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1. 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: 531,640 | Gross: $59.70M

2. Daddy's Home 2 (2017)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy

Having finally gotten used to each other's existence, Brad and Dusty must now deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.

Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow

Votes: 82,317 | Gross: $104.03M

3. Saved! (2004)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, all of her former friends turn on her and she is ostracized and demonized.

Director: Brian Dannelly | Stars: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit

Votes: 49,004 | Gross: $8.94M

4. Millions (2004)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ethics, being human and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of Pounds just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Alex Etel, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Lewis McGibbon

Votes: 26,364 | Gross: $6.58M

5. Four Christmases (2008)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas.

Director: Seth Gordon | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen, Robert Duvall

Votes: 80,850 | Gross: $120.15M

6. Nativity! (2009)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family

An uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher's little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class' nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton, Jason Watkins, Ashley Jensen

Votes: 12,462

7. 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: 13,734 | Gross: $48.10M

8. Single All the Way (2021)

TV-PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Desperate to avoid his family's judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they're now in a relationship.

Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Luke Macfarlane, Barry Bostwick

Votes: 19,596

9. Le pupille (2022)

PG | 39 min | Short

Follow the rebellious girls of a Catholic boarding school before Christmas, a time of war and scarcity.

Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Carmen Pommella, Lady Maru

Votes: 3,720

10. Cross Country Christmas (2020 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

After their flight is diverted, two old school friends work together to try and get back home in time for Christmas.

Director: Catherine Cyran | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Greyston Holt, Jon Cor, Robyn Bradley

Votes: 2,023

11. Boxing Day (2021)

109 min | Comedy, Romance

Melvin, a British author in America, goes home to London for Christmas with his fiancée Lisa. She meets his eccentric family and their relationship is tested as she discovers his old world.

Director: Aml Ameen | Stars: Aml Ameen, Aja Naomi King, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Tamara Lawrance

Votes: 1,424

12. Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Family

A worried new teacher has to juggle a pregnant wife and a class of children on a road trip to the National 'Song for Christmas' Competition.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: David Tennant, Marc Wootton, Jason Watkins, Joanna Page

Votes: 4,395

13. Echo (2019)

Not Rated | 79 min | Drama

Everyday life in Iceland around Christmas time: 56 vignettes full of joy, sorrow and thought-provoking situations.

Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson | Stars: Sigurmar Albertsson, Bent Kingo Andersen, Sif Arnarsdóttir, Ari Arnarson

Votes: 1,652

14. Blessed (2004)

R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A fertility clinic visit becomes an unfathomable nightmare for a woman who's impregnated with the devil's DNA.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Heather Graham, James Purefoy, Fionnula Flanagan, Alan McKenna

Votes: 2,358

15. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 48 min | Comedy, Family

A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Loretta Swit, Jackson Davies, Antony Holland, David Alexander

Votes: 824

16. A Heavenly Christmas (2016 TV Movie)

TV-G | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Upon her untimely death, a workaholic who never put much value into the joys of Christmas finds herself recruited to be a Christmas Angel -- and is assigned a hard luck case that she accidentally falls in love with.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Kristin Davis, Eric McCormack, Shirley MacLaine, Jaeda Lily Miller

Votes: 2,097

17. The Road Home for Christmas (2019 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 84 min | Drama, Romance

Lindsey and Wes, rival musicians who perform in a dueling-piano show, suddenly find themselves without a gig on Christmas Eve and decide to road-trip to their neighboring hometowns together.

Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Marla Sokoloff, Rob Mayes, Marie Osmond, Jan Broberg

Votes: 799

18. After Jimmy (1996 TV Movie)

Drama

Drama about a teenage boy's suicide.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Meredith Baxter, Bruce Davison, Peter Facinelli, Mae Whitman

Votes: 304

19. The Christmas Dance (2021)

94 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Traumatized by her past, Christmas is not at the top of Sarah's list this time of year. However, waltzing through life's unexpected emergencies, she is taught the Christmas Dance.

Director: Michael Arcell | Stars: Brady Amaya, Richard Karn, Katherine Kelly Lang, Noah Nelson

Votes: 300

20. Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem (2019)

100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

A thief and a priest end up magically transported in the year 0's Palestine, where they'll have to make sure that the Nativity will follow its course.

Directors: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone | Stars: Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone, Massimo Popolizio, Roberta Mattei

Votes: 1,270

21. Wishin' and Hopin' (2014)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The ups and downs of life at a parochial school for 10-year-old Felix as the Christmas nativity pageant approaches.

Director: Colin Theys | Stars: Wyatt Ralff, Quinn McColgan, Danny Nucci, Molly Ringwald

Votes: 803

22. Miracle at Moreaux (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 58 min | Drama, History, War

It is 1943, and the students at a catholic boarding school decide to hide three Jewish children from the Nazis. To save the children, the members of the boarding school will have to find the courage to risk their own lives in the process.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Loretta Swit, Robert Joy, Ken Pogue, Robert Kosoy

Votes: 146

23. Naughty & Nice (2014 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

A cynical radio host is banished to Colorado, where he has an on-air spat with a hopeless romantic. Soon, their antagonistic relationship sparks the interest of the whole town.

Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Haylie Duff, Tilky Jones, Maureen McCormick, Eric Petersen

Votes: 1,726

24. My Sweet Holiday (2020 TV Movie)

84 min | Drama, Romance

Sadie returns home for Christmas after her boyfriend cancels their Holiday plans, only to find out her parents have sold the family business. Begrudgingly Sadie agrees to teach the new ... See full summary »

Director: Sandra L. Martin | Stars: Malone Thomas, Jason Burkey, Remi Hilson, George Cron

Votes: 627

25. A Christmas Snow (2009)

TV-PG | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A woman refuses to celebrate Christmas because of her father abandoning his family during the holiday.

Director: Tracy Trost | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Muse Watson, Cameron Ten Napel, Anthony Tyler Quinn

Votes: 891

26. 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

27. 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

28. Christmas Child (2004)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

A life-sized Nativity scene leads a man to learn about his past and lost family.

Directors: Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan | Stars: William R. Moses, Tonya Bordeaux, Steven Curtis Chapman, Megan Follows

Votes: 666

29. Shades of Fear (1994)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Desire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a naive young woman finds romance in the arms of a dashing stranger who could be a dangerous criminal.

Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, John Hurt, Jonathan Pryce, Dorothy Tutin

Votes: 371

30. Baby in a Manger (2019 TV Movie)

G | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Christmas is about a miracle baby, but when CPS agent Alison and police officer Brock find a lost baby lying in a nativity scene, it'll take a miracle for them just to stop bickering. Can ... See full summary »

Director: Justin G. Dyck | Stars: Monica Rodriguez Knox, Michael Morrone, Caylin Turner, Gene Abella

Votes: 296

31. The Star of Christmas (2002 Video)

Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber appear as Cavis Appythart and Millward Phelps, respectively--two jingle writers based loosely on Gilbert and Sullivan. The setting is 1880s London, and... See full summary »

Director: Tim Hodge | Stars: Dan Anderson, Matthew Hodge, Tim Hodge, Mike Nawrocki

Votes: 460

32. Away in a Manger (1954 TV Movie)

Drama, Family

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Stars: James Raglan, Fiona Cunninghame, Raymond Rollett, John Rogers

33. A Cradle of Willow (1952 TV Movie)

75 min | Drama

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Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Stanley Baker, Robert Speaight, Hugh Pryse, Trader Faulkner

34. Away in a Manger (1955 TV Movie)

55 min | Drama, Family, Musical

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Director: Dorothea Brooking | Stars: Tristan Rawson, Petra Davies, Michael Brooke, Owen Berry

35. A Time to Be Born (1952 TV Movie)

60 min | Drama, Family

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Stars: Lyndon Brook, George Coulouris, Pat Fryer, Laurence Hardy

36. A Time to Be Born (1953 TV Movie)

Drama, Family

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Stars: John Akar, Timothy Bateson, Mark Dignam, Grazina Frame

37. Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode: Midnight of the Century (1997)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

As Christmas approaches, Frank is contacted by his estranged father, which brings back a childhood memory. However, Jordan is contacted by the spirit of her dead grandmother who also had Frank's gift, so Frank turns to Lara for advice.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Terry O'Quinn, Brittany Tiplady

Votes: 382

38. Quintuplets (2004–2005)
Episode: Bob and Carol Save Christmas (2004)

TV-14 | Comedy

Bob and Carol find that the quints are really sick of 'Quintsmas', which means getting no Christmas presents until the Christmas sale, just pictures on the actual holiday, so they risk all ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Cadiff | Stars: Andy Richter, Rebecca Creskoff, Johnny Lewis, April Matson

Votes: 9

39. Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode: The Play of the Nativity of the Child Jesus (1952)

60 min | Drama

The birth of Jesus and the serene Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Robert Shaw Chorale, Betty Furness, Lloyd Bochner, John Cannon

Votes: 40

40. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.2224 (2001)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Mark Sendell | Stars: Letitia Dean, Steve McFadden, Barbara Windsor, Lucy Benjamin

Votes: 17

41. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.2857 (2004)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Clive Arnold | Stars: Letitia Dean, Nigel Harman, Leslie Grantham, Shane Richie

42. Camp Camp (2016– )
Episode: A Camp Camp Christmas, or Whatever (2017)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Everyone gets into the holiday spirit when a freak snow storm blows in. David tries to make it the best "holiday" for all the kids, while Max and Neil try to figure out why Nikki loves Christmas so much.

Stars: Michael Jones, Lee Eddy, Yuri Lowenthal, Miles Luna

Votes: 47

43. Jeremy Vine (2018– )
Episode: Episode #2.246 (2019)

95 min | News, Reality-TV, Talk-Show

Jeremy asks - Will the row over a little boy's hospital treatment cost Boris your vote? Should sugary foods be placed on the top shelf? Should every child get an equal part in a nativity play?

Director: Claire Bellis | Stars: Jeremy Vine, Storm, Tony Blackburn, Jemma Forte

44. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.193 (1986)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Nicholas Prosser | Stars: Anita Dobson, Leslie Grantham, Bill Treacher, Wendy Richard

Votes: 9

45. Muchachada nui (2007–2010)
Episode: Episode #3.8 (2009)

Animation, Comedy

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Director: Joaquín Reyes | Stars: Joaquín Reyes, Ernesto Sevilla, Raúl Cimas, Julián López

46. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.3914 (2009)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Nic Phillips | Stars: Samantha Womack, Rita Simons, Larry Lamb, Charlie Brooks

47. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.3913 (2009)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Steve Finn | Stars: Barbara Windsor, Larry Lamb, Charlie Brooks, Steve McFadden

48. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.3916 (2009)

TV-PG | 28 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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Director: Nic Phillips | Stars: Barbara Windsor, Steve McFadden, Rita Simons, Charlie Jones

49. EastEnders (1985– )
Episode: Episode #1.5196 (2015)

TV-PG | 35 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Vincent demands Arthur leave town. Carmel's baby gift to Stacey raises Shabnam's suspicions. As Stacey gives birth, Shabnam realizes that Kush fathered the infant. Someone is locked in Vincent's trunk. Ronnie gets an unexpected visitor.

Director: Rebecca Gatward | Stars: Scott Maslen, Samantha Womack, Rakhee Thakrar, Lacey Turner

50. Grantchester (2014–2025)
Episode: Christmas Special 2016 (2016)

TV-14 | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Geordie and Sidney must hunt for a killer, and hope to bring justice to two women mourning for their lost loves at Christmas time.

Director: Edward Bennett | Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie, Al Weaver

Votes: 429