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Plot Summary:
Charlie B. Barker and Itchy Ford are back with Sasha and the gang having a Dicken's of a time as they try to save Christmas from Carface and an evil spirit that wishes to use dogs all over the world to ruin Christmas forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: christmas special, exciting, touching, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
Plot Summary:
Charlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, feel good, serious, scary, light, clever, unusual plot structure, humorous, sweet
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
Plot Summary:
Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: christmas special, christmas horror, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003)
Plot Summary:
Linus and Lucy's younger brother Rerun wants a dog for Christmas, and Snoopy's brother Spike may be the answer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, christmas special, light, melancholic
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Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a huge snowstorm leaves everyone stranded, Mickey and all of his guests at the House of Mouse, including Pooh, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel and many more of his old and new friends, break out the cookies and hot chocolate to help Donald mend his tattered Christmas spirit.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, stylized, christmas special, slapstick comedy, slapstick, surprise ending, 2d animation
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All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996)
Plot Summary:
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series is an animated television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 in syndication and on the Fox Family Channel from 1998 to 1999, with 41 half-hour episodes produced in total. It aired on Cartoon Network in 1999 to 2000. It was produced by MGM Animation and was distributed by Claster Television. Don Bluth’s 1989 animated feature All Dogs Go to Heaven featured a roguish German Shepherd named Charlie who died, went to heaven, conned his way back to Earth for vengeance on his killer Carface and then found redemption through a little orphaned girl named Ann-Marie. The film was popular with audiences, spawning a sequel, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and this animated series. The theme song for the series is "A Little Heaven", written by Lorraine Feather and Mark Watters. The singers were Gene Miller of Nashville, Clydene Jackson-Edwards and Carmen Twillie. Most of the voice actors from the feature films reprised their roles in the series, including Dom DeLuise, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bebe Neuwirth, Sheena Easton and Adam Wylie. Steven Weber provided the voice of Charlie B. Barkin, who was voiced in the films by Burt Reynolds and Charlie Sheen.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, stylized, not serious
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All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Plot Summary:
When a casino owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. However, since he wants to get back at his killer, he cons his way back to the living with the warning that doing that damns him to Hell. Once back, he teams with his old partner, Itchy to prep his retaliation. He also stumbles on to an orphan girl who can talk to the animals, thus allowing him to get the inside info on the races to ensure his wins to finance his plans. However, all the while, he is still haunted by nightmares on what's waiting for him on the other side unless he can prove that he is worthy of Heaven again.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: touching, sad, sweet, sentimental, entertaining, bleak, southern gothic, cult classic, crying, exciting
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Bah, Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
Plot Summary:
In this adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Daffy Duck is the greedy proprietor of the Lucky Duck Mega-Mart and all he can think about is the money to be made during the holiday season.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, christmas special, sincere, feel good, slapstick, semi serious, 2d animation
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Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
Plot Summary:
The film begins with a live-action sequence set in Boston in 1857, the site of a live reading by renowned novelist Dickens. As he begins his 'story of ghosts' a woman in the audience screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points out that this is appropriate since his story begins with a mouse. At this point the story turns into the animated version and Dickens explains that the mouse, na.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, christmas special, captivating, entertaining, exciting, light, melancholic, christmas horror, anime
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A Christmas Carol (1997)
Plot Summary:
One of the best-loved holiday stories of all time is back in this animated, musical version of Charles Dickens' most famous tale. An all-star voice lineup features Whoopi Goldberg, Ed Asner, Michael York and Tim Curry as Scrooge. Come share the joy as cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge, the man who "bah-humbugged" his way through Christmas, discovers the true holiday spirit after he's visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. With original music and eight great songs, this uplifting, animated tale is destined to become a new holiday classic.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
Plot Summary:
When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the world's children forget all about Christmas. Now, a wide-eyed orphan and her band of friends will embark on the polar adventure of a lifetime, as they try to stop Krad from destroying Christmas once and for all!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, christmas special, touching, offbeat, semi serious
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Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999)
Plot Summary:
A collection of Winnie the Pooh's memorable holiday adventures, as Winnie, Piglet, and Tigger set out to find the right ingredients for Winter, Rabbit learns how to manage a complicated Thanksgiving dinner, and everyone gets a special visit from a new friend. Featuring a number of delightful songs for singing along, this video is sure to become a favorite holiday classic.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Australia, Japan, Taiwan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: christmas special, anthology, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
Plot Summary:
Timmy meets a girl mouse and they set off to find the Great Owl.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: independent film, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
Plot Summary:
Clifford overhears Mr. Bleakman say that feeding him must cost a lot of money. A carnival act called "Larry's Amazing Animals" has just been in town, and the animals in the show told Clifford about an animal contest with a prize of a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies. So he decides to run away along with Cleo and T-Bone, join the carnival act, win the contest, and bring the food back.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, 2d animation
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Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
Plot Summary:
Yogi, Boo Boo and Cindy are awakened from hibernation and join their friends' Christmas activities while interfering with 2 villians' efforts to ruin the holiday.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: christmas special, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Shrek the Halls (2007)
Plot Summary:
The Christmas tree isn't the only thing green in this new holiday classic. Shrek is back and trying to get into the spirit of the season. After promising Fiona and the kids a Christmas they'll remember, he is forced to take a crash course in the holiday. But just when he thinks he has everything for their quiet family Christmas just right, there is a knock at the door.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: christmas special, humorous, witty, fairy tale, feel good, not serious, computer animated, entertaining, 3d animation, exciting
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Saving Santa (2013)
Plot Summary:
A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA, India
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, fairy tale, exciting, offbeat, not serious, computer animated
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Pinocchio's Christmas (1980)
Plot Summary:
Geppetto prepare for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone and worried.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 761
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: christmas special, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001)
Plot Summary:
When the mysterious Toy Taker grabs all of Santa's toys, it looks like the children will miss out on Christmas. But everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, comes to the rescue with his lovable friends: Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius the grizzly prospector, the abominable snow monster Bumbles and Rudolph's very special friend Clarice. Together, they promise Santa they'll track down Toy Taker and rescue Santa's toy. Their incredible quest takes them on a wild adventure with Rudolph's red nose leading the way! This new family holiday favorite features the voices of Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Dreyfuss and Rick Moranis. The soundtrack includes seven new holiday songs and features the classic original song performed by Tony Bennett. With amazing state-of-the-art animation and great new songs, kids of all ages will treasure this musical adventure forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: christmas special, feel good, touching, humorous, stylized, semi serious, offbeat
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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Plot Summary:
An animated, magical, musical version of Dickens' timeless classic "A Christmas Carol." The nearsighted Mr. Magoo doesn't have a ghost of a chance as Ebenezer Scrooge, unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious, christmas special
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Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
Plot Summary:
Long ago the Lady Borealis placed the evil Winterbolt under a magic spell, and put the last of her magic into the nose of a newborn reindeer: Rudolph. But now Winterbolt's awake. He gives Frosty's family magic amulets to keep them from melting until the Fourth of July so that Frosty and Rudolph can help Lilly's circus and Milton can marry his girlfriend on the high-wire, and Santa will use his sleigh to make sure everybody gets back to the North Pole in time...which leaves Winterbolt alone at the North Pole on the Fourth.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: christmas special, claymation, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Jack Frost (1979)
Plot Summary:
In this delightful animated tale, Pardon-me Pete (Buddy Hackett), the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife--a tall order! But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated then he thought. The girl he loves is kidnapped by the evil Cossack who is threatening to destroy the entire town. But the only way that he can save her and the town is to have his magic powers back. Jack Frost is a heartwarming tale that is sure to entertain the whole family!.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: christmas special, claymation, exciting, touching, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)
Plot Summary:
A Miser Brothers' Christmas is a sequel to the classic 1974 television special The Year Without a Santa Claus. The stop-motion animated special, produced by Warner Brothers Television Animation (owners of the post-1973 Rankin/Bass animated special library) and Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios, premiered as part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas on December 13, 2008. Mickey Rooney reprised his role of Santa Claus, which originally debuted in the 1970 special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, while George S. Irving reprised his role as the Heat Miser. Original music was written by William K. Anderson, with the exception of "Snow Miser/Heat Miser", which was written by Maury Laws and Jules Bass for the 1974 special. Eddie Guzelian (Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch) wrote the story and Dave Barton Thomas directed. The special was nominated for the 2008 Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, christmas special, feel good, captivating, exciting, stylized, semi serious
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Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, 3d animation, light, christmas special, anime, computer animated, naughty
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The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
Plot Summary:
Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. Aided by a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts and put Santa back in action.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: claymation, feel good, humorous, semi serious, christmas special, nostalgic
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
Plot Summary:
A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a small baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grew up, he wanted to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock who lives between the Kringles and Sombertown, but Kris manages to melt the Warlock's heart and deliver his toys.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: feel good, touching, humorous, semi serious, sweet, christmas special, banned
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Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
Plot Summary:
After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must deal with an evil postman who's tired of handling all the extra Christmas mail. Will Martini the penguin be able to help Olive realize her dream?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, christmas special, computer animated
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Arthur Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one – Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorized rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, touching, exciting, entertaining, colorful, 3d animation, computer animated, christmas special, feel good
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The Grinch (2018)
Plot Summary:
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: light, 3d animation, touching, entertaining, fairy tale, humorous, computer animated, sad, anime, smart
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A Christmas Carol (2009)
Plot Summary:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, christmas special, 3d animation, colorful, light, computer animated, humorous, sentimental, fairy tale, motion capture
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Plot Summary:
Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of the nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. So disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he raids the village to steal all the Christmas things. The village is sure to have a sad Christmas this year.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: christmas special, colorful, atmospheric, feel good, semi serious, sweet, cult classic, humorous, fairy tale, sentimental