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Plot Summary:
A broke puppeteer returns home for the holidays and gets caught up in a treasure hunt with her paintball-obsessed best friend, her tango-dancing grandmother and a childhood sweetheart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the World with the USO (1968)
Plot Summary:
Bob Hope's USO tour from 1968.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: christmas special
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Christmas in the Caribbean (2022)
Plot Summary:
A hopeless romantic is jilted at the altar. Not to let her Christmas in the Caribbean honeymoon go to waste, Rachel and her two bridesmaids jet off to the islands, where love blossoms and she has to make a life choice.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Christmas with the Campbells (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Jesse is dumped right before the holidays by her boyfriend, Shawn, his parents convince her to still spend Christmas with them, and Shawn's handsome cousin, while Shawn is away.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody
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Uncle Nick (2015)
Plot Summary:
A drunk uncle attempts to score with his flirtatious step-niece on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Mistletoe Mixup (2021)
Plot Summary:
Holly is a young workaholic with no time for romance, or the holidays. She ends up meeting two great guys on the same day, but unbeknownst to her, they turn out to be brothers. While on a holiday ski trip, a sibling rivalry ensues for her affection. Will she find true love this Christmas, or spend another holiday alone?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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A Christmas Karen (2022)
Plot Summary:
A reworking of A Christmas Carol where the protagonist is a typical Karen.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gay cinema
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The Holiday Dating Guide (2022)
Plot Summary:
Dating coach and aspiring book author Abigale Slater is tasked by her publisher Jack to prove that her dating advice really works. With that, she decides to make a man fall for her by Christmas Eve in 12 days. When she Michael Ryan, her single-minded mission takes an unexpected turn.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Miracles Across 125th Street (2021)
Plot Summary:
After battling drug addiction, a Harlem rapper returns to his family’s church to confront his past on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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It's a Wonderful Binge (2022)
Plot Summary:
Like the original film, the sequel is set in a near future where all drinking and drugs are banned except for on one glorious day known as The Binge. This year, that day happens to miraculously land on Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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Three Wise Guys (2004)
Plot Summary:
One December day around Christmastime I am in the city of Las Vegas talking to Harry the Horse about this and that, when I hear this yarn about a citizen by the name of Murray Crown (Tom Arnold), who runs a clip joint which he prefers to call a casino. It seems that this Murray Crown not only has the John Laws breathing down his neck, but it is also a fact that he is married to this doll called Shirley (Katey Sagal), who is known far and wide as the green-eyed type.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Click & Collect (2018)
Plot Summary:
To save his daughter's Christmas, Andrew goes on a road trip with Dev, his neighbour from hell, to buy an elusive Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: christmas special
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Christmas In Florida (2021)
Plot Summary:
A canceled Thanksgiving parade and no options professionally or personally, Kimberly DiPersia and Alex R. Wagner decide it would be a perfect opportunity to travel to Florida.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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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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When Christmas Was Young (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a headstrong music manager in desperate need of a hit song for his last remaining client, who finds himself falling for a gifted singer-songwriter with abandoned dreams of making it big, as he attempts to secure the rights to a Christmas song she wrote years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
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A Hollywood Christmas (2022)
Plot Summary:
Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest movie, Jessica’s assistant, Reena, points out the irony: Jessica isn’t just trying to save her Christmas movie, she’s actually living in one. Jessica must now juggle all the classic tropes—her actors falling in and out of love, a wayward elf dog, and her own stirring romantic feelings for her perceived nemesis—in order to get her movie and her life to their happy endings.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
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Inventing the Christmas Prince (2022)
Plot Summary:
Shelby is about to quit her job as a rocket engineer when her daughter becomes convinced that her Scrooge-like boss, Evan, is the Christmas Prince from a story Shelby invented years ago.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Catering Christmas (2022)
Plot Summary:
A fledgling caterer, Molly Frost, is hired by Jean Harrison, the perfectionistic director of the renowned Harrison Foundation, to cater this year’s annual Christmas Gala dinner. Things get complicated when Molly falls for Jean’s nephew, Carson, 30s, a travel photographer with no desire to take over the family’s foundation… until his aunt assigns him to the task of making sure the catered dinner goes perfectly.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Christmas in Pine Valley (2022)
Plot Summary:
Natalie is the owner of a successful farm and home goods store that garners the attention of a major magazine. The magazine sends a reporter named Josh to profile Natalie’s company thinking it's a family-run business. Little does he know that Natalie's business is run by her with the help of longtime family friends. Knowing how much the article will help struggling farm, Natalie must convince Josh that her "family" and Christmas traditions are all real.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gay cinema
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The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021)
Plot Summary:
A workaholic big-city fashion journalist is sent to a Christmas-obsessed small town to dig up a story when she finds herself in the middle of cut-throat housewives, a high-stakes “Winter Ball” competition, and a sinister plot that could destroy Christmas fore-evah!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 869
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, funny, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, christmas special, queer cinema, corny
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Steppin' into the Holiday (2022)
Plot Summary:
Former Broadway star, Billy Holiday, meets Rae, the charismatic owner of a local dance studio. Billy volunteers to help Rae with a dance recital fundraiser, their collaboration clicks and romantic sparks start flying.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Christmas All Over Again (2016)
Plot Summary:
A mischievous, swag-obsessed boy must overcome his inner Scrooge, or remain caught in a cycle where everyday is a Christmas without presents.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
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Jolly Good Christmas (2022)
Plot Summary:
David is an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day, David is running out of time to buy his girlfriend – who also happens to be his boss’s daughter – a thoughtful present so he resorts to buying her a somewhat uninspired gift card.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min
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We Wish You a Married Christmas (2022)
Plot Summary:
Becca and Robby are a married couple having a hard time connecting with each other as the holidays approach. Just before Christmas, they head to a cozy Vermont inn at the advice of their marriage coach so they can recharge. Their weekend away gets unexpectedly extended when a mishap puts their car out of commission and just may put them on the road to a very happily married Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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A Royal Family Christmas (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the sequel to "A Royal Family Holiday", the children Phillip "Flip" Royal (Romeo Miller), a good-looking spiritual guru; Austin Royal (Eric Myrick III, At Sunrise), a Washington, D.C. community activist; Kelsey Royal (Chelsea Tavares, Fright Night), a fashion designer's gopher; and Pamela Royal (Taquilla Whitfield, Magic Mike XXL), a hair and nail salon owner; join forces to reunite their parents in time for Christmas. They try every trick in the book - including "playing nice" and setting aside old sibling rivalries - only to learn their mom and dad are enjoying "the single life." Their plan also goes awry as getting their parents back together ends up taking a back seat to their own personal and professional drama.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
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Dorf's Christmas Specials (2015)
Plot Summary:
This Christmas extravaganza is filled with sidesplitting short films and joyous comedy sketches starring Santa's favorite elf, Dorf (Tim Conway.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
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Marry Us for Christmas (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the sequel to the popular UP Original Movie Marry Me For Christmas, it's a year after Marci and Blair declared their love for each other and decided to tie the knot. But as the big day approaches, Marci is so consumed with work that she hasn't had time to plan her wedding. To make matters worse, she may have to team up with former assistant/fake fiancé Adam to win a project she's been vying for - a little tidbit she hasn't shared with Blair. But Blair, as it turns out, has a secret of his own. Thanks to years of doing pro bono work for financially-strapped clients, he quickly is running out of cash and might have to accept an offer to work for his longtime nemesis, Marci's manipulative cousin Preston. Meanwhile, Marci's mother Stephanie is making some rather bold moves of her own with her sexy salsa teacher, Antonio, who's more than a little smitten with her - and about 20 years her junior. Will there be a wedding for Christmas? Better yet - whose wedding will it be?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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A Magical Christmas Village (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Summer’s mother Vivian moves in with her and her young daughter Chloe, her orderly existence is upended. Upon arrival, Vivian sets up an heirloom, miniature Christmas village resembling their town, and tells Chloe it grants Christmas wishes. As Chloe begins setting up the figurines, real-life events seem to mimic the scenes she creates. With a little help from the magic of the Christmas village, the family will be brought closer together and just maybe, Summer will learn to open her heart to love again.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
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The Christmas Consultant (2012)
Plot Summary:
Christmas is just around the corner but suburban workaholics Maya Fletcher and her husband Jack are too busy to get into the holiday spirit. As their Christmas to do list grows and deadlines fast approach, holiday spirit is at an all time low. Maya forgets she promised to host a Christmas Eve party for her and Jack’s whole family. In an effort to impress a potential new client, Maya has also invited him to spend the holidays with the family.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 627
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, psychotronic
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Christmas Eve (2015)
Plot Summary:
Hilarity, romance, and transcendence prevail after a power outage traps six different groups of New Yorkers inside elevators on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, touching, feel good, sweet, romantic, happy, christmas comedy
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The Claus Family 2 (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jules Claus has embraced Christmas again and is getting ready for the busiest time of the year together with grandpa Noël. Everything seems to go according to plan, until Jules receives a very special letter with an intriguing question.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 97 min
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