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Movies that feel like Violent Night (2022)

If you loved Violent Night, the closest films we have are Red One (2024), The Santa Claus Gang (2010) and Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013). All three share Violent Night's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.

🍅 74% Rotten Tomatoes6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tommy Wirkolakineticwittyplayfuldreamlike
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Red One
2024 · dir. Jake Kasdan
🍅 29%6.2action · adventure · comedy

The same two preoccupations: holiday, and santa claus

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

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The Santa Claus Gang
2010 · dir. Paolo Genovese
5.9comedy

The same preoccupation in both: christmas

The difference: Missing the momentum of Violent Night

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...

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🍅 94%6.7action · fantasy · adventure

Kinetic where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Violent Night does

In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Tang Sanzang must fight against monstrous demons, as well as contend with a beautiful demon hunting woman on his path to enlightenment.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 76%6.6comedy · fantasy

Both land play and dream logic at once

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

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Last Action Hero
1993 · dir. John McTiernan
🍅 42%6.5fantasy · action · comedy

Action built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

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Ghostbusters
2016 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 74%6.8action · fantasy · comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

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The Brand New Testament
2015 · dir. Jaco Van Dormael
🍅 82%7.1comedy · fantasy

Both lean on play more than on fantasy

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...

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The Old Guard
2020 · dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
🍅 80%6.7action · fantasy

Common ground: mercenary

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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Boruto: Naruto the Movie
2015 · dir. Hiroyuki Yamashita
7.7adventure · action · animation

Dreamlike action in both cases

The spirited Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto, is a skilled ninja who possesses the same brashness and passion his father once had. However, the constant absence of his father, who is busy with his Hokage duties, puts a damper on Boruto's fire. He ends up meeting his father's friend Sasuke, and requests to become... his apprentice!? The curtain on the story of the new generation rises!

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Shazam!
2019 · dir. David F. Sandberg
🍅 90%7action · comedy · fantasy

Both are built on the same subject: christmas

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

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Into the Woods
2014 · dir. Rob Marshall
🍅 71%5.9fantasy · comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

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Jackass: Best and Last
2026 · dir. Jeff Tremaine
6.7action · comedy · documentary

Both lean on momentum more than on fantasy

The fifth and final installment to Jackass franchise where the crew go on one last insane crusade.

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