20 best movies like Father Frost (1964)

List of the best movies like Father Frost (1964): Scrooge, Northpole: Open for Christmas, Doctor Dolittle, The Thief of Bagdad, Beauty and the Beast, The Thirteenth Year, The Dragon Pearl, The Secret of Moonacre, Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, musical, family
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:53

The classic Charles Dickens' Christmas ghost tale told in musical form.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryCanada, USA

A successful businesswoman, Mackenzie, inherits her beloved aunt's inn, and chooses to restore the hotel to its original grandeur only to sell it right before Christmas. Unbeknownst to Mackenzie, she receives some unexpected help from a team of elves headed by the cheerful Clementine, who helps Mackenzie rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration02:32

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:46

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantasy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration02:30

A live-action adaptation of Disney's version of the classic tale of a cursed prince and a beautiful young woman who helps him break the spell.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

A teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrefantasy, adventure, family, detective
CountryAustralia
Duration01:33

When teenagers JOSH (Louis Corbett) and LING (Li Lin Jin) join their respective parents, CHRIS (Sam Neill) and Dr LI (Wang Ji) on an archaeological dig in China they encounter something trapped beneath a temple beyond their wildest imagination. A real live Chinese dragon. Two thousand years earlier, to defend his kingdom, the dragon lent an emperor his all powerful pearl. Instead of being returned, the pearl was buried with the emperor beneath his palace, and helpless without its source of power the dragon has remained entombed ever since.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryHungary, United Kingdom, France, Australia, USA, New Zealand
Duration01:43

When 13 year old Maria Merryweather's father dies, leaving her orphaned and homeless, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life to go and live with Sir Benjamin, an eccentric uncle she didn't know she had, at the mysterious Moonacre Manor.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantasy, drama, musical, family, short
CountryCanada
Duration01:16

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, musical, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:59

The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantasy, musical, adventure, family
CountryUSA

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, musical, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:38

The Forest Queen grants the wish of Jonathan, the woodcutter, and his wife, Anna.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
Duration02:24

A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry Grand Vizier vies for the same lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:29

As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife and well-intentioned parents. But when his young son faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

Markimdb: 3
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

When Max fools a gang of local toughs, he finds himself in big trouble. Fleeing from the thugs, Max runs into an old warehouse and bumps into a boom box. By doing that, he manages to release Kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genreaction, fantasy, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, Hungary
Duration01:48

Set in 1920s Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA

Animated character Fat Albert emerges from his TV universe into the real world, accompanied by his friends Rudy, Mushmouth, Old Weird Harold and Dumb Donald. Though the gang is flabbergasted by the modern world, they make new friends, and Albert attempts to help young Doris become popular. But things get complicated when Albert falls for her older sister, Lauri, and must turn to creator Bill Cosby for advice.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrefantasy, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:52

    This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    A young boy, Josh Baskin makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big. He wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman. What will he find out about this strange world?

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    The Russo family and friends are headed to Tuscany, Italy, to meet their long lost relatives... but when Alex tries to prove she's more than a seemingly carefree young Wizard, she inadvertently conjures a spell that creates a Good Alex and an Evil Alex. When Evil Alex gets roped into a charming young wizard's foreboding plan to take over the world, Good Alex must find a way to save her family and humankind, which leads to a monumental battle between the two versions of herself - all atop the Tower of Pisa.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Disney Channel's production of Julie Sherman Wolfe's screenplay adaptation of the popular novel Avalon High by Meg Cabot. Elaine "Ellie" Harrison has just moved from Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland while her parents take a year long sabbatical to continue their medieval studies in nearby DC. Her new high school, Avalon High, seems like a typical high school with the stereotypical students: Lance the jock, Jennifer the cheerleader, Marco, the bad boy/desperado, and Will, the senior class president, quarterback, and all around good guy. But not everyone at Avalon High is who they appear to be, not even Ellie herself. Eventually, it becomes apparent that Avalon High is a situation where the ancient Arthurian legend is repeating itself. Will, Jennifer, Lance, Marco, and Mr. Morton all correspond to King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Knight Lancelot, Mordred, and Merlin, respectively.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Malta
    Duration01:54

    Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:27

    Maleficent and her goddaughter Aurora begin to question the complex family ties that bind them as they are pulled in different directions by impending nuptials, unexpected allies, and dark new forces at play.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical, family, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Mitchie can't wait to go back to Camp Rock and spend the summer making new music with her friends and superstar Shane Gray. But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has drummed up some serious competition — featuring newcomers Luke (Matthew "Mdot" Finley) and Dana (Chloe Bridges). In a sensational battle of the bands, with Camp Rock's future at stake, will Camp Star's flashy production and over-the-top antics win out, or will Camp Rockers prove that music, teamwork, and spirit are what truly matter?

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:25

    One day they pray to God for help and he does help them. He sends his most mischievous, childlike, lovable angel to the rescue, with a mission to bring Ranbeer and the kids together. Geeta (Rani Mukerji) comes bicycling down a rainbow… and bursts into Ranbeer's house as the selfproclaimed new nanny. And then starts the roller coaster ride of fun, emotions, magic and love.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountrySoviet Union
    Duration01:25

    Once upon a time there lived a Tsar named Yeremey who went on a year-long journey to take inventory of all he owned. One day he is kidnapped by the underwater Tsar Chudo-Yudo. When a ransom is demanded, the Tsar's family is faced with all kinds of intrigue and treachery.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
    Duration01:44

    A sleazy politician sends an agent after his ex-fiancee, who fled to Mexico with incriminating film of him.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, musical, family, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:54

    A tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantasy, drama, family
    CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland
    Duration01:43

    10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate..

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:05

    In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend Jack, she helps the family rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Natalie Babbitt's award winning book for children comes to the screen in a lavish adaptation from Walt Disney Pictures. Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) is a girl in her early teens growing up in the small rural town of Winesap in 1914. Winnie's parents (Victor Garber and Amy Irving) are loving but overprotective, and Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, musical, family, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    Raise Your Voice is a coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer, brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the performing arts academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family, music
    CountryArgentina, Spain, Italy
    Duration00:52

    Shot in Spanish and localized for markets around the world, “Tini – El Gran Cambio de Violetta” is set to thrill fans with everything they loved about the worldwide Violetta phenomenon including strong musical elements with new and original tracks, exciting choreography, compelling storylines, and intriguing characters. All made bigger and better for the big screen. The film shows how taking the role in the TV series was a pivotal moment for Tini leading to a personal ‘coming of age story’ about the young actress. In a story that reflects the teen star’s own real life, Tini will leave behind the world depicted in Violetta, striking out alone and embarking on a brand new adventure over one endless summer that will define her as a person and see her emerge as a new artist.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's fiancé. When a magical fortune cookie switches their personalities, they each get a peek at how the other person feels, thinks and lives.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    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 feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:48

    Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous African desert! Equipped only with their wits and the expertise of a native bushman who befriends them, they are determined to triumph over impossible odds and reach their destination. But along the way, the trio face a primitive desert wilderness.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantasy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Czech Republic
    Duration01:50

    With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, musical, family
    CountrySoviet Union
    Duration01:24

    Based on a classic fairytale "Cinderella" brilliantly adapted by Yevgeni Shvarts.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Fifteen years ago, Ben Walker made a decision to leave his college sweetheart and ultimately his faith, in order to pursue a lucrative business opportunity. Now with a high-paying career and a trophy fiancé, he is visited by an angel, who gives him a glimpse into what his life would look like had he followed his calling.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:29

    Alex glides his mouse tenderly over online images of Vika. He has been smitten ever since he saw her with her friends and cannot get her out of his head. Now he has found Vika’s profile online and has learned a lot about her. Vika has no idea about any of this. She is beyond Alex’s reach because her school and block of flats are enemy territory for him. Alex nonetheless sneaks into a disco at her school and plucks up the courage to ask her to dance. Incensed by the intruder, the other boys give Alex a beating.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, adventure, family
    CountryGermany, United Kingdom, USA, Italy
    Duration01:46

    The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:21

    In the ordinary and bustling city of Moscow there is an unusual House, overgrown with hundreds of secrets and mysteries. In this house there is a strange apartment, in which not a single tenant has stayed for a long time. And only when an independent mother with a charming 8-year-old daughter Alina comes to this “nice” apartment, new tenants will find out that their living space is not easy, and the real Boggart lives in it. Only here the keeper of the hearth has long been offended by the entire human race and will do all imaginable nastiness, just to be left alone in the ill-fated apartment. But everything changes when the evil witch challenges Homeovy ...

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryCanada, USA

    Sara Shaw is the type of woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at work, but when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finally have the courage to stand up for herself. Santa grants her wish, but only gives her 48 hours. As the clock ticks, Sara will discover how to channel the Christmas magic and speak her mind all on her own.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, adventure, family
    CountrySweden, Soviet Union, Norway
    Duration01:39

    They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada
    Duration02:44

    A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.




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