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Best Christmas Movies of All Time


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Animated Christmas Movies

The Night Before Christmas BEST
1941 ‧ Comedy/Animation
The Night Before Christmas is a 1941 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the third Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by Fred Quimby and animated by Jack Zander, George Gordon, Irven Spence and Bill Littlejohn... more
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer BEST
1964 ‧ Musical/Drama ‧ 55 mins
Rudolph, a reindeer born with a unique glowing red nose, struggles to find acceptance. His life changes when he saves his friend Clarice and his parents from evil monsters... more
A Charlie Brown Christmas BEST
1965 ‧ Family/Animation ‧ 25 mins
With Christmas approaching, Charlie Brown is unhappy as everyone associates the holiday with presents. He tries to understand the true meaning of the festival and his friends decide to help him... more
How the Grinch Stole Christmas BEST
1966 ‧ Musical/Fantasy ‧ 26 mins
Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot. And every family likes How the Grinch Stole Christmas! a lot! This joyous, heart-tickling holiday event based on Dr Seuss' beloved book and featuring the voice of Boris Karloff has delighted all ages since its 1966 debut... more
Frosty the Snowman BEST
1969 ‧ Adventure/Musical ‧ 25 mins
A group of children try to save Frosty the snowman after it comes to life wearing Professor Hinkle's hat. On seeing this, Professor Hinkle goes to every extent to retrieve it... more
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town BEST
1970 ‧ Musical/Animation ‧ 51 mins
Burgermeister, the ruler of Sombertown, decides to destroy all the toys, but Kris and his friends decide to deliver them. When Burgermeister finds out about their plan, he lays a trap to capture them... more
Twas the Night Before Christmas BEST
1974 ‧ Television special
'Twas the Night Before Christmas is a 1974 animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions that features Clement Clarke Moore's famous 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, the opening line of which is the source of the title of this animated special... more
The Year Without a Santa Claus BEST
1974 ‧ Musical/Animation ‧ 1 hour
Sidelined by a nasty cold and feeling unneeded, Santa decides not to make his annual Christmas journey. Elves Jingle and Jangle scour the world to find people who still believe, hoping to convince the jolly old elf to make his trip anyway... more
The Snowman BEST
1982 ‧ Fantasy/Animation ‧ 26 mins
When a young boy starts making a snowman on Christmas, it magically comes to life. The snowman then takes him on a journey to meet Santa Claus... more
Mickey's Christmas Carol BEST
1983 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 26 mins
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated Christmas fantasy featurette directed and produced by Burny Mattinson. The cartoon is an adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, and stars Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge... more
The Nightmare Before Christmas BEST
12+ 1993 ‧ Family/Musical ‧ 1h 16m
Jack Skellington, a being from Halloween Town, finds Christmas Town and is instantly enchanted. The situation becomes riveting when his obsession with Christmas leads him to abduct Santa Claus... more
The Polar Express BEST
2004 ‧ Family/Adventure ‧ 1h 39m
A young boy boards a train and embarks on an extraordinary journey to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus. His life takes a turn after he encounters special people that make his journey memorable... more
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper BEST
2005 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 12 mins
Four penguins prepare to celebrate Christmas together but the youngest of them sees Ted, the polar bear, sad and alone and decides to go buy him a present... more
Merry Madagascar BEST
2009 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 30 mins
Santa Claus loses his memory after arriving on the island of Madagascar and it is up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman and the penguins to deliver presents for Christmas... more
A Christmas Carol BEST
2009 ‧ Family/Fantasy ‧ 1h 36m
Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old moneylender is visited by three Christmas spirits on Christmas Eve. Scrooge embarks on a journey of self-redemption to mend his miserly ways... more
The Grinch BEST
6+ 2018 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 30m
The Grinch grows increasingly annoyed with the ever-growing festive cheer that engulfs the village of Whoville. So, he teams up with his dog to ruin the festive spirit by being a spoilsport... more
Klaus BEST
2019 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 37m
After proving himself to be the worst student at the academy, a postman is sent to a frozen town in the North where he discovers a reclusive toymaker named Klaus... more

Family-friendly Christmas movies

It's a Wonderful Life BEST
1946 ‧ Family/Fantasy ‧ 2h 9m
When a frustrated businessman, George Bailey, becomes suicidal, an angel from heaven, Clarence, is sent to him. To his change of heart, she shows him what life would have been without his existence... more
Miracle on 34th Street BEST
1947 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 36m
Susan, a child, and her mother, along with the help of a lawyer, must defend a man, Kris Kringle, from being institutionalised. In order to do so, they must prove that he is the real Santa Claus... more
A Christmas Story BEST
12+ 1983 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 34m
Ralphie, a nine-year-old boy, tries to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that he needs a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas... more
Home Alone BEST
1990 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 49m
Eight-year-old Kevin is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for France. At first, he's happy to be in charge; but when thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other... more
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York BEST
1992 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 2 hours
Kevin accidentally boards a flight to New York City and gets separated from his family who are on their way to Miami. He then bumps into two of his old enemies, who plan to rob a toy store... more
Miracle on 34th Street BEST
1994 ‧ Family/Fantasy ‧ 1h 54m
Susan, a child, and her mother, along with the help of a lawyer, must defend a man, Kris Kringle, from being institutionalised. In order to do so, they must prove that he is the real Santa Claus... more
How the Grinch Stole Christmas BEST
0+ 2000 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 44m
The Grinch resides outside the town of Whoville, whose inhabitants adore Christmas. But he despises them and the festival. Cindy, a resident, befriends the Grinch, hoping to make him love Christmas... more
Elf BEST
2003 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 37m
Buddy, a human, is raised amongst elves at the North Pole. When he discovers that he is not an elf, he travels to New York to search for his biological father... more

Romantic Christmas Movies

The Shop Around the Corner BEST
0+ 1940 ‧ Comedy/Romance ‧ 1h 37m
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... more
Borrowed Hearts BEST
1997 ‧ Romance/Drama ‧ 1h 31m
When Sam is approached by Javier Del Campo, who wishes to strike a business deal with the former, he asks his employee Kathleen, a single mother, to pretend to be his wife... more
The Family Man BEST
2000 ‧ Comedy/Romance ‧ 2h 5m
Jack is a businessman who rejected family life many years ago for carefree bachelorhood. One day, he wakes up in a completely new world where he is married to an old girlfriend and has children... more

Christmas Comedies

Trading Places BEST
1983 ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧ 1h 58m
Determined to see whether heredity or the environment impact a person's well-being, the rich Duke brothers swap the lives of a poor street hustler and an employed aristocrat... more
Coming to America BEST
1988 ‧ Comedy/Romance ‧ 1h 56m
On his 21st birthday, African Prince Akeem has to marry a woman he has never seen. Determined to break tradition, he goes to America to look for one he can truly love and respect... more
Friday After Next BEST
2002 ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧ 1h 28m
When a burglar robs Craig and D-Day on Christmas Eve, the penniless cousins must acquire rent money quickly. Chaos ensues as they get hired as a security guard and stumble into trouble... more
Bad Santa BEST
2003 ‧ Comedy/Drama ‧ 1h 31m
Rather than spreading good cheer, Willie, a swindler dressed up as Santa, and his elf partner Marcus try to rob a mall. Their motive fails when the thief befriends an eight-year-old boy... more
Bad Santa 2 BEST
16+ 2016 ‧ Comedy/Crime ‧ 1h 32m
High on cheap whiskey and anger, Willie and Marcus team up in a bid to rob a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. But things go a little off-plan when Willie's mother accompanies them... more

Christmas Action Movies

Die Hard BEST
1988 ‧ Action/Thriller ‧ 2h 12m
Just as Detective McClane lands in LA to spend Christmas with his wife, he learns about a hostage situation in an office building. Hans Gruber is the culprit and McClane's wife is one of the hostages... more

Christmas Horror Movies

Gremlins BEST
1984 ‧ Horror/Comedy ‧ 1h 46m
Follow the life of a boy who inadvertently breaks three important rules: No water, no food after midnight and no bright light, resulting in hilarious mayhem and destruction in the town... more

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