Movies Like The Box Boy 2: A Christmas Meltdown

If you liked The Box Boy 2: A Christmas Meltdown (2023), a comedy and science fiction movie directed by Joseph Natale, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and science fiction
On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.
2
Alien Xmas (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and science fiction
A young elf mistakes a tiny alien for a Christmas gift, not knowing her new plaything has plans to destroy Earth's gravity — and steal all the presents.
3
Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also tv movie and comedy
Three brothers get the surprise of their lives when they are forced to work together to care for a baby over the holidays. As they slowly get the hang of things, they find themselves on unexpected journeys of…
4
Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventure
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
5
Christmas...Again?! (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and tv movie
Rowena "Ro" is a high-spirited 11-year-old hoping to add more spunk to her Christmas celebrations when her parents’ divorce is going anything but smoothly.
6
Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas (2021)
★ 7/10Also tv movie and comedy
After a series of mishaps, Mickey, Minnie and the gang are separated all over the world and must try to get back to Hot Dog Hills by Christmas Eve. A mysterious and jolly stranger shows up to tell them about The…
7
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and tv movie
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
8
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and tv movie
Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a…
9
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventure
As her friends prep for a Life Day holiday celebration, Rey journeys with BB-8 on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force at a mysterious Jedi Temple. There, she embarks on a cross-timeline adventure through…
10
The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and comedy
When Brian Conway, a successful businessman whose family relationships have suffered, gets in a car accident on Christmas Eve, Santa gives him twelve chances to redo the day and repair the relationships in his life…
11
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
12
Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also comedy and science fiction
A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
13
Red One (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and comedy
After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
14
A Christmas Carol (1984)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and tv movie
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he…
15
Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and drama
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
16
LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and comedy
Poe Dameron and BB-8 must face the greedy crime boss Graballa the Hutt, who has purchased Darth Vader’s castle and is renovating it into the galaxy’s first all-inclusive Sith-inspired luxury hotel.
17
Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
★ 7/10Also comedy and science fiction
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of…
18
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (2017)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and adventure
As the Twelfth Doctor nears regeneration, he stumbles on his first incarnation, also refusing to change. It takes a captain, a glass avatar and a familiar face to convince the Doctors the universe still needs them.
19
Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and comedy
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of…
20
The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…