light, funny, entertaining, romantic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas, romantic relationship, love affair, love story, love and romance, couple relations, relationships, male female relationship, christmas spirit, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, holiday ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ellie decides to go back home for Christmas, and help her dad with the candle-making business. Little does she know, however, that her father has charming, writer Logan staying with him, looking for inspiration for his writings.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, sincere, exciting, light ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, female protagonist, relationships, couples, hometown, love, fall in love, love and romance, family relations, male female relationship, small town ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An aspiring Broadway singer is convinced to participate in a small-scale production for her local Christmas celebration. Along the way, she finds hope and unexpected mentorship towards her dream career. But will her professional success come at the ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, hopes, holiday romance, heartwarming, love, love and romance, couples, happy ending, love story, relationships, male female relationship, optimism ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The holiday spirit seems distant for the Boyce family until an unexpected visitor and miracle change everything on Christmas day.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
christmas, family relations, holiday, heartwarming, relationships, love affair, love story, christmas spirit, problem, changing lives, saving christmas, christmas season ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: 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, feel good, uplifting, heartfelt, touching ...
Plot:
christmas, female protagonist, holiday, family reunited, family relations, gift, heartwarming, relationships, parents and children, designer, christmas present, mother daughter relationship ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Working for the World Record Bureau, Leah Hoffman is forced to travel to a small town just before Christmas to investigate its plans to break multiple holiday world records. While there, she falls for the town’s doctor, Devan Bancroft.
Style:
feel good, light, christmas special, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, holiday romance, christmas spirit, woman, relationships, vacation, social relations, female protagonist, town, community ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus, goes on trial for mental competency in Small Town U.S.A.
Style:
entertaining, sincere, semi serious, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, attorney, christmas eve, saving christmas, small town life, romantic relationship, relationships, small town sheriff, sheriff, christmas season, couples ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Lori really needs a break for Christmas. When she sees Patrick Jacobs, a widowed firefighter from Hudson, Wisconsin on a reality cooking show, she feels a strong attraction and decides to take a shot at love, but she's not the only one.
Style:
witty, exciting, entertaining, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
christmas, holiday romance, male female relationship, relationships, fall in love, love affair, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, couple relations, love and romance, love ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Marci throws herself into preparing for Christmas and building her new event-planning business. But when the business gets off to a rocky start and members of her family face their own hardships, Marci steps up to help everyone have a good holiday.
Style:
feel good, uplifting, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, baby, heartwarming, family relations, christmas spirit, planning, parents and children, christmas season, business, female protagonist, generosity ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Kallie thinks she's cursed by Christmas. For the past 5 years, something bad has happened every Christmas season. One day she finds The Santa Box on her doorstep. Inside is a note that changes how Kallie feels about Christmas forever.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, semi serious, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
christmas, female protagonist, winter, miraculous event, christmas spirit, christmas present, christmas season, lifestyle change, magic, changing lives, magical object, redemption ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ella returns to her hometown to mend fences with her fractured family. With the help of Griffin, her ex-boyfriend, she encourages her family to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa and to heal their past wounds before it’s too late.
Style:
feel good, thrilling, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, reconciliation, holiday, homecoming, healing, family drama, forgiveness, family reunited, getting home, family values, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, love and romance ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 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, semi serious, captivating, sincere, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, christmas wish, holiday, desire, female protagonist, holiday romance, heartwarming, christmas spirit, wish come true, miraculous event, chance meeting, santa claus ...
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Gaby Jones, fashion photographer, takes a holiday retreat against her desire by advise of her friend. She will then find that there's more behind a photo when she meets wildlife photographer Sean.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, photographer, satire, love interest, female photographer, couples, christmas spirit, female protagonist, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, relationship vs career ...
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant with a sweet Christmas duet. But after graduation, Isabelle left to study at Juillard in New York ...
Style:
feel good, sincere, semi serious, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, small town, christmas eve, love interest, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, writer's block, music teacher, holiday romance, second chance, high school sweetheart, reconciliation ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Cindy and Tom Baer-Neil have been married for nearly a year, each having lost their first spouse. With the holidays just around the corner, Cindy and Tom are determined to make the new family’s first Christmas perfect. But their respective ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, funny, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, conflict, holiday, party, brother brother relationship, adaptation, family tradition, mischievous children, parenthood, parents and children, husband wife relationship ...
Similarity:
70%
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, christmas eve, save the day, single parent, escapades, snow, winter, christmas season ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Maggie and Eric are busy parents of teenagers who embark on a trip to the home of Maggie’s widowed brother to celebrate Christmas. Everyone has different expectations of the perfect holiday. Through a series of transformative events, Maggie learns ...
Style:
feel good, thrilling, entertaining, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, family drama, family reunited, family relations, relationships, christmas season, romantic relationship, male female relationship, couples, couple relations, love affair ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In this magical story, a scientist sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, touching, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing
Plot:
christmas, desire, santa claus, magic, against the odds, obsessive quest, north pole, reindeer, optimism, legends and myths, christmas eve, holiday ...
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Thanks to some Christmas magic, Emma gets to experience two different Christmases – one where she stays in the city and celebrates with a new crush and his friends, and one where she returns home for all the traditions with her family…and Drew, ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, light, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
christmas, female protagonist, holiday romance, heartwarming, relationships, couples, holiday, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, love, self discovery ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Ten year-old Abigail has written to the North Pole and asked for something very special this year something she has kept secret from her Mother. On Christmas Eve while her Mother sleeps, Abigail hides in her living room waiting to make sure that ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, family comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, christmas spirit, wish fulfillment, christmas eve, santa claus, desire, christmas season, child, magic, wish come true, family relations ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Can theater director Lila rise to the challenge of putting on the perfect Christmas ballet, while also discovering her office Secret Santa in the process?
Style:
feel good, psychological, christmas special, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, holiday, xmas, theater, christmas spirit, celebration, marketing, winter, snow, christmas season, christmas present, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a photojournalist (David Cubitt) photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the stranger "John Christmas". After seeing the photo, Kathleen McAllister ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, christmas special, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
christmas, newspaper, holiday, emergency room, photographer, christmas spirit, christmas season, save the day, secret, relationships, problem, male female relationship ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Taylor, a journalist, and Luke, in the military, share a special bond that grows between them over the course of several Christmases that they spend together and apart.
Style:
romantic drama, disturbing, entertaining, satirical, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
christmas, christmas spirit, holiday romance, couple relations, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, love affair, male female relationship, satire, love interest, long distance relationship ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Erin is planning the town’s Christmas celebration and must win over firefighter Kevin in order to obtain the beautiful spruce tree from his property for the celebration.
Style:
feel good, psychological, semi serious, christmas special, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, tree, christmas romance, winter, male female relationship, mayor, firefighter, christmas tree lighting, xmas, relationships, problem, love story ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A struggling dad gets a new start after a strange encounter replaces his mall Santa gig with the real thing.
Style:
feel good, sincere, light, not serious, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, unemployment, christmas eve, xmas, christmas spirit, fatherhood, north pole, struggle, friendship, disorder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
67%
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