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Movies that feel likeA Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas.

If you loved A Charlie Brown Christmas, the closest films we have are How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) and Klaus (2019). All three share A Charlie Brown Christmas' whimsical and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (2017).

🍅 94% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Bill Melendezwhimsicalwarmcozywittyplayful
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If A Charlie Brown Christmas hit the spot, these will too

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966 · dir. Chuck Jones
★ 8.3animation · family · comedyPeacock

Both are built on the same subject: holiday

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

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Asterix and Cleopatra
1968 · dir. René Goscinny
★ 7.2family · animation · adventure

Both land whimsy and warmth at once

The difference: Leans further into adventure

Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.

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Klaus
2019 · dir. Sergio Pablos
🍅 95%★ 8.2animation · family · comedyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: christmas

The difference: 54 years apart, and the 2010s show

A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.

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The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
2017 · dir. Benjamin Renner
🍅 97%★ 7.4family · animation · comedy

The same mix in both: comfort, then wit

The countryside isn't always as calm and peaceful as it's made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus.

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Three Little Pigs
1933 · dir. Burt Gillett
★ 7.5music · animation · comedyDisney+

Playful animation, and it commits to that

The difference: Played as music first

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

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The Aristocats
1970 · dir. Wolfgang Reitherman
🍅 64%★ 7.1animation · comedy · familyDisney+

Whimsical family in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots to steal the money and kidnaps the legatees, leaving them out on a country road. All seems lost until the wily Thomas O’Malley Cat and his jazz-playing alley cats come to the aristocats’ rescue.

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Pete's Dragon
1977 · dir. Don Chaffey
🍅 56%★ 6.4fantasy · animation · comedyDisney+

Both lean on warmth more than on comedy

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.

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Fun and Fancy Free
1947 · dir. Hamilton Luske
🍅 73%★ 6.3animation · family · fantasyDisney+

Tv movie with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fairy tale.

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961 · dir. Hamilton Luske
🍅 98%★ 7.3adventure · animation · comedyDisney+

Animation built on wit, twice over

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

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My Neighbors the Yamadas
1999 · dir. Isao Takahata
🍅 78%★ 7.1animation · comedy · familyMax

Playful family in both cases

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

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Song of the South
1946 · dir. Harve Foster
🍅 50%★ 6.9family · animation

Whimsical comedy in both cases

The difference: Less witty, more its own thing

Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

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Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · dir. George Seaton
🍅 96%★ 7.9comedy · drama · familyPrime VideoDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: holiday

The difference: Goes its own way on the whimsy

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

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