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Movies that feel likeOperation Christmas Drop (2020)

While gathering evidence to support closing a tropical U.S. Air Force base, a congressional aide warms to its generous captain.

If you loved Operation Christmas Drop, the closest films we have are English Vinglish (2012), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and The Parent Trap (1998). All three share Operation Christmas Drop's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Paper Planes (2014).

🍅 50% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Martin Woodwittyplayfulwarmcozyromantictender
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Disney Plus

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English Vinglish
2012 · dir. Gauri Shinde
🍅 83%★ 7.8comedy · drama · family

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.

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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2011 · dir. Zoya Akhtar
🍅 89%★ 8.2drama · comedy · romanceNetflix

The same mix in both: warmth, then romance

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cozy than Operation Christmas Drop does

Three friends who were inseparable in childhood decide to go on a three-week-long bachelor road trip to Spain, in order to re-establish their bond and explore thrilling adventures, before one of them gets married. What will they learn of themselves and each other during the adventure?

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The Parent Trap
1998 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 86%★ 6.7comedy · family · romanceDisney+

Cozy where it counts, tender underneath

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1990s show

Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.

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Italian for Beginners
2000 · dir. Lone Scherfig
🍅 87%★ 7comedy · drama · romance

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the comfort of Operation Christmas Drop for an angle of its own

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

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Paper Planes
2014 · dir. Robert Connolly
🍅 85%★ 6.2comedy · family · dramaStarz

Family built on play, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Operation Christmas Drop does

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

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Toscana
2022 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 83%★ 5.7comedy · romance · dramaNetflix

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

When a Danish chef travels to Tuscany to sell his father's business, he meets a local woman who inspires him to rethink his approach to life and love.

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A Cinderella Story
2004 · dir. Mark Rosman
🍅 11%★ 6comedy · family · romance

Both lean on warmth more than on tv movie

Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.

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Fala Sério, Mãe!
2017 · dir. Pedro Vasconcelos
★ 6.1comedy · family

Cozy comedy in both cases

Ângela Cristina, mother of teenager Maria de Lourdes, has to deal with the difficulties and delights of guiding her daughter during one of the most complicated stages of life.

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The Princess Diaries
2001 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 50%★ 6.4comedy · family · romanceDisney+

Tender family, and it commits to that

A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.

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Just Another Christmas
2020 · dir. Roberto Santucci
★ 6.7comedy · drama · fantasyNetflix

Common ground: christmas

After taking a very nasty fall on Christmas Eve, grinchy Jorge blacks out and wakes up one year later, with no memory of the year that has passed. He soon realizes that he’s doomed to keep waking up on Christmas Eve after Christmas Eve, having to deal with the aftermath of what his other self has done the other 364 days of the year.

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Let the Sunshine In
2017 · dir. Claire Denis
🍅 87%★ 6comedy · drama · romance

Witty romance, and it commits to that

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
1998 · dir. Karan Johar
🍅 71%★ 7.5romance · drama · comedyNetflixPrime Video

Playful tv movie, and it commits to that

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

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