Movies Like A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
If you liked A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever (2025), a family and animation movie directed by Taika Waititi, 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 Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and familyWhen Grouchy Smurf behaves badly to everyone and refuses to celebrate Christmas, the Smurfs of Christmas Past, Present and Future teach him to appreciate Christmas.
- 2
Trolls Holiday in Harmony (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and fantasyQueen Poppy plans the first annual Trolls Kingdom Secret Holiday Gift Swap, but things don't go quite as expected.
- 3
The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and familyChristmas Eve takes a twisty turn when the Boss Baby accidentally swaps places with one of Santa's elves and gets stranded at the North Pole.
- 4
Prep & Landing (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and fantasyWayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite…
- 5
Mickey Saves Christmas (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and familyMickey, Minnie and their pals attempt to celebrate the perfect Christmas at their snowy cabin. However, when Pluto causes Santa to lose all the presents on his sleigh, the friends travel to the North Pole on a quest to…
- 6
Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and familyDuring a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang…
- 7
Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and familyWayne and Lanny, now partners, are called by Magee to meet with a secret contact – Mrs. Claus, who sends them on a new mission to retrieve a box from Santa’s secret workshop. Later they sneak into Santa’s office while…
- 8
Shrek the Halls (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and fantasyThe Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this new holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to…
- 9
Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and familyAfter mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must…
- 10
Merry Little Batman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and familyThis Christmas, Damian Wayne wants to be a superhero like his dad – the one and only Batman. When Damian is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham’s worst supervillains on Christmas Eve, he stumbles upon a…
- 11
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and fantasyAstonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.
- 12
Barbie: A Perfect Christmas (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and familyThe vacation plans of Barbie and her sisters take a turn due to a snowstorm. Stranded in Tannenbaum town, they find themselves amidst a holiday venture where they learn a heartwarming lesson.
- 13
Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol' (2008)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and familyOn Christmas Eve, Kelly is reluctant to go to a Christmas Eve ball, so Barbie tells her the story of Eden Starling, a glamorous singing diva in the Victorian England and the owner of a theatre house. However, Eden is…
- 14
That Christmas (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and familyIt's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's.
- 15
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and familyDetermined 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…
- 16
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and familyWhen Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts…
- 17
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
★ 7/10Also animation and familyWhen 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…
- 18
The Snowman (1982)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and familyA young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.
- 19
Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and familyOlaf is on a mission to harness the best holiday traditions for Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff.
- 20
Dashing Through the Snow (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and familyEddie Garrick is a good-hearted man who has lost his belief in the wonder of Christmas. While spending time with his nine-year-old daughter Charlotte on Christmas Eve, he befriends a mysterious man in a red suit named…