Movies Like Malou's Christmas

If you liked Malou's Christmas (2020), a family movie directed by Claus Bjerre, 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
Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
★ 6.5/10Also family
A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings…
2
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also family
George and The Man In The Yellow Hat are having a merry time counting down to Christmas. But neither can decide what to give each other. Will they find the answers before Christmas morning?
3
The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also family
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
4
Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also family
A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool.
5
A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also family
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with…
6
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
★ 6.8/10Also family
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they quickly make themselves at home but soon face a danger even greater…
7
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also family
Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is…
8
Get Santa (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also family
A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.
9
My Spy The Eternal City (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also family
JJ, a veteran CIA agent, reunites with his protégé Sophie, in order to prevent a catastrophic nuclear plot targeting the Vatican.
10
Jesus Henry Christ (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also family
At the age of ten, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.
11
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)
★ 7/10Also family
An original story featuring performances by Cirque du Soleil. A young woman is entranced by an Aerialist. When they fall into the dreamlike world of Cirque du Soleil and are separated, they travel through the different…
12
Preacher's Kid (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also family
Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show.
13
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
★ 7/10Also family
When the lovely Princess Parisa is shrunken by wicked Sokurah the Magician, Sinbad must embark on a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
14
Father Hood (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also family
Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them…
15
Dear Frankie (2004)
★ 7/10Also family
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run…
16
Sarafina! (1992)
★ 6.2/10Also family
A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.
17
Troop Zero (2019)
★ 7/10Also family
In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie…
18
Touchback (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also family
A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.
19
Twin Sitters (1994)
★ 6.4/10Also family
An evil business executive is releasing dangerous toxins and the Barbarian Brothers set out to stop his evil work.
20
Heavyweights (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also family
Camp Hope is a summer retreat for overweight boys run by a kindly couple who make the campers feel comfortable with their extra pounds. But when tyrannical fitness guru Tony buys the camp, he puts the kids on a cruel…