My favorite Christmas movies/specials
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1. 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: 310,899 | Gross: $173.40M
2. 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: 133,447 | Gross: $144.83M
3. The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
G | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Scott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for eight years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd
Votes: 63,921 | Gross: $139.24M
4. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Santa, a.k.a. Scott Calvin, is faced with double-duty: how to keep his new family happy and how to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.
Director: Michael Lembeck | Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd
Votes: 42,681 | Gross: $84.50M
5. 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: 67,134 | Gross: $46.46M
6. 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: 653,098 | Gross: $285.76M
7. 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: 402,735 | Gross: $173.59M
8. 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
9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)
TV-G | 47 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
Director: Larry Roemer | Stars: Billie Mae Richards, Burl Ives, Larry D. Mann, Paul Soles
Votes: 37,487
10. Frosty the Snowman (1969 TV Short)
TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jackie Vernon, Billy De Wolfe, Jimmy Durante, Paul Frees
Votes: 21,470
11. 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
12. 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: 291,613 | Gross: $260.04M
13. 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: 91,187 | Gross: $270.62M
14. 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
15. 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: 43,890 | Gross: $17.19M
16. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever (2023)
PG | 62 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
For Greg the winter vacations are going a little rough, after getting stuck with his family in the snow and worrying about getting the new console.
Director: Luke Cormican | Stars: Erica Cerra, Christian Convery, Chris Diamantopoulos, Hunter Dillon
Votes: 1,259
17. Jingle All the Way (1996)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson
Votes: 116,185 | Gross: $60.57M
18. Jingle All the Way 2 (2014 Video)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family
Larry's daughter Noel wants only one thing for Christmas: a talking bear. Her stepdad Victor intends to make sure that Larry can't get one.
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Larry the Cable Guy, Brian Stepanek, Anthony Carelli, Kennedi Clements
Votes: 2,867
19. Prancer Returns (2001 Video)
Not Rated | 91 min | Family, Drama, Fantasy
Preteen brothers from a broken marriage live with their mother, Denise, in a rural town. Ryan, the cheeky elder boy, wants to go live with their father, Matt, in Chicago. This confuses shy ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Butler | Stars: Gavin Fink, John Corbett, Stacy Edwards, Michael O'Keefe
Votes: 675
20. Fred Claus (2007)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 47,811 | Gross: $72.01M
21. Deck the Halls (2006)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family
Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.
Director: John Whitesell | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Danny DeVito, Kristin Chenoweth, Kristin Davis
Votes: 33,172 | Gross: $35.09M
22. Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Family
With their daughter, Blair, away in Peru, Luther and Nora Krank decide to skip Christmas all together until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate it at the last minute.
Director: Joe Roth | Stars: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh
Votes: 57,604 | Gross: $73.78M
23. Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
It's a post-Christmas play-date and the toys have to go up against the fearsome and aggressive new dino toys.
Director: Steve Purcell | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Kristen Schaal, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 13,182
24. A Christmas Carol (2009)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Steve Valentine
Votes: 129,573 | Gross: $137.86M
25. Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A group of unaccompanied minors bond while snowed in at the midwestern Hoover International Airport during the holiday season and ultimately create a makeshift holiday themselves.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Dyllan Christopher, Tyler James Williams, Gia Mantegna, Quinn Shephard
Votes: 12,430 | Gross: $16.65M
26. Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998 Video)
G | 84 min | Comedy, Family
After getting blamed for spoiling Christmas, the richest kid in the world wishes he'd never been born.
Director: John Murlowski | Stars: David Gallagher, Eugene Levy, Keene Curtis, Jake Richardson
Votes: 2,560
27. Godmothered (2020)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An unskilled young fairy godmother ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored.
Director: Sharon Maguire | Stars: June Squibb, Jillian Bell, Sonia Manzano, Carlease Burke
Votes: 14,002
28. Cricket on the Hearth (1967 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Ed Ames, Hans Conried
Votes: 828
29. The Naughty Nine (2023)
TV-PG | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When Andy finds out he's on Santa's "naughty list," he pulls together a group of "naughty list" kids to get the presents they think they deserve.
Director: Alberto Belli | Stars: Danny Glover, Derek Theler, Lindura, Winslow Fegley
Votes: 2,051
30. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey
Votes: 375,305 | Gross: $75.08M
31. Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
G | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When the Christmas spirit mysteriously begins to disappear, the playful and mischievous Santa Pups - Hope, Jingle, Charity and Noble - must race to save Christmas.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Cheryl Ladd, George Newbern, Danny Woodburn, Obba Babatundé
Votes: 1,605
32. The Search for Santa Paws (2010 Video)
G | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Magic dogs and an elf team up with two children to rescue Santa who has lost his memory.
Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Kaitlyn Maher, Madison Pettis, Richard Riehle, Danny Woodburn
Votes: 3,263
33. Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004 Video)
G | 68 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Sequel to Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Directors: Theresa Cullen, Carole Holliday, Peggy Holmes, Matthew O'Callaghan | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings
Votes: 5,944
34. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999 Video)
Not Rated | 66 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Three tales of Christmas past about Donald's nephews reliving the day on repeat, Max Goof's belief in Santa being challenged, and Mickey and Minnie making ends meet.
Directors: Jun Falkenstein, Alex Mann, Bradley Raymond, Toby Shelton, Bill Speers | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Wayne Allwine, Russi Taylor, Tony Anselmo
Votes: 10,403
35.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Eloise at Christmastime
(2003)
TV-G | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A 6-year-old girl tries to reunite a young woman with a former boyfriend before she marries another.
Director: Kevin Lima | Stars: Julie Andrews, Sofia Vassilieva, Kenneth Welsh, Debra Monk
Votes: 2,566
36. Love the Coopers (2015)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The intertwined stories of four generations of Coopers unfold right before the annual family reunion on Christmas Eve. Can they survive the most beautiful time of the year?
Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Ed Helms
Votes: 26,788 | Gross: $26.28M
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