Movies Like Christmas As Usual (2023)

Christmas As Usual is a 2023 comedy, drama, romance film from Petter Holmsen with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Big Sick and 22 July.

Comedy Drama Romance

The Big Sick

2017

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.

7.3

MagicScore

22 July

2018

On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.

7.1

MagicScore

Lords of Chaos

2018

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

6.8

MagicScore

From Up on Poppy Hill

2011

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.

7.5

MagicScore

Headhunters

2011

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

7.2

MagicScore

Lovers: A True Story

1991

Set in '50s Spain, a young man leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée can get married. He rents a room from a widow, and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story.

6.4

MagicScore

Hope

2019

Together for 20 years, a couple that has grown apart over time receives difficult news that will impact the entire family. As they try to make sense of the changes, they end up rediscovering their love for one another.

6.9

MagicScore

Billy Elliot: The Musical Live

2014

In County Durham, England, 1984, a talented young dancer, Billy Elliot, stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family’s set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes in a musical that questions masculinity, gender norms and conformity.

8.1

MagicScore

Home for Christmas

2010

Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamers Home for Christmas weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

Utøya: July 22

2018

The movie tells the story about a girl who has to hide and survive from a right wing terrorist while looking for her little sister during the terrorist attacks in Norway on the island Utøya, July 22nd.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

The 12th Man

2017

After a failed anti-Nazi sabotage mission leaves his eleven comrades dead, a Norwegian resistance fighter finds himself fleeing the Gestapo through the snowbound reaches of Scandinavia.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

King of Devil's Island

2010

Norwegian winter, 1915. On the island Bastøy, outside Oslo, a group of young boys aged 11 to 18, are held in an institution for delinquent youth, notorious for its sadistic regime. One day a new boy, Erling, arrives, determined to escape from the island. After a tragic incident, he ends up leading the boys in a violent uprising. When the boys manage to take over the island, 150 soldiers are sent in to restore order.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Into the White

2012

Based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' Heinkel 111 bomber is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua L2940 fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to shoot at each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Breaking Surface

2020

Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Congo

2018

In the spring of 2009 two Norwegian adventurers, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, are accused of killing their hired chauffeur just before crossing into the eastern Congo. The following manhunt starts a political and diplomatic headache.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

NOKAS

2010

On the 5th of April 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The events are seen through the eyes of those who were directly involved – the bank robbers, police officers and employees of the firm. The film is based on testimonies of eye-witnesses and unfolds in the places where the attack took place.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

There's Something in the Barn

2023

An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's a surprise waiting for them.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

Battle of Oslo

2025

April 9th, 1940, Norway is under siege. As German warships close in on Oslo, Colonel Birger Eriksen, commander of the undermanned Oscarsborg Fortress, makes a bold decision that changes the course of history.

6.7

MagicScore

#19

Centigrade

2020

A young American couple travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

Luzzu

2021

Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Christmas As Usual?

The top films similar to Christmas As Usual by MovieMagicScore are The Big Sick (7.3), 22 July (7.1), Lords of Chaos (6.8). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Christmas As Usual worth watching?

Christmas As Usual holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 90 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Christmas As Usual?

Christmas As Usual (2023) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Petter Holmsen, starring Ida Ursin-Holm, Kanan Gill, Marit Andreassen.

Where can I find more recommendations like Christmas As Usual?

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About movies like Christmas As Usual

This ranked list pairs Christmas As Usual (2023), a comedy and drama and romance film from Petter Holmsen, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ida Ursin-Holm take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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