Most Popular Christmas Films 1971+, a list by Maximilian

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71

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3.5

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72

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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.

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7.9

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78

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76

/2318/

4.2

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92

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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

/1020054/

82

/32843/

78

/11939/

4.0

/1127189/

94

/89/

94

/27461/

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.

72

7.8

/733404/

78

/37854/

74

/12192/

3.9

/2493633/

66

/116/

81

/30217/

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.

59

6.9

/450249/

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

/279085/

78

/10286/

78

/6656/

4.2

/2525674/

95

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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

/245902/

79

/12610/

72

/2613/

3.5

/378165/

72

/58/

86

/9106/

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.

62

6.4

/112426/

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.

59

6.5

/105345/

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

/269131/

71

/14494/

67

/6748/

3.3

/819232/

55

/210/

64

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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

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70

/15903/

67

/8111/

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...

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8.2

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83

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82

/4513/

4.2

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95

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96

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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

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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

/344421/

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

/146899/

72

/8257/

65

/2240/

3.2

/273368/

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

/560045/

77

/17983/

77

/13505/

3.9

/1512226/

91

/70/

91

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74

/19/

2.0

age 13+

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

72

7.0

/166727/

70

/6371/

65

/2309/

3.2

/120818/

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

/130505/

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

/140204/

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

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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

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80

/21121/

78

/10116/

4.0

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95

/107/

91

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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.

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7.0

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71

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69

/10015/

3.0

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90

/419/

81

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71

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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

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71

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69

/6914/

3.6

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82

/94/

73

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68

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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.

72

7.2

/207314/

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.

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64

7.1

/4824/

68

/260/

70

/51/

3.3

/8285/

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.

65

6.6

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68

/3213/

71

/1295/

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.

72

7.3

/134128/

77

/9242/

75

/3150/

3.5

/267728/

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.

78

7.8

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74

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74

/405/

3.6

/23518/

98

/50/

75

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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.

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.

71

7.1

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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.

66

6.7

/21498/

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.

76

7.8

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78

/4709/

74

/1131/

4.1

/360813/

78

/59/

86

/3952/

64

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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.

59

5.5

/2753/

50

/147/

51

/26/

3.1

/13604/

80

/79/

28

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72

/20/

3.0

age 13+

A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.

65

59

5.7

/2824/

61

/203/

61

/78/

2.1

/3949/

83

/127/

89

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Tracey Wise is a renowned luxury travel blogger who is invited by Graham Cooper to a Christmas getaway in exchange for her review of his family’s small bed & breakfast, Silver Peak. Unfortunately, the humble B&B is facing tough competition from an upscale hotel resort nearby that has been stealing guests and threatening the survival of the family business.

76

60

7.9

/14623/

74

/140/

75

/27/

3.8

/5985/

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

61

6.2

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66

/1231/

64

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2.7

/56579/

70

/27/

66

/95/

49

/6/

age 10+

Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James, the plan goes awry.

65

6.7

/25197/

69

/2491/

64

/473/

3.0

/35625/

84

/31/

75

/207/

66

/5/

1.5

age 8+

In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.

80

8.2

/19117/

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.

78

7.7

/13401/

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.

64

6.4

/941/

62

/30/

62

/18/

3.3

/235/

69

/35/

64

/32/

56

/15/

3.0

A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned and operated by a Native American Nation. Shot on location at The Sundance Resort in Utah, this is the first contemporary romantic comedy to feature an almost entirely American Indian cast. The film was featured at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.

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8.0

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78

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76

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3.7

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100

/8/

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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.

69

6.9

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70

/920/

65

/362/

3.4

/15949/

73

/56/

73

/927/

59

/27/

3.0

age 15+

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

68

66

6.6

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67

/447/

68

/199/

3.4

/8946/

71

/171/

age 3+

It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents and decorations. The gang makes a list of what they want for Christmas and send it to Santa Claus - except that Pooh forgot to ask for something. So he heads out to retrieve the letter and get it to Santa by Christmas...which happens to be tomorrow!

65

64

6.8

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66

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60

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3.3

/11783/

69

/55/

As the holiday season rolls around and all the Peanuts gang are getting ready for it. Whether it be Charlie Brown struggling to raise money for his girlfriend or Sally and Peppermint Patty struggling to rehearse and memorize their one word lines for the Christmas pageant, these kids try to keep with the Christmas spirit while Snoopy has his mischief to do.

71

6.4

/22093/

68

/1494/

66

/554/

2.9

/26823/

91

/77/

69

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69

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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.

64

7.0

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73

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78

/39/

3.0

/146605/

67

/61/

76

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52

/10/

1.5

age 10+

Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.

74

7.0

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71

/205/

66

/58/

3.3

/13573/

88

/16/

89

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68

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3.0

age 13+

A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.

68

7.0

/21926/

73

/1571/

68

/855/

3.3

/20131/

79

/170/

78

/304/

60

/32/