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Movies that feel like The Santa Claus Gang (2010)

If you loved The Santa Claus Gang, the closest films we have are Head Over Heels (2010), Tokyo Godfathers (2003) and The Invisible Woman (2009). All three share The Santa Claus Gang's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 3 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and MUBI and others, checked against today's data.

On Christmas Eve, three friends dressed as Santa Claus are arrested in what looks like an attempted burglary and charged with being the infamous "Santa Claus Gang". While trying to prove their innocence to the police, the trio explains why they found themselves in such a strange situation...

5.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paolo Genovesewittyplayful

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Head Over Heels
2010 · dir. Roberto Santucci
5.7comedy

Both land wit and play at once

After being left by her husband and fired from her work, a workaholic, thirtysomething businesswoman is forced to go through a big change in her life and becomes a partner on a decadent sex shop.

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Tokyo Godfathers
2003 · dir. Satoshi Kon
🍅 92%7.8animation · drama · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: christmas

The difference: Leans harder into animation than The Santa Claus Gang does

On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.

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The Invisible Woman
2009 · dir. Cláudio Torres
6.3comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

A man is abandoned by his wife and then falls in love with his neighbor, the perfect, ideal woman. The only problem: she doesn't exist!

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Meu Passado Me Condena: O Filme
2013 · dir. Julia Rezende
5.8comedy

Comedy built on play, twice over

The immature and cheap douche bag Fábio Clóvis marries the pseudo-intellectual Miá and they travel in a cruise to Europe on board of a fancy passenger vessel. Fabio and Miá are invited to have dinner with the wealthy Beto Assunção and his gorgeous wife Laura in a VIP restaurant on the vessel. Soon Fábio discovers that Beto was Miá's boyfriend and Miá learns that Fábio had a crush on Laura that was his classmate. Meanwhile the cynical chamber maid Suzana Mello and her estranged husband, the entertainer Wilson, make a bet that Fábio and Miá will split before the end of the trip and poison their relationship. When the ship arrives in Casablanca, Fábio meets his bothersome childhood friend Cabeça that affects their honeymoon.

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Till Luck Do Us Part
2012 · dir. Roberto Santucci
5.5comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.

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Suck Me Shakespeer 2
2015 · dir. Bora Dağtekin
5.9comedy

The shared currency is play

A rowdy teacher accompanies a class trip to Thailand to recover some diamonds accidentally sent there and restore the school's reputation.

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Just Another Christmas
2020 · dir. Roberto Santucci
6.7comedy · drama · fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: christmas

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

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The Boss of It All
2006 · dir. Lars von Trier
🍅 74%6.6comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

The owner of an Information Technology firm wants to sell his business for profit. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a nonexistent company president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with the "Boss" face to face the owner has to hire a failed actor to play the part.

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No manches, Frida
2016 · dir. Nacho G. Velilla
🍅 13%5.5comedy

Comedy approached the same way

After being released from prison, Zequi, a bank robber, sets out to recover money buried by his accomplice; but is horrified to learn that a high school gymnasium is now over the site where the loot is hidden.

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My Mom Is a Character
2013 · dir. André Pellenz
6.8comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

After another spat with her kids, Dona Hermínia decides to take some time off from them and hides away in her aunt's house, where she reminisces about her kids in an age when they still needed her.

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Welcome to the North
2012 · dir. Luca Miniero
5.4comedy

Comedy in the same key

Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!

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Till Luck Do Us Part 2
2013 · dir. Roberto Santucci
4.9comedy

Both working the same comedy territory

After all the trouble in the first film, Tino and Jane have more fun adventures. Still tasting bitter failure, they see a light at the end of the tunnel with uncle Olavinho’s unexpected inheritance. However, the will carries an unusual request: the rich uncle wants his ashes to be scattered throughout the Grand Canyon. The couple takes the opportunity of the trip to fulfill this wish and decides to go to Las Vegas and end up getting into comical situations. Big time spender Tino will fall into the greatest temptations and indulge in the casinos of the gambling city.

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