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There are 10752 movie, TV, and many other titles having to do with Christmas
 
Total number of characters named Santa: 1266
 
Total number of elves represented: 1012
 




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Maurice Evans born Jun 03 in 1901 and left us on this day in 1989
English actor
Bruce Glover born May 02 in 1932 and left us on this day in 2025
American character actor
Frank Welker born this day in 1946
American voice actor
Playing:  Santa Claus 5 times , Elf 2 times , Reindeer 2 times
Courtney B. Vance born this day in 1960
American actor
Lisa Durupt born this day in 1981
Canadian-born actress
Becoming Santa (2011)
The story of one man entering the culture and character of Santa Claus for a single season. We follow Jack as he bleaches his hair and goes to Santa School. He tries to do everything that Santa is asked to do. He works as a sidewalk Santa, does home visits, a Polar Express Train and a parade. Along the way, Jack collects children's wishes, learns about the benefits of belief, the history and origin of Santa and the ordinary people keeping the spirit alive.
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2011
03/12/2011
Not Rated
Film
97 minutes
A
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Cast:

John Merian / Self
Gary Casey / Santa
Peter Fontana / Self
David Childs / Santa
Phil Mooney / Self
Tom Hartsfield / Self
Jack Sanderson / Self
Roxanne Baker-Sarver / Self
Adele Saidy / Self
Sandy Hale / Santa



Becoming Santa  (2011)



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The Sweetest Gift (1998)
Two neighboring families in Florida, one black (headed by Diahann Carroll) and one white (headed by Helen Shaver), struggle with the problems of race, poverty, prejudice, and absent fathers, as their children become friends over the course of one summer and fall.
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1998
03/12/1998
G
TV Movie
90 minutes
C
Genre:
Drama
Family
Director(s):
Stuart Margolin
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Cast:

Helen Shaver / Mrs. Martin
Diahann Carroll / Mrs. Wilson
Tisha Campbell / Ruby Wilson
Kristin Fairlie / Kate Martin
Dylan Provencher / Justin Martin
Marc Donato / Chip Martin
Brent Meyer / Luther
Marcia Bennett / Librarian
Bernard Browne / Mechanic
Marium Carvell / Cashier



The Sweetest Gift  (1998)



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Dying of Laughter (1999)
Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their fame.
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1999
03/12/1999
R
Film
113 minutes
C
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
Director(s):
Álex de la Iglesia
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Cast:

Santiago Segura / Nino
El Gran Wyoming / Bruno
Álex Angulo / Julián
Carla Hidalgo / Laura
Eduardo Gómez / El Pobre Tino
José María Íñigo / José María Íñigo
Uri Geller / Uri Geller
Manuel Tallafé / El Mago Silber
Jesús Bonilla / Sargento '23 F'
Alfonso Lussón / Berasategui, el productor



Trivia: Original title: Muertos de risa
Dying of Laughter  (1999)



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Hardcore (2004)
Leaving behind a hard life with their families, two young girls end up in a brothel, fall in love and support one another against the adversities and violence of the night.
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2004
03/12/2004
Not Rated
Film
96 minutes
C
Genre:
Crime
Drama
Romance
Director(s):
Dennis Iliadis
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Cast:

Ioannis Papazisis / Argyris
Katerina Tsavalou / Martha
Danai Skiadi / Nandia
Omiros Poulakis / Miltos
Andreas Marianos / Boss
Dimitris Liolios / Sentimental
Konstadinos Avarikiotis / Sfyrihtras
Giannis Stankoglou / Zois
Antonis Peratikos / Editor #1
Stelios Hristoforidis / Editor #2



Hardcore  (2004)



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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
The Home Office bring in senior Manchester detective Peter Hunter to conduct a secret review of the Ripper investigation to date.
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2009
03/12/2009
Not Rated
TV Movie
93 minutes
C
Genre:
Crime
Drama
History
Director(s):
James Marsh
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Cast:

Warren Clarke / Bill Molloy
Paddy Considine / Peter Hunter
James Fox / Philip Evans
David Calder / Sir John Marsden
Nicholas Woodeson / Michael Warren
Ron Cook / Clement Smith
Maxine Peake / Helen Marshall
Tony Pitts / John Nolan
Jim Carter / Harold Angus
David Morrissey / Maurice Jobson



Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980  (2009)



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Gone with the Pope (2010)
Famed nightclub performer Duke Mitchell is Paul, a paroled gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the Pope and 'charge a dollar from every Catholic in the world' as the ransom. Shot in 1975, GONE WITH THE POPE was unfinished at the time of Duke Mitchell's death in 1981, and finally completed in 2009 from a rediscovered, unfinished print.
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2010
03/12/2010
Unrated
Film
83 minutes
C
Genre:
Crime
Director(s):
Duke Mitchell
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Cast:

Duke Mitchell / Paul
Lorenzo Dardado / The Pope /  The Old Man
Jim LoBianco / Luke
Peter Milo / Peter
John Murgia / John
Giorgio Tavolieri / Giorgio
Jeanne Hibbard / Jean
Bill Boyd / Bill
John Bruno / John
Carl Cocomo / Carl



Gone with the Pope  (2010)



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Dodgeball (2015)
An adaptation of a best-selling novel by Michal Viewegh is a comedy about friendship, fateful loves, beauty and ugliness, alcohol, and the search for human happiness. The plot revolves around three friends - Jeff, Skippy and Tom - whose ups and downs and relationship breakups keep bringing them back to a shared bachelor apartment. Their counterparts in the story are two women - the class beauty Eva, who becomes the object of desire of all three guys in turn, and the ugly Hujerova, whose ironic attitude to herself and life in general gives her the ability to survive in a world that prizes beauty and to find her own path to happiness.
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2015
03/12/2015
Approved
Film
C
Genre:
Comedy
Drama
Director(s):
Petr Nikolaev
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Cast:

Ondrej Sokol / Older Jeff
Václav Matejovský / Younger Jeff
Michal Suchánek / Older Tom
Jakub Burýsek / Younger Tom
Richard Genzer / Older Skippy
Michal Sásinka / Younger Skippy
Simona Krainová / Older Eva
Linda Bartosová / Younger Eva
Simona Babcáková / Older Hujerová
Johana Vasková / Younger Hujerová



Dodgeball  (2015)



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Yakuza 0 (2015)
Kiryu and Majima, both Yakuza's who are in different cities in Japan in 1988, as the fate of the two characters become intertwined in a gritty, violent, and often touching narrative.
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2015
03/12/2015
M
Video Game
C
Genre:
Action
Crime
Drama
Director(s):
Kazuki Hosokawa
Toshihiro Nagoshi
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Cast:

Takaya Kuroda / Kazuma Kiryu (voice)
Hidenari Ugaki / Goro Majima (voice)
Kazuhiro Nakaya / Akira Nishikiyama (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro / Makoto Makimura /  Blind Woman (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya / Osamu Kashiwagi (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi / Jun Oda (voice)
Keiji Fujiwara / Homare Nishitani (voice)
Kazunari Tanaka / Wen Hai Lee /  Certain Sentai Practitioner (voice)
Hisao Egawa / Sohei Dojima (voice)
Hiromi Tsuru / Reina (voice)



Trivia: Original title: Ryû ga gotoku Zero: Chikai no basho
Yakuza 0  (2015)



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A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019-)
Episode #1.9 (2019)      S1.E9
Now that everyone knows everybody else and all goals and motivations are aligned it is time to study and catch up. Junko has help and two students so the four of them head to Junko's house and expropriate her bedroom as a study centre for the group. Junko's mother and do are not accustomed to the number of guests.
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2019
03/12/2019
Approved
TV Series Episode
C
Genre:
Drama
Romance
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Cast:

Yumi Adachi / Miwa Matsuoka
Fumi Dan / Shinobu Harumi
Kyôko Fukada / Junko Harumi
Kenjirô Ishimaru / Tadashi Harumi
Konatsu Kato / Momo Imai
Reina Kurosaki / Sakura Tajima
Kento Nagayama / Masashi Yakumo
Tomoya Nakamura / Kazuma Yamashita
Katsuhisa Namase / Michizane Umeoka
Yô Takahashi / Tsutomu Teshigawara



Trivia: Original Title Hajimete Koi o Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi
A Story to Read When You First Fall in Love (2019-)



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Wonder Woman (1974)
A super-hero uses her powers to thwart an international spy ring.
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1974
03/12/1974
Not Rated
TV Movie
73 minutes
M
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Cast:

Cathy Lee Crosby / Wonder Woman / Diana Prince
Kaz Garas / Steve Trevor
Andrew Prine / George Calvin
Ricardo Montalban / Abner Smith
Charlene Holt / Hippolyte
Anitra Ford / Ahnjayla
Richard X. Slattery / Col. Henkins
Jordan Rhodes / Bob
Robert Porter / Joey
Mario Roccuzzo / Waiter
Wonder Woman (1974)



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