Reindeer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant reindeer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, semi serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating and christmas special films and TV shows about / with christmas, reindeer, holiday, santa claus, winter, christmas spirit, christmas season, christmas movie, snow and xmas plots mostly in Family, Animation and Fantasy genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as reindeer: Blizzard (2003), Prancer (1989), Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer (2018), Prancer Returns (2001), Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022), The Polar Express (2004), Northern Lights of Christmas (2018), Little Gobie (2010), The Christmas Secret (2000), The Santa Clause (1994).
Best films
List of reindeer movies
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
christmas, reindeer, youth, santa claus, self discovery, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, mischievous children, young heroes, family life, fish out of water, hopes ...
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in ...
Style:
touching, christmas classics, crying, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, reindeer, single father, small town, holiday, farm, father daughter relationship, widower, girl, little girl, animal ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, India, Denmark, USA, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs.
Style:
feel good, 3d animation, exciting, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
reindeer, christmas, santa claus, holiday, north pole, horse, friendship, underdog, children, christmas spirit, save the day, good versus evil ...
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Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
This holiday-themed children's film offers a unique take on the legend of Santa Claus and his tiny reindeer. In this movie, a young boy finds a deer in the forest he is sure is Santa's beloved Prancer. Determined to return the creature to ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, reindeer, youth, mischievous children, mistaken identity, fish out of water, child as adult, young heroes, family life, parents and children, disorder ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Finland, Germany, Denmark, Ireland
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Set right before Christmas, Niko the reindeer must deal with his mom getting re-married and his being tasked with looking after his little stepbrother.
Style:
semi serious, christmas special, computer animated, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
reindeer, christmas, winter, youth, siblings relations, escapades, family relations, animal life, missing person, rescue mission, kidnapping, christmas season ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
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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:
feel good, thrilling, entertaining, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, reindeer, holiday, grandfather granddaughter relationship, child protagonist, family bonds, hopes, family relations, magic, family life, wizard, christmas spirit ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, 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:
computer animated, fairy tale, feel good, motion capture, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, toddlers ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, train, magic, winter, railway, dream, santa claus, christmas eve, snow, xmas, christmas time ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
michigan
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Genre: Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Zoey Hathaway has been working towards her lifelong goal of being a pilot for years, but everything is thrown off-course when she unexpectedly inherits a reindeer farm, along with the dangerously handsome ranch hand Alec Wynn. Now buried in taking ...
Style:
feel good, light, funny, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
ranch, christmas, holiday, christmas romance, inheritance, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, fall in love, new life, opposites attract, love story, initially antagonists ...
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Estonia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Niko the reindeer joins his father in Santa's Flying Forces, but when Santa's sleigh is stolen by an acquaintance, Niko must find it in time for Christmas.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, captivating, uplifting, light hearted ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
reindeer, santa claus, christmas, snow, dream, friendship, children, holiday, christmas season, adventure hero, winter, deer ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
Story:
Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil Blitzen and his new-found partner-in-crime The White Rabbit. Robbie is having girl trouble too - ...
Style:
christmas special, satirical, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
christmas, reindeer, viking, stop motion, satire, vacation gone wrong, children, animal protagonist, adventurer, deer, animal, adventure hero ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is beaten in the reindeer games ...
Style:
christmas classics, retro, sweet, cute, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, winter, reindeer, christmas season, christmas time, xmas, snow, christmas spirit, friends, disorder, family relations, parents and children ...
Time:
year 1998
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
During a skiing event, Gobie and BeBe get into a hazardous accident with serious injuries. BeBe is one of the twin beloved pet dragons of Gobie, and the other one is Kuma. Believing in the existence of Santa, Gobie thinks he can help him save ...
Style:
semi serious, entertaining, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, friendship, reindeer, hopes, santa claus, save the day, race against time, escapades, imaginary, friends, dragon, children ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, christmas classics, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas season, childhood, father son relationship, christmas eve, christmas time, child custody, saving christmas, thanksgiving, toys ...
Time:
90s
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, dark, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, family outing, horror for children ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, halloween, stop motion, imaginary, music, goth, objects come to life, fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, love, loneliness ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
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, semi serious, humorous, fairy tale, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, reindeer, santa claus, save the day, fish out of water, danger, escapades, disorder, xmas, when the parents are away, christmas eve, time travel ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a ...
Style:
feel good, christmas special, humorous, christmas classics, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, holiday, christmas eve, reindeer, deception, christmas time, nothing goes right, christmas season, winter, cupid, time travel ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, year 1994, 21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, sentimental, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, christmas spirit, reindeer, holiday, firefighter, children, new year, christmas eve, loss of father, winter, snow ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, mexico city, chicago
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
It's Christmas time and Santa has just finished his worldwide deliveries, when an unthinkable tragedy strikes! His most trusted reindeer, Marshmallow, has forgotten an entire planet! Now Santa must travel through space bringing presents to ...
Style:
feel good, christmas special, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, christmas spirit, reindeer, space adventure, outer space, magic, magical, xmas, winter, space exploration, space travel ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an Angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, semi serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
holiday horror, killer santa claus, grandfather grandson relationship, small town, serial killer, santa claus, strip club, christmas, angel, archangel, christmas present, reindeer ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Larry the Reindeer thinks he can fill Santa’s shoes, but he’s about to get more than he bargained for! When Mighty Bunion, the wicked wizard, casts a spell causing Larry to switch places with Santa, the future of Christmas rests on one ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious, anime ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
reindeer, christmas, santa claus, animal that acts human, christmas season, saving christmas, magical power, save the day, animal life, magic, animal, christmas spirit ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
The Trolls and the Christmas Express is an animated classic about six roguish trolls who are determined to sabotage Christmas by infiltrating Santa's village disguised as elves. After a week of wreaking havoc but still not completely ruining ...
Style:
christmas special, lighthearted
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
santa claus, troll, elf, reindeer, holiday, christmas, train, sabotage, children, teamwork, magic, unhappiness ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Sweden, Poland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A father and son who must team up to save Christmas, once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, christmas comedy
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, reindeer, youth, rescue, young heroes, save the day, escapades, family relations, parents and children, chases and races, christmas season ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, yorkshire, england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Follows Marzipan, a young elfling, and her mother Cinnameg, as Marzipan must believe in the magic of the season and goes on an adventure to rediscover the enchanted snow deer named Glisten and save Christmas.
Style:
captivating, funny, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, magic, reindeer, saving christmas, holiday, winter, children, magical creature, magical girl, magical, fairy, christmas season ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a driven doctor doesn't get the prestigious position she planned for, she unexpectedly finds herself moving to a remote Alaskan town. While she meets the locals and even starts a new romance, she has to learn to let the life she planned ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, feel good, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, toddlers
Plot:
christmas, love and romance, small town, fall in love, christmas romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, doctor, social relations, christmas eve, christmas time, reindeer, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska, usa, north america, san francisco, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
As Santa Claus searches for his lost Reindeer (Cupid) in the small town of Holly; the love story of Katie Valentine and Army veteran/firefighter Luke Murphy is re-ignited during an effort to save the historic train depot.
Style:
feel good, christmas special, romantic, satirical, thrilling ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, love, town, santa claus, reindeer, christmas romance, love story, male female relationship, love affair, romantic relationship, xmas, love and romance ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Just when Laura and her family were preparing to spend the Christmas holidays at Aunt Martha, the car breaks down and must spend Christmas at home, and without a tree. A fun adventure for the whole family.
Style:
feel good, christmas special, semi serious, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
holiday, friendship, snow, child, santa claus, reindeer, christmas, xmas, christmas spirit, christmas season, adventure hero, winter ...
Time:
20th century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
After two young elves give Santa and the North Pole food poisoning they must redeem their Naughty List status by finding a way to save Christmas.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good, light hearted ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
christmas, north pole, holiday, santa claus, elf, magical, teamwork, reindeer, children, unhappiness, save the day, saving christmas ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
The Cat in the Hat, Sally, Nick and Fish help a baby reindeer find its way home in time for Christmas.
Style:
satirical, funny, captivating, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschool
Plot:
christmas, holiday, reindeer, children, cat, satire, christmas spirit, animal life, help, christmas season, animal, friendship ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: USA, Germany, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An underdog elf, driven by his unwavering passion for the holidays, becomes the North Pole's only hope of saving Christmas from a vengeful hacker.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, emotional
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, north pole, santa claus, holiday, heartwarming, reindeer, technology, underdog, hacker, tradition, children, rescue mission ...
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