Movies like Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (2013)
The best movies like Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale (2013) are Preacher's Kid (2010), Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014) and Sarafina! (1992). If Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale hooked you with its music and family, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019)8.0/10 from 357 votes
- NewestAlex Edelman: Just for Us (2024)Released 2024
Preacher's Kid (2010)
Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014)
The story of R&B singer and actress Aaliyah; namely, the highs and lows of her career, her romantic pursuits, and the events leading up to her death in 2001 at the age of 22.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSarafina! (1992)
A Soweto schoolgirl named Sarafina is galvanized to protest apartheid after her teacher is arrested for her activism, leading her to join the student resistance movement.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019)
This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSteve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life (2018)
Comedians and writers Steve Martin and Martin Short perform a live comedy set with music by The Steep Canyon Rangers and jazz pianist, Jeff Babko, at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLemonade (2016)
The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist concepts through a sexualized, satirical, and solemn tone.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisCarmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
An engaged Philadelphia policeman falls in love with a beautiful woman while dealing with a corrupt superior.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBessie (2015)
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHairspray Live! (2016)
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCenter Stage: On Pointe (2016)
Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie, Cooper and Tommy to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be selected to join the Academy. Bella Parker, who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister Kate, finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers recruited for the camp.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStyle Wars (1984)
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKerstappels (2022)
Among the 'Oogappels' families, things get pretty stressful this Christmas and it is a feast of recognition. Erik and Chris actually want to skip the holidays for a year. Fabie faces a major disappointment and Carola and Marcel are rocked by a shocking event during Christmas dinner. Tim and Dina's mood also leaves something to be desired, after a Christmas party at Tim's work gets out of hand. The grandparents know exactly what is going on and, as always, make razor-sharp comments: the more we do our best to push away anything complicated or negative, the greater the chances of violent explosions.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
Holly Grant has learned a long time ago not to rely on Santa Claus leaving Mr. Right in her Christmas stocking. But Holly is in for a surprise when a handsome man arrives on her doorstep with a twinkle in his eye and Yuletide tree in tow.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Small Miracle (1976)
On Christmas Eve, a poor old woman plays her accordion in the street. Apart from two children, the passers-by ignore her and by the end of the day she has to sell her accordion to buy some food. Worse is to come. (1976)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Jack Frost (1979)
Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
Years have passed since Frosty left for the North Pole, but his promise is kept when he hears news of the first snowfall of the season, and decides to return.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Flintstone Christmas (1977)
Santa has an accident at Fred's house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVeggieTales: The Best Christmas Gift (2019)
Bob and Larry are preparing for their first Christmas show in Mr. Nezzer's theater and the show seems to be headed for disaster. Bob begins to wonder how to celebrate Christmas when everything is going wrong. It's when the Veggies go back to the very first Christmas, where times were tough and things didn't seem to be working out, that they all learn the promise of Christmas - God is with us. It's a timeless story of hope that every family will enjoy!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Triple Trouble (2014)
A team of three pets, a playful ferret, a sweet canary bird and a know-it-all stick insect, head out to ask Saint Nicolas presents for their animal friends and themselves. The journey is filled with adventures and their friendship is severely tested.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Alex Edelman: Just for Us (2024)
In the wake of a string of anti-Semitic threats pointed in his direction online, Edelman decides to go straight to the source; specifically, Queens, where he covertly attends a meeting of White Nationalists and comes face-to-face with the people behind the keyboards.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
The Nutcracker (2016)
The young Clara creeps downstairs on Christmas Eve to play with her favourite present – a Nutcracker. But the mysterious magician Drosselmeyer is waiting to sweep her off on a magical adventure. After defeating the Mouse King, the Nutcracker and Clara travel through the Land of Snow to the Kingdom of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy treats them to a wonderful display of dances. Back home, Clara thinks she must have been dreaming – but doesn’t she recognize Drosselmeyer’s nephew?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998)
Buster and Chauncey - the world's greatest Mouse-icians - have arrived in Oberndorf for their shot at the big time: performing for the queen at the annual Christmas Pageant! But on Christmas Eve, Burghermeister Huffenmeir finds all the preparations for the festivities destroyed and the treasure of Oberndorf missing. When he accuses Buster and Chauncey's friend Christina - an orphan in search of her long lost family - it seems certain that Christmas will be ruined. Now it's up to the Moustroes of Mistletoe to help Christina reveal the real culprits, return the treasure and show the town of Oberndorf the true meaning of Christmas.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Jingle 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: Similar story and style · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas at Cadillac Jack's (2007)
While stranded at a diner on Christmas Eve, Rose finds personal redemption in protecting a young baby from an abusive father on her way to reconciling with the child she had to give up for adoption in her youth.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Ernest 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: Similar story and style · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisNiko and the Way to the Stars (2008)
A young reindeer named Niko dreams about flying like his father, whom he has never met. Despite constant teasing from others, he sneaks out of his home valley to take flying lessons from Julius, a flying squirrel.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas Is Here Again (2007)
When the evil Krad steals Santa's toy bag, he crushes the holiday spirit- and over time, the world's children forget all about Christmas. Now, a wide-eyed orphan and her band of friends will embark on the polar adventure of a lifetime, as they try to stop Krad from destroying Christmas once and for all!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
More About the Children of Noisy Village (1987)
There are only a handful of children living in Bullarby. This film follows their story through the fall and winter, picking up at the moment "The Children of Noisy Village" finishes.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976)
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
Nestor the donkey is a bit of an oddity--his long ears are enough for six donkeys and stretch all the way to the ground. One night, when Nestor is locked out in the cold, he begins to wander the desert.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale?
The closest matches to Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale are Preacher's Kid (2010), Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014) and Sarafina! (1992). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale?
Start with Preacher's Kid (2010), the closest match to Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale.
What is the highest-rated movie like Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale?
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé (2019), rated 8.0/10 by 357 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale?
Alex Edelman: Just for Us (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale?
Yes: Preacher's Kid (2010), Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014) and Sarafina! (1992).
How are movies similar to Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.