Movies Like A Christmas Story
If you liked A Christmas Story (1983), a comedy and family movie directed by Bob Clark, 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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A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and familyFollows 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…
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Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and familyWhen their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole…
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Elf (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and familyWhen 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…
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
★ 6.8/10Also family and comedyThe 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...
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Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
★ 7/10Also family and comedyWhen 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…
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Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
★ 6/10Also family and comedyA 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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Family Switch (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and familyWhen the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
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Jingle All the Way (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also family and comedyHoward Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of…
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Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and familyStep brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
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Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also comedy 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…
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Merry Little Batman (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also family and comedyThis 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…
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Noelle (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also family and comedyKris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
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The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and familySiblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyIt's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his…
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Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
★ 6/10Also family and comedyFive 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…
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Dashing Through the Snow (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also family and comedyEddie 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…
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The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
★ 7.2/10Also familyFeeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the…
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The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
★ 6/10Also comedy and familyBetter watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to…
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Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and familyChristmas is never so spirited as when Tom and Jerry lock horns for the holidays in their new original movie--Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale In an empty opera house, Jerry wishes for a chance to perform -- and…
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and familyInstead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old…