Movies like A Boy Called Christmas
A Boy Called Christmas (2021) is a fantasy movie directed by Gil Kenan. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Elf (2003)
★ 6.7 · 4,725 votes · Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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.
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2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
★ 6.8 · 8,500 votes · Family, Comedy, Fantasy
The 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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3. The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
★ 6.5 · 1,197 votes · Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Kate 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 adventure with Santa Claus.
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4. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
★ 8.4 · 28,589 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
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5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
★ 7.4 · 20,191 votes · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
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6. Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
★ 6.3 · 3,069 votes · Comedy, Fantasy, Family
In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.
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7. The Santa Clause (1994)
★ 6.5 · 2,387 votes · Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
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8. Red One (2024)
★ 6.9 · 3,197 votes · Action, Adventure, Comedy
After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
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9. Gremlins (1984)
★ 7.1 · 7,203 votes · Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
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10. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
★ 8.3 · 5,106 votes · Drama, Family, Fantasy
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
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