Movies like Christmas with Chavez
The best movies like Christmas with Chavez are G20 (2025), The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) and The Great Dictator (1940). If Christmas with Chavez hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Christmas with Chavez
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Great Dictator (1940)8.3/10 from 3,874 votes
- NewestLadies First (2026)Released 2026
G20 (2025)
After the G20 Summit is overtaken by terrorists, President Danielle Sutton must bring all her statecraft and military experience to defend her family and her fellow leaders.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Hugo Chavez was a colourful, unpredictable folk hero who was beloved by his nation’s working class. He was elected president of Venezuela in 1998, and proved to be a tough, quixotic opponent to the power structure that wanted to depose him. When he was forcibly removed from office on 11 April 2002, two independent filmmakers were inside the presidential palace.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Dictator (2012)
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGet Smart (2008)
When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLondon Has Fallen (2016)
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEl Cantante (2006)
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDuck Soup (1933)
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHardball (2001)
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn Like Flint (1967)
Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor and that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDave (1993)
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fog of War (2003)
Former corporate whiz kid Robert McNamara was the controversial Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, during the height of the Vietnam War. Augmented by archival footage and cabinet conversation recordings, Errol Morris gives the conflicted McNamara a platform on which he attempts to confront his and the U.S. government's actions in Southeast Asia in light of the horrors of modern warfare, the end of ideology and the punitive judgment of history.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Devil's Double (2011)
A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOffice Space (1999)
A depressed white-collar worker tries hypnotherapy, only to find himself in a perpetual state of devil-may-care bliss that prompts him to start living by his own rules, and hatch a hapless attempt to embezzle money from his soul-killing employers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlamin' Hot (2023)
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin' Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLong Shot (2019)
Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMan of the Year (2006)
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president to mock the political system and expose corruption in Washington. What begins as a publicity stunt quickly gathers unexpected momentum as his message resonates with frustrated voters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLadies First (2026)
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 matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Mambo Kings (1992)
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Chance (2013)
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Christmas with Chavez?
The closest matches to Christmas with Chavez are G20 (2025), The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) and The Great Dictator (1940). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Christmas with Chavez?
Start with G20 (2025), the closest match to Christmas with Chavez.
What is the highest-rated movie like Christmas with Chavez?
The Great Dictator (1940), rated 8.3/10 by 3,874 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Christmas with Chavez?
Ladies First (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Christmas with Chavez?
Yes: G20 (2025), The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) and The Great Dictator (1940).
How are movies similar to Christmas with Chavez chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Christmas with Chavez, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.