Movies Like My Dad is a Santa
If you liked My Dad is a Santa (2021), a family and comedy movie directed by Daniel Moreno, 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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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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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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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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Santa Claus (1959)
★ 6.8/10Also family and comedyPitch, the mean-spirited devil, is trying to ruin Christmas. Santa Claus teams up with Merlin the Magician and the children of the world in order to save the day!
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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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Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also familyWhen 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…
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The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also family and comedyKate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new…
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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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I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
★ 6/10Also comedy and familyEstranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa…
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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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The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also familyWhen Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost the spirit of the season, they take a trip to New York City. But after Santa loses his memory, it's up to Paws, a…
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Blizzard (2003)
★ 6/10Also family and comedyA young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
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Get Santa (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and familyA 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.
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That Christmas (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and familyIt's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's.
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The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also familyChristmas Eve takes a twisty turn when the Boss Baby accidentally swaps places with one of Santa's elves and gets stranded at the North Pole.
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Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)
★ 7/10Also comedy and familySanta Claus, Mickey Mouse and all his Disney pals star in an original movie about the importance of opening your heart to the true spirit of Christmas. Stubborn old Donald tries in vain to resist the joys of the…
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Bad Christmas (2021)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyA peaceful Christmas Eve is interrupted when a thief breaks into a villa. When the family’s little daughter mistakes him for Santa Claus and asks him to fulfill her Christmas wish, he will be forced to perform a…
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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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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also familyIn 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…
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Bah, Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and familyIn this adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Daffy Duck is the greedy proprietor of the Lucky Duck Mega-Mart and all he can think about is the money to be made during the holiday season.