Christmas 1970s
by kwesel | created - 01 Dec 2018 | updated - 01 Dec 2018 | PublicChristmas movies from the 1970s
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1. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 TV Movie)
TV-G | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees
Votes: 17,512
2. Scrooge (1970)
G | 113 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A musical retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about an old bitter miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More
Votes: 12,586 | Gross: $3.70M
3. The Juggler of Notre Dame (1970)
G | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy
After being arrested for stealing fruit while passing through a small village, a wandering minstrel serves his time in a creepy monastery.
Director: Milton H. Lehr | Stars: Jessica Benton, Barry Dennen, Christopher Ellis, Dunga Gabor
Votes: 20
4. A Christmas Carol (1971 TV Short)
28 min | Animation, Short, Drama
An old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Director: Richard Williams | Stars: Alastair Sim, Michael Redgrave, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Hordern
Votes: 1,923
5. A Christmas Carol (1977 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 58 min | Drama, Fantasy
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge hates Christmas, but then gets a visit from his companion Jacob Marley, who has been dead for seven years. He urges Scrooge to change his life.
Director: Moira Armstrong | Stars: Michael Hordern, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Lee, Patricia Quinn
Votes: 604
6. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Family
On Christmas Eve 1933, the Waltons prepare for the holiday, but they are becoming increasingly worried because John Walton, who was forced to take work in another part of the state, has not yet returned home.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, Edgar Bergen, Ellen Corby
Votes: 2,115
7. Home for the Holidays (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Sally Field, Jill Haworth, Julie Harris, Eleanor Parker
Votes: 1,339
8. The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972 TV Movie)
Unrated | 75 min | Drama, Family
In 1946 Nebraska, a young girl named Addie desperately craves a Christmas tree, but her bitter widower father refuses because of events from the family's past.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Jason Robards, Mildred Natwick, Lisa Lucas, Kathryn Walker
Votes: 913
9. A Dream for Christmas (1973 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Hari Rhodes, Beah Richards, Lynn Hamilton, George Spell
Votes: 115
10. Miracle on 34th Street (1973 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Suzanne Davidson
Votes: 691
11. Black Christmas (1977 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama
A black family, and their white neighbour, celebrate Christmas. But things do not go as well as they hope.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Carmen Munroe, Norman Beaton, Shope Shodeinde, Janet Bartley
Votes: 23
12. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974 TV Movie)
TV-G | 51 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving
Votes: 11,643
13. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Joel Grey, Tammy Grimes, John McGiver, George Gobel
Votes: 3,786
14. 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
15. The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
A young shepherd, Lucas (David Kelley), is blinded by lightning, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine (Iris Rainer) describes snow to Lucas, who has never ... See full summary »
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Cyril Ritchard, David Kelley, Dina Lynn
Votes: 625
16. Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Frosty's kind of lonely, so the kids think of making him a wife, Crystal. But will Jack Frost let them be happy?
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Andy Griffith, Shelley Winters, Dennis Day, Paul Frees
Votes: 3,624
17. Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rudolph must find Happy, the baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam, Harold Peary
Votes: 4,578
18. The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976 TV Movie)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Greer Garson, Zero Mostel, David Jay, Bob McFadden
Votes: 880
19. Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Western
A young couple and their neighbors celebrate Christmas in 1874 on the Dakota prairie. Despite tragedy and an ongoing battle with the railway company, Christmas is a homespun and ... See full summary »
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Linda Purl, Roger Kern, Robert Hays, Kay Kimler
Votes: 88
20. A Cosmic Christmas (1977 TV Movie)
TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
Three aliens come to Earth to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Director: Clive A. Smith | Stars: Joey Davidson, Martin Lavut, Richard M. Davidson, Duncan Regehr
Votes: 247
21. A Flintstone Christmas (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Animation, Family
When Santa has an accident at Fred's house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.
Directors: Sid Marcus, Charles Nichols, Alex Lovy, Gerry Chiniquy, Hawley Pratt | Stars: Mel Blanc, Lucille Bliss, Henry Corden, Virginia Gregg
Votes: 999
22. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 48 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
Director: Jim Henson | Stars: Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, Marilyn Sokol, Dave Goelz
Votes: 4,768 | Gross: $0.23M
23. It Happened One Christmas (1977 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 109 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In the spirit of "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), a young woman must give up her dream and remain in her small hometown as head of her family's Building and Loan business.
Director: Donald Wrye | Stars: Marlo Thomas, Orson Welles, Wayne Rogers, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 1,018
24. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977 TV Movie)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Drama, Family
An outcast donkey in Roman era Judea with overlong ears finds his destiny on the way to Bethlehem.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Roger Miller, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Frees, Don Messick
Votes: 2,450
25. Sunshine Christmas (1977 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A musician brooding over the marriage of his sometime girlfriend decides to take his adopted daughter to his home in Texas to celebrate Christmas with his family. While there, he begins to ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Cliff De Young, Elizabeth Cheshire, Bill Mumy, Corey Fischer
Votes: 98
26. Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A. (1977 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.
Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Mitchell Ryan, Kurt Russell, Andrew Prine, John Carradine
Votes: 177
27. The Gathering (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A dying father pulls his torn family back together for a last Christmas.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton, Rebecca Balding, Sarah Cunningham
Votes: 811
28. A Christmas to Remember (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Family
A city-bred grandson moves to his grandparents' farm during the Great Depression and grows up enough under their tough care to help his grandfather deliver a surprise gift on Christmas Eve ... See full summary »
Director: George Englund | Stars: Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, George Parry, Joanne Woodward
Votes: 174
29. A Pink Christmas (1978 TV Movie)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The Pink Panther employs various strategies in an effort to get himself a big holiday dinner.
Director: Bill Perez
Votes: 453
30. Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (1978 TV Movie)
Unrated | 25 min | Family
While on a publicity tour in Switzerland, Benji, Cindy Smith, and Patsy Garrett convince Kris Kringle that his place on Christmas Eve is delivering presents to all "his" families all over the world.
Director: Joe Camp | Stars: Ron Moody, Patsy Garrett, Cynthia Smith, Benjean
Votes: 329
31. Christmas Carol (1978 TV Movie)
55 min | Comedy, Fantasy
In this one-man show starring Rich Little, Ebeneezer Scrooge (played by Rich as W.C. Fields) hates Christmas, and it's up to the Ghosts of Christmas Past (played by Rich as Humphrey Bogart)... See full summary »
Director: Trevor Evans | Star: Rich Little
Votes: 413
32. Blue Christmas (1978)
133 min | Sci-Fi
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest ... See full summary »
Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Hiroshi Katsuno, Keiko Takeshita, Eiji Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa
Votes: 135
33. An American Christmas Carol (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy
In an American town, an old bitter miser is given a ghostly chance at redemption on Christmas Eve.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Henry Winkler, David Wayne, Chris Wiggins, R.H. Thomson
Votes: 1,702
34. Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1979 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Bugs is a devoted doctor prescribing a delightful dose of cartoons, including "Rabbit Every Monday," "Stop! Look! And Hasten!," "Guided Muscle," "Beep Beep," "Tweet Dreams," and more.
Directors: David Detiege, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 121
35. Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Homer Smith returns to the chapel which, years before, he helped to build to find that the nuns have taken in a group of homeless/unwanted/runaway children. Once again, he is inspired by ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Billy Dee Williams, Maria Schell, Fay Hauser, Lisa Mann
Votes: 112
36. Jack Frost (1979 TV Movie)
TV-G | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Groundhog tells the story of how, for once, Jack Frost became human, and helped a knight win his lady love.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Buddy Hackett, Robert Morse, Paul Frees, Larry Storch
Votes: 4,518
37. Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979 TV Movie)
G | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Winterbolt is trying to make North Pole his evil wonderland, and it is up to Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and other icons to stop him.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Red Buttons, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Alan Sues
Votes: 2,670
38. The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979 TV Movie)
TV-G | 104 min | Drama
The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from ... See full summary »
Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gary Burghoff, John Byner, Bert Convy
Votes: 352
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