If You Liked How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Watch These Next
Finished How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, most of them are family, comedy, fantasy.
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19 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.A Christmas Story Christmas(2022)
6.3ComedyFamilyAlso comedy and family
Follows Ralphie, now adult, who returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.
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2.Dashing Through the Snow(2023)
6.0FantasyFamilyComedyAlso fantasy and family
Eddie Garrick is a good-hearted man who has lost his belief in the wonder of Christmas. While spending time with his nine-year-old daughter Charlotte on Christmas Eve, he befriends a mysterious man in a red suit named Nick.
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3.Family Switch(2023)
6.4ComedyFantasyFamilyAlso comedy and fantasy
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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4.Beethoven's Christmas Adventure(2011)
6.0FamilyComedyFantasyAlso family and comedy
A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in time to save Christmas.
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5.Elf(2003)
6.7ComedyFamilyFantasyAlso comedy and family
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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6.The Santa Clause 2(2002)
6.0FantasyComedyFamilyAlso fantasy and comedy
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
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7.The Grinch(2018)
6.9AnimationComedyFamilyAlso comedy and family
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.
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9.The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two(2020)
6.5FamilyFantasyAdventureAlso family and fantasy
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.Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups(2012)
6.1FamilyFantasyAdventureAlso family and fantasy
When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the merriest place on the planet, a quartet of magical puppies stow away on her sled, granting joyful wishes to the town's boys and girls. However, something goes terribly wrong - the Christmas spirit begins to disappear. Now, the Santa Pups and Mrs. Claus must race to save…
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11.Candy Cane Lane(2023)
6.0ComedyFantasyFamilyAlso comedy and fantasy
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.
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12.A Boy Called Christmas(2021)
7.3FamilyAdventureFantasyAlso family and 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…
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13.Santa Claus: The Movie(1985)
6.3FamilyFantasyAdventureAlso family and fantasy
In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York…
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14.The Search for Santa Paws(2010)
6.3FamilyAdventureFantasyAlso family and fantasy
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…
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15.Jingle All the Way(1996)
6.1FamilyAdventureComedyAlso family and comedy
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve,…
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17.Prancer: A Christmas Tale(2022)
6.5FamilyFantasyAlso family and fantasy
Ten-year-old Gloria and her recently widowed grandfather Bud befriend a mysterious reindeer when the family gather for Christmas. Bud comes to believe that Prancer may actually be magical, but Gloria fears his theory will send him straight to a retirement home.
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18.That Christmas(2024)
7.1AnimationComedyFamilyAlso comedy and family
It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's.
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19.A Christmas Story(1983)
7.2ComedyFamilyAlso comedy and 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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