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Christmas movies set before 1960

by dessi-35332 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 4 years ago
Christmas movies set before 1960
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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 (532K)
    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
  • Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Remember the Night (1939)

    2. Remember the Night

    19391h 34mApproved78Metascore
    7.6 (7.8K)
    Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsBarbara StanwyckFred MacMurrayBeulah Bondi
  • Terry Kilburn and Reginald Owen in A Christmas Carol (1938)

    3. A Christmas Carol

    19381h 9mApproved72Metascore
    7.5 (9.4K)
    An elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.
    DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsReginald OwenGene LockhartKathleen Lockhart
  • A Christmas Carol (1951)

    4. A Christmas Carol

    19511h 26mApproved
    8.1 (28K)
    Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
    DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsAlastair SimJack WarnerKathleen Harrison
  • The Great Rupert (1950)

    5. The Great Rupert

    19501h 27mApproved
    6.4 (1.7K)
    A little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.
    DirectorIrving PichelStarsJimmy DuranteTerry MooreTom Drake
  • Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn, and John Payne in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

    6. Miracle on 34th Street

    19471h 36mApproved88Metascore
    7.9 (58K)
    After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
    DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn Payne
  • The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)

    7. The 20th Century-Fox Hour

    Episode: 

    The Miracle on 34th Street

    (1955)
    1955–195746mPGTV Episode
    6.1 (357)
    One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases. But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real McCoy. The production is followed by a preview of scenes from the Fox feature film The Rains of Ranchipur, starring Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, and Michael Rennie. This behind-the-scenes portion was produced and directed by Joe Parker.
    DirectorRobert StevensonStarsMacdonald CareyTeresa WrightThomas Mitchell
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1959)

    8. Miracle on 34th Street

    19591hPGTV Movie
    6.9 (173)
    In this charming TV adaptation of the 1947 film classic, a kindly old gentleman (Ed Wynn) working as a Macy's department store Santa causes a commotion when he claims to be the real St. Nick. Forced to prove his sanity, he is taken to court where he must convince the judge and his friends that he actually is Santa Claus. The faith of one skeptical little girl (Susan Gordon) and a Christmas miracle are the keys to his true identity.
    DirectorWilliam CorriganStarsEd WynnPeter Lind HayesMary Healy
  • Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Ann Sheridan, and Monty Woolley in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

    9. The Man Who Came to Dinner

    19411h 52mApproved71Metascore
    7.5 (9.4K)
    An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
    DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsBette DavisAnn SheridanMonty Woolley
  • Who Killed Santa Claus? (1941)

    10. Who Killed Santa Claus?

    19411h 45m
    7.2 (738)
    The story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).
    DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsHarry BaurRenée FaureMarie-Hélène Dasté
  • Santa Claus (1959)

    11. Santa Claus

    19591h 34mG
    2.7 (5.3K)
    With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas.
    DirectorRené CardonaStarsJosé Elías MorenoCesáreo Quezadas 'Pulgarcito'José Luis Aguirre 'Trotsky'
  • Scrooge (1935)

    12. Scrooge

    19351h 18mApproved
    6.5 (2.8K)
    Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean old miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Bob Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
    DirectorHenry EdwardsStarsSeymour HicksDonald CalthropRobert Cochran
  • Barbara Stanwyck, Sydney Greenstreet, and Dennis Morgan in Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

    13. Christmas in Connecticut

    19451h 41mApproved64Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
    DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsBarbara StanwyckDennis MorganSydney Greenstreet
  • Judy Garland, Tom Drake, and Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

    14. Meet Me in St. Louis

    19441h 53mApproved94Metascore
    7.5 (30K)
    Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary Astor
  • Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen in White Christmas (1954)

    15. White Christmas

    19542hApproved56Metascore
    7.5 (55K)
    A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBing CrosbyDanny KayeRosemary Clooney
  • Billie Burke, Ona Munson, Eugene Pallette, Joseph Schildkraut, Ruth Terry, and Raymond Walburn in The Cheaters (1945)

    16. The Cheaters

    19451h 27mApproved
    6.8 (949)
    An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.
    DirectorJoseph KaneStarsJoseph SchildkrautBillie BurkeEugene Pallette
  • Alec Guinness, Albert Finney, Richard Beaumont, David Collings, Frances Cuka, Philip DaCosta, Edith Evans, Derek Francis, Gaynor Hodgson, Raymond Hoskins, Gordon Jackson, Roy Kinnear, Michael Medwin, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Suzanne Neve, Anton Rodgers, Paddy Stone, and Kay Walsh in Scrooge (1970)

    17. Scrooge

    19701h 53mG58Metascore
    7.5 (13K)
    A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
    DirectorRonald NeameStarsAlbert FinneyAlec GuinnessEdith Evans
  • Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Jeff Gillen, and Darren McGavin in A Christmas Story (1983)

    18. A Christmas Story

    19831h 33mPG77Metascore
    7.9 (175K)
    In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavin
  • Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta Young in The Bishop's Wife (1947)

    19. The Bishop's Wife

    19471h 49mApproved73Metascore
    7.6 (23K)
    A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsCary GrantLoretta YoungDavid Niven
  • Patrick Stewart in A Christmas Carol (1999)

    20. A Christmas Carol

    19991h 35mTV-PGTV Movie
    7.4 (12K)
    An bitter old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
    DirectorDavid Hugh JonesStarsPatrick StewartRichard E. GrantJoel Grey
  • James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan in The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

    21. The Shop Around the Corner

    19401h 39mApproved96Metascore
    8.0 (42K)
    Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMargaret SullavanJames StewartFrank Morgan
  • Errol Flynn, Patti Brady, Eleanor Parker, S.Z. Sakall, and Lucile Watson in Never Say Goodbye (1946)

    22. Never Say Goodbye

    19461h 37mApproved
    6.7 (1.4K)
    After divorce, 7-year-old Flip is unhappy. She begins corresponding with a Marine, sending him a photo of Ellen pretending she wrote the flirtatious letters. When the Marine arrives to meet his pen pal, Ellen uses it to make Phil jealous.
    DirectorJames V. KernStarsErrol FlynnEleanor ParkerLucile Watson
  • Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, and Gordon Gebert in Holiday Affair (1949)

    23. Holiday Affair

    19491h 27mApproved63Metascore
    7.2 (7.5K)
    A young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
    DirectorDon HartmanStarsRobert MitchumJanet LeighWendell Corey
  • Don DeFore, Victor Moore, Charles Ruggles, and Gale Storm in It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

    24. It Happened on Fifth Avenue

    19471h 56mApproved66Metascore
    7.6 (7K)
    Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDon DeForeAnn HardingCharles Ruggles
  • Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, George Brent, Virginia Field, Dolores Moran, and George Raft in Christmas Eve (1947)

    25. Christmas Eve

    19471h 30mApproved
    5.7 (947)
    To save her fortune from a designing nephew, Matilda Reed must locate her three long-lost adopted sons in time for a Christmas Eve reunion.
    DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsGeorge RaftGeorge BrentRandolph Scott

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