Movies Like Christmas Karma
If you liked Christmas Karma (2025), a fantasy and comedy movie directed by Gurinder Chadha, 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.
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FX's A Christmas Carol (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and fantasyLondon, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and fantasyA retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during nighttime visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
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Scrooge (1970)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy and dramaA musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and comedyMary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
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A Christmas Carol (1984)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and fantasyMiser 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…
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The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedyIn 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his…
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Babes in Toyland (1934)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and comedyOllie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they…
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The Lady in the Van (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and dramaThe true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
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A Christmas Carol (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasy and dramaMiser 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…
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A Christmas Carol (1999)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasyMiser 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…
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Cats (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy and drama"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
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The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and fantasyWhen 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…
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Afterlife of the Party (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and comedyA social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
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The Shepherd (2023)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasyOn Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
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Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
★ 6/10Also comedy and fantasyA Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in…
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Godmothered (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and comedyA 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…
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Come from Away (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and dramaFilmed live on Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical tells the remarkable true story of 38 flights grounded in a small Canadian town on September 11, 2001. As the locals host these “come from aways,” they come…
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Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy and fantasyDetermined 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…
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedyBritish retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as…
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Finding Neverland (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasyDuring a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter…