Movies Like Snow Buddies

If you liked Snow Buddies (2008), a family and adventure movie directed by Robert Vince, 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
Santa Buddies (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also family and adventure
When Puppy Paws, the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, gets bored, he finds Budderball on Santa's naughty list and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary pup. When the magical Christmas Icicle starts…
2
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
★ 6/10Also family
A 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…
3
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also family and adventure
When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the merriest place on the planet, a quartet of magical puppies stow away on her sled, granting joyful wishes to the town's boys and girls. However, something goes terribly wrong…
4
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also family and adventure
Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new…
5
The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
★ 6/10Also adventure and family
Best friends Tod, a fox kit, and Copper, a hound puppy, visit a country fair when they see a band of dogs called "The Singin' Strays". The band has five members: Dixie, Cash, Granny Rose, and twin brothers Waylon and…
6
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also family
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…
7
Togo (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also adventure
The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of…
8
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also family and adventure
When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost the spirit of the season, they take a trip to New York City. But after Santa loses his memory, it's up to Paws, a…
9
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
★ 6/10Also family
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to…
10
Jingle All the Way (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also family and adventure
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…
11
Balto (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and family
An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.
12
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and family
When the pets accidentally get separated from their vacationing owners, Chance, Shadow, and Sassy navigate the mean streets of San Francisco, trying to find their home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But the road is…
13
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
★ 7.4/10Also family and adventure
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius…
14
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
★ 7/10Also family
Santa Claus, Mickey Mouse and all his Disney pals star in an original movie about the importance of opening your heart to the true spirit of Christmas. Stubborn old Donald tries in vain to resist the joys of the…
15
Red One (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure
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.
16
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
★ 7/10Also family
When a huge snowstorm leaves everyone stranded, Mickey and all of his guests at the House of Mouse, including Pooh, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel and many more of his old and new friends, break out the cookies…
17
Noelle (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also family
Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
18
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003)
★ 5.9/10Also family
All Rerun wants from Santa is a dog, but his mother won't let him have one. Spending time with Snoopy provides the perfect pick-me-up. But when Snoopy gets too busy to play with Rerun, they call in a…
19
Eight Below (2006)
★ 7/10Also adventure and family
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be…
20
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
★ 7.1/10Also family
Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.