Movies Like An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas
If you liked An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas (2016), a family movie directed by Valerie Weiss, 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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Return to Christmas Creek (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also familyAs Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes, a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites…
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Love the Coopers (2015)
★ 6/10Also familyWhen four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising…
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Christmas in the Heartland (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also familyKara and Jessie are two teenage girls from very different worlds, but with a little Christmas magic, they find they have much more in common than they ever imagined.
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Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also 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…
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A Veteran's Christmas (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also familyCaptain Grace Garland, a decorated U.S. veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must rediscover the magic of Christmas. When…
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A Christmas Carol (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also familyMiser 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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Kristin's Christmas Past (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also familyKristin, a cynical 34-year-old, drinks a mysterious champagne on Christmas Eve and wakes up seventeen years in the past, sharing a room with her 17-year-old self. Given the chance to change the worst Christmas of her…
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A Christmas Kiss (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also familyWendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious…
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Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also familyA ne’er-do-well thirty-something attempts to appease her family by kidnapping herself an attractive boyfriend for the family Christmas. Despite unlikely odds and dysfunctional family moments, the two fall in love and…
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The Longshots (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also familyThe true story of Jasmine Plummer who, at the age of eleven, became the first female to play in Pop Warner football tournament in its 56-year history.
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
★ 8.3/10Also familyGeorge Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas…
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Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also familyFollow the perilous journey to freedom when a young boy and his dog attempt to escape a concentration camp during World War II. Based on true events.
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Under Wraps (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also familyThree friends try to save their mummified friend, Harold, from greedy criminals by returning him to his resting place before midnight on Halloween.
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The Christmas Calendar (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also familyWhen Emily, a struggling baker in a small town, receives a handmade Christmas Calendar from a secret admirer, the local residents become obsessed with finding out the identity of the sender.
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Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! (2015)
★ 6/10Also familyThe holiday season gets extra chilly as Loki and the frost giant Ymir plot to conquer the world. Marvel heroes Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor and others must stop the villains from stealing Santa's power – if…
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Miracles from Heaven (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also familyWhen Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls…
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A Monster Calls (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also family12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
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My Spy (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also familyA hardened CIA operative finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family.
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Six Pack (1982)
★ 6.4/10Also familyStopping briefly in a small Texas town, an itinerant race car driver finds that his stock car, on a trailer behind his motor home, has just been quickly and expertly stripped. He chases down the miscreants, who turn…
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Three Wishes (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also familyWhile Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed…