Christmas Movies, a list by Michael Mcdermott

75

/15892/

71

/7213/

3.5

/964042/

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.

54

6.2

/157044/

68

/11808/

70

/2881/

2.3

/365783/

30

/186/

89

/2497/

34

/35/

1.5

age 12+

After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

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.

66

7.0

/363592/

73

/10281/

70

/5490/

3.6

/919712/

51

/162/

80

/33194/

52

/31/

age 13+

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

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.

48

4.6

/137161/

56

/5498/

52

/3196/

2.2

/155733/

36

/25/

27

/10043/

3.0

age 9+

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.

62

6.4

/112389/

70

/10420/

69

/4360/

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.

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.

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.

71

7.2

/404519/

74

/15203/

70

/6206/

3.3

/239387/

68

/68/

70

/11059/

67

/17/

3.5

age 16+

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

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...

65

6.7

/120244/

70

/8168/

72

/2440/

3.0

/281312/

74

/215/

88

/1144/

55

/37/

1.5

age 16+

When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.

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.

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.

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.

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.

55

5.9

/35150/

62

/3354/

55

/929/

2.7

/31985/

43

/118/

84

/15/

40

/24/

2.0

age 16+

A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.

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.

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.

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.

62

6.9

/129942/

71

/3880/

68

/2123/

3.3

/88417/

54

/130/

68

/3712/

42

/28/

2.5

age 13+

Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.

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.

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...

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.

62

6.5

/52134/

68

/3639/

66

/1599/

3.0

/92448/

89

/66/

63

/311/

67

/13/

1.0

age 16+

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

56

5.8

/24922/

61

/1878/

59

/577/

2.9

/54608/

67

/120/

47

/124/

52

/22/

2.0

age 16+

Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

64

6.8

/91715/

72

/3068/

65

/1293/

3.4

/53336/

67

/61/

71

/2197/

43

/20/

2.5

age 15+

Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.

62

6.3

/88910/

67

/2412/

63

/1103/

3.0

/211869/

52

/160/

63

/10387/

56

/35/

3.0

age 15+

An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

67

6.8

/140169/

70

/6808/

69

/4824/

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.

80

7.5

/347365/

73

/10618/

72

/7515/

3.5

/434626/

93

/232/

78

/8429/

83

/41/

4.0

age 8+

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

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.

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.

49

5.8

/129081/

65

/6928/

60

/2868/

2.9

/233696/

20

/45/

42

/5702/

34

/23/

2.5

age 8+

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

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.

79

7.6

/178858/

76

/6247/

72

/2129/

3.8

/260730/

93

/68/

87

/5815/

72

/22/

3.5

age 15+

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.

60

6.2

/94120/

63

/6551/

62

/2345/

2.9

/218124/

67

/131/

52

/1625/

49

/21/

3.0

age 14+

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

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.

44

5.8

/29810/

65

/2304/

59

/853/

2.5

/38392/

19

/119/

37

/446/

31

/26/