Christmas Popular, a list by circaoffire

8.3

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81

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4.4

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93

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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.

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.

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.

85

8.3

/65732/

80

/4187/

75

/1102/

3.9

/146148/

100

/28/

94

/90/

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.

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.

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.

83

7.8

/278881/

78

/10286/

78

/6654/

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.

83

8.0

/8734/

82

/754/

78

/277/

4.2

/19358/

94

/85/

MAL

8.5

/326318/

A week before Christmas, Kyon wakes up in a world where the SOS Brigade doesn't exist. Mikuru and Yuki don't recognize him, and Haruhi and Itsuki seem to have vanished.

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.

84

82

8.3

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80

/3954/

76

/756/

4.3

/147511/

86

/21/

93

/34/

age 3+

When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas pageant. Charlie Brown accepts, but it is a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn the meaning of Christmas.

82

7.9

/60704/

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.

81

7.5

/30797/

74

/823/

69

/417/

3.8

/61884/

99

/81/

86

/1443/

94

/18/

age 6+

A year in the life of a turn-of-the-century middle class family, leading up to the opening of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

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.

81

7.3

/152344/

73

/5692/

75

/3886/

4.0

/592928/

94

/322/

75

/1155/

94

/45/

3.5

age 16+

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

80

8.2

/19111/

77

/1096/

75

/337/

4.0

/49545/

80

/5/

91

/492/

age 3+

A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.

80

8.1

/28960/

80

/811/

74

/355/

3.8

/16130/

86

/36/

89

/904/

age 8+

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

80

8.0

/42102/

78

/3548/

73

/628/

3.6

/106218/

95

/21/

84

/3048/

age 3+

Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudolph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea...

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.

78

7.7

/13397/

76

/847/

71

/194/

3.7

/36798/

90

/21/

83

/222/

age 4+

Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the season's cheer has disappeared. Aided by a magical snowfall, they reawaken the spirit of Christmas in children's hearts and put Santa back in action.

78

7.7

/20063/

76

/1003/

70

/243/

3.6

/37351/

93

/14/

82

/491/

A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.

78

7.9

/180099/

78

/5988/

72

/1369/

3.5

/230942/

87

/62/

89

/13144/

77

/16/

3.0

age 8+

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

77

7.5

/180482/

76

/6722/

72

/3548/

3.6

/140367/

87

/53/

85

/3021/

69

/11/

3.5

age 15+

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

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.

77

7.1

/42446/

70

/1598/

68

/770/

3.9

/227987/

96

/167/

76

/368/

86

/35/

3.0

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

76

7.6

/34073/

76

/849/

73

/907/

3.7

/20582/

74

/112/

89

/1269/

70

/26/

age 13+

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

76

7.4

/9362/

73

/475/

69

/165/

3.7

/21716/

87

/94/

97

/39/

61

/22/

3.0

age 14+

Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

80

76

7.6

/8232/

75

/250/

72

/119/

3.8

/12176/

100

/12/

84

/53/

78

/11/

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

76

7.6

/23668/

77

/548/

70

/271/

3.5

/19419/

85

/26/

81

/406/

73

/12/

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.

76

7.3

/19428/

75

/758/

70

/216/

3.2

/16672/

100

/25/

86

/713/

70

/11/

age 7+

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

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.

75

6.8

/8284/

71

/1121/

68

/112/

3.1

/17678/

92

/64/

97

/1827/

60

/12/

3.5

age 8+

The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they're taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.

75

6.9

/107117/

70

/7940/

70

/2264/

3.3

/322125/

94

/64/

81

/347/

On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

75

7.4

/247939/

75

/7227/

71

/2906/

3.7

/179759/

86

/184/

87

/10398/

73

/37/

2.5

age 18+

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

75

6.9

/7919/

68

/165/

68

/164/

3.7

/7450/

86

/131/

66

/545/

84

/32/

3.5

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.

75

7.3

/271647/

75

/14052/

71

/6800/

3.6

/603826/

86

/85/

78

/12706/

70

/13/

3.0

age 12+

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

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.

74

7.1

/73215/

74

/4814/

67

/1587/

3.5

/125410/

93

/167/

77

/2063/

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.

74

73

7.3

/13669/

74

/474/

70

/166/

3.6

/23232/

89

/18/

76

/231/

64

/7/

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.

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.

72

6.8

/125231/

71

/3364/

70

/1945/

3.6

/245489/

81

/62/

79

/5808/

67

/20/

3.0

age 11+

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

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.

72

6.6

/35283/

67

/1527/

62

/645/

3.2

/34787/

89

/106/

70

/941/

71

/18/

3.5

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

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.

71

IMDb 42

7.0

/44810/

71

/3138/

71

/415/

3.5

/216445/

87

/214/

85

/472/

66

/37/

2.0

age 15+

A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname 'Roofman'. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, surviving undetected while planning his next move. But when he falls for a divorced mom drawn to his undeniable charm, his double life begins to unravel, setting off a compelling and suspenseful game of cat and mouse as his past closes in.

71

7.3

/24524/

75

/2217/

69

/370/

3.3

/57784/

73

/15/

73

/770/

age 3+

A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings a snowman to life. Realizing that newly-living Frosty will melt in spring unless he takes refuge in a colder climate, the magic snowman and Karen, a young girl whom he befriends, stow away on a freight train headed for the North Pole. Little do they know that the magician is following them, and he wants his hat back!

71

6.4

/22087/

68

/1494/

66

/554/

2.9

/26823/

91

/77/

69

/219/

69

/15/

3.5

age 8+

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

71

6.6

/17746/

72

/719/

65

/273/

3.3

/8199/

71

/95/

83

/1683/

59

/30/

3.5

age 16+

When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.

71

7.1

/55649/

70

/1809/

69

/914/

3.8

/210026/

71

/45/

76

/1588/