Movies Like Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol!

If you liked Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol!, a movie directed by Chris Pizzi, 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
Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)
★ 6.4/10
On Halloween night, Gonzo and Pepe are challenged to face their fears and stay in The Haunted Mansion until sunrise, encountering many frightening, funny, and perhaps a little familiar, phantoms over the course of…
2
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)
★ 6.2/10
Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.
3
The Princess Switch (2018)
★ 7/10
When a down-to-earth Chicago baker and a soon-to-be princess discover they look like twins, they hatch a Christmastime plan to trade places.
4
Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special (2017)
★ 6/10
After Santa tells Michael Bolton that he needs 75,000 new babies by Christmas to meet toy supply, he hosts a sexy telethon to get the world to start making love.
5
Scrooge (1970)
★ 6.8/10
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
6
Three Wise Men and a Baby (2022)
★ 7.5/10
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…
7
Danny Collins (2015)
★ 6.7/10
An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.
8
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
★ 6.7/10
Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they…
9
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (2024)
★ 6.8/10
Pop icon Sabrina Carpenter jingles all the bells in her first-ever variety music special full of holiday hits, unexpected duets and comedic cameos.
10
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
★ 6.2/10
The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the…
11
The Muppet Movie (1979)
★ 7.2/10
The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear…
12
Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl (2022)
★ 7/10
Step into Casa Madrigal for a special concert spectacular as the original voice cast of Disney Animation's Oscar®-winning "Encanto," Stephanie Beatriz, Adassa, Carolina Gaitán, Jessica Darrow, Diane Guerrero, Mauro…
13
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
★ 7.5/10
A 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.
14
Catch a Christmas Star (2013)
★ 6.4/10
Nikki Crandon is one of the biggest pop stars on the planet. Whether she's singing the National Anthem or promoting her latest album, everyone knows who she is—none more so than New Jersey high school basketball coach…
15
Do You Believe? (2015)
★ 6.8/10
When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God…
16
A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (2019)
★ 6.4/10
Kat is an aspiring singer-songwriter who dreams of making it big. However, her dreams are stalled by her reality: a conniving and cruel stepfamily and a demoralizing job working as a singing elf at billionaire Terrence…
17
Dutch (1991)
★ 6.5/10
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school... only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
18
The Holiday (2006)
★ 7.1/10
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
19
Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas (2018)
★ 6.7/10
Famous musician Heath and small-town girl Cara are each traveling back to Oklahoma for the holidays when they get stranded in Chicago. Despite his fame, she has no idea who he is, but they hit it off—and she even ends…
20
Last Christmas (2019)
★ 7.2/10
Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a…