Other 25 movies/specials to watch on Christmas
by AlexHartsell | created - 13 Dec 2017 | updated - 13 Dec 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. A Muppet Family Christmas (1987 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 47 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays.
Directors: Peter Harris, Eric Till | Stars: Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Kathryn Mullen
Votes: 4,675
2. The Christmas Toy (1986 TV Movie)
TV-G | 50 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
The toys in the playroom of the Jones household magically come to life when their owners aren't looking. On Christmas Eve, as the toys eagerly await the arrival of a new toy, Rugby the tiger plots to make sure he remains the favorite toy.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson
Votes: 1,459
3. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988 TV Movie)
43 min | Comedy, History
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry
Votes: 13,955
4. Scrooged (1988)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover
Votes: 116,363 | Gross: $60.33M
5. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
One year after Kevin McCallister was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself stranded in New York City - and the same criminals are not far behind.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara
Votes: 402,079 | Gross: $173.59M
6. A Very Merry Cricket (1973 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Disgusted by the city's anti-social Christmas cacophony, Harry and Tucker decide to ask Chester to come back to revive the holiday's true spirit.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Les Tremayne, Mel Blanc
Votes: 208
7. Christmas at Pee-wee's Playhouse (1988 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 49 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Pee-Wee Herman throws a Christmas party at his playhouse with his friends and some celebrity guests.
Directors: Wayne Orr, Paul Reubens | Stars: Paul Reubens, Kevin Carlson, Laurence Fishburne, Aaron Fletcher
Votes: 1,649
8. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
PG-13 | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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.
Directors: Shôgo Furuya, Satoshi Kon | Stars: Tôru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Shôzô Îzuka
Votes: 46,659 | Gross: $0.13M
9. RiffTrax Live: Christmas Shorts-stravaganza! (2009 TV Movie)
95 min | Comedy
The Rifftrax Crew give several holiday short films a good riffing. Weird Al Yankovic makes a guest appearance.
Director: Don Carr | Stars: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Votes: 230
10. Christmas in Tattertown (1988 TV Movie)
29 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Christmas in Tattertown is a 1988 television special created and directed by Ralph Bakshi about a place where everything discarded in the world came alive. It aired on the cable television network Nickelodeon.
Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Charlie Adler, Jennifer Darling, Adrian Arnold, Keith David
Votes: 106
11. Nick & Noel (1993 TV Movie)
23 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Nick and Noel is a story about feuding neighbors who work together to find a little girl a mother by Christmas.
Director: John Sparey | Stars: Jerry Houser, Kath Soucie, Paul Williams, Lorna Patterson
Votes: 130
12. The Nativity Story (2006)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass
Votes: 12,352 | Gross: $37.63M
13. A Christmas Carol (1951)
TV-PG | 86 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Alastair Sim, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns
Votes: 25,717
14. Ziggy's Gift (1982 TV Short)
Unrated | 24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Ziggy gets a job to be a street Santa on Christmas Eve from a crooked boss, but the magic of the season allows the lovable loser to do more good than anyone expects.
Director: Richard Williams | Stars: David Arias, Perry Botkin Jr., Katrina Fried, Natasha Tabori Fried
Votes: 369
15. Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999 TV Movie)
TV-G | 45 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When Santa cancels his annual flight because of a hurt reindeer, a young Christmas loving dog named Olive is convinced she has what it takes to get Santa's flight off the ground and save Christmas.
Director: Steve Moore | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Dan Castellaneta, Joe Pantoliano, Edward Asner
Votes: 2,752
16. Santa vs. the Snowman (1997 TV Short)
21 min | Animation, Short
A lonely snowman finds Santa's workshop. But when he sets off the perimeter alarms and is chased away, he wonders why he couldn't be Santa and get all the love and fun this year. With the ... See full summary »
Director: John A. Davis | Stars: Jonathan Winters, Ben Stein, Victoria Jackson, Don LaFontaine
Votes: 158 | Gross: $10.23M
17. 12 Tiny Christmas Tales (2001 TV Movie)
23 min | Animation, Comedy
A grandmother tells increasing bizarre stories of Christmas to her three grandchildren. The stories are based on eight-panel sequences from Christmas cards Plympton began drawing for his ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Plympton | Stars: Madelon Thomas, Billy Schneider, Madeline Rogan, Peter Dylan Rogan
Votes: 109
18. The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Ivy, an orphan wants a grandmother and a doll for Christmas. She mistakes a sign greeting her into a town, she jumps off a bus and shouts, "It's me, Ivy!". In the cold she looks for a ... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Margerin | Stars: Jonathan Winters, Paul Winfield, Brittany Thornton, Lea Floden
Votes: 111
19. A Cool Like That Christmas (1993 TV Movie)
22 min | Animation, Comedy
Directors: David Feiss, Swinton O. Scott III | Stars: Tommy Davidson, Boyz II Men, T.K. Carter, Doctor Dré
Votes: 67
20. The Twelve Days of Christmas (1993 TV Movie)
22 min | Animation, Family
Narrated by a partridge, this charming animated tale explains the lengthy and confusing Christmas carol of the same name. The bold and brave Sir Carolboomer loves the melancholy Princess ... See full summary »
Director: Masaki Îzuka | Stars: Phil Hartman, James Carter Cathcart, John Crenshaw, Merwin Goldsmith
Votes: 114
21. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974 TV Movie)
25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Partly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Jim Backus, Susan Silo, Courtney Lemmon, Billy Green
Votes: 238
22. Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987 TV Special)
24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two hosting prehistoric dinosaurs, Rex and Herb, guide you along a typical small town's Christmas choral celebration. There's just one catch, the entire town population is made out of clay. Special guest stars: the California Raisins.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: Tim Conner, Johnny Counterfit
Votes: 1,007
23. A Wish for Wings That Work (1991 TV Movie)
TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Opus the Penguin struggles to achieve his seemingly impossible dream to be able to fly.
Director: Skip Jones | Stars: Michael Bell, Joe Alaskey, John Byner, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 1,049
24. Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Great Santa Claus Caper (1978 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Family
When inventor/efficiency expert Alexander Graham Wolf plots to take over Santa's workshop, Comet asks for help from Raggedy Ann, Andy and their dog, Raggedy Arthur.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: June Foray, Daws Butler, Les Tremayne
Votes: 121
25. Yogi's First Christmas (1980 TV Movie)
TV-G | 98 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Yogi, Boo Boo and Cindy are awakened from hibernation and join their friends' Christmas activities while interfering with two villains' efforts to ruin the holiday.
Directors: Gerry Chiniquy, Ray Patterson, Hawley Pratt, Alex Lovy, Gerard Baldwin | Stars: Sue Allen, John Richard Bolks, Daws Butler, Paul DeKorte
Votes: 1,051
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