My Christmas list
by CecilieSHoejberg | created - 10 Dec 2013 | updated - 18 Nov 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Aaron Ashmore
Votes: 2,817
2. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
G | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Muppets present their own touching rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale.
Director: Brian Henson | Stars: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson
Votes: 70,665 | Gross: $27.28M
3. Home Alone (1990)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Family
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
Votes: 653,140 | Gross: $285.76M
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor
Votes: 291,622 | Gross: $260.04M
5. Joyeux Noel (2005)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, History, Music
In December 1914, an unofficial Christmas truce on the Western Front allows soldiers from opposing sides of the First World War to gain insight into each other's way of life.
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Natalie Dessay
Votes: 32,004 | Gross: $1.05M
6. The Holiday (2006)
PG-13 | 136 min | Comedy, Romance
Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.
Director: Nancy Meyers | Stars: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black
Votes: 323,184 | Gross: $63.22M
7. Love Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
Votes: 531,743 | Gross: $59.70M
8. The Santa Clause (1994)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.
Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd
Votes: 133,453 | Gross: $144.83M
9. Elf (2003)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Zooey Deschanel
Votes: 310,919 | Gross: $173.40M
10. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
PG | 114 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing.
Director: Les Mayfield | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 43,892 | Gross: $17.19M
11. 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: 12,361 | Gross: $37.63M
12. Arthur Christmas (2011)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Santa's clumsy son Arthur sets out on a mission with Grandsanta to give out a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas Day.
Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook | Stars: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 67,139 | Gross: $46.46M
13. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Directors: Lasse Hallström, Joe Johnston | Stars: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren
Votes: 37,454 | Gross: $54.86M
14. Snowed-Inn Christmas (2017 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two rival journalists get stuck together at an inn during the holidays.
Director: Gary Yates | Stars: Bethany Joy Lenz, Andrew W. Walker, Belinda Montgomery, John B. Lowe
Votes: 3,403
15. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
Director: John McPhail | Stars: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux
Votes: 15,637 | Gross: $0.55M
16. The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.
Director: Clay Kaytis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Oliver Hudson
Votes: 83,516
17. Noelle (2019)
G | 100 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Santa's daughter must take over the family business when her father retires and her brother, who is supposed to inherit the Santa role, gets cold feet.
Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Shirley MacLaine, Bill Hader, Kingsley Ben-Adir
Votes: 27,069
18. Klaus (2019)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Directors: Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso
Votes: 189,865
19. A New Christmas (2019)
79 min | Drama
Kabir is a lonely medical student in New York, estranged from his wife and grieving the loss of his mother. When he meets Kioni, a charming film student from Kenya, she persuades him to ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Tenenbaum | Stars: Prashantt Guptha, Grace Wacuka, Preeti Gupta, Carl Garrison
Votes: 363
20. A Christmas Love Story (2019 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A youth choir director (Chenoweth) needs to write a big song for the Christmas Eve show but "finds herself distracted" when a boy with a golden voice (Kevin Quinn) joins her choir, which will come as news to his widowed father (Wolf).
Director: Eric Close | Stars: Kristin Chenoweth, Scott Wolf, Kevin Quinn, Keith D. Robinson
Votes: 1,714
21. Christmas Around the Corner (2018 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Claire, a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore. Upon arrival, Claire finds ... See full summary »
Director: Megan Follows | Stars: Alexandra Breckenridge, Jamie Spilchuk, Jane Alexander, Tara Spencer-Nairn
Votes: 1,758
22. Tinkas juleeventyr (2017)
30 min | Adventure, Family
We follow the elf, Tinka, on her quest to find the Christimas star and the lost magic of the elves. On her search she finds a way into the human world, where she meets and gains the help of the human boy, Lasse.
Stars: Josephine Højbjerg, Albert Rosin Harson, Neel Rønholt, Christian Tafdrup
Votes: 479
23. Tinka og kongespillet (2019)
Adventure, Drama, Family
When her father, the king, unexpectedly and tragically dies before he can appoint her the crown princess, elf girl Tinka must take part in a game for her rightful throne.
Stars: Josephine Højbjerg, Albert Rosin Harson, Ellen Hillingsø, Christian Tafdrup
Votes: 351
24. Jul i Valhal (2005)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Children find a man who calls himself Loke. They also find a portal that leads them to Valhal, where the Norse gods live.
Stars: Laura Østergaard Buhl, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Troels Lyby, Vigga Bro
Votes: 719
25. Alletiders jul (1994)
TV-G | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Pyrus is a Young and Wild Christmas elf who always seeks new adventures.
Stars: Jan Linnebjerg, Paul Hüttel, Jesper Klein, Jeanne Boel
Votes: 560
26. Alletiders nisse (1995)
TV-G | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Christmas calendar for the whole family about Santa Pyrus, who comes home on Christmas vacation from Santa's University.
Stars: Jan Linnebjerg, Paul Hüttel, Jesper Klein, Steen Stig Lommer
Votes: 492
27. Alletiders julemand (1997)
TV-G | 15 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
In the royal archives of Denmark, everything goes incredibly wrong when resident elf Pyrus decides to meet Santa Claus.
Stars: Jan Linnebjerg, Christiane Bjørg Nielsen, Paul Hüttel, Jesper Klein
Votes: 456
28. Pyrus i alletiders eventyr (2000)
TV-G | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When Kandis and Pyrus receive a "Magic Book for Beginners" as a gift of socks, the Christmas pranks will never end. With the book, the goblins can conjure themselves into the Adventure ... See full summary »
Stars: Jan Linnebjerg, Paul Hüttel, Christiane Bjørg Nielsen, Jesper Klein
Votes: 401
29. Brødrene Mortensens jul (1998)
15 min | Family
14-year old Wilhelm, who hates Christmas, and his younger brother, 7-year old Hugo go on an adventure to find "J.N." who keeps sending letters to Hugo. Hugo thinks it stands for "Julenissen... See full summary »
Stars: Lasse Baunkilde, Rasmus Albeck, Per Damgaard Hansen, Puk Grasten
Votes: 319
30. Bamses julerejse (1996)
15 min | Family
Bamse can't wait for Christmas when a gnome . Bamse and his friends has to go Santa with the lost things to save Christmas.
Stars: Lars Bom, Brian Patterson, Joan Bentsen, Søren Hauch-Fausbøll
Votes: 336
31. Jesus & Josefine (2003)
TV-G | 23 min | Family, Sci-Fi
Josefine discovers a time machine in an old shop, and goes back 2000 years in time.
Stars: Pernille Kaae Høier, Rasmus Ott, Andrea Vagn Jensen, Nikolaj Steen
Votes: 595
32. Absalons hemmelighed (2006)
TV-G | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The girl Cecilie is interested in Absalons secret because there is an angel that can save her sick sister. It is located in Magasin Du Nord in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stars: Sarah Juel Werner, Eva-Theresa Jermiin Anker, Gustav Hintze, Ellen Hillingsø
Votes: 447
33. 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: 402,763 | Gross: $173.59M
34. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,456
35. The Julekalender (1991)
15 min | Comedy, Music
3 Danish elves/nisser in Alaska fly to Jutland to get a key at an old nisse cave near a potato farm. Landing, the biplane propeller breaks and a new is needed. They speak half Danish half English. A stranger comes.
Stars: Carsten Knudsen, Viggo Sommer, Uffe Rørbæk Madsen, Poul Bundgaard
Votes: 2,445
36. Jul på Vesterbro (2003)
TV-MA | 12 min | Comedy
A comedy series about people, stories and Christmas in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, acted entirely by comedian Anders Matthesen.
Stars: Anders Matthesen, Sune Svanekier
Votes: 2,561
37. Pagten (2009)
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A Danish Christmas calender about a boy's friendship with an elf.
Stars: Benjamin Engell, Karla Løkke, Laus Høybye, Andrea Heick Gadeberg
Votes: 553
38. Krummernes Jul (1996)
15 min | Comedy, Family
Stars: Dick Kaysø, Karen-Lise Mynster, Per Damgaard Hansen, Line Kruse
Votes: 432
39. A Christmas Carol (2019)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy
In Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future.
Stars: Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Joe Alwyn
Votes: 12,552
40. Love Always, Santa (2016 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A widow's daughter writes to Santa Claus, asking for her mother to find love again. When a struggling writer receives the letter, he finds new inspiration and the beginnings of a romance.
Director: Brian Herzlinger | Stars: Marguerite Moreau, Mike Faiola, Brady Smith, Isadora Swann
Votes: 1,822
41. Rise of the Guardians (2012)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world.
Director: Peter Ramsey | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Chris Pine
Votes: 192,711 | Gross: $103.41M
42. A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 49 min | Comedy
The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society hijack a BBC production of A Christmas Carol.
Director: Richard Boden | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Diana Rigg, Dave Hearn, Chris Leask
Votes: 994
43. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 54,937 | Gross: $2.65M
44. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 38,522 | Gross: $0.20M
45. Remember the Night (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 7,195 | Gross: $0.17M
46. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965 TV Movie)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer, Bill Melendez
Votes: 44,112
47. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Passed | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer
Votes: 27,695 | Gross: $7.57M
48. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 12,033
49. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
PG | 122 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
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.
Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose
Votes: 20,745
50. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
PG | 104 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The journey that led to Charles Dickens' creation of "A Christmas Carol," a timeless tale that would redefine Christmas.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Dan Stevens, Mark Schrier, Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 19,285 | Gross: $5.68M
51. White Christmas (1954)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen
Votes: 51,146 | Gross: $30.00M
52. Let It Snow (2019)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people.
Director: Luke Snellin | Stars: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush, Liv Hewson
Votes: 24,968
53. Home for Christmas (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When the constant comments on her single status and society's expectations of the perfect family Christmas finally get to 30-year-old Johanne, she starts a 24-day hunt for a partner to bring home for Christmas.
Stars: Dennis Storhøi, Ida Elise Broch, Hege Schøyen, Oddgeir Thune
Votes: 16,866
54. A Christmas Carol (1984 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward
Votes: 18,345
55. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
G | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley
Votes: 20,906
56. Holiday Affair (1949)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
Director: Don Hartman | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, Wendell Corey, Gordon Gebert
Votes: 7,049
57. A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
PG | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In this origin story of Father Christmas, an ordinary boy--with a loyal pet mouse and a reindeer at his side--sets out on an extraordinary adventure to find his father, who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of Elfhelm.
Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Maggie Smith, Isabella O'Sullivan, Joel Fry, Eden Lawrence
Votes: 27,263
58. The Claus Family (2020)
TV-PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After discovering his grandfather is Santa Claus, Jules has to help him deliver his presents all around the world. But Jules' hatred for Christmas might make that more difficult than Santa thought.
Director: Matthias Temmermans | Stars: Jan Decleir, Mo Bakker, Bracha van Doesburgh, Renée Soutendijk
Votes: 3,070
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