Christmas Movies, a list by HD Movie Lists

8.6

/499361/

84

/7011/

82

/4012/

4.4

/342802/

94

/97/

Audience

95

/219854/

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.

89

8.3

/196952/

81

/2878/

82

/2144/

4.4

/176807/

94

/108/

Audience

94

/38417/

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.

87

8.0

/38513/

79

/788/

82

/678/

4.2

/48481/

99

/98/

Audience

91

/810/

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.

86

7.8

/246194/

78

/8133/

78

/6016/

4.1

/1400159/

95

/442/

Audience

92

/3345/

91

/57/

4.0

age 10+

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

84

7.9

/375290/

80

/16714/

78

/8998/

4.0

/825584/

95

/108/

Audience

92

/880141/

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.

84

8.3

/59043/

80

/3411/

74

/943/

3.9

/76455/

100

/28/

Audience

94

/305/

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

/139489/

77

/4865/

77

/1165/

4.2

/716234/

97

/354/

Audience

92

/1214/

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

8.0

/8016/

83

/642/

78

/241/

4.2

/12481/

Audience

94

/617/

MAL

8.6

/310781/

It is mid-december, and SOS Brigade chief Haruhi Suzumiya announces that the Brigade is going to hold a Christmas party in their clubroom, with Japanese hotpot for dinner. The brigade members Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Mikuru Asahina and Itsuki Koizumi start preparing everything for the party, such as costumes and decorations. But a couple of days later, Kyon arrives at school only to find that Haruhi is missing. Not only that, but Mikuru claims she has never known Kyon before, Koizumi is also missing, and Yuki has become the sole member of the literature club. The SOS Brigade seems to have never existed, nor has Haruhi Suzumiya. No one in the school has ever heard about her… except for Kyon.

83

8.3

/44104/

80

/3117/

77

/633/

4.2

/86192/

86

/21/

Audience

92

/85/

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.

83

8.0

/15366/

79

/1844/

76

/851/

3.7

/33286/

100

/8/

Audience

91

/3351/

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.

82

7.9

/168641/

79

/4833/

72

/1175/

3.6

/138642/

89

/61/

Audience

89

/286922/

77

/16/

4.0

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.

82

7.9

/54932/

79

/1698/

73

/692/

3.8

/43473/

96

/52/

Audience

87

/47776/

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.

82

8.2

/189820/

83

/7490/

82

/3855/

4.1

/313611/

95

/79/

Audience

96

/905/

65

/13/

3.0

age 6+

When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.

82

7.5

/27691/

74

/609/

70

/350/

3.8

/41474/

100

/80/

Audience

87

/37157/

94

/18/

age 6+

The life of a St. Louis family in the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

81

7.3

/142445/

73

/4866/

74

/3572/

4.0

/365168/

94

/322/

Audience

75

/30356/

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.

81

7.8

/46785/

80

/1697/

79

/1171/

4.2

/122198/

92

/76/

Audience

91

/14075/

75

/25/

MAL

8.2

/146835/

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.

80

7.3

/63618/

74

/1226/

73

/1159/

3.8

/97831/

93

/43/

Audience

84

/3054/

87

/23/

3.5

age 11+

With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.

80

8.0

/37485/

78

/2925/

74

/538/

3.5

/59719/

95

/21/

Audience

84

/4928/

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. Rudoph 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

8.1

/25730/

80

/576/

73

/285/

3.8

/11553/

86

/35/

Audience

89

/53604/

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

8.2

/16846/

77

/883/

74

/286/

4.0

/29856/

80

/5/

Audience

91

/1166/

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.

79

8.2

/946049/

82

/26873/

77

/10699/

4.1

/634680/

94

/89/

Audience

94

/575763/

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, 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

/17510/

77

/762/

71

/206/

3.6

/23085/

93

/14/

Audience

82

/1299/

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

7.5

/165885/

77

/5075/

72

/3122/

3.6

/83965/

88

/52/

Audience

85

/87943/

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.

78

7.7

/11642/

77

/617/

72

/172/

3.6

/19387/

90

/21/

Audience

83

/526/

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.

77

7.1

/35531/

70

/1096/

69

/627/

3.9

/114588/

96

/168/

Audience

76

/11524/

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.

77

7.3

/17631/

76

/579/

70

/184/

3.2

/11853/

100

/25/

Audience

86

/11919/

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.

77

7.9

/524094/

78

/14613/

77

/12488/

3.9

/770522/

89

/66/

Audience

91

/1033651/

74

/19/

2.0

age 13+

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

76

7.8

/70661/

78

/3532/

74

/916/

3.9

/166527/

77

/56/

Audience

86

/122601/

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.

82

76

8.2

/4767/

77

/199/

71

/63/

3.9

/8777/

100

/9/

Audience

85

/202/

age 5+

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

76

7.7

/32001/

76

/669/

74

/830/

3.7

/11528/

74

/112/

Audience

89

/1269/

70

/26/

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…

75

7.3

/247941/

75

/10956/

71

/6058/

3.6

/327294/

86

/80/

Audience

78

/452459/

70

/13/

3.0

age 12+

When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.

75

7.0

/7566/

69

/127/

67

/143/

3.7

/5640/

86

/133/

Audience

66

/23439/

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.

76

75

7.6

/20907/

78

/417/

71

/220/

3.5

/13116/

85

/26/

Audience

81

/8064/

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.

80

75

7.6

/7195/

75

/181/

74

/92/

3.8

/9296/

100

/12/

Audience

84

/448/

78

/11/

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.

75

7.5

/237484/

76

/5723/

71

/2564/

3.8

/121516/

86

/184/

Audience

87

/203709/

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...

74

7.1

/67127/

74

/4051/

68

/1401/

3.5

/71404/

92

/170/

Audience

77

/15681/

69

/32/

age 5+

Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. 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. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

74

7.6

/51143/

79

/1535/

72

/478/

3.6

/53326/

77

/44/

Audience

88

/50331/

56

/17/

age 8+

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

6.9

/94661/

70

/6173/

71

/1842/

3.2

/222341/

94

/62/

Audience

81

/507/

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

73

7.1

/310895/

75

/14408/

66

/3848/

3.4

/541019/

86

/202/

Audience

79

/911240/

66

/39/

3.0

age 7+

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

7.1

/155198/

71

/5085/

65

/2035/

3.2

/71760/

78

/220/

Audience

75

/201245/

70

/38/

3.5

age 17+

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.

72

6.6

/32158/

68

/1205/

62

/528/

3.2

/22772/

89

/107/

Audience

70

/13074/

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

6.8

/114069/

72

/2339/

70

/1681/

3.5

/91263/

81

/62/

Audience

79

/216793/

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.

73

72

7.3

/12032/

75

/340/

70

/140/

3.5

/14485/

89

/18/

Audience

75

/3793/

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.

71

7.6

/531688/

76

/12694/

71

/6430/

3.4

/532769/

64

/228/

Audience

72

/31626919/

55

/41/

3.5

age 16+

Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.

71

6.6

/16861/

72

/602/

65

/248/

3.3

/4131/

71

/97/

Audience

83

/52794/

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

6.4

/20744/

68

/1102/

65

/494/

2.9

/20254/

90

/77/

Audience

70

/221/

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

7.7

/653073/

77

/29984/

74

/10677/

3.8

/1045154/

66

/116/

Audience

80

/1028533/

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. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin's house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.

71

7.3

/21468/

76

/1800/

69

/307/

3.2

/31358/