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10 Best Movies Like Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees

If you loved Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Too Close for Christmas

Too Close for Christmas

2020★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees for fans of TV Movie & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When Hayley accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her sister’s new in-laws, her seemingly perfect holiday takes a turn when Paul, Hayley's brother-in-law's brother, unexpec...

#2
Grounded for Christmas

Grounded for Christmas

2019★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees for fans of TV Movie & Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

When a winter storm hits Cleveland and grounds flights, the nearby hotels quickly fill up with stranded travelers. Nina, a pilot, reluctantly agrees to let her arrogant but charmin...

#3
Clueless

Clueless

1995★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into datin...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Planes, Trains, and Christmas Trees for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...