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Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, family |
Country | Canada |
Characters | Lawyers |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Fate, Competitions, Holidays |
Place | Party |
Time | New Year |
Style | Romantic, Light, Cute, Touching |
A chance meeting between two strangers who share a disdain for Christmas results in The Mistletoe Promise, a pact to help them navigate their holiday complications - together. But as they spend more time with each other and experience the magic of Christmas the phony couple discovers there may be more to their contract than business.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, comedy, adventure, family, family, cartoon |
Country | USA |
Characters | Monkeys, Artists, Good people |
Plot | On real events, Friendship |
Place | Circus |
Style | Kind |
Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, musical, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:40 |
Characters | Teens, Pirates, Dragons, Lifeguards, Family |
Plot | Love, Adventure, Friendship, Sword Battles |
Style | Romantic, Exciting, Light, Fascinating |
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, family |
Country | USA, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:34 |
Characters | Dogs, Animals, Teachers, Bears, Tigers |
Plot | Friendship, Happiness |
Place | Trains, Forest, Party |
Style | Cute, Soulful, By books, Deep Meaning, Makes me think |
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family |
Country | Spain, Canada, USA |
Duration | 02:56 |
Characters | Dogs, Teens, Twins, FBI, Brothers |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Cancer, Mystery, Gifts |
Place | Village |
Style | Light, To cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching |
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | comedy, family |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 01:26 |
Characters | Teens, Family, Friends |
Plot | Adventure, Travel, Friendship, Holidays |
Place | School, College, Deserts, New York |
Time | New Year |
Style | Light |
Estranged 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 suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.
Mark | imdb: 6 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, drama, family |
Country | Canada, USA |
Characters | Santa Claus, Lawyers |
Plot | Friendship |
Place | Court |
Time | New Year |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating |
An up-and-coming attorney risks it all to help defend Santa when Christmas is in jeopardy of cancellation.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, drama, adventure, family |
Country | USA, France, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:40 |
Characters | Dogs, Animals, Knights, Family, Friends |
Plot | Love, Adventure, The escape, Friendship, Moving |
Place | England, Castle, Scotland |
Style | Touching |
A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Characters | Dogs, Horses, Family, Puppies, Cats |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Freedom |
Place | Trains |
Time | New Year |
Style | To cry, Cute, Touching |
The love story between a pampered Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a streetwise mongrel named Tramp. Lady finds herself out on the street after her owners have a baby and is saved from a pack by Tramp, who tries to show her to live her life footloose and collar-free.
Mark | imdb: 5 |
Genre | comedy, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
Characters | Teens, Family, Friends |
Plot | Friendship, Dreams, Holidays, Rivalry |
Place | England, Small cities |
Time | New Year |
Style | Light, Smart, Black humor |
Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:05 |
Characters | Writers |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Jealousy, Intrigue, True love |
Place | Small cities, New York |
Style | Romantic, Light, Cute |
Romance novelist Liam Bradley (Dylan Bruce) has already found massive success with three books written under the pen name Gabriel August, but he's mysteriously unknown to his legions of readers. With his first book written as a way to heal after a broken relationship, Liam has slowly become disheartened with writing strictly for romantic fantasy, something evident to a sweet, but honest, journalist who reviews books, Sophie Atkinson (Amy Acker), whom he meets by chance on a plane. The two begin a tentative relationship in Sophie’s home town of Portland, Oregon, where Liam has come to find inspiration for his newest entry. Liam’s agent puts him on the spot with a long-planned reveal of Gabriel August’s true identity, but Sophie doesn’t know of his public persona. The longer Liam avoids telling her the truth, the deeper a hole he digs for himself. Will their romance survive once his true identity comes to light?
Mark | imdb: 6.9 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, family |
Country | Canada, USA |
Duration | 01:27 |
Plot | Fate |
Time | New Year |
Style | To cry |
Shop owner Alice Chapman is nervous to meet her future in-laws at Christmas, especially because she is arriving ahead of her new fiance Will Mitchum. Alice's trip becomes more stressful when her luggage is lost and her phone is damaged, leaving her no way to find Will's family!
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, family, music |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:30 |
Characters | Hippies, Friends, Sisters, Lovers, Old man |
Plot | Dancing, Money, Friendship, Death, Swimming |
Place | England, Hospitals, Cemetery, London, Hotels |
Time | New Year |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating, Touching |
A lady has her prim and proper life turned upside down after discovering her husband's affair.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, family |
Country | Canada |
Characters | Strong women, Family |
Plot | Dancing, Breakup, Fulfillment of desires, True love |
Time | New Year |
Style | Romantic, To cry, Touching |
Mary Tobin has wonderful memories of family gatherings at the Christmas Lodge. When she arrives for a weekend vacation, she quickly realizes that the lodge that she loves has fallen into serious disrepair. With a lack of funds and a looming deadline, she not only restores the Christmas lodge's charm but finds love along the way.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | fantasy, melodrama, drama, family |
Country | Canada, USA |
Characters | Family, Elves, Santa Claus |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Inheritance, Holidays, Rivalry |
Place | Hotels, Small cities |
Time | New Year |
Style | Romantic, Light, Soulful, Touching |
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.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | action, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family |
Country | Austria, United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:45 |
Characters | Heroes, Family, The Musketeers, Friends |
Plot | Love, Adventure, Friendship, Death, Chase |
Place | Prison, Paris, France |
Style | Exciting, For men |
D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family |
Country | USA, Canada |
Duration | 01:28 |
Time | New Year, Winter |
Mrs Merkle (or Mrs. Miracle as she is know by some) finds herself in a toy department of a department store that is having all kinds of financial problems, but leave it to this kind lady as she will get the Christmas spirit flowing very freely at this store.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | comedy, drama, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:50 |
Characters | Horses, Teachers, Strong women, Foster children |
Plot | Basketball, Fight, Money, Friendship, Loneliness |
Place | Aircraft, School, USA |
Time | New Year |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating |
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet...
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama |
Country | Canada, USA |
Duration | 02:35 |
Characters | Cooks, Family, Friends |
Plot | Love, Friendship, Cheating, Rivalry |
Place | Canada |
Style | Romantic, Light, To cry, Soulful, Atmospheric |
Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, South Africa |
Duration | 01:27 |
Characters | Brownies, Family, Losers |
Plot | Adventure, Friendship |
Place | England |
Time | New Year |
Style | By books, Touching |
Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving by borrowing bits and pieces from the large residents who dwell above. After being discovered by 'human beans', borrower Arrietty and her parents are forced to leave their home while attempting to evade the clutches of obsessive scientist Professor Mildeye.
Mark | imdb: 3.7 |
Genre | comedy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:30 |
Characters | Dogs, Family, Friends |
Plot | Life, Friendship, Family life |
Place | USA |
Style | Light, Fascinating |
Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After moving from a small town to Chicago and missing the fine print in their rental contract, J.T. is forced to try and get rid of his lovable pooch. Shakey and Chandler won't have it and hatch a plan to keep Shakey and teach J.T. a valuable lesson about loyalty and the importance of keeping family together.
Mark | imdb: 7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, family |
Country | United Kingdom |
Characters | Old man, Turtles, Gardeners |
Plot | Love, Dancing, Cheating, Flowers |
Place | England, Kitchen |
Style | Romantic, Light, To cry, Soulful, By books |
Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Mrs. Silver, but he is too shy to disclose how he feels. Mr. Hoppy longs to express his feelings to Mrs. Silver, but he can never bring his lips to form the words. Mrs. Silver has a small pet tortoise, Alfie, whom she loves very much. One morning, Mrs. Silver mentions to Mr. Hoppy that even though she has had Alfie for many years, her pet has only grown a tiny bit and has gained only 3 ounces in weight. She confesses that she wishes she knew of some way to make her little Alfie grown into a larger, more dignified tortoise. Mr. Hoppy suddenly thinks of a way to give Mrs. Silver her wish and win her affection.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | comedy, family |
Country | USA, Canada |
Characters | Thieves, Family, Criminals |
Plot | Life, Friendship, Family life |
Place | Russia, Small cities |
Time | New Year |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Serious |
A Grinch-like thief retreats to her hometown in Connecticut after a con goes bad and gets stuck baby-sitting her niece and nephew until their parents can make it home for Christmas. She spends most of her time devising ways to even the score with Clive, her partner in crime, until the spirit of the holidays can help put her priorities back on track.
Mark | imdb: 5.1 |
Genre | action, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:25 |
Characters | Dogs, Teens, Snake, Heroes, Family |
Plot | Adventure, Superpowers, Friendship, Supernatural |
Place | USA |
Time | New Year |
A lonely cat living in a mall pet shop has a sour outlook on life until, in the midst of the holiday rush, she’s swept up into a robbery and a friendship with a human girl.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, melodrama, family |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:44 |
Characters | Family, Losers |
Plot | Love, Adventure, Friendship, Body exchange, Fulfillment of desires |
Place | New York |
Style | Cute, Fascinating, Touching |
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?
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | comedy, drama |
Country | Canada, USA |
Duration | 02:19 |
Characters | Dogs, Family, Sisters, Old man, Cats |
Plot | Travel, Friendship |
Place | School, Beach, USA, Los Angeles |
Style | Light, Soulful, Fascinating, Makes me think, Touching |
Single mom Laura, along with her awkward 14 year-old son Henry is forced to drive Jack, her estranged, care-free pot dealing father across country after he's kicked out of yet another nursing home.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, family |
Country | USA |
Characters | Friends, Maids, Orphans |
Plot | Wedding, Friendship |
Place | Party |
Time | New Year |
Style | Cute |
A young working girl with a blue-collar background is surprised when her new fiancé announces he is actually a prince of a small sovereign country in Europe. After the couple quickly takes off to spend the holidays at his family’s sprawling, royal castle, she must work hard to win over her disapproving and unaccepting future mother-in-law—the Queen—and find out if love truly can conquer all.
Mark | imdb: 5.9 |
Genre | fantasy, comedy, adventure, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:29 |
Characters | Dogs, Killers, Family, Lawyers, Friends |
Plot | Adventure, Friendship, Hostage, Family life, Dreams |
Place | Kitchen |
Style | Fascinating, Tense, Fancy, Touching |
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-existence is disturbed when evil lawyer Ocious P. Potter steals the will granting title to the house, which he plans to demolish in order to build apartments. The Lenders are forced to move, and the Clocks face the risk of being exposed to the normal-sized world.
Mark | imdb: 6.3 |
Genre | comedy, family |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:42 |
Characters | Heroes, Family, Elves, Santa Claus, Frogs |
Plot | Travel |
Place | Prison, England, London |
Time | New Year |
Style | Exciting |
A father and son who must team up to save Christmas, once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.