Christmas Films
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1. I Am Santa Claus (2014)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A documentary of an entire year in the lives of five real-bearded professional Santa Clauses to find out what the rest of the year is like for a man who perpetually looks like Jolly Saint Nick.
Director: Tommy Avallone | Stars: Mick Foley, Russell Spice, Jim Stevenson, Santa Claus
Votes: 713
2. A Very Murray Christmas (2015 TV Special)
TV-MA | 56 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Bill Murray worries no one will show up to his TV show due to a terrible snowstorm in New York City.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Bill Murray, Paul Shaffer, Michael Cera, George Clooney
Votes: 16,447
3. Dismembering Christmas (2015)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror
At a vacation winter lake house, seven high school seniors are attacked by a madman out for revenge.
Director: Austin Bosley | Stars: Baker Powell, Scott Seagren, Jennifer Lenius, Leah Wiseman
Votes: 226
4. Treevenge (2008)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Christmas trees ripped out of their forest plan revenge against people enjoying the holidays.
Director: Jason Eisener | Stars: Jonathan Torrens, Sarah Dunsworth, Maris Morgan, Jayden Taylor
Votes: 2,833
5. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Ernest helps Santa Claus as he searches for his successor.
Director: John R. Cherry III | Stars: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker
Votes: 12,859 | Gross: $28.20M
6. The Night Before (II) (2015)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy
On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan
Votes: 82,619 | Gross: $43.04M
7. The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Get ready for some holiday spirits as the first family of fright rallies to show melancholy Eddie Munster (Bug Hall) some of the holly, jolly magic that only Santa can bring.
Director: Ian Emes | Stars: Sam McMurray, Ann Magnuson, Bug Hall, Sandy Baron
Votes: 718
8. Better Watch Out (II) (2016)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
On a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion.
Director: Chris Peckover | Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic
Votes: 46,239 | Gross: $0.02M
9. David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival (1986 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Music
David Letterman hosts his second film festival featuring such guests as Michael J. Fox, Terri Garr, Diane Sawyer and Jonathan Winters.
Director: Hal Gurnee | Stars: David Letterman, Ed Bradley, Calvert DeForest, Chris Elliott
Votes: 76
10.
Night Court (1984–1992)
Episode:
Santa Goes Downtown
(1984)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Harry must deal with a pair of volatile teenage runaways and an old man who believes he's the real Santa Claus.
Director: Asaad Kelada | Stars: Harry Anderson, Karen Austin, John Larroquette, Paula Kelly
Votes: 350
11. An Ex-Hooker's Christmas Carol (1995 Video)
Comedy
It's Christmas time and for her probation, ex-hooker Milly is assigned to look after a mentally challenged young man who takes her to his magical village of little snowmen to make her ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Castiglione | Stars: Dave Castiglione, Phyllis Crouthamel, Deana Demko, Laura Giglio
Votes: 26
12. I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday (2017)
TV-14 | 71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and her 8 year old son struggle to survive in a bomb shelter after an unnamed apocalypse.
Director: Mike Lombardo | Stars: Holly Andrew, Hope Bikle, Reeve Blazi, Damian Maffei
Votes: 317
13. Get Santa (2014)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
After Santa Claus is arrested and jailed, a recently paroled prisoner and his young son attempt to save Christmas before it's too late.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Kit Connor, Ewen Bremner
Votes: 4,753
14. The Grinch (2018)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.
Directors: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams
Votes: 91,100 | Gross: $270.62M
15. 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: 37,427 | Gross: $54.86M
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: 83,474
17. 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: 67,086 | Gross: $46.46M
18. Santa with Muscles (1996)
PG | 97 min | Comedy
A heartless millionaire believes he is Santa Claus after an accident renders him amnesiac.
Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Hulk Hogan, Don Stark, Robin Curtis, Garrett Morris
Votes: 9,598 | Gross: $0.22M
19. Deadly Games (1989)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
On Christmas Eve, a resourceful young boy has to defend himself and his grandfather from a killer dressed as Santa Claus.
Director: René Manzor | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Louis Ducreux, Patrick Floersheim, Alain Lalanne
Votes: 2,782
20. Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | Animation, Comedy
It's Christmas time in Boo York and D-Roc, Dee-Dee, Chad, Slim and the entire Boo Crew discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Director: Shawn Wayans | Stars: Jon Abrahams, George Gore II, David Alan Grier, Buddy Johnson
Votes: 81
21. Noel (2004)
PG | 96 min | Drama
Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.
Director: Chazz Palminteri | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Penélope Cruz, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin
Votes: 10,662
22. A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.
Director: Tristram Shapeero | Stars: Joel McHale, Lauren Graham, Clark Duke, Oliver Platt
Votes: 8,248
23. Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)
G | 96 min | Family, Fantasy
When Santa's sleigh gets stuck in Florida, he tells a group of kids the story of Thumbelina.
Directors: Richard Winer, Barry Mahon | Stars: Jay Ripley, Shay Garner, Pat Morrell, Bob O'Connell
Votes: 1,651
24. A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
R | 104 min | Comedy
As their own mothers drop in unexpectedly, our three under-appreciated and over-burdened moms rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas.
Directors: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore | Stars: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jay Hernandez
Votes: 57,700 | Gross: $72.11M
25. Cup of Cheer (2020)
94 min | Comedy
In a comedic shakeup of every cheesy Christmas movie, a big city journalist goes to a small town for the holidays and finds herself in an unlikely romance with the owner of a struggling hot cocoa shop.
Director: Jake Horowitz | Stars: Storm Steenson, Alexander Oliver, Liam Marshall, Jacob Hogan
Votes: 105
26. Last Christmas (2019)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. Working as an elf in a year-round Christmas store is not good for the wannabe singer. However, she meets Tom there. Her life takes a new turn--that seems too good to be true.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Madison Ingoldsby, Emma Thompson, Boris Isakovic, Lucy Miller
Votes: 90,460 | Gross: $35.15M
27. The Nights Before Christmas (2019)
103 min | Horror
A murderous Santa and Mrs Claus play a cat and mouse game with the FBI.
Director: Paul Tanter | Stars: Simon Phillips, Kate Schroder, Anne-Carolyne Binette, Michael Swatton
Votes: 434
28. Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019)
99 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Robert Tinnell | Stars: Tony Bingham, Skyler Gisondo, Paul Ben-Victor, Jean Zarzour
Votes: 3,742
29. Red Christmas (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart.
Director: Craig Anderson | Stars: Dee Wallace, Sam Campbell, Geoff Morrell, David Collins
Votes: 2,355 | Gross: $0.00M
30. Ugly Sweater Party (2018)
81 min | Comedy, Horror
An ugly sweater party turns into a bloodbath when an evil Christmas sweater possesses one of the partygoers.
Director: Aaron Mento | Stars: Sean Whalen, Felissa Rose, Jennifer Nangle, Bernadette Pérez
Votes: 104
31. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
R | 123 min | Drama, War
During WWII, a British colonel tries to bridge the cultural divides between a British POW and the Japanese camp commander in order to avoid bloodshed.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeshi Kitano
Votes: 20,004 | Gross: $2.31M
32. Happiest Season (2020)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family's acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.
Director: Clea DuVall | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber
Votes: 47,377
33. Fatman (2020)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Directors: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms | Stars: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield
Votes: 30,126
34. A Christmas Tale (2008)
Not Rated | 150 min | Comedy, Drama
The troubled Vuillard family is no stranger to illness, grief, and banishment, but when their matriarch requires a bone-marrow transplant, the estranged clan reunites just in time for Christmas.
Director: Arnaud Desplechin | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny
Votes: 7,563 | Gross: $1.06M
35. Metropolitan (1989)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman, Taylor Nichols
Votes: 12,402 | Gross: $2.94M
36. White Reindeer (2013)
Unrated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmastime in suburban Virginia.
Director: Zach Clark | Stars: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Kim Park, Nathan Williams, Lydia Hyslop
Votes: 1,293
37. The Advent Calendar (2021)
104 min | Horror, Thriller
Eva is a paraplegic. On her birthday, her friend Sophie gives her a strange Advent calendar. It's not the traditional treats you find when you open each drawer, but quirky gifts that are scary and get bloodier.
Director: Patrick Ridremont | Stars: Eugénie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, Clément Olivieri, Janis Abrikh
Votes: 5,983
38. Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982)
88 min | Comedy
Two neurotics, working for a suicide hotline on the night of Christmas Eve, get caught up in a catastrophe when a pregnant woman, her abusive boyfriend, and a transvestite visit their office.
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré | Stars: Anémone, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier
Votes: 10,487
39. Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983–1990)
TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Three chipmunk brothers named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore have been adopted by and are living with Dave (human). Each episode finds them getting into trouble and new and unusual situations.
Stars: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Frank Welker, Dody Goodman
Votes: 3,628
40. Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
PG | 107 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The legend of Santa Claus is put in jeopardy when an unscrupulous toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 15,598 | Gross: $23.72M
41. Father Christmas Is Back (2021)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy
Centers around four sisters who have re-united for the Christmas holiday in a Yorkshire mansion. Misunderstandings uncover the long-buried secret that tore their family apart, so many years ago.
Directors: Mick Davis, Philippe Martinez | Stars: Elizabeth Hurley, John Cleese, Kelsey Grammer, Nathalie Cox
Votes: 7,482
42. Deathcember (2019)
145 min | Comedy, Horror
A collection of 24 films that take a look at the dark side of the festive season. 24 international directors with the most diverse ideas and styles; linked by short animated segments that deal with the Advent calendar itself.
Directors: Lazar Bodroza, B.J. Colangelo, John Cook Lynch, Steve De Roover, Ruggero Deodato, Sonia Escolano, Isaac Ezban, Florian Frerichs, Rémi Fréchette, Sadrac González-Perellón, Trent Haaga, Juergen Kling, Ama Lea, Sang-woo Lee, Andreas Marschall, Annika Marx, Pollyanna McIntosh, Lucky McKee, Bob Pipe, Julian Richards, Jason Rostovsky, Alyosha Saari, Dominic Saxl, R. Zachary Shildwachter, Milan Todorovic, Michael Varrati, Vivienne Vaughn, Sam Wineman | Stars: Barbara Crampton, Clarke Wolfe, Tiffany Shepis, Ryan Fisher
Votes: 917
43. Christmas vs. The Walters (2021)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Diane Walters (Shawnee Smith), an over-burdened mother of two with a third child on the way, strives to create the perfect Christmas while her loving but dysfunctional family falls apart around her.
Director: Peter A. D'Amato | Stars: Shawnee Smith, Dean Winters, Chris Elliott, Bruce Dern
Votes: 379
44. Ted Lasso: The Missing Christmas Mustache (2021)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Follows the ensemble cast of Ted Lasso as they help Ted search for a lost item, but end up understanding the real meaning of the holiday season.
Director: Jed Hathaway | Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
Votes: 826
45. Next Stop, Christmas (2021 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Angie is determined to spend Christmas alone but her usual commuter ride turns into a Christmas train that drops her off in her home town in 2011.
Director: Dustin Rikert | Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca, Chandler Massey, Erika Slezak, Eric Freeman
Votes: 2,832
46. My Southern Family Christmas (2022 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Journalist Campbell gets the chance to meet her biological father for the first time without him knowing. In the end, Campbell must decide if she will reveal the truth, a decision that will change Christmas forever.
Director: Emily Moss Wilson | Stars: Jaicy Elliot, Ryan Rottman, Bruce Campbell, Moira Kelly
Votes: 1,368
47. 'R Xmas (2001)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Drea de Matteo, Lillo Brancato, Lisa Valens, Ice-T
Votes: 1,630 | Gross: $0.00M
48. The Preacher's Wife (1996)
PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines
Votes: 13,725 | Gross: $48.10M
49. Almost Christmas (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.
Director: David E. Talbert | Stars: Kimberly Elise, Omar Epps, Danny Glover, Mo'Nique
Votes: 7,868 | Gross: $41.72M
50. The Best Man Holiday (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama
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.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee | Stars: Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs
Votes: 16,855 | Gross: $70.53M
51. Christmas Holiday (1944)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens
Votes: 1,646
52. A Wiseguy Christmas (2021)
Action, Comedy
Former New York mob boss Tony Pantera has just been relocated to Los Angeles in the witness protection program. Not a fan of Christmas, Tony must rediscover the true meaning of Christmas, while trying to stay alive.
Director: Gregory Hatanaka | Stars: Nino Cimino, Chris Spinelli, Jaclyn Marfuggi, Sam Dobbins
Votes: 296
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