Drama, TV Movie
The Boyajian family learned of 18-year-old John's death in the Persian Gulf War on Christmas Eve eleven years earlier and have not celebrated Christmas since. They have been so consumed by his death that they have forgotten the joys of the holidays, until a mysterious visitor enters their lives and rekindles the spirit of the season.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Last Holiday
Ordinary People
A Christmas Carol
Chasing Christmas
The Proposition
Mécanique
The Darkness Outside
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
Call Me Claus
Beautiful Something Left Behind
The Greatest Store in the World
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Homecoming
The Return of the Yuletide Kid
Christmas Movie Magic
Astrid Lindgrens jul
Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys
Babes in Toyland
The 12 Dogs of Christmas
Christmas Do-Over
SIMILAR MOVIES
Last Holiday
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1950
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.Ordinary People
IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1980
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.A Christmas Carol
IMDB 6.9 | Dec , 1999
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.Chasing Christmas
IMDB 4.4 | Dec , 2005
Jack Cameron is a single dad that decides not to observe Christmas because his wife left him around that time. The ghosts of Christmas past and present try and get Jack to relent, but they screw up their jobs and send themselves on a wild ride through time showing up at various times in Jack's past. As they try and rectify the timeline and get back to the real present, some things are not what they used to be.The Proposition
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2005
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.Mécanique
IMDB 10 | May , 2023
The Darkness Outside
IMDB 2.5 | Jan , 2022
8 year old Briana vanishes from her bedroom without a trace one night. Her aunt Madeline and others involved in the ensuing search fall into harm's way as the mysterious forces behind Briana's disappearance are revealed.Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 2024
A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.Call Me Claus
IMDB 5.7 | Dec , 2001
When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network, she gets more than she bargained for.Beautiful Something Left Behind
IMDB 9.3 | Mar , 2020
In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.' Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.The Greatest Store in the World
IMDB 4.8 | Dec , 1999
Geraldine and her two daughters, Livvie and Angeline, are living rough on the streets on London. When their van blows up, they must find an alternative place to stay. At first, they live in temporary housing, but the conditions are unbearable. Geraldine reacts quickly and the family decides to take up residence in Scottley's, the best department store in London. They must keep it a secret from doorman Brian (whom the girls call Mr. Whiskers), and a couple of bumbling thieves who want to rob the store safe of its jewels.Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2009
After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.Homecoming
IMDB 5.9 | Jul , 2009
A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.The Return of the Yuletide Kid
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2019
A former child star learns what’s really important at Christmastime. Anthony Richards – you know, the Anthony Richards, The Actor – is depressed. His agent has just dropped him, he’s unemployed, and he has little choice but to go home for Christmas - home to his doting mother, his jealous brother and a claustrophobic Welsh community that still reveres him as the home town boy who made it big. Back in his childhood home Anthony has demons to confront. But when Patricia (Erin Richards), the Head of Drama at the area’s most prestigious stage school, presents Ant with an offer to write and direct a play, Anthony finally has the chance to leave his Christmas Kid’s baggage in the past, once and for all.Christmas Movie Magic
IMDB 4.9 | Dec , 2021
Alli Blakeman is an entertainment writer who learns that movie magic isn't always just on-screen after she discovers the mysterious origins of a classic Christmas movie.Astrid Lindgrens jul
IMDB 7 | Dec , 1999
A collection of well-known Christmas scenes from a number of classic screen versions of Astrid Lindgren's beloved children's books. "Astrid Lindgren's Christmas" includes scenes from "Pippi Longstocking", "Ronia the Robber's Daughter", "Brenda Brave" ("Kajsa Kavat"), "Lotta on Troublemaker Street", "Emil of Lönneberga" and more.Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys
IMDB 4.6 | Dec , 2004
A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.Babes in Toyland
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1986
11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.The 12 Dogs of Christmas
IMDB 5 | Oct , 2005
This holiday tale has all the elements of a classic heartwarmer--cuddly dogs, small town spirit, and even a full-fledged Christmas pageant. Set during the meager years of the Great Depression, 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS follows the story of Emma, a 12-year-old who is sent to live in Doverville, a rural town, with her aunt. The town has, like the rest of the nation, fallen on lean times and seem to have lost all interest in celebrating. However, Emma manages to enlist the town's dogs into a colorful holiday pageant that reminds the inhabitants that even the Great Depression cannot ruin the spirit of Christmas.Christmas Do-Over
IMDB 5.8 | Dec , 2006
Kevin tries to be involved with his son and ex-wife's family for Christmas. During dinner, he thought his Christmas *day* couldn't be more screwed; his son suddenly wishes it was Christmas every day. After that, it was a regular Groundhog's Day. Kevin learns new dance moves and can actually sing. Don't let the caroling fool you.