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20 best movies like Jingle All the Way (1996)

List of the best movies like Jingle All the Way (1996): Fred Claus, Santa's Little Helper, All I Want for Christmas, Man of the House, Nicholas on Holiday, Pete's Dragon, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!, Elf, Lassie.

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Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:56
CharactersFamily, Santa Claus, Losers, Brothers, Wizards
PlotLife, Snow, Toys, Family life, Holidays
TimeNew Year
StyleExciting, Light, To cry

Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, family
CountryCanada
CharactersFamily, Santa Claus
PlotAdventure, Toys, Holidays
TimeNew Year
StyleLight, To cry, Cute, Touching

After getting fired from his job, a slick, fast-talking businessman is thrown into an elf competition to become Santa¹s next second-in-command. Put through a series of rigorous training exercises to prepare for the contest, The Miz and another aspiring elf go head-to-head in the hopes of becoming Santa¹s Little Helper.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:32
CharactersFamily, Santa Claus
PlotLife, Family life
PlaceNew York
TimeNew Year
StyleFancy, Touching

Two New York City children who launch a hilarious scheme to get what they most want this holiday season.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:36
CharactersFamily, Parents
PlotAdventure, Life, Family life
StyleTouching

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, after Ben and Jack's experiences in the Indian Guides, the two become much closer.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrecomedy, family
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:37
CharactersChildrens, Family, Friends
PlotAdventure, Life, Friendship, Family life, Holidays
PlaceFrance, Beach, Hotels
TimeSummer, Vacation
StyleLight, To cry, By books, Fancy, Touching

It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards the sea, and settle in for some time at the Hotel Beau-Rivage.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, New Zealand
Duration02:18
CharactersDragons, Wolves, Rabbits, Bears, Family
PlotAdventure, Life, Investigation, Friendship, Family life
PlaceForest, USA, Small cities
TimeNight
StyleLight, To cry, Cute, Touching

For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
CharactersCooks, Family, Single mothers
PlotLife, Family life, Holidays
PlaceAircraft
TimeNew Year
StyleTo cry, Touching

Five-time Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner Henry Winkler stars in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, the story of what happens when you open your heart to the power of Christmas. Disenchanted single mom Jennifer Cullen (Brooke Burns) is a Scroogette when it comes to anything Christmas. In fact, even her six-year-old son, Brian, is having trouble believing in Santa Claus. But when her Uncle Ralph (Henry Winkler) visits and brings a fellow passenger from his flight named Morgan Derby (Warren Christie), Jennifer s dubious heart awakens to the possibility that perhaps Christmas really does hold miracles. It s uplifting and laugh-packed and a story that will inspire the whole family to believe.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:30
CharactersThieves, Family, Santa Claus, Chickens
PlotTravel, Life, Family life
PlaceDeserts, USA
TimeNew Year
StyleTo cry

Teddy Duncan's middle-class family embarks on a road trip from their home in Denver to visit Mrs. Duncans Parents, the Blankenhoopers, in Palm Springs. When they find themselves stranded between Denver and Utah, they try to hitch a ride to Las Vegas with a seemingly normal older couple in a station wagon from Roswell, New Mexico. It turns out that the couple believes they are the victims of alien abduction. The Duncan's must resort to purchasing a clunker Yugo to get to Utah, have their luggage stolen in Las Vegas, and survive a zany Christmas with Grandpa and Grandma Blankenhooper.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:37
CharactersFamily, Elves, Santa Claus, Gnomes, Orphans
PlotSnow, Holidays
PlaceNew York
TimeNew Year, Winter
StyleTo cry, Touching

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: 5.9
Genreadventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:34
CharactersDogs, Teens, Heroes, Family, Friends
PlotAdventure, Life, Friendship, Family life
PlaceSmall cities
StyleLight, To cry, Cute, Touching

An update of the Lassie legend stars Thomas Guiry as a troubled city kid whose family retreats to the country, where he befriends the famous collie and changes for the better. Conflict develops when a ruthless sheep rancher causes trouble for everyone.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersFamily, Twins, Friends, Orphans, Parents
PlotLove, Adventure, Relationship, Life, Family life
PlaceSummer camp, USA
StyleCute, Touching

Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play matchmaker between Alyssa's dad, Roger, and the kind social worker who cares for Amanda.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:44
CharactersFamily, Sisters, Cats
PlotLife, Family life
PlaceSchool
StyleTo cry, Touching

Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecomedy, family, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:44
CharactersTeens, Family, Newlyweds
PlotRobbery, Adventure, Basketball, Life, Family life
PlaceUSA

Ray, an ex-con and widower, is planning a coin heist with two accomplices to help him to buy his own bakery. However, he doesn't expect his son Timmy, who was living with Ray's sister, to show up at the house right in the middle of planning. Timmy is ignored and Ray and his buddies pull off the heist. Timmy gets his father's attention by stealing the coins and hiding them. To get them back, his father must take him to a number of different places and treat him like he enjoys his presence. They grow fond of each other but Timmy won't stay with his dad unless he gives up the coins.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:29
CharactersFamily
PlotLife, Friendship, Family life
PlaceUSA
TimeNew Year
StyleTouching

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: 5.6
Genrecomedy, family, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:40
CharactersFamily
PlotSoccer, Life, Friendship, Family life, Rivalry
PlaceSchool, Texas, Small cities
StyleLight, To cry, Inspirational, Touching

In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As they work overtime, the pair help kids build their self-esteem and also get involved in solving family squabbles.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
CharactersFamily, Santa Claus, Losers
PlotLife, Fate, Ghosts, Family life
TimeNew Year

If She's Going To Save Christmas, She's Got Some Big Shoes To Fill.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:30
CharactersFamily, Losers
PlotLife, Fulfillment of desires, True love, Family life
TimeNew Year
StyleTo cry, Touching

Holly stopped believing in Santa Claus after her wish to meet the man of her dreams never came true. So Santa sets her up with Ryan, who isn't entirely truthful about himself. Now Holly faces a dilemma: marry her current boyfriend, Ted, or fall in love with someone who has lied to her.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrecomedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:34
CharactersTeens, Family, Fathers
PlotLife, First love, Competitions, Family life, Holidays
PlaceLake
StyleTouching

Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy,

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:51
CharactersDoctors, Family, Nurses, Parents
PlotOn real events, Life, Family life, Adoption
StyleLight, To cry, Touching

When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:35
CharactersStudents
PlotLife, Family life, Holidays
TimeNew Year
StyleTo cry, Smart, Touching, Intellectual

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersDogs, Musicians, Family, Friends
PlotHockey, Life, Friendship, Snow, Mystery
PlaceMountains
TimeNew Year

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
CountryUSA
CharactersKnights, Heroes, Family, Friends, Partners
PlotAdventure, Toys, Holidays
StyleRomantic, Fancy, Touching

Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantasy, drama, family
CountryFinland
Duration01:23
CharactersFamily, Santa Claus, Orphans
PlotLife, Friendship, Snow, Mystery, Toys
PlaceVillage
TimeNew Year
StyleTouching, Serious

Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas decides to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas's former adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. At thirteen, Nikolas is sent to live and work with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter, who forbids Nikolas to continue making presents for Christmas. Gradually, however, Nikolas wins Iisakki's trust. Together they begin to look after the Christmas traditional that Nikolas has begun. When the aged Iisakki has to leave Nikolas and move away, the tradition of Christmas presents is once again at risk. Thankfully, Nikolas comes up with a solution that brings children joy every Christmas, even continuing to today.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:24
CharactersAnimals, Monkeys, Family
PlotOn real events, Adventure, Life, Friendship, Family life
PlaceJungle, Zoos
StyleLight, Touching

An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:27
CharactersTeens, Family, Twins, Losers, Tourists
PlotLife, Family life
PlaceParis, France
StyleTouching

Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the twins fall in love with France, not to mention two French boys.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:39
CharactersFamily, Terminally ill, Priests
PlotLife, Family life, Pads, Holidays
PlaceChicago
TimeNew Year

Luther Krank is fed up with the commerciality of Christmas; he decides to skip the holiday and go on a vacation with his wife instead. But when his daughter decides at the last minute to come home, he must put together a holiday celebration.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:49
CharactersFamily, Mothers
PlotLife, Loneliness, Death, Justice, Family life
StyleTo cry, Soulful, Touching

Focuses on the lives of residents in the fictional London suburb of Charnham.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:18
CharactersChildrens, Heroes, Family, Pupils, Friends
PlotAdventure, Life, Friendship, Family life
PlaceSchool, Ocean

Five 2nd-grade kids who don't follow strict rules by their school principal Brinway are dubbed "Stinkers" by him. On the class visit to an aquarium the Stinkers decide that a sea lion called Slappy doesn't feel too good there, "free" him, and plant him into Brinway's hot-tub.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:28
CharactersFamily, Santa Claus
PlotTime travel, Divorce, Cheating, Family life, Holidays
TimeNew Year
StyleCute

Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:00
CharactersFamily, Friends, Terminally ill, Lovers, Parents
PlotLife, Friendship, Jealousy, Divorce, Family life
PlaceSchool, New York
StyleTo cry, Inspirational, Touching, Sad ones

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.





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