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Favorite Christmas Movies

by Justin_Palmer • Created 8 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
My choice for the best Christmas-related movies out there (some on this list are really obscure).
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  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    1. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (528K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
  • Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone (1990)

    2. Home Alone

    19901h 43mPG63Metascore
    7.7 (697K)
    An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
    DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel Stern
  • Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift (1990)

    3. Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift

    19901h 7mTV Movie
    7.7 (72)
    It's Christmas at Shining Time Station. Stacy Jones is busy helping passengers, Schemer tries to win the role of Santa's helper for the Indian Valley Gala Holiday Pageant, Mr. Conductor tells the kids a story about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends and helps them deal with a bratty kid, while a kind old passenger, Mr. Nicholas, arrives and brightens the holiday for everybody.
    DirectorsGregory LehaneFrank VitaleStarsRingo StarrDidi ConnNicolle Rochelle
  • Billie Mae Richards in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

    4. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    196447mTV-GTV Movie
    8.0 (40K)
    A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
    DirectorLarry RoemerStarsBillie Mae RichardsBurl IvesLarry D. Mann
  • Caroll Spinney and Big Bird in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)

    5. Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

    19781hTV-GTV Movie
    8.3 (1.2K)
    Big Bird worries when Oscar tells him that if Santa Claus can't fit down the chimney on Christmas Eve, nobody would get presents.
    DirectorJon StoneStarsJim HensonFrank OzJerry Nelson
  • Bill Melendez and Peter Robbins in A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

    6. A Charlie Brown Christmas

    196525mTV-GTV Movie
    8.3 (47K)
    Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
    DirectorBill MelendezStarsAnn AltieriChris DoranSally Dryer
  • Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

    7. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    19922hPG46Metascore
    6.9 (430K)
    Kevin is separated from his family again when he accidentally boards a flight to New York City during a Christmas trip to Miami. However he crosses paths with the same burglars, who now plan to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.
    DirectorChris ColumbusStarsMacaulay CulkinJoe PesciDaniel Stern
  • Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Virginia Dale, and Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn (1942)

    8. Holiday Inn

    19421h 40mApproved70Metascore
    7.3 (19K)
    At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
    DirectorsMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie Reynolds
  • Wayne Allwine, Dick Billingsley, and Alan Young in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

    9. Mickey's Christmas Carol

    198326mGShort
    8.0 (17K)
    The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
    DirectorBurny MattinsonStarsAlan YoungWayne AllwineHal Smith
  • Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Jake Milkovich, Ryan Milkovich, and Makenzie Vega in The Family Man (2000)

    10. The Family Man

    20002h 5mPG-1342Metascore
    6.8 (126K)
    Offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, a fast-lane investment broker, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and a wife.
    DirectorBrett RatnerStarsNicolas CageTéa LeoniDon Cheadle
  • Wayne Allwine in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)

    11. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

    19991h 6mNot RatedVideo
    7.0 (11K)
    Three tales of Christmas past about Donald's nephews reliving the day on repeat, Max Goof's belief in Santa being challenged, and Mickey and Minnie making ends meet.
    DirectorsJun FalkensteinAlex MannBradley RaymondStarsKelsey GrammerWayne AllwineRussi Taylor
  • Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, and Paul Winchell in Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991)

    12. Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too

    199126mTV-GTV Movie
    7.3 (1.8K)
    When Christopher Robin writes a letter to Santa and forgets to add what Pooh wanted for Christmas, Pooh tries to get the letter back, and subsequently redeliver the letter to the North Pole.
    DirectorJamie MitchellStarsJim CummingsPeter CullenJohn Fiedler
  • Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Paul Frees, Robie Lester, and Keenan Wynn in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)

    13. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

    197048mTV-GTV Movie
    7.7 (19K)
    A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.
    DirectorsJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsFred AstaireMickey RooneyKeenan Wynn
  • Will Ferrell in Elf (2003)

    14. Elf

    20031h 37mPG66Metascore
    7.1 (330K)
    Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
    DirectorJon FavreauStarsWill FerrellJames CaanBob Newhart
  • Frank Oz and Jim Henson in A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)

    15. A Muppet Family Christmas

    198747mTV-PGTV Movie
    8.1 (5K)
    Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays.
    DirectorsPeter HarrisEric TillStarsFrank OzDave GoelzRichard Hunt
  • The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

    16. The Year Without a Santa Claus

    197451mTV-GTV Movie
    7.7 (13K)
    When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.
    DirectorsJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsShirley BoothMickey RooneyDick Shawn
  • Bill Murray in Scrooged (1988)

    17. Scrooged

    19881h 41mPG-1338Metascore
    6.9 (123K)
    A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsBill MurrayKaren AllenJohn Forsythe
  • Christmas Every Day! (2001)

    18. The Fairly OddParents

    Episode: 

    Christmas Every Day!

    (2001)
    2001–201726mNot RatedTV Episode
    7.9 (391)
    Everyone loves Christmas. Who wouldn't want to celebrate it every day? Apparently the whole world, that's who.
    DirectorButch HartmanStarsTara StrongDaran NorrisSusanne Blakeslee
  • Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, and Russi Taylor in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004)

    19. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

    20041h 8mGVideo
    6.4 (6.5K)
    Sequel to Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.
    DirectorsMatthew O'CallaghanTheresa CullenCarole HollidayStarsWayne AllwineTony AnselmoJeff Bennett
  • George C. Scott in A Christmas Carol (1984)

    20. A Christmas Carol

    19841h 40mPGTV Movie
    7.8 (20K)
    A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
    DirectorClive DonnerStarsGeorge C. ScottFrank FinlayAngela Pleasence
  • Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tim Allen, and Erik Per Sullivan in Christmas with the Kranks (2004)

    21. Christmas with the Kranks

    20041h 39mPG22Metascore
    5.5 (62K)
    With their daughter Blair away in Peru, Luther and Nora Krank decide to skip Christmas altogether until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they must celebrate it at the last minute.
    DirectorJoe RothStarsTim AllenJamie Lee CurtisDan Aykroyd
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)

    22. Die Hard

    19882h 12mR72Metascore
    8.2 (991K)
    A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie Bedelia
  • Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

    23. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    19891h 37mPG-1349Metascore
    7.5 (235K)
    The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
    DirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloJuliette Lewis
  • Bill Fagerbakke and Tom Kenny in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

    24. SpongeBob SquarePants

    Episode: 

    Christmas Who?

    (2000)
    1999– 24mTV Episode
    8.8 (1.7K)
    Nobody in Bikini Bottom has ever heard of Christmas or Santa Clause until Sandy lets them in on this surface tradition. SpongeBob wants to bring Christmas to Bikini Bottom this year and his enthusiasm is infectious. Everyone gets into the spirit, waiting for Santa to arrive on the big day. Everyone except Squidward, who has scoffed at SpongeBob the whole while. When Santa is a no show on Christmas morning, everyone blames SpongeBob for getting their hopes up. But in a surprise ending, Squidward uncharacteristically saves the day and Christmas ends up coming after all.
    DirectorsWalt DohrnPaul TibbittAlan SmartStarsTom KennyBill FagerbakkeRodger Bumpass
  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)

    25. Love Actually

    20032h 15mR55Metascore
    7.6 (559K)
    Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
    DirectorRichard CurtisStarsHugh GrantMartine McCutcheonLiam Neeson

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