Popular Christmas Movies, a list by amything

75

/15892/

71

/7213/

3.5

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64

/229/

72

/927665/

55

/41/

3.5

age 15+

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

72

7.8

/733057/

78

/37769/

74

/12187/

3.9

/2465027/

66

/116/

81

/30226/

63

/9/

2.5

age 10+

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

84

7.9

/241115/

78

/9596/

76

/2318/

4.2

/1471273/

97

/366/

92

/536/

82

/61/

3.5

age 15+

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

79

8.2

/1019820/

82

/32769/

78

/11932/

4.0

/1119151/

94

/89/

94

/27465/

72

/14/

2.0

age 16+

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office's Christmas Party, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

59

6.9

/450134/

73

/23044/

68

/10365/

3.6

/1047507/

35

/57/

62

/19689/

46

/22/

2.0

age 10+

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

83

7.8

/278881/

78

/10286/

78

/6656/

4.2

/2525674/

95

/441/

92

/3346/

91

/57/

3.0

age 10+

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

69

7.5

/245857/

79

/12588/

72

/2603/

3.5

/376435/

72

/58/

86

/9107/

49

/18/

2.0

age 13+

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

89

8.6

/549485/

84

/9344/

82

/4729/

4.4

/703880/

94

/97/

95

/14103/

89

/17/

4.0

age 9+

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

62

6.4

/112389/

70

/10420/

68

/4353/

3.0

/372066/

60

/198/

54

/1551/

51

/32/

3.0

age 6+

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

59

6.5

/105290/

70

/5338/

71

/2588/

2.9

/204218/

47

/215/

81

/1307/

50

/40/

1.5

age 13+

Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.

68

6.6

/269048/

71

/14458/

67

/6748/

3.3

/812507/

55

/210/

64

/7632/

61

/36/

4.0

age 6+

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

59

6.4

/330489/

70

/15903/

67

/8107/

3.6

/1095141/

50

/146/

60

/22200/

46

/29/

2.0

age 8+

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

89

8.3

/216273/

81

/3989/

81

/2537/

4.4

/329365/

93

/107/

94

/2385/

94

/21/

4.0

age 13+

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

80

7.7

/768966/

75

/20097/

71

/12413/

3.7

/917368/

92

/261/

86

/10518/

81

/45/

3.5

age 16+

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

82

8.2

/231404/

83

/10429/

82

/4513/

4.2

/609863/

95

/79/

96

/927/

65

/13/

3.0

age 6+

A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.

65

6.6

/59054/

68

/4336/

68

/723/

2.8

/110461/

70

/117/

80

/181/

55

/25/

2.5

age 13+

Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge. Clint Briggs turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future.

73

7.1

/344379/

74

/17866/

66

/4412/

3.5

/1002865/

85

/204/

79

/32406/

66

/39/

3.0

age 8+

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

65

6.6

/146864/

72

/8236/

65

/2235/

3.2

/272113/

73

/59/

66

/8128/

57

/13/

2.5

age 9+

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

77

7.8

/559986/

77

/17983/

77

/13505/

3.9

/1512226/

91

/70/

91

/45057/

74

/19/

2.0

age 13+

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

74

7.5

/57922/

78

/2078/

72

/564/

3.7

/99756/

76

/46/

89

/3000/

56

/17/

age 7+

Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.

72

7.0

/166679/

70

/6354/

65

/2305/

3.2

/120248/

78

/217/

75

/6347/

70

/38/

3.5

age 17+

You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.

62

6.8

/130470/

71

/3664/

69

/2070/

3.3

/163343/

58

/138/

79

/9106/

52

/33/

1.5

age 13+

Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.

67

6.8

/140169/

70

/6808/

69

/4823/

3.2

/281008/

52

/196/

58

/9278/

55

/32/

4.0

age 9+

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

67

6.7

/50562/

73

/2744/

67

/1128/

3.4

/72234/

59

/34/

62

/1656/

3.0

age 5+

Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.

84

7.9

/407939/

80

/21121/

78

/10113/

4.0

/1684952/

95

/107/

91

/420/

82

/31/

3.5

age 7+

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

71

7.0

/409454/

71

/27389/

69

/10010/

3.0

/768231/

90

/419/

81

/5685/

71

/53/

2.5

age 11+

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

69

7.1

/347455/

71

/11983/

69

/6914/

3.6

/469160/

82

/94/

73

/18876/

68

/24/

2.0

age 14+

The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.

76

7.8

/81464/

78

/4696/

74

/1127/

4.1

/358918/

78

/59/

86

/3951/

64

/27/

3.0

age 5+

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

72

7.2

/207226/

76

/11520/

73

/7014/

3.6

/436944/

74

/161/

80

/124718/

58

/37/

3.0

age 7+

When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.

73

64

7.1

/4817/

68

/259/

70

/50/

3.3

/8249/

91

/27/

age 13+

Follow Adam and Emma on their daily commute from the village of Langton to London, where they meet the same passengers every day. One morning, Adam breaks the unspoken taboo of talking to strangers on a train and invites the entire carriage to hold their own Christmas party together.

71

7.1

/55649/

70

/1809/

69

/914/

3.8

/210026/

71

/45/

76

/1588/

65

/9/

As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.

50

6.2

/87206/

65

/4582/

69

/2314/

2.6

/275646/

45

/60/

54

/226/

44

/15/

0.5

age 16+

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

65

6.6

/52900/

68

/3213/

71

/1294/

3.1

/255967/

82

/214/

72

/202/

69

/31/

1.5

age 13+

A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.

53

6.2

/134532/

65

/4095/

62

/1732/

2.6

/116011/

43

/110/

71

/13224/

47

/28/

1.0

age 15+

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

81

7.8

/53903/

80

/2499/

79

/1447/

4.2

/238254/

92

/77/

91

/917/

75

/25/

MAL

8.2

/160371/

3.0

age 13+

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.

56

6.0

/40582/

65

/3035/

65

/1133/

2.4

/67368/

66

/58/

46

/216/

51

/12/

2.0

age 10+

Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.

82

7.9

/60708/

78

/2151/

73

/815/

3.8

/78270/

96

/52/

87

/1364/

88

/10/

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

72

7.3

/134100/

77

/9234/

75

/3149/

3.5

/265568/

82

/155/

83

/919/

57

/28/

2.5

age 13+

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.

74

7.1

/73222/

74

/4823/

67

/1589/

3.5

/125997/

93

/167/

77

/2061/

69

/32/

age 6+

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

48

6.1

/11644/

62

/361/

58

/319/

2.6

/5584/

28

/36/

48

/279/

29

/15/

2.0

age 13+

With Christmas Eve just around the corner in bustling New York, five lonely and sad strangers find their lives inadvertently intersected.

85

8.3

/65742/

80

/4195/

75

/1103/

3.9

/146937/

100

/28/

94

/91/

age 4+

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

86

8.0

/43691/

78

/1147/

80

/803/

4.2

/91102/

99

/96/

91

/813/

96

/15/

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

78

7.8

/21606/

74

/878/

74

/405/

3.6

/23518/

98

/50/

75

/894/

age 9+

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

56

6.3

/68194/

67

/3556/

69

/1567/

2.5

/173275/

50

/32/

89

/525/

42

/8/

1.0

age 14+

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.

60

6.9

/128266/

73

/5135/

68

/1647/

3.3

/141722/

71

/52/

71

/2547/

38

/14/

1.0

age 12+

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

66

6.7

/21489/

66

/1173/

63

/153/

2.9

/32574/

79

/48/

76

/193/

55

/10/

age 8+

Follows Ralphie, now adult, who returns to the house on Cleveland Street to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child, reconnecting with childhood friends, and reconciling the passing of his Old Man.

58

47

6.4

/3747/

67

/277/

62

/50/

2.3

/4172/

53

/12/

When estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo, a big family secret is revealed.

55

45

6.1

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65

/253/

64

/50/