Movies like How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) is a comedy movie directed by Ron Howard. 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. Love Actually (2003)
★ 7.1 · 7,615 votes · Comedy, Romance, Drama
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
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3. The Holiday (2006)
★ 7.1 · 5,796 votes · Comedy, Romance
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
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4. 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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5. Trading Places (1983)
★ 7.2 · 3,813 votes · Comedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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6. Family Switch (2023)
★ 6.4 · 829 votes · Comedy, Fantasy, Family
When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
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7. 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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8. Home Alone (1990)
★ 7.5 · 12,948 votes · Comedy, Family
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. Noelle (2019)
★ 6.6 · 770 votes · Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Kris 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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13. A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
★ 7.3 · 835 votes · Family, Adventure, Fantasy
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…
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14. A Christmas Story (1983)
★ 7.2 · 1,475 votes · Comedy, Family
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
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