Movies like A Christmas Carol

Key Features:: Redemption, Regret, Transformation, Greed, Social commentary, Family, Mortality, Supernatural elements, Ghost story, Period piece, Morality tale, Charity, Selfishness, Isolation, Nostalgia, Christmas, Inner demons, Second chance, Personal growth
Tone:: serious, earnest, dramatic
Target Audience:: Families, Literary enthusiasts, Fans of classic literature, People seeking heartwarming stories
Emotional Arc:: Regret → Fear → Redemption

A Christmas Carol

2009-11-04

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Genres

Animation, Family, Fantasy, Drama

Cast

Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins, Daryl Sabara, Steve Valentine, Sage Ryan, Amber Gainey Meade

Crew

Robert Zemeckis, Robert Zemeckis

Rating

★6.9(4767 votes)