Top 20 movies like The Spirit of Christmas

The Spirit of Christmas

This Christmas film, created as a special for television broadcast throughout the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania viewing region, was produced by puppeteer Mabel Beaton and her husband Les for Bell Telephone Company and first aired in 1953. Following a short live-action opening portion, featured are two extended marionette segments, the first dramatizing Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas", the second reverently telling the Nativity story; the two stories are staged in classic, traditional style. From 1953 onward, for several years, The Spirit of Christmas was broadcast in the intended region multiple times per holiday season. It was also available as a 16mm film licensed to schools for showings to students. This film often is misstated to have originally been broadcast in 1950.

The Spirit of Christmas is of 0 hour(s) and 27 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Stringtime Productions. It was released on 1953-12-01. It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

Genres: AnimationFamily

1. Bedtime for Sniffles

Bedtime for Sniffles

Christmas Eve, and Sniffles is determined to stay awake to see Santa. Not an easy task.

It has an average vote of 5.955 on TMDB.

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2. Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths (名探偵コナン 水平線上の陰謀)

Detective Conan: Strategy Above the Depths

Fifteen years ago in a barren stretch of the Pacific, a cruise ship collided with an iceberg and was lost at sea. More than a decade later, Hideto Yashiro—a ship engineer—died in a fatal car accident. The unlikely connection between these events only comes to light on the luxury liner St. Aphrodite during her maiden voyage. Aboard it on a much needed vacation, Kogorou Mouri, his daughter Ran, Conan Edogawa, and the Detective Boys enjoy a trip provided by Sonoko Suzuki's family. But their fun is soon cut short when a game of hide-and-seek leads to Sonoko's disappearance.

It has an average vote of 6.889 on TMDB.

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3. Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familiar silver giants from an alternate reality are amassing in numbers. The Cybermen are on the move again, and the only beings who can stop them are the Doctor and... another Doctor?

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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4. Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.

It has an average vote of 5.919 on TMDB.

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5. Natale sul Nilo (Natale sul Nilo)

Natale sul Nilo

A womanizing lawyer follows his wife and son to a trip to Egypt in a last-ditch effort to make up for his infidelities. Also travelling to Egypt is a bumbling police chief who's desperate to keep his rebellious daughter from becoming a showgirl. The two meet during a Nile cruise. Calamity ensues.

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

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6. Planet 51

Planet 51

When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.

It has an average vote of 5.857 on TMDB.

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7. Return to Jurassic Park

Return to Jurassic Park

A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era , Making Prehistory , The Next Step in Evolution , Finding the Lost World , Something Survived , and The Third Adventure .

It has an average vote of 6.603 on TMDB.

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8. Hello

Hello

Hello explores changes in two people’s working lives: a Mexican trash picker who separates and collects recyclable materials from landfills to sell by the kilo, and a German freelance computer-animation designer working for the advertising industry in Berlin. The double interview is controlled and manipulated by a computer-generated severed hand which Maria describes as an object once discovered in the trash while working in the violent northern town of Mexicali. This CGI hand was in turn produced by Max, who was born with no arms, and sought refuge in computer-imaging as a means to operate and manipulate a digital reality.

It has an average vote of 5.967 on TMDB.

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9. А почему так? (А почему так?)

А почему так?

(А почему так?)

It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.

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10. Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?

It has an average vote of 7.942 on TMDB.

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11. Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess named Clara has stumbled upon a plot which only the Doctor can unravel, involving the death of her predecessor in ice and the sinister Dr. Simeon, who controls monsters made of sentient snow. And there is another mystery afoot: Clara is the spitting image of Oswin Oswald, whom the Doctor saw die in the Dalek asylum...

It has an average vote of 7.744 on TMDB.

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12. Six Reasons Why

Six Reasons Why

In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption, a son out to avenge his father's murder, a loyal servant with a secret and a murderous criminal hired to kill with a vengeance. This is their story...in a place where revenge, deception and cruelty are a way of life.

It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.

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13. The Bourne Legacy

The Bourne Legacy

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

It has an average vote of 6.222 on TMDB.

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14. The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

While on a dangerous mission to recover the historic Judas Chalice, Flynn is saved by Simone. But when double-crossed by a respected professor and ambushed by a ruthless gang, Flynn realizes Simone's secret, his true mission and a shocking discovery are all lying within a decaying New Orleans crypt.

It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.

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15. Hello

Hello

When Max , urged on by "Risk Management," a self-help book for the hapless, decides to approach his fellow ferry-commuter Rory , he hopes simply saying hello might change his life for the better. But Rory only accepts contact by contract. Max finds he can play along. As the two negotiate a whirlwind relationship on paper, Rory slowly lets down her guard; but when her unresolved personal life intervenes in the form of Donald , Max must manage a little more risk than he bargained on.

It has an average vote of 5.325 on TMDB.

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16. Minions: Orientation Day

Minions: Orientation Day

With so many jobs to choose from, the Minions have to make serious decisions after watching an 'Initiation Video'. What could go wrong?!

It has an average vote of 6.876 on TMDB.

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17. Open Season 3

Open Season 3

Boog, Elliot, and their forest friends return with an all-new adventure, this time in a Big Top Circus! The comedy begins when Boog's pals choose their family obligations over the annual guy's trip, and a disappointed Boog decides to take a trip of his own, which leads him right into the middle of a circus ring...literally. When he switches places with a devious look-a-like circus grizzly and falls for an alluring Russian troupe member, he'll come to realize that maybe you don't have to choose between family and friendship after all.

It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.

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18. Main Theme (メイン・テーマ)

Main Theme

A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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19. Top Five

Top Five

A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

It has an average vote of 6.107 on TMDB.

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20. The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage. Melody is curious and ventures into the sea, where she meets new friends. But will she become a pawn in Morgana's quest to take control of the ocean from King Triton?

It has an average vote of 6.407 on TMDB.

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