Christmas Movies, a list by Riz

7.9

/137089/

77

/4731/

77

/1140/

4.2

/706324/

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.

71

7.7

/652666/

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.

79

8.2

/945306/

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.

58

6.3

/291444/

70

/12345/

67

/7152/

3.4

/478780/

49

/144/

Audience

58

/951148/

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...

84

7.9

/375067/

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.

73

7.1

/310754/

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.

59

6.9

/402418/

73

/18449/

67

/9207/

3.5

/496923/

35

/57/

Audience

62

/910534/

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.

62

6.8

/121330/

72

/2653/

69

/1828/

3.2

/68767/

59

/142/

Audience

79

/228343/

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.

68

7.5

/220091/

79

/10082/

72

/2230/

3.5

/200751/

70

/54/

Audience

86

/223574/

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.

65

6.8

/55913/

75

/1206/

68

/534/

3.3

/54817/

47

/175/

Audience

83

/341182/

53

/35/

2.5

age 14+

This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in late 1980s East Village, New York, USA. The film centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a tragedy has made Roger numb to new experiences, Mark begins capturing their world through his attempts to make a personal movie. In the year that follows, they and their friends deal with love, loss, and working together.

53

6.2

/127256/

65

/3107/

61

/1533/

2.6

/72305/

42

/109/

Audience

71

/420741/

47

/28/

1.0

age 15+

While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.

68

6.6

/241256/

71

/11678/

67

/6018/

3.2

/417652/

56

/210/

Audience

64

/243375/

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.

65

61

6.8

/3069/

67

/337/

59

/85/

3.2

/5495/

Audience

69

/2466/

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.

69

52

6.6

/2881/

75

/121/

69

/45/

2.7

/939/

Audience

84

/2950/

Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are slowly drifting apart and the matter comes to a head during Christmas when Kate takes over for Maggie for the school choir.

75

6.6

/1234/

63

/48/

62

/30/

3.6

/1946/

100

/20/

Audience

72

/194/

79

/12/

3.5

Noel is a young man who travels from upstate New York every year to sell Christmas trees in New York City. Returning without the help of his long-time girlfriend, this year Noel finds it impossible to do the one thing he knows so well---sell Christmas trees. As Noel begins to spiral downwards, alienating co-workers and customers in the process, it turns out this same community of people may be the only ones capable of saving Noel from self-destruction.

61

6.3

/27048/

68

/2168/

65

/611/

2.8

/44037/

55

/42/

Audience

58

/924/

48

/11/

3.0

age 6+

Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.

62

6.4

/91108/

71

/7977/

68

/3750/

2.9

/157967/

60

/196/

Audience

52

/13819/

51

/32/

3.0

age 6+

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

64

51

6.5

/3146/

70

/198/

70

/97/

2.6

/1978/

Audience

67

/23/

Lizzie, a high-end event planner, lies awake nightly while her devoted fiancé Josh rests peacefully. When a sleep-deprived incident causes her to run into Billy, a low-key bartender who is just as sleepless and frustrated as she is, they discover that they can only fall asleep while next to each other.

65

56

6.6

/3369/

74

/272/

65

/93/

2.7

/1184/

Audience

66

/50/

Identical twins Kate and Chris Lockhart plot to be the other sister – at Kate’s office and Chris’ school – and take on planning their sister’s Christmas events. One rule, though: no romance.

63

7.0

/83480/

73

/4676/

71

/2065/

2.9

/75233/

68

/62/

Audience

76

/1751/

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.

63

56

6.4

/3658/

75

/370/

71

/168/

2.6

/996/

Audience

55

/56/

While on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to something more. However, things get complicated when she learns that the "local" is actually a prince who is about to be crowned King, and whose mother is dead-set against her royal son's romance with the tourist.

60

54

6.4

/3534/

73

/296/

64

/114/

2.5

/1480/

Audience

52

/60/

Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon finds himself westbound with a variety of characters. While all passengers on the Christmas train appear to be headed for the same destination, Tom has no idea that the rugged locomotives taking him across America will instead detour straight into his heart.

55

6.0

/35701/

65

/2063/

64

/973/

2.4

/34893/

64

/59/

Audience

44

/214/

51

/12/

2.0

age 10+

Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new adventure with Santa Claus.

71

6.4

/20736/

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.

68

53

7.0

/3497/

72

/191/

64

/64/

2.7

/1544/

Audience

80

/25/

Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.

64

57

6.7

/3604/

76

/494/

71

/148/

2.9

/871/

Audience

52

/61/

Aspiring interior designer Layla is dreading the Christmastime wedding of her cousin who’s marrying Layla’s ex-fiancé. Although Seth is the one responsible for introducing the bride and groom, she begrudgingly accepts his offer to be her date as she’s out of options. Seth gets carried away at the reception and announces they’re engaged, forcing a mortified Layla to keep up the pretense.

67

63

6.6

/3083/

67

/350/

68

/170/

3.3

/4710/

Audience

71

/9431/

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!

71

58

7.0

/3041/

68

/138/

66

/29/

3.2

/4105/

Audience

90

/60/

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.

78

52

7.9

/13959/

77

/64/

80

/17/

3.8

/3958/

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

74

7.8

/18337/

75

/625/

74

/338/

3.6

/12670/

Audience

75

/72041/

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.

82

7.9

/168603/

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.

68

6.9

/26547/

70

/662/

65

/310/

3.3

/11787/

73

/56/

Audience

73

/27053/

59

/27/

3.0

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

64

6.4

/890/

60

/25/

64

/13/

68

/34/

Audience

64

/2790/

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.

57

6.3

/61606/

67

/2554/

69

/1417/

2.5

/106832/

53

/30/

Audience

90

/3001/

42

/8/

1.0

age 14+

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up if she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays.

80

8.2

/16832/

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.

62

6.3

/4753/

71

/444/

61

/114/

2.9

/3191/

79

/29/

Audience

54

/1197/

52

/6/

age 10+

A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.

65

6.6

/133402/

72

/6651/

64

/1946/

3.1

/146813/

73

/59/

Audience

66

/369965/

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.

66

6.8

/129498/

71

/5665/

68

/4403/

3.1

/154947/

52

/201/

Audience

58

/776516/

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.

72

7.1

/155152/

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.

74

7.1

/67090/

74

/4035/

67

/1396/

3.5

/70520/

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.

62

6.1

/7868/

77

/2466/

59

/346/

3.0

/3986/

49

/69/

Audience

64

/7776/

55

/27/

3.0

age 13+

Walter Meyer is a retired mechanic who lost the love of his life one year earlier. Now that the holiday season is here, he invites daughters Rachel and Cheryl and sons Christian and Evan to his house for a traditional celebration. Poor Walter soon realizes that if his bickering children and the rest of the family can spend five days together under the same roof, it will truly be a Christmas miracle.

76

7.8

/70632/

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.

61

6.2

/72721/

65

/2554/

60

/901/

2.8

/28959/

68

/129/

Audience

59

/44304/

61

/29/

2.5

age 17+

Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, once again stumbling into trouble at every single turn.

66

6.6

/43871/

74

/2099/

67

/971/

3.2

/34080/

60

/35/

Audience

62

/55701/

3.0

age 6+

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.

71

6.6

/16855/

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.

58

6.3

/8199/

71

/826/

68

/1013/

3.4

/49808/

20

/5/

Audience

59

/12745/

age 5+

"Barbie" stars as Clara in this animated retelling of the classic Christmas ballet, complete with Tchaikovsky soundtrack and ballet choreography.

63

61

6.9

/5650/

75

/487/

69

/181/

2.7

/1566/

Audience

48

/90/

Allie Foster, a struggling New York artist, reluctantly accepts to act as a governess to a rebellious Princess Theodora of Winshire. When Allie forms an unlikely bond with the princess, she attracts the attention of the handsome King Maximillian, who’s facing an arranged marriage against his heart’s wishes. As Christmas Eve draws near, Allie finds herself swept up in romance, royalty and the spirit of the holidays.

63

6.4

/7901/

69

/496/

70

/286/

2.6

/3184/