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15 Movies Like The Night Before Christmas

Loved The Night Before Christmas? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

You Drive Me Crazy
#1

You Drive Me Crazy

Alisa moves into a spacious apartment in St. Petersburg, where the mirror starts to malfunction, showing the young lodger a parallel reality of the same apartment. Only it is not Alisa who lives in this parallel reality, but the party animal Ivan. Will the young people be able to recognize true love and will they be able to unite their worlds in order to meet in reality and simply touch each other?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Night Before Christmas.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
#2

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

Ladies First
#3

Ladies First

An arrogant but charismatic ladies' man finds his life of money, power and casual flings upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

Oz the Great and Powerful
#4

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

Ella Enchanted
#5

Ella Enchanted

Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

The School for Good and Evil
#6

The School for Good and Evil

Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

Iron Mask
#7

Iron Mask

Commissioned to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire, cartographer Jonathan Green sets off on a long journey of unbelievable adventures—making breath-taking discoveries and meeting mysterious creatures, Chinese princesses, deadly masters of oriental martial arts, and even the King of Dragons.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Night Before Christmas.

Ladyhawke
#8

Ladyhawke

Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

Upon the Magic Roads
#9

Upon the Magic Roads

Romantic John the Fool and his friend Foal set out on a series of unpredictable adventures in different magical worlds. The two buddies will have to outsmart an evil tyrant king, catch the firebird, and find John’s true love.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Night Before Christmas.

The Master and Margarita
#10

The Master and Margarita

A struggling writer in 1930s Soviet Moscow finds his life transformed when a mysterious professor arrives with his bizarre entourage, including a wisecracking trickster, a deadly assassin, a vampire maid, and a giant talking black cat, turning the city upside down while exposing the hypocrisy of those in power.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Night Before Christmas.

Candy Cane Lane
#11

Candy Cane Lane

A man, determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf to help him win. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, bringing chaos to the small, unsuspecting town.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

The New Moscow
#12

The New Moscow

A comedy about a naive young architect and his wild designs for a “New Moscow.” The Soviet censors weren't at all amused and shelved it.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Night Before Christmas.

The Foundling
#13

The Foundling

A little girl is lost in Moscow and hits the road making fun (not intentionally) of everybody she meets. She'll be back home soon but she will change the life of at least one man forever...

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Night Before Christmas.

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
#14

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep

When human sailors are attacked by mysterious creatures of the deep, only one person can stop the war between land and sea: the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
#15

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Night Before Christmas.