If you loved Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, try Christmas & Co.
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Christmas & Co. has roughly 5.6× fewer votes than Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Alain Chabat, and they sit in Comedy / Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Christmas & Co. is
The North Pole’s workforce comes down with a simultaneous bout of nausea right as the big red sleigh is due. Santa bolts down the chimney clutching his stomach, reindeer in tow, hunting a cure before December 25. By the time he realizes the fix is just a slightly less magical version of himself, the holidays are half-salvaged.

