My favorite Christmas movies
by leshashk | created - 27 Dec 2020 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicA list of titles that carry the Christmas mood in one way or another
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1. My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (2018 TV Movie)
TV-Y | 44 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In this one-hour Christmas-themed special, the Mane Six and Spike are each hoping to find the best gift ever for Hearth's Warming.
Directors: Denny Lu, Mike Myhre, Jim Miller | Stars: Tara Strong, Andrea Libman, Ashleigh Ball, Cathy Weseluck
Votes: 703
2. Home Alone (1990)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Family
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
Votes: 653,195 | Gross: $285.76M
3. One Magic Christmas (1985)
G | 89 min | Family, Fantasy
An angel must show a mother the true meaning of Christmas. It's not just presents and materialistic things, but the people she cares about too.
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Gary Basaraba, Harry Dean Stanton, Arthur Hill
Votes: 4,455 | Gross: $13.68M
4. My Big Night (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
During the never-ending TV taping for a New Year's Eve program, peoples personal lives clash and eventually explode out into the open.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Raphael, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Blanca Suárez
Votes: 4,829
5. Die Hard 2 (1990)
R | 124 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson
Votes: 383,322 | Gross: $117.54M
6. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara
Votes: 402,797 | Gross: $173.59M
7. The Polar Express (2004)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter, Leslie Zemeckis
Votes: 241,455 | Gross: $183.37M
8. Arthur Christmas (2011)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.
Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook | Stars: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 67,144 | Gross: $46.46M
9. Love Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
Votes: 531,790 | Gross: $59.70M
10. The Family Man (2000)
PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven
Votes: 119,442 | Gross: $75.79M
11. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle
Votes: 114,102 | Gross: $81.06M
12. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
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.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,503
13. Batman: Arkham Origins (2013 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Mystery
Years before the Arkham incidents, the neophyte Dark Knight finds himself the target of an open murder contract courtesy of Black Mask that draws eight of the world's deadliest assassins and a new criminal named The Joker.
Director: Benoit Richer | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, JB Blanc
Votes: 15,385
14. A Christmas Story (1983)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family
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.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Scott Schwartz
Votes: 168,653 | Gross: $20.61M
15. Krampus (I) (2015)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman
Votes: 84,118 | Gross: $42.59M
16. 8 Women (2002)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
A man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 34,353 | Gross: $3.08M
17. Christmas Vacation (1989)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki
Votes: 220,214 | Gross: $71.32M
18. Lost Christmas (2011)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Family
Urban fairytale set in Manchester. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy's life are reversed one Christmas Eve, giving him and those around him the happy ending that they were destined to have.
Director: John Hay | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 1,528
19. Black Christmas (1974)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon
Votes: 48,388 | Gross: $4.05M
20. Batman Returns (1992)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken
Votes: 327,723 | Gross: $162.83M
21. Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
G | 26 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
Director: Burny Mattinson | Stars: Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith, Will Ryan
Votes: 15,367 | Gross: $21.00M
22. Four Christmases (2008)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.
Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall
Votes: 80,858 | Gross: $120.15M
23. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
The solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall
Votes: 524,236 | Gross: $56.36M
24. The Night Before (II) (2015)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan
Votes: 82,658 | Gross: $43.04M
25. Jingle All the Way (1996)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson
Votes: 116,200 | Gross: $60.57M
26.
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2020)
Episode:
A Hearth's Warming Tail
(2016)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Starlight Glimmer has a case of the holiday blues, so Twilight tries to help cure her by reading one of her favorite Hearth Warming's Eve stories, A Hearth's Warming Tale.
Directors: Denny Lu, Tim Stuby, Jim Miller | Stars: Kelly Sheridan, Tara Strong, Andrea Libman, Ashleigh Ball
Votes: 581
27. 'R Xmas (2001)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Drea de Matteo, Lillo Brancato, Lisa Valens, Ice-T
Votes: 1,632 | Gross: $0.00M
28. Detskiy mir (1982)
78 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle-aged jeweler is falling in love with a glorious woman. She, raising a son alone, is in no hurry to reciprocate a fan.
Director: Valeri Kremnyov | Stars: Donatas Banionis, Natalya Gundareva, Yaroslav Esinovskiy, Valeriy Zolotukhin
Votes: 44
29. Curly Sue (1991)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A homeless man and his young companion, who survive by conning people, meet a woman who may need them even more than they need her.
Director: John Hughes | Stars: Jim Belushi, Kelly Lynch, Alisan Porter, John Getz
Votes: 23,246 | Gross: $33.69M
30. Six Degrees of Celebration (2010)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
New Year's events take place in 11 cities: Kaliningrad, Kazan, Perm, Ufa, Bavlakh, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Yakutsk, Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Directors: Timur Bekmambetov, Yaroslav Chevazhevskiy, Ignas Jonynas, Dmitriy Kiselev, Aleksandr Voytinskiy | Stars: Dmitry Medvedev, Alina Bulynko, Sergey Pokhodaev, Ivan Urgant
Votes: 3,739
31. Yolki 2 (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Shortly before the New Year, Borya loses his memory, and the only clue that can help is the inscription Z.G. which he discovers on his hand. At the same time, the police captain is trying to solve personal problems.
Directors: Aleksandr Kott, Aleksandr Baranov, Levan Gabriadze, Dmitriy Kiselev | Stars: Sergey Svetlakov, Ivan Urgant, Evgeniya Abramova, Irina Arkhipova
Votes: 2,686
32. Yolki 3 (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Two years later, they are with us again: our beloved Yolki heroes in the most incredible New Year stories. Borya and Zhenya, whose one-year-old children will take their friends to a psychiatric hospital on the eve of the holiday.
Directors: Aleksandr Kott, Levan Gabriadze, Aleksandr Karpilovskiy, Olga Kharina, Dmitriy Kiselev, Anton Megerdichev, Ekaterina Telegina, Zaurbek Zassev | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Tatyana Dogileva
Votes: 1,762
33. And Here's What's Happening to Me (2012)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
31th of December. Moscow impossible traffic jams. Haste without results, help from which no one becomes easier. Conversations about the endless little things in which life passes - and ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Shamirov | Stars: Gosha Kutsenko, Viktor Shamirov, Aleksandra Petrova, Olesya Zheleznyak
Votes: 992
34. Radio Days (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr, Paul Herman
Votes: 36,356 | Gross: $14.79M
35. Bad Santa (2003)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter
Votes: 155,206 | Gross: $60.06M
36. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
Directors: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon | Stars: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka
Votes: 46,806 | Gross: $0.13M
37. Klaus (2019)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Directors: Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso
Votes: 189,905
38. The Ice Harvest (2005)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Lara Phillips
Votes: 25,016 | Gross: $8.82M
39. Night Train (I) (2009)
R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two passengers and the conductor discover that a man has passed away on their night train cabin. They come across a mysterious object in a box the dead man was carrying and they all wish to keep for themselves.
Director: Brian King | Stars: Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn, Matthias Schweighöfer
Votes: 9,867
40. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
While attending his brother's wedding, a serial womanizer is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Emma Stone, Michael Douglas
Votes: 94,650 | Gross: $55.25M
41. The Santa Suit (2010 TV Movie)
TV-G | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Hunter Toys CEO Drake Hunter turned his father's company from a cozy quality manufacturer into a ruthless, profitable business. After denying his staff any further festive generosity, the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Vaughn | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Jodie Dowdall, Derry Robinson, Rosemary Dunsmore
Votes: 1,135
42. A Christmas Gift from Bob (2020)
92 min | Drama, Family
A struggling street musician finds himself the target of an animal welfare investigation that threatens to take away his beloved cat at Christmas.
Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Bob the Cat, Luke Treadaway, Ella Jarvis, Sheena Bhattessa
Votes: 2,661
43. A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)
Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true feel-good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat. Based on the international best selling book.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Luke Treadaway, Bob the Cat, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt
Votes: 33,690 | Gross: $0.04M
44. Grumpy Old Men (1993)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 53,853 | Gross: $70.17M
45. There's Something in the Barn (2023)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An American family fulfills their dream of moving back after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway.
Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Martin Starr, Amrita Acharia, Kiran Shah, Townes Bunner
Votes: 4,285
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