IMDB Genre Christmas Movie, a list by Steve Davis

8.3

/216301/

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.

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.

87

8.4

/690544/

83

/38017/

81

/20550/

4.1

/2651218/

97

/358/

94

/3825/

81

/48/

4.0

age 7+

Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.

86

8.1

/127110/

79

/1962/

79

/1764/

4.2

/90331/

98

/89/

93

/1004/

90

/20/

age 8+

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

86

8.0

/43696/

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

/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.

84

7.9

/241212/

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

8.0

/17719/

78

/2204/

76

/969/

3.7

/52559/

100

/8/

91

/246/

Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.

83

7.8

/279028/

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.

83

7.8

/36397/

74

/494/

73

/387/

4.0

/19072/

91

/45/

90

/891/

4.0

Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.

83

7.6

/11695/

75

/292/

74

/248/

4.1

/72361/

98

/49/

83

/52/

91

/14/

3.5

Awaiting his girlfriend Léna’s arrival at the Breton seaside resort of Dinard, Gaspard befriends—and flirts heavily with—two other women, the companionable ethnology student Margot and the sensual townie Solène, making for a rather complicated situation when Léna finally arrives.

83

8.0

/8738/

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

8.1

/24283/

79

/1999/

74

/441/

4.1

/81436/

90

/21/

85

/893/

age 4+

Join the Peanuts gang for a timeless adventure as Charlie Brown preps for a party, Snoopy sets his sights on the Red Baron, and Linus patiently awaits a pumpkin patch miracle.

82

7.3

/21702/

71

/494/

69

/509/

3.7

/35328/

100

/32/

85

/453/

90

/16/

4.0

Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.

82

7.6

/6855/

74

/89/

71

/150/

3.9

/7255/

90

/21/

86

/132/

4.0

age 13+

The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.

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

/50137/

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

/60710/

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

/53921/

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.

82

81

7.7

/19936/

76

/433/

72

/278/

4.0

/29541/

100

/30/

89

/417/

age 10+

Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!

80

8.2

/19113/

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

8.0

/731543/

79

/21621/

76

/8594/

3.8

/810957/

94

/144/

88

/14897/

72

/14/

3.0

age 11+

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.

80

8.1

/28964/

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

/42109/

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...

80

7.3

/68262/

73

/1675/

72

/1308/

3.9

/179279/

92

/99/

84

/3055/

87

/23/

3.5

age 11+

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

80

7.7

/768966/

75

/20129/

71

/12420/

3.7

/922992/

92

/260/

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.

79

7.3

/22396/

74

/1901/

74

/683/

3.5

/64314/

100

/21/

88

/96/

age 13+

Following a brutal series of murders taking place on Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, Gotham City's young vigilante known as the Batman sets out to pursue the mysterious serial killer alongside police officer James Gordon and district attorney Harvey Dent.

79

7.6

/13484/

76

/624/

74

/372/

3.9

/22480/

91

/70/

Popelka, a resourceful and independent young girl, is a servant in her stepmother's house and confides in her closest friend the owl. When she comes across three magical acorns, she's granted a single wish for each one of them.

79

8.2

/1019920/

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.

80

79

7.6

/13006/

79

/346/

73

/188/

3.8

/11293/

96

/27/

90

/209/

76

/12/

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.

82

79

8.1

/5636/

78

/287/

68

/78/

4.0

/18720/

100

/9/

85

/211/

age 5+

A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.

78

7.8

/21615/

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.

78

7.2

/19005/

73

/1666/

74

/562/

3.5

/55314/

100

/15/

82

/74/

age 15+

As Gotham City's young vigilante, the Batman, struggles to pursue a brutal serial killer, district attorney Harvey Dent gets caught in a feud involving the criminal family of the Falcones.

78

7.7

/13399/

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

/20068/

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

/180121/

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

/1900/

70

/29/

69

/30/

3.8

/1502/

100

/5/

62

/5/

3.5

Marius is a divorced man in his late thirties. His five year-old daughter Sofia lives with her mother, which causes Marius a deep frustration. On the day Marius arrives to take his daughter on their annual holiday, he is told that she is ill but he doesn't believe it and insists to take her with him. The situation soon gets out of control with all the family taking part in a web of humor, violence, childish songs, police interventions and love statements.

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.

80

76

7.6

/8235/

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.

80

76

7.9

/13703/

77

/249/

70

/121/

3.9

/8262/

88

/16/

93

/628/

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

76

7.5

/9945/

76

/385/

69

/148/

3.5

/10771/

100

/13/

75

/369/

72

/6/

age 8+

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.

76

7.6

/23670/

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

/19427/

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

6.6

/2561/

66

/98/

65

/59/

3.6

/2963/

100

/12/

82

/33/

3.5

Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.

76

7.8

/81488/

78

/4709/

74

/1131/

4.1

/360813/

78

/59/

86

/3952/

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

/8292/

71

/1121/

68

/112/

3.1

/17678/

92

/64/

97

/1827/

60

/12/