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Movies Like The Christmas Tree: Christmas Eve in the Ukraine

If you liked The Christmas Tree: Christmas Eve in the Ukraine (1975), a movie directed by George Mendeluk, 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. 1Lovely, Still

    Lovely, Still (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.

  2. 2Unaccompanied Minors

    Unaccompanied Minors (2006)

    ★ 6/10

    Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them…

  3. 3The Snowman

    The Snowman (1982)

    ★ 7.6/10

    A 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.

  4. 4Prancer: A Christmas Tale

    Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10

    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…

  5. 5A Very Corgi Christmas

    A Very Corgi Christmas (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10

    All Lauren Bradley, a single mom and confirmed workaholic, wants this holiday is a much deserved break. Those hopes are dashed when she runs into fellow single dad Ben who enlists her help in taking care of a cute and…

  6. 6The Noel Diary

    The Noel Diary (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hearts?

  7. 7Elf

    Elf (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10

    When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging…

  8. 8A Little Christmas Charm

    A Little Christmas Charm (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Holly, a jewelry designer finds a lost charm bracelet and teams up with investigative reporter Greg in hopes of finding the owner and returning it by Christmas Eve.

  9. 9One Magic Christmas

    One Magic Christmas (1985)

    ★ 5.9/10

    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.

  10. 10A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love

    A Godwink Christmas: Meant For Love (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Multiple coincidences and a chance meeting bring together Alice and Jack, two strangers from very different family backgrounds, for an unexpected Christmastime courtship filled with personal revelations, misread…

  11. 11Falling in Love

    Falling in Love (1984)

    ★ 6.6/10

    During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time…

  12. 12Santa Claus: The Movie

    Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

    ★ 6.4/10

    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…

  13. 13No Exit

    No Exit (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to…

  14. 14Return to Christmas Creek

    Return to Christmas Creek (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10

    As 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…

  15. 15A Boy Called Christmas

    A Boy Called Christmas (2021)

    ★ 7.3/10

    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. 16Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie

    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Young Rudolph suffers a childhood accident that sees his nose turn from the publicly accepted norm of black to a glowing red colour. His parents worry about him getting teased, and indeed he does in the end. When he is…

  17. 17Finding Father Christmas

    Finding Father Christmas (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Orphaned at a young age at Christmas, Miranda finds a clue that could unveil the truth about her father - and maybe a little something else will rekindle her Christmas spirit.

  18. 18Hero Dog: The Journey Home

    Hero Dog: The Journey Home (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Chinook the Alaskan Malamute must lead a shipwrecked blind man out of the wilderness, while the man's children launch a rescue mission of their own.

  19. 19The Shepherd

    The Shepherd (2023)

    ★ 7/10

    On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

  20. 20The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker (1993)

    ★ 5.8/10

    On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his…

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