Best movies like Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
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Plot Summary:
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: christmas special, gothic, touching, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977):
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John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979)
Plot Summary:
In this beloved holiday classic, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and all the Muppets join the singer for a heart-warming Christmas celebration, with traditional carols as well as lesser-known holiday songs.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 954
Genere: Family, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: christmas special
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Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
Plot Summary:
Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, christmas special
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The Muppet Movie (1979)
Plot Summary:
Kermit the Frog is persuaded by agent Dom DeLuise to pursue a career in Hollywood. Along the way, Kermit picks up Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and a motley crew of other Muppets with similar aspirations. Meanwhile, Kermit must elude the grasp of a frog-leg restaurant magnate.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, uplifting, slasher, avant garde, grindhouse, fantasy adventure, happy, aesthetic, exciting
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A Country Christmas Story (2013)
Plot Summary:
A starry-eyed young girl journeys from the mountains of Appalachia to the stage at Dollywood, where she discovers the impact of African-Americans on the world of country music - while at the same time competing in a country music competition for kids, hosted by Dolly Parton herself.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous, stylized
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
Plot Summary:
When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, they discover that Christmas is the time to be with those you care about most, as they dash home to make a friends Christmas wish come true.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious, christmas special
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Bear in the Big Blue House (1997)
Plot Summary:
Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for adults and children produced for the Playhouse Disney channel by Mitchell Kriegman and The Jim Henson Company. It first aired in 1997. In 2004, The Jim Henson Company sold the Bear in the Big Blue House franchise to The Walt Disney Company. The characters and show are currently owned and operated by the Disney subsidiary, The Muppets Studio.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: educational, nostalgic
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A Dog Named Christmas (2009)
Plot Summary:
A developmentally challenged young man with a penchant for caring for animals in need sets out to convince his family - and their whole rural community - to participate in a local shelter's inaugural "Adopt a Dog for Christmas Program.".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, sentimental, sincere, captivating, christmas special, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Plot Summary:
In this one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the Muppets in their holiday activities and preparations.The Sesame Street regulars, including Big Bird, Bert, Ernie and others, join the festivities, but to Kermit's dismay, the only one missing is Miss Piggy, who has been caught in a snowstorm.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min
Plot tags: christmas special, feel good, humorous, not serious
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Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
Plot Summary:
While trying to avoid an obsessed girl, rocker Drake Parker meets a young girl, who makes him promise to give her family the best Christmas ever. Later, at the Premiere's first ever Christmas party, a group of teens start to make trouble. Concerned, Josh, Drake's stepbrother, calls the cops about a disturbance, but they are confused and think the entire party is the disturbance, and even arrest the kind Josh. Requiring Josh's help to keep his promise, Drake tries to break his brother out of prison, but is caught. At court, the judge decides that the two must give the girl and her foster family the best Christmas ever, or face years in jail. They face many problems along the way, including Officer Perry, a strict detective that hates Christmas; a colorful group of foster children; and a wild wood chipper. It is up to Drake and Josh to save Christmas for the good-hearted children, or face the consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas special, semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, buddy comedy
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The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005)
Plot Summary:
This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set during the meager years of the Great Depression, 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS follows the story of Emma, a 12-year-old who is sent to live in Doverville, a rural town, with her aunt. The town has, like the rest of the nation, fallen on lean times and seem to have lost all interest in celebrating. However, Emma manages to enlist the town's dogs into a colorful holiday pageant that reminds the inhabitants that even the Great Depression cannot ruin the spirit of Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 996
Genere: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, humorous, sentimental, touching
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The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008)
Plot Summary:
Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, are off to India to star in a Bollywood movie. But when there they discover that they will have to compete against each other to get the role in the movie. Will the Cheetah's break up again?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, teen, stylized, teen comedy
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Chilly Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Eleven-year-old Bobby Cole and his dog Chilly are best friends, living happily in their Southern California beach house. But when Bobby's father Patrick (C. Thomas Howell), a single parent and police detective, accepts a job in New York City, they must find Chilly a new home. In an attempt to show his dad that Chilly can be a city dog, Bobby and his friends teach Chilly the indoor way of life. But Bobby's dad is not convinced, and it's not until Christmas Eve when corrupt dog thief Mr. Quarterman (Tom Arnold) breaks into the family home, that Chilly and Bobby can put their new training to the test! Can they band together to save Christmas -- and Chilly's future with the family?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, exciting, touching, realistic, semi serious, independent film
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Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, christmas special, teen, crying
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Call Me Mrs. Miracle (2010)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, christmas comedy, touching
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The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the tradition of disney's classic holiday tales comes a heartwarming movie about the power of giving and the true meaning of christmas. Discover how the legendary friendship of Santa Claus and Santa Paws began in the inspiring original film, The Search For Santa Paws. When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost the spirit of the season, they take a trip to New York City. But after Santa loses his memory, it's up to Paws, a faithful orphan named Quinn, her new friend Will and a wonderful group of magical talking dogs to save St. Nick and show the world what Christmas is really all about.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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The Christmas Toy (1986)
Plot Summary:
The Christmas Toy is a 1986 Emmy Award nominated television film produced by The Jim Henson Company, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Rugby the Tiger who remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be unwrapped again this year.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: mysterious, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, christmas special
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, christmas special, witty, stylized, feel good, not serious, spoof, fantasy adventure, exciting, parody
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A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
Plot Summary:
The original traditional one-hundred-percent red-blooded two-fisted all-american christmas continues five years later with Ralphie, Randy mom and the old man. This time Ralphie has his eyes fixed on a car. But trouble is sure to follow.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, light, sincere, uplifting, realistic, semi serious
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Ira Finkelstein's Christmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
All Ira Finkelstein wants for Christmas is...Christmas. Unfortunately, his parents are sending him to Florida to be with his Grandparents. Ira's spirit soars as he manages to land in Christmas Town, USA, instead.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious
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Christmas Do-Over (2006)
Plot Summary:
A ne'er do well father and ex-husband who always raced his way through the holidays is forced to relive Christmas Day time and again until he gets it right in this family oriented fantasy comedy starring Jay Mohr. It's Christmas time once again, and as usual Kevin (Moore) is scrambling to get his son Ben a last minute gift before stopping by his ex-wife Jill's house for a quick swig of eggnog. Ben can't stand Jill's impossibly perfect new boyfriend, and the prospect of spending the entire evening with his former inlaws is nearly too painful to ponder. But this Christmas things are going to be different, because this Christmas might just last forever. At first Kevin resists the curious development by simply reverting to his childish ways, though he is about to find out that sometimes in order to build a better future one must finally make amends with the past. ~ Jason Buchanan.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, touching, offbeat
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The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000)
Plot Summary:
A girl steals a weather machine from Santa Claus, to make a snow day. The machine breaks, and causes an out of control snowstorm.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2001)
Plot Summary:
A boy witnesses his mother kissing what he believes to be is the real Santa Clause and retaliates with mischief.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, exciting, touching, melancholic
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Plot Summary:
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, christmas special, humorous, talky, feel good, not serious, exciting, sentimental, light, slasher
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Pete's Christmas (2013)
Plot Summary:
An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only one experiencing the day over and over, he decides to use his unique gift to give the holidays a makeover and his family a Christmas they will never forget.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, touching, semi serious, christmas special, offbeat
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Prancer Returns (2001)
Plot Summary:
This holiday-themed children's film offers a unique take on the legend of Santa Claus and his tiny reindeer. In this movie, a young boy finds a deer in the forest he is sure is Santa's beloved Prancer. Determined to return the creature to the North Pole and his rightful destiny, the child overcomes the cynicism of his family to teach them and us a lesson about the true spirit of Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 651
Genere: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Call Me Claus (2001)
Plot Summary:
If She's Going To Save Christmas, She's Got Some Big Shoes To Fill.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, entertaining
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A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011)
Plot Summary:
Jennie Garth of "90210" stars as Susan, an unemployed Los Angeles museum curator and widowed single mom temporarily living in a small California town with her three sensitive sons. Jake (Brad Rowe of "General Hospital") is a single dad of two tomboys who owns a local winery. When Susan's dog Rusty (voiced by Jay Mohr of "Ghost Whisperer") falls for Jake's poodle Cheri (voiced by Nikki Cox of "Las Vegas"), these canine matchmakers help their owners fall in love too. Now with a Christmas Day wedding to plan -- and major complications threatening to unravel it all -- can two mismatched broods find a way to make one happy family? Tom Arnold and Catherine Hicks ("Seventh Heaven") co-star in this heartwarming holiday film from the producer/director of The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation and Your Love Never Fails.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, light, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Benji: Off the Leash! (2004)
Plot Summary:
Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Angels Sing (2013)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic
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Blizzard (2003)
Plot Summary:
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: touching, feel good, humorous, semi serious