20 movies like Christmas Angel, ordered by similarity : The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007), Staying Together(1989), Loveling(2018), So Big(1924), Never Steady, Never Still(2017), Zakhm(1998), Sweet Sixteen(2002), The Champ(1931), Christmas With the Andersons(2016), Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage(2008), Breakthrough(2019), The Bells of St. Mary's(1945) ...
Other, Drama
Italy
2011
90 Minutes
Timothy Spall Brenda Blethyn Celia Imrie Mel Smith Joseph Phillips Jassa Ahluwalia Elijah Baker Janet Dibley Ellie Greenwood Angus Harrison
boy son mother brother teacher emotional heartwarming mushy tender uplifting england hospital school church street house mother/son relationship dreams angels christmas
The life of medieval author Christine de Pizan (Amanda Sandrelli).
Other, Drama
UK
2007
90 Minutes
Tom Berenger Joely Richardson Luke Ward-Wilkinson Lia Williams Jenny O'Hara Ronald Pickup Elliot Cowan Derek Riddell
woodworker mother son young boy dead person friend engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative family home friendship relationships christmas emotion art adventure discovery
When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1989
91 Minutes
Sean Astin Stockard Channing Melinda Dillon Jim Haynie Levon Helm Dinah Manoff Dermot Mulroney Tim Quill Keith Szarabajka Daphne Zuniga
father mother brother son older brother younger brother emotional heartwarming amusing small town restaurant family business life lessons coming of age father/son relationship mother/son relationship brotherhood growing up 1980s
The complacent life of three small town brothers is shattered when their father sells the family business from under them.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
Drama
USA
1924
90 Minutes
Colleen Moore Joseph De Grasse John Bowers Ben Lyon Wallace Beery Gladys Brockwell Jean Hersholt Charlotte Merriam Dot Farley Ford Sterling Frankie Darro
mother farmer son husband married woman teacher melodramatic emotional illinois farm high school mother/son relationship farming struggle affair determination poverty rise sacrifice transformation
Drama
Canada
2017
111 Minutes
Shirley Henderson Théodore Pellerin Mary Galloway Nicholas Campbell Jared Abrahamson Jonathan Whitesell Beverley Elliott Lorne Cardinal Eric Keenleyside Chilton Crane Sean Owen Roberts
mother son teenager father oil worker disabled person emotional heartwarming inspiring moving sad alberta, canada oil field house support group small town parkinson's disease mother/son relationship alienation struggle
A mother struggles to take control of her life in the face of advanced Parkinson's disease, while her son battles his sexual and emotional identity amongst the violence of Alberta's oil field work camps.
Drama
India
1998
100 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Pooja Bhatt Sonali Bendre Nagarjuna Ashutosh Rana Akshay Anand
music producer mother husband brother son wife emotional passionate mumbai, india house church hospital islam religious fundamentalism secret marriage mother/son relationship parenthood riots forbidden love transformation
Amidst religious riots, a son deals with his mother's life-threatening injuries, and her last request.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Drama
USA
1931
86 Minutes
Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Roscoe Ates Edward Brophy Hale Hamilton Jesse Scott Marcia Mae Jones
boxer son mother stepfather horse emotional heartwarming moving melodramatic mexico boxing ring tijuana father/son relationship boxing redemption alcoholism separation mother/son relationship love fall
An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
Other, Drama
USA
2016
85 Minutes
Christy Carlson Romano George Stults Julie Brown Barry Livingston Kathleen Gati Ion Overman Caia Coley Dale Godboldo Luke Judy Kannon Kurowski Savannah Judy
husband wife son daughter neighbor employee cheery emotional uplifting house street store yard bedroom car christmas party struggle family love
Mike and Caroline Anderson have always gone all out with parties and gifts for Christmas with their 10-year-old twins Brendan and Julia. But when Michael loses his job just before the ... See full summary »
Kids & Family, Other, Drama
USA|Canada
2008
103 Minutes
Jared Padalecki Marcia Gay Harden Peter O'Toole Aaron Ashmore Geoffrey Lewis Chris Elliott Charlotte Rae Richard Burgi
artist mentor mother son townsperson inspiring heartwarming california sierra nevada mountains cottage christmas painting poverty success rise underdog 1970s
A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
Drama
USA
2019
116 Minutes
Chrissy Metz Josh Lucas Topher Grace Marcel Ruiz Dennis Haysbert Sam Trammell Rebecca Staab Mike Colter Ali Skovbye Victor Zinck Jr. Lisa Durupt
adopted son pastor mother father rescue worker doctor incredible inspiring touching moving emotional powerful lake house school hospital hospital room rescue near-death experience family
When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed.
Other, Drama
USA
1945
126 Minutes
Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Henry Travers William Gargan Ruth Donnelly Joan Carroll Martha Sleeper Rhys Williams
priest nun businessman child airy heartwarming tender mushy melodramatic new york city catholic school school catholic church resilience friendship confrontation rivalry transformation fall rescue
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Drama
UK
2016
101 Minutes
Rafe Spall Emilia Fox Elaine Cassidy William Stagg Matthew Stagg Richard Cordery Susan Jameson Ross McCormack
father single father deceased mother son young boy brother moving emotional engaging endearing england life lessons mother's death mother/son relationship father/son relationship breast cancer disease death challenge love
A woman dying of incurable breast cancer creates a list of memories and lessons for the husband and sons she is about to leave behind.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Mary Kay Place Jake Lacy Estelle Parsons Andrea Martin Deirdre O'Connell Phyllis Somerville Celia Keenan-Bolger Ray Iannicelli
woman son drug addict volunteer sick person uneasy tense emotional profound amusing touching hospital house bar church homeless shelter secret past troubled past self-sacrifice drug addiction
A woman fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Richard T. Jones C. Thomas Howell T.C. Stallings Jaci Velasquez Renee O'Connor Gregory Alan Williams Kim Fields Donna Biscoe Amber Nelon Thompson Karen Valero Marliss Amiea
teen girl boy singer pastor mother father somber emotional heartwarming moving uplifting hospital church fast food restaurant street suburb house religious beliefs juvenile crime aspirations
When tragedy strikes three families, their destiny forces them on a converging path to discover God's love, grace and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs.
Drama
Ireland
2014
102 Minutes
Kerry Fox Moe Dunford Philip Jackson Catherine Walker Aaron Monaghan Conor Mullen David Herlihy Tommy O'Neill
mentally ill person suicidal person cop mother emotional heartwarming intense dublin ireland mother/son relationship dysfunctional relationship obsessive love growing up love 2010s
When a young man with mental health issues becomes intimate with a suicidal flight attendant, his obsessive mother enlists a dysfunctional cop to separate them.
Drama
2018
90 Minutes
Anna Maxwell Martin Vicky McClure Daniel Mays David Wilmot Simone Kirby
mother terrorist family victim son gritty powerful tense england city united kingdom terrorism political unrest mother/son relationship mother courage transformation revenge 1990s
Two women living on opposite sides of the Irish Sea are brought together by the Warrington bombing in 1993.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Other, Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
98 Minutes
Joely Fisher Natasha Gregson Wagner Grace Folsom Nicole Cummins Michael Muhney Ayumi Iizuka Jonathan Slavin Philipp Karner Daphne Zuniga Connie Stevens Devon Graye
mother daughter grandchild family member friend foreigner emotional cheeky fascinating house street car store kitchen pool thanksgiving technology conversation relationships addiction
Sanity and relationships are put to the test when mysterious circumstances force a family to survive the annual American Thanksgiving holiday without their cell phones.