Movies Like The Spirit of Christmas (2015)

The Spirit of Christmas is a 2015 drama, fantasy, romance, tv movie film from David Jackson with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Christmas Carol and An American Christmas Carol.

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A Christmas Carol

1984

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

7.5

MagicScore

An American Christmas Carol

1979

In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.

6.1

MagicScore

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

7.4

MagicScore

Scrooge

1951

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

7.4

MagicScore

A Christmas Carol

1938

7.0

MagicScore

A Christmas Carol

2009

6.9

MagicScore

A Christmas Carol

1999

6.9

MagicScore

Scrooge

1970

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

6.8

MagicScore

Scrooged

1988

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Scrooge

1935

Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

5.9

MagicScore

#11

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

7.8

MagicScore

#12

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

2022

On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001

Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment in the afterlife, the cruel and greedy Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show him how the course of his life led him to where he is - and where it will lead if he doesn't change his ways.

5.2

MagicScore

#14

Spirited

2022

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Next Stop, Christmas

2021

Angie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in the past. With the advice of the train's enigmatic conductor, Angie has the chance to revisit that Christmas and learn what — and who — is truly important to her.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

2018

As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever she tries on a new pair of shoes.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

A Wish for Christmas

2016

Sara Shaw is the type of woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at work, but when her big idea for a Christmas initiative is stolen, she makes a wish to Santa that she'll finally have the courage to stand up for herself. Santa grants her wish, but only gives her 48 hours. As the clock ticks, Sara will discover how to channel the Christmas magic and speak her mind all on her own.

5.9

MagicScore

#18

A New York Christmas Wedding

2020

As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

A Snow Globe Christmas

2013

In a temper, Meg, a cynical, overworked TV executive, rants about how the movies she produces lie, making you think dreams can come true, and tries to smash her favorite snow globe. Instead, it hits her on the head and knocks her out. When she comes to, she finds herself magically transported to a perfect snow-covered town like the one in her globe, married to a handsome woodworker and mother to two young children.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

Beyond Tomorrow

1940

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Spirit of Christmas?

The top films similar to The Spirit of Christmas by MovieMagicScore are A Christmas Carol (7.5), An American Christmas Carol (6.1), The Muppet Christmas Carol (7.4). Each shares drama/fantasy/romance/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Spirit of Christmas worth watching?

The Spirit of Christmas holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 302 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Spirit of Christmas?

The Spirit of Christmas (2015) is a drama, fantasy, romance, tv movie film directed by David Jackson, starring Jen Lilley, Thomas Beaudoin, Robert E. Walsh.

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This ranked list pairs The Spirit of Christmas (2015), a drama and fantasy and romance and tv movie film from David Jackson, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jen Lilley 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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