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Movies Like The Christmas Star

If you liked The Christmas Star (2020), a family and fantasy movie directed by Karel Janák, 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. 1Godmothered

    Godmothered (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasy

    A young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman…

  2. 2Pan

    Pan (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy and family

    Living a bleak existence at a London orphanage, 12-year-old Peter finds himself whisked away to the fantastical world of Neverland. Adventure awaits as he meets new friend James Hook and the warrior Tiger Lily. They…

  3. 3Dashing Through the Snow

    Dashing Through the Snow (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and family

    Eddie 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…

  4. 4Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

    Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)

    ★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and family

    Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

  5. 5Prancer: A Christmas Tale

    Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also family and fantasy

    Ten-year-old Gloria and her recently widowed grandfather Bud befriend a mysterious reindeer when the family gather for Christmas. Bud comes to believe that Prancer may actually be magical, but Gloria fears his theory…

  6. 6One Magic Christmas

    One Magic Christmas (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10Also family and fantasy

    Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.

  7. 7The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also family and fantasy

    When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.

  8. 8FairyTale: A True Story

    FairyTale: A True Story (1997)

    ★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and family

    In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

  9. 9Ella Enchanted

    Ella Enchanted (2004)

    ★ 6.5/10Also family and fantasy

    Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be…

  10. 10Santa Claus: The Movie

    Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

    ★ 6.4/10Also family and fantasy

    In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus…

  11. 11Four Kids and It

    Four Kids and It (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also family and fantasy

    A group of kids on holiday in Cornwall meet a magical creature on the beach with the power to grant wishes.

  12. 12A Christmas Story Christmas

    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…

  13. 13Candy Cane Lane

    Candy Cane Lane (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy and family

    Determined 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…

  14. 14Snow Queen

    Snow Queen (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also family and fantasy

    Since a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…

  15. 15A Boy Called Christmas

    A Boy Called Christmas (2021)

    ★ 7.3/10Also family and fantasy

    An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a…

  16. 16Descendants 2

    Descendants 2 (2017)

    ★ 7.4/10Also family and fantasy

    When the pressure to be royal becomes too much for Mal, she returns to the Isle of the Lost where her archenemy Uma, Ursula's daughter, has taken her spot as self-proclaimed queen.

  17. 17Momo

    Momo (2025)

    ★ 7.1/10Also family and fantasy

    Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time…

  18. 18Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

    Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also family and fantasy

    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…

  19. 19How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

    ★ 6.8/10Also family and fantasy

    The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

  20. 20Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

    Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)

    ★ 6/10Also family and fantasy

    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…

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