Movies Like How to Ruin the Holidays

If you liked How to Ruin the Holidays (2023), a comedy and drama movie directed by Arlen Konopaki, 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 Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they're taking over their local church Pageant…
2
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
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.
3
Wildflower (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help.
4
It Runs in the Family (2003)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
5
Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
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…
6
Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her family just like the ones Mitch used to do.
7
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Follows Ralphie, now adult, who returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old…
8
Once Upon a Deadpool (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.
9
Almost Christmas (2016)
★ 6/10Also comedy and drama
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
10
Spirited (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host…
11
Family Switch (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
12
Bah, Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Daffy Duck is the greedy proprietor of the Lucky Duck Mega-Mart and all he can think about is the money to be made during the holiday season.
13
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of…
14
The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family…
15
Jingle All the Way (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of…
16
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old…
17
Life During Wartime (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos.
18
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families…
19
Christmas...Again?! (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
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.
20
A Gift Wrapped Christmas (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
Personal shopper Gwen's newest client, Charlie, is a high-rolling, workaholic, single father. When Gwen meets his 8-year-old son, Owen, during a package drop, she is saddened to see just how little time Charlie spends…