100 Greatest Christmas (Holiday) Films

Christmas (Holiday) films are films (and TV Specials) which feature Christmas themes-such as the spirit of giving, family gatherings, or Santa Claus-extensively throughout the film. These films are ranked according to their direction, story/script, cinematography, acting, music, editing, creativity, and originality, along with its general success and impact/influence in the film industry. While the film’s general success is important, this list emphasizes the success and importance in the specified film genre more strongly.

C* : Critics votes, V* : Viewers votes. The release dates for each movie may depend upon country. Only registred users are allowed to vote. Every 5 votes caste, makes the entity go up one in the list.

C*	V*	Cover	Title	Genre	Director (d) / Writer (w)	Cast	Year
64	64		A Boyfriend for Christmas	Comedy Drama		Kelli Williams Charles Durning Patrick Muldoon	2004
93	93		A Carol Christmas	Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Family	Hallmark Channel (d) Matthew Irmas (d)	Tori Spelling Gary Coleman William Shatner
11	11		A Charlie Brown Christmas	Animation Comedy Family Holiday Kids Short	Bill Melendez (d)	Ann Altieri Chris Doran Sally Dryer	1965
12	13		A Christmas Carol	Fantasy Drama Comedy Science Fiction Family Holiday	Clive Donner (d)	George C. Scott Roger Rees	1984
34	34		A Christmas Carol	Drama Fantasy	David Hugh Jones (d)	Patrick Stewart Richard E. Grant Joel Grey	1999
3	3		A Christmas Carol	Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Family Foreign	Brian Desmond Hurs.. (d)	Alastair Sim Kathleen Harrison Mervyn Johns	1951
26	26		A Christmas Carol	Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Family		Reginald Owen Gene Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart	1938
92	92		A Christmas Memory	Drama	Glenn Jordan (d)	Patty Duke Piper Laurie Jeffrey DeMunn	1997
5	5		A Christmas Story	Comedy Drama Family Holiday	Bob Clark (d) Bob Clark (w)	Melinda Dillon Darren McGavin Peter Billingsley	1983
31	31		A Christmas Tale	Comedy Drama Foreign Horror Indie	Arnaud Desplechin (d)	Catherine Deneuve Anne Consigny Jean-Paul Roussill..	2008
58	58		A Christmas Visitor	Drama		William Devane	2002
51	51		A Christmas Wish	Comedy Family	Irving Pichel (d)	Jimmy Durante Terry Moore Tom Drake	1950
84	84		A Christmas Without Snow	Drama Family Romance			1981
91	91		A Flintstones Christmas Carol	Animation Comedy Family Holiday Kids	Joanna Romersa (d)	Henry Corden Jean Vander Pyl Frank Welker	1994
88	88		A Garfield Christmas Special	Animation Holiday	Phil Roman (d) George Singer (d)	Lorenzo Music Thom Huge Gregg Berger	1987
30	30		A Midnight Clear	Drama History	Keith Gordon (d) Keith Gordon (w)	Peter Berg Kevin Dillon Arye Gross	1992
75	75		A Mom for Christmas	Fantasy Comedy	George T. Miller (d)	Olivia Newton-John.. Juliet Sorcey Doug Sheehan	1990
70	70		A Smoky Mountain Christmas			Dolly Parton Lee Majors John Ritter	1986
32	32		A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas	Comedy Adventure Animation	Todd Strauss-Schul.. (d)	Neil Patrick Harri.. John Cho Elias Koteas	2011
71	71		All I Want For Christmas	Comedy Holiday	Robert Lieberman (d)	Thora Birch Ethan Embry	1991
66	66		An American Christmas Carol		Eric Till (d)	Henry Winkler Dorian Harewood Susan Hogan
42	42		Arthur Christmas	Animation Family	Barry Cook (d) Sarah Smith (d)	Bill Nighy James McAvoy Hugh Laurie	2011
27	27		Babes in Toyland	Comedy Holiday	Gus Meins (d) Charley Rogers (d)	Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Charlotte Henry	1934
59	59		Bachelor Mother	Comedy Drama	Garson Kanin (d)	Ginger Rogers David Niven Charles Coburn	1939
22	22		Bad Santa	Comedy Crime	Terry Zwigoff (d) Glenn Ficarra (w) John Requa (w)	Billy Bob Thornton.. Tony Cox Brett Kelly	2003
56	56		Beyond Tomorrow	error
50	50		Black Christmas	Horror Mystery Thriller	Bob Clark (d) Roy Moore (w)	Olivia Hussey Keir Dullea Margot Kidder	1974
54	54		Christmas Holiday	Drama Film Noir	Robert Siodmak (d)	Deanna Durbin Gene Kelly Richard Whorf	1944
16	16		Christmas in Connecticut	Comedy Drama Romance	Peter Godfrey (d) Adele Comandini (w)	Barbara Stanwyck Dennis Morgan Sydney Greenstreet..	1945
73	73		Christmas in South Park	Animation Comedy Musical Holiday		Trey Parker Matt Stone Mary Kay Bergman	2000
76	76		Christmas in the Clouds				2001
20	19		Die Hard	Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller	John McTiernan (d) Jeb Stuart (w) Steven E. de Souza.. (w)	Bruce Willis Alan Rickman Reginald VelJohnso..	1988
78	78		Die Hard 2	Action Thriller Crime	Renny Harlin (d) Steven E. de Souza.. (w) Doug Richardson (w)	Bruce Willis Bonnie Bedelia William Sadler	1990
95	95		Disney's A Christmas Carol	Fantasy Animation Drama Science Fiction Family Holiday	Robert Zemeckis (d)	Gary Oldman Jim Carrey	2009
21	21		Elf	Comedy Family Fantasy Holiday	Jon Favreau (d) David Berenbaum (w)	Will Ferrell Zooey Deschanel Daniel Tay	2003
67	67		Eloise at Christmastime			Julie Andrews Sofia Vassilieva	2003
53	53		Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas	Comedy Musical Holiday Family	Jim Henson (d)		1980
77	77		Eve's Christmas	Drama Foreign		Elisa Donovan Sebastien Spence Cheryl Ladd	2004
100	100		Four Christmases	Comedy Romance Holiday	Seth Gordon (d) Caleb Wilson (w) Matt Allen (w)	Reese Witherspoon Vince Vaughn Robert Duvall	2008
65	65		Frosty the Snowman	Animation Holiday	Jules Bass (d) Arthur Rankin Jr. (d)	Jimmy Durante Billy De Wolfe Jackie Vernon	1969
23	23		Gremlins	Comedy Fantasy Horror Science Fiction Thriller Holiday	Joe Dante (d) Chris Columbus (w)	Hoyt Axton John Louie Keye Luke	1984
62	62		Holiday Affair	Comedy Drama Romance	Don Hartman (d)	Robert Mitchum Janet Leigh Wendell Corey	1949
4	4		Holiday Inn	Comedy Drama Music Romance Holiday	Mark Sandrich (d) Claude Binyon (w)	Bing Crosby Fred Astaire Marjorie Reynolds	1942
15	15		Home Alone	Comedy Family Holiday	Chris Columbus (d) John Hughes (w)	Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Daniel Stern	1990
48	48		Home Alone 2	Comedy Family Holiday	Chris Columbus (d) John Hughes (w)	Macaulay Culkin Joe Pesci Catherine O'Hara	1992
33	33		How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Comedy Family Fantasy Holiday	Ron Howard (d) Jeffrey Price (w) Peter S. Seaman (w)	Jim Carrey Taylor Momsen Jeffrey Tambor	2000
6	6		How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Animation Musical Holiday	Chuck Jones (d) Ben Washam (d)	Boris Karloff	1966
83	83		I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus		John Shepphird (d)	Connie Sellecca Cole Sprouse Dylan Sprouse	2001
87	87		I'll Be Home for Christmas	Comedy Family	Arlene Sanford (d) Tom Nursall (w)	Jonathan Taylor Th.. Jessica Biel Adam LaVorgna	1998
28	28		I'll Be Seeing You	Drama Romance Family	William Dieterle (d)	Ginger Rogers Joseph Cotten Shirley Temple	1944
1	1		It's a Wonderful Life	Fantasy Drama Science Fiction	Frank Capra (d)	James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore	1946
99	99		Jack Frost	Fantasy Drama Comedy Science Fiction Family	Troy Miller (d) Mark Steven Johnso.. (w)	Michael Keaton Kelly Preston Mark Addy	1998
63	63		Jingle All the Way	Comedy Family Holiday	Brian Levant (d) Randy Kornfield (w)	Arnold Schwarzeneg.. Phil Hartman Sinbad	1996
17	17		Joyeux Noël	Drama History Foreign Holiday	Christian Carion (d) Christian Carion (w)	Diane Kruger Natalie Dessay Benno Fürmann	2005
25	25		Love Actually	Comedy Foreign Holiday Romance	Richard Curtis (d) Richard Curtis (w)	Bill Nighy Gregor Fisher Rory MacGregor	2003
68	68		Lovely, Still	Drama Indie Romance		Martin Landau Ellen Burstyn Adam Scott	2008
35	35		Mickey's Christmas Carol	Family Fantasy Short Animation Holiday	Burny Mattinson (d)	Alan Young Wayne Allwine Clarence Nash	1983
74	74		Miracle on 34th Street	Comedy Drama Fantasy Science Fiction Family Holiday	Les Mayfield (d) George Seaton (w) John Hughes (w)	Richard Attenborou.. Elizabeth Perkins Dylan McDermott	1994
2	2		Miracle on 34th Street	Comedy Drama Fantasy Holiday	George Seaton (d) George Seaton (w)	Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn	1947
97	97		Mixed Nuts	Comedy Drama Horror Romance	Nora Ephron (d) Nora Ephron (w) Delia Ephron (w)	Steve Martin Madeline Kahn Robert Klein	1994
80	80		Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol	Animation Comedy Drama Kids Musical	Abe Levitow (d)	Jim Backus Morey Amsterdam Jack Cassidy	1962
19	20		National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	Comedy Family Holiday	Jeremiah S. Chechi.. (d) John Hughes (w)	Chevy Chase Beverly D'Angelo Juliette Lewis	1989
72	72		One Magic Christmas	Drama Fantasy Holiday	Phillip Borsos (d)	Mary Steenburgen Gary Basaraba Harry Dean Stanton..	1985
52	52		Prancer	Drama Holiday	John D. Hancock (d)	Sam Elliott Rebecca Harrell Cloris Leachman	1989
39	39		Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale	Action Comedy Horror Science Fiction	Jalmari Helander (d)	Per Christian Elle.. Jorma Tommila Tommi Korpela	2010
44	44		Remember the Night	Comedy Romance	Mitchell Leisen (d) Preston Sturges (w)	Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi	1940
8	9		Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Animation Family Holiday	Kizo Nagashima (d) Larry Roemer (d)	Burl Ives Billie Mae Richard.. Paul Soles	1964
61	61		Santa Claus - The Movie	Adventure Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction Family Holiday	Jeannot Szwarc (d)	Dudley Moore John Lithgow David Huddleston	1985
9	8		Scrooge	Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Family Foreign	Ronald Neame (d)	Albert Finney Edith Evans Kenneth More	1970
29	29		Scrooge	Fantasy Drama Action Comedy Science Fiction Family Foreign		Seymour Hicks Donald Calthrop Robert Cochran	1935
18	18		Scrooged	Fantasy Comedy Science Fiction Holiday	Richard Donner (d) Mitch Glazer (w) Michael O'Donoghue.. (w)	Bill Murray Karen Allen John Glover	1988
45	45		Silent Night	Drama		Linda Hamilton Matthew Harbour Alain Goulem	2002
94	94		Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus	Comedy Family Fantasy	Harvey Frost (d)		2004
49	49		Stalag 17	Drama History Romance War	Billy Wilder (d) Billy Wilder (w) Edwin Blum (w)	William Holden Don Taylor Otto Preminger	1953
89	89		The Angel Doll	Drama Family Foreign			2002
98	98		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Comedy Family Holiday	George Schaefer (d) Barbara Robinson (w)	Loretta Swit Jackson Davies Anthony Holland	1983
10	10		The Bishop's Wife	Comedy Drama Fantasy Science Fiction Romance Holiday	Henry Koster (d)	Cary Grant Loretta Young David Niven	1947
57	57		The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya	Animation Comedy Mystery Romance Science Fiction Drama	Yasuhiro Takemoto (d)	Sayaka Aoki Minori Chihara Yuko Goto	2010
86	86		The Family Man	Comedy Drama Fantasy Holiday Romance Science Fiction	Brett Ratner (d) David Diamond (w) David Weissman (w)	Nicolas Cage Téa Leoni Don Cheadle	2000
85	85		The Family Stone	Comedy Drama Romance	Thomas Bezucha (d) Thomas Bezucha (w)	Claire Danes Diane Keaton Rachel McAdams	2005
40	40		The Holiday	Comedy Romance Holiday	Nancy Meyers (d) Nancy Meyers (w)	Cameron Diaz Kate Winslet Jude Law	2006
43	43		The Holly and the Ivy	Drama	George More O'Ferr.. (d)	Ralph Richardson Celia Johnson Margaret Leighton	1954
55	55		The Homecoming: A Christmas Story	Family			1971
79	79		The House Without a Christmas Tree	Drama	Paul Bogart (d)	Jason Robards Mildred Natwick Lisa Lucas	1972
60	60		The Lemon Drop Kid	Comedy	Sidney Lanfield (d)	Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell Lloyd Nolan	1951
90	90	[NO IMAGE]	The Miracle of the Bells	Drama			1948
13	12		The Muppet Christmas Carol	Comedy Family Fantasy Holiday	Brian Henson (d) Jerry Juhl (w)	Michael Caine Dave Goelz Donald Austen	1992
81	81		The Nativity Story	Drama History	Catherine Hardwick.. (d) Mike Rich (w)	Keisha Castle-Hugh.. Oscar Isaac Hiam Abbass	2006
69	69		The Night They Saved Christmas	Drama Holiday	Jackie Cooper (d)	Jaclyn Smith Art Carney Paul Le Mat	1984
14	14		The Nightmare Before Christmas	Fantasy Animation Science Fiction Music Family Holiday	Henry Selick (d) Caroline Thompson (w)	Danny Elfman Chris Sarandon Catherine O'Hara	1993
37	37		The Polar Express	Adventure Animation Family Holiday	Robert Zemeckis (d) Robert Zemeckis (w) William Broyles Jr.. (w)	Tom Hanks Michael Jeter Chris Coppola	2004
96	96		The Preacher's Wife	Fantasy Drama Science Fiction Romance Family	Penny Marshall (d)	Denzel Washington Whitney Houston Courtney B. Vance	1996
38	38		The Ref	Comedy	Ted Demme (d) Richard LaGravenes.. (w)	Denis Leary Judy Davis Kevin Spacey	1994
24	24		The Santa Clause	Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction Family Holiday	John Pasquin (d) Leo Benvenuti (w) Steve Rudnick (w)	Tim Allen Wendy Crewson Judge Reinhold	1994
36	36		The Shop Around the Corner	Comedy Romance Holiday	Ernst Lubitsch (d) Samson Raphaelson (w)	Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Frank Morgan	1940
47	47		The Year Without a Santa Claus	Animation Family	Jules Bass (d) Arthur Rankin Jr. (d)	Shirley Booth Mickey Rooney Dick Shawn	1974
82	82		Unaccompanied Minors	Comedy Family Holiday	Paul Feig (d)	Lewis Black Wilmer Valderrama Dyllan Christopher..	2006
41	41		We're No Angels	Comedy	Michael Curtiz (d) Ranald MacDougall (w) Albert Husson (w)	Humphrey Bogart Aldo Ray Peter Ustinov	1955
46	46		While You Were Sleeping	Comedy Drama Romance	Jon Turteltaub (d) Daniel G. Sullivan.. (w) Fredric LeBow (w)	Sandra Bullock Bill Pullman Peter Gallagher	1995
7	7		White Christmas	Comedy Drama Music Holiday	Michael Curtiz (d)	Bing Crosby Danny Kaye Rosemary Clooney	1954

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