Movies like Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
The best movies like Unaccompanied Minors (2006) are Deck the Halls (2006), Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008) and I'll Be Next Door for Christmas (2018). If Unaccompanied Minors hooked you with its family and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHome Alone (1990)7.5/10 from 13,057 votes
- NewestCandy Cane Lane (2023)Released 2023
Deck the Halls (2006)
Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisMerry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI'll Be Next Door for Christmas (2018)
A comedy about a family that's crazy for Christmas. Except for the 16-year-old daughter -- her family's over-the-top Christmas celebrations have made her life miserable. When her long distance boyfriend decides to visit for the holidays, she's determined to spare him her family's Christmas obsession, so she hires actors to play her parents and stages a fake Christmas dinner in the empty house next door. What could go wrong?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2002)
A boy witnesses his mother kissing what he believes to be is the real Santa Clause and retaliates with mischief.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012)
This sequel to the popular British comedy sees a new teacher (David Tennant) take over. When he enters his school in the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition, he and his pregnant wife, and the schoolchildren, embark on an epic road trip that ends up with a birth and a donkey, where he must embrace his fears and become a hero.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014)
A lonely cat living in a mall pet shop has a sour outlook on life until, in the midst of the holiday rush, she’s swept up into a robbery and a friendship with a human girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Nanny for Christmas (2010)
Ally is a smart young career woman who needs a new job. Samantha is a busy Beverly Hills advertising executive/mom whose too-well-mannered kids need some fun in their lives. And Danny Donner is the tough-guy owner of a chocolate company who wants a major ad campaign immediately. Could it all somehow lead to the Christmas that changes everyone's lives forever?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisErnest Saves Christmas (1988)
When Santa Claus decides to retire and pass on his magic bag of Christmas surprises to a new Saint Nick, he enlists the aid of a hilarious assortment of characters. A perky teen runaway and hapless taxi driver Ernest P. Worrell must convince a skeptical kiddie-show host to take over the post of Father Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisCandy Cane Lane (2023)
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNativity! (2009)
Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHome Alone (1990)
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ultimate Christmas Present (2000)
When 13-year-old Allie Thompson and her best friend Sam happen upon a weather-making machine discarded by none other than Santa Claus, they use it to cause a snow day in Los Angeles. But when the machine gets out of hand, it threatens to ruin Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSanta's Little Helper (2015)
After getting fired from his job, a slick, fast-talking businessman is thrown into an elf competition to become Santa¹s next second-in-command. Put through a series of rigorous training exercises to prepare for the contest, The Miz and another aspiring elf go head-to-head in the hopes of becoming Santa¹s Little Helper.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
Follows Ralphie, now adult, who returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJingle All the Way 2 (2014)
Larry's daughter wants only one thing for Christmas - a talking bear. His daughter's step-dad intends to make sure that Larry can't get one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas in Wonderland (2007)
Three kids and their Dad move from L.A to Edmonton. When they go shopping at West Edmonton Mall they find counterfeit cash. They inadvertently help catch the crooks, and later make a discovery about Santa
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas with the Kranks (2004)
When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip the holidays. But their decision to boycott tradition has the whole neighborhood in an uproar, and when Blair calls on Christmas Eve to announce a surprise visit with her new fiancée, the Kranks have just twelve hours to perform a miracle and pull themselves and their neighbors together to throw the best celebration ever!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014)
This Christmas the pupils of St Bernadette's and their much-loved, madcap teacher Mr. Poppy are back for their biggest adventure yet involving fantastic flashmobs, excitable elves, Christmas carols and of course Archie the donkey! When their new teacher Mr. Shepherd loses his memory and forgets all about Christmas, as well as his fiancée Sophie and the whereabouts of the beloved Archie, it's up to the pupils of St Bernadette's to save the day. Led by the ever enthusiastic Mr Poppy, they embark on a Christmas journey like never before - but time is against them if they are to help Mr Shepherd get to New York in time for his magical yuletide wedding!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisAll I Want for Christmas (2013)
After being told by her boss that the company needs to attract more clients, Elizabeth, a skilled executive, meets one of Santa’s helpers, who blesses her with an extraordinary gift allowing Elizabeth to hear everyone’s unspoken thoughts. While first using her new-found power to get ahead at work, she soon learns to become a better person, turning an office rivalry into romance while learning the true meaning of Christmas along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in time to save Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neighborhood bully, he does his best to try and give Mr. Wilson the Christmas Spirit. Dennis causes his usual damage and Mr. Wilson ends up breaking Dennis' spirit. An Angel of Christmas Past Present and Future steps in to help save Christmas for the Mitchells, the Wilsons, and everyone else.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisI'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
Estranged from his father, college student Jake is lured home to New York for Christmas with the promise of receiving a classic Porsche as a gift. When the bullying football team dumps him in the desert in a Santa suit, Jake is left without identification or money to help him make the journey. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, Allie, does not know where he is, and accepts a cross-country ride from Jake's rival, Eddie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas & Co. (2017)
Christmas is on its way and with it disaster. The 92,000 responsible for manufacturing children's toys all become sick at the same time! It's a tough moment for Santa, better known as Father Christmas. He's left no choice: he must make an emergency trip to Earth with his reindeer to search for a remedy. When he arrives, he must find some allies to save the magic of Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas Bounty (2013)
A former bounty hunter turns into an elementary schoolteacher. Determined to have a normal life and keep her bounty hunter past a secret, she reluctantly returns home for Christmas to help save the family business by catching the one bounty that got away. But when her fiancé follows her home for the holiday, she struggles to hide her wild family business and a bounty hunter ex-boyfriend she thought she'd left behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Snow (2004)
Nick Snowden is reluctantly taking over the family business and with only three days before the big night, one of Nick's younger reindeer is stolen from the North Pole and taken to a zoo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisTiny Christmas (2017)
It is Christmas Eve, and a clumsy elf accidentally shrinks down two cousins into miniature sizes! The kids are then scooped up into Santa's sack and dropped off across the street at their neighbour's house. In order to make it home for Christmas (just one house away!), the tiny kids must comically work together and overcome holiday hazards to set themselves right and make Christmas magic happen! But, will the tiny kids get home on time?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & comedy
The Santa Clause (1994)
On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrancer Returns (2001)
This holiday-themed children's film offers a unique take on the legend of Santa Claus and his tiny reindeer. In this movie, a young boy finds a deer in the forest he is sure is Santa's beloved Prancer. Determined to return the creature to the North Pole and his rightful destiny, the child overcomes the cynicism of his family to teach them and us a lesson about the true spirit of Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & family
A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012)
After Timmy Turner causes Santa amnesia he must become the new Santa in order to save Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
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What are the best movies like Unaccompanied Minors?
The closest matches to Unaccompanied Minors are Deck the Halls (2006), Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008) and I'll Be Next Door for Christmas (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Unaccompanied Minors?
People who watched Unaccompanied Minors most often go on to Deck the Halls (2006), Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008) and I'll Be Next Door for Christmas (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Unaccompanied Minors?
Home Alone (1990), rated 7.5/10 by 13,057 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Unaccompanied Minors?
Candy Cane Lane (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Unaccompanied Minors?
Yes: Deck the Halls (2006), Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008) and I'll Be Next Door for Christmas (2018).
How are movies similar to Unaccompanied Minors chosen?
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