Christmas movies

The 12 Dogs of Christmas (2005) -- In a town where dogs are banned, a girl decides to use the dogs to teach people about the true meaning of Christmas during the Depression.
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996) -- Three children travel to Washington in the hope of convincing President Hoover to release their wrongly convicted father from jail in time for Christmas.
All I Want For Christmas (1991) -- Two kids plot to reunite their estranged parents at Christmas.
Babes in Toyland (1934) -- Stan and Ollie rescue Bo-peep and Tom Tom from Bogeyland.
Bad Santa (2003) -- A conman poses as Santa to rob stores on Christmas Eve.
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) -- An easygoing Priest and a non-nonsense Nun try to save their run down school.
The Bishop's Wife (1947) -- An angel helps an Episcopalian bishop rearrange his priorities.
Blizzard (2003) -- A young girl, who's best friend moves away near Christmas, is told a tale by her aunt of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Christmas at Maxwell's (2006) -- The Austin family face a bleak Christmas when Suzie extremly ill and the family go away to spend their last Christmas together before she dies.
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) -- Fibbing columnist must entertain war hero for the holidays.
A Christmas Carol (1938), MGM's 1938 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story, remade countless times.
A Christmas Carol (2009), Walt Disney Pictures's comedy film.
Christmas Child (2003) -- A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past.
A Christmas Story (1983) -- All Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB gun.
Christmas with the Kranks (2004) -- When a suburban couple decide to forgo Christmas festivities, preferring to take a cruise to the Caribbean instead, their neighbours refuse to allow such Scrooge-like behaviour.
Deck the Halls (2006) -- Neighbours fight over who has the best Christmas lights.
Eight Crazy Nights (2002) -- A half-Jewish, half-Christian man, who gave up on Christmas and Hanukkah after his parents both die around the holidays, is shown the error of his ways when he is forced into community service by refereeing a Junior Basketball team.
Elf (2003) -- A human, raised at the North Pole, searches for his family in New York.
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) -- Everyman-type Ernest helps Santa.
The Family Stone (2005) -- Uptight woman wants acceptance from eccentric clan at Christmastime.
Four Christmases (2008) -- A couple struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
Fred Claus (2007) -- Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole. Starring Vince Vaughn as Fred Claus and Paul Giamatti as Santa Claus.
The Grinch (2000) -- Furry green creature wants to ruin the holidays.
Holiday Inn (1942) -- Musicians prepare for a white Christmas at a cozy lodge.
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) -- An English clergyman reunites with his grown children for Christmas.
Home Alone (1990) -- Accidentally abandoned, Kevin McCallister defends home from holiday burglars.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) -- The wrong plane takes Kevin McCallister to New York for Christmas as his family travels to Miami, Florida.
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) -- A college student finds it hard to get home for the holidays.
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2002) -- When a young boy catches his mom kissing Santa, he decides to be as naughty as he can until he drives Santa back to the North Pole.
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) -- Classic tale, climaxing at Christmas, of a man who gets to see what his hometown would be like had he never lived.
Jingle All the Way (1996) -- Dad (Arnold Schwarzenegger) while searching for season's hot toy, finds season's true meaning.
Joyeux Noël (AKA Merry Christmas) (2005) -- World War I trenches go silent during the "Christmas truce" of 1914.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947), remade (1973 & 1994) -- Macy's Santa, with help from the U.S. Postal Service, restores little girl's faith.
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) -- Jim Henson's creations tackle Charles Dickens' festive favourite.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) -- As usual, Griswold family plans turn to disaster, this time at Christmas.
The Nativity Story (2006) -- The Biblical account (with some added dramatization, of course) of the birth of Jesus Christ.
Noel (2004) -- A series of events link five disparate strangers in New York on Christmas Eve.
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) -- A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.
One Magic Christmas (1985) -- At Christmas time an angel shows a young mother the true meaning of the holiday season.
Prancer (1989) -- Girl nurses a wounded reindeer.
The Polar Express (2004) -- A Magical train takes a boy and other children who stop believing in Santa Claus up north to meet the man himself.
The Preacher's Wife (1996) -- Remake of The Bishop's Wife.
Remember the Night (1940) -- DA falls for Christmastime shoplifter.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) -- Rudolphs own Biopic showing his journey from zero to hero.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) -- Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) -- Biopic for the fat man in the red suit.
The Santa Clause (1994) -- When Santa falls off his roof, a harried ad exec is required to assume the mantle.
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) -- Sequel to The Santa Clause, Santa must find a Mrs Clause.
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) -- Third film in The Santa Clause series, Santa battles Jack Frost to keep his title.
Santa's Slay (2005) -- In this horror/comedy movie it is revealed that Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an Angel, but when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
Scrooge (1951) -- Charles Dickens' ghostly meditation on the holiday, it is regarded as one of the best-known film version of the story with Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Scrooge (1970) -- A Delightful musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic Christmas tale. A Cold-souled Ebenezer Scrooge has a change of heart after spirit visitations on Christmas Eve. It was filmed in London, directed by Ronald Neame, and starred Albert Finney in the title role.
Scrooged (1988) -- Charles Dickens holiday spirits visit a cynical TV exec.
Stalking Santa (2006) -- Dr. Lloyd Darrow, a Self-proclaimed "Santologist" sets of to prove the exsistence of Santa Claus.
Surviving Christmas (2004) -- A young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) -- Inhabitants of Halloween land do a number on Christmas.
This Christmas (2007) -- The Whitfield family comes together for their first Christmas in several years.
Trapped in Paradise (1994) -- Kindly town's hospitality melts Christmas burglars' hearts.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1914) -- A boy gets a ride in Santa's sleigh.
Unaccompanied Minors (2006) -- Bored kids make up their own holidays whilst stuck in an airport after Christmas.
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) -- Documentry about the commercialization of Christmas.
White Christmas (1954) -- As in Holiday Inn, musicians bring Irving Berlin's lyrics to Vermont lodge.
We're No Angels (1955) -- A trio of escaped convicts helps a man and his wife avoid financial ruin and help their daughter find romance on Christmas Eve.

[edit] Made for TV/Straight to Video Christmas Movies
Note this section is for made-for-TV Christmas films only. See here for List of Christmas television specials.
All I Want For Christmas (2007) -- A boy enters himself into a competition to get his mother a husband for Christmas.
An American Christmas Carol (1979) -- In this adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the "Scrooge" figure is a miserly businessman in Depression-era New England.
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas -- This animated parody of A Christmas Carol casts Daffy Duck in the Scrooge-like role, with the rest of the Looney Tunes characters offering support.
The Bears Who Saved Christmas (1994) -- A family gets stranded in a cabin on Christmas Eve, and two teddy bears - Christopher and Holly - venture into the woods to find a Christmas Tree and save Christmas.
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) -- A holiday-themed sequel to the animated Disney theatrical film.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983) -- A church Christmas pageant touches the hearts of a family of juvenile deliquents.
Borrowed Hearts (1997) -- A wealthy manufacturer pays an impoverished single mother who works in his factory, and her daughter, to pretend to be his "family" at Christmastime, in order to impress a visiting old-fashioned tycoon interested in buying his company.
A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004) -- Santa plays matchmaker and sets up a young couple for the holidays.
Bushfire Moon (Aka Miracle Down Under) (1987) -- Directed by George Miller. Starring Dee Wallace, John Waters, and Charles Tingwell.
Call Me Claus (2001) -- Santa Claus is preparing to retire, and grooms an American businesswoman to be his replacement.
Carol for Another Christmas (1964) -- This modernization of A Christmas Carol was produced to promote American support for the United Nations.
A Carol Christmas (2003) -- In a modern retelling of A Christmas Carol, Carol Cartman (Tori Spelling) says "Bah, humbug" to the clichés of her fellow talk-show host, Dr. Bob (William Shatner), and especially to a live Christmas Eve show her producer has planned. Can the spirits of past present and future show her the error of her ways?
Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000) -- Casper must scare someone before Christmas day or be banished from the mortal realm.
A Chance of Snow (1998) -- A divorced couple get snowed in at Christmastime.
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) -- a 28-minute film in which Charlie Brown searches for the true meaning of Christmas, by directing a Christmas play while shunning the hyper-commercialization of Christmas.
Chasing Christmas (2005) -- In a world where the holidays are run by the efficient Bureau of Yuletide Affairs, a bitter and burned-out Ghost of Christmas Past decides to go AWOL while on a "mission" and leave his "target" stranded in 1965.
The Christmas Box (1995) -- Based on the bestselling book of the same name, a couple and their daughter move in with a widow and discover a box containing the answer to the first gift of Christmas.
Christmas Caper (2007) -- A Grinch-like thief retreats to her hometown for Christmas. Can the spirit of the holiday, combined with a stint babysitting her niece and nephew, rid her of her wicked ways?
(Mr. Magoo's) Christmas Carol (1962) -- An animated and musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous book, A Christmas Carol, with Mr. Magoo as Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol (1984) -- Staring George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when 3 ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
A Christmas Carol (1999) -- A Hallmark Channel adaptation of the famous novel by Charles Dickens. Starring Patrick Stewart as Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge and Richard E. Grant as Bob Cratchit.
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987) -- Two truck-driving brothers attempt to transport a load of Christmas gifts from California to an economically-strapped Alaska town.
Christmas Every Day -- A self-centered teenager is forced to relive the same Christmas over and over again after his sister wishes it were Christmas every day.
The Christmas Gift (1986) A widowed architect and his daughter visit a town where everyone believes in Santa Claus.
Christmas in Boston (2005) -- Two pen pals who have never met decide to meet up at one of their home towns in Bostin during the Christmas holidays. Only one problem though, they have both sent pictures of their better looking friends to each other.
A Christmas Romance (1994) -- A Bank vice president is forced to spend the holidays with a woman whose house he was about to reposses after a blizzard hits.
The Christmas Secret (AKA Flight of the Reindeer) (2000) -- A scientist (Beau Bridges) sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas.
The Christmas Star (1986) -- Two kids befriend an escaped convict who they believe is Santa Claus.
A Christmas Too Many (2007) -- A Hollywood legend invites her not so normal family home for the holidays.
A Christmas Visitor (2002) -- A family decides not to celebrate the Christmas holidays for 11 years after their son dies but when a stranger visits them for Christmas, they realize he is the miracle their family has been waiting for.
Deck the Halls (1994) -- Two orphans have decide which one of their two relatives they want to spend Christmas with, there mean aunt or kind uncle.
Deck the Halls (2005) -- A young boy belives his mums new work colleague is Santa Claus and tries to get the pair together even though the young boys mum hates the man.
A Different Kind of Christmas (1996) -- After the death of his wife, a father starts to act like Santa Claus and turns his house into an all year round wonderland. Unfourtunatly his daughter is a big city attorny whos been given the job of making sure her fathers illegal all year Christmas business is shut down.
The Family Holiday (2007) -- A conman must show the executor of his uncle's will that he has changed his lifestyle in order to receive his uncle's fortune.
The Gathering (1977) -- A dying man attempts to reconcile with the family he had abandoned years earlier, by having them come to visit for Christmas.
A Grandpa for Christmas (2007) -- During the Christmas season, an old-time movie-star/singer/hoofer, who is estranged from his daughter and 9-year-old granddaughter, suddenly finds himself bonding with his Granddaughter when her mom is hospitalized.
A Hobo's Christmas (1987) -- A Hobo decides to return home after being away for 25 years.
Home Alone 4 (2002)--a made-for-tv sequel to the theatrical original
Home for Christmas (1990) -- A thief befriends a young boy at Christmas.
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) -- On Christmas Eve in 1933, the Walton family of rural West Virginia awaits the return of the father, who had gone to look for work in a distant city. This film served as a pilot for the series The Waltons.
The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972) -- A widower, still grieving from his wife's death, refuses to allow a Christmas tree in the home, to the dismay of his young daughter.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) -- Mean and stingy green creature wants to ruin the holidays. (Animated; musical)
It Happened One Christmas (1977) -- A young businesswoman, despondent over the circumstances of her life, contemplates suicide but is shown the value of her life by a guardian angel in a remake of It's a Wonderful Life.
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) -- Kermit is shown what life would be like for the rest of the Muppets without him, in this spoof of It's a Wonderful Life.
Like Father, Like Santa (1998) -- Greedy businessman travels to the North Pole to take over Santa's workshop.
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979) -- The lives of three different men are transformed by a magical Santa Claus costume rented them by a mysterious shopkeeper.
The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002) -- Drama based on the true story of toy inventor AC Gilbert, a pacifist toymaker who is forced by the US government to turn his factory into a munitions plant during the First World War. Christmas itself seems to be under threat when Gilbert is asked to convince consumers to buy bonds instead of toys. However, the politicians have reckoned without his commitment to his profession and his public.
A Muppet Family Christmas (1988) -- Kermit and his friends spend Christmas staging a surprise visit to Fozzie Bear's mother's farm.
A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) - After mistakenly intercepting three letters sent by children to Santa Claus, the Muppets must head for the North Pole to get them delivered before Christmas.
Meet the Santas (2005) -- Sequel to "Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus".
Mr. St. Nick (2002) -- An aging Santa Claus is ready to retire but first he must convince his son (Kelsey Grammer) to take over his job.
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996) -- Santa's wife ends up in New York in the early 1900s near Christmastime.
The Night They Saved Christmas (1984) -- An RHI Entertainment Christmas film, originally developed for ABC. The film is about an oil company dynamiting in the North Pole in search of an oil field, unaware that they are endangering Santa Claus. The movie stars Jaclyn Smith and Art Carney.
Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999) -- A Dog called Olive wants to be a reindeer at Christmastime.
Red Boots for Christmas (2004)
Roots: The Gift (1988)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) -- Claymation adaptation of the popular song where Rudolph, and Hermey the Misfit Elf, overcome rejection for their differences and help Santa Claus make his Christmas Eve trip.
Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
Santa Baby (2006) -- Mary Class is a highly successful business executive - who just happens to be the daughter of Santa Claus. But when her father falls ill, Mary returns to the North Pole and the life she left behind to take over for her dad and implement her innovative ideas for running Christmas.
A Season for Miracles (1999) -- A homeless woman and her niece and nephew attempt to outrun the authorities during the holiday season.
Snow (2004) -- Nick Snowden, heir to a certain Arctic toy business, must work hard to save Christmas after someone steals Buddy the reindeer and brings him to a California zoo.
Stealing Christmas (2003) -- A criminal hides in a small town and takes a job as a Santa.
Santa Jr. (2002) -- Santa's son, mistaken for the 'Christmas Bandit,' is held under house arrest two days before Christmas.
Santa Who? -- Santa suffers an attack of amnesia shortly before Christmas after falling out of his sleigh. Only the innocence of a small child can save Christmas for thousands of people around the world.
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004) -- A high-flying career woman and single mother with no time for love or Christmas is unexpectedly wooed by Santa's son and heir, Nick (Steve Guttenberg). Nick must find a wife before Christmas as for his father wants to retire.
CBC's The True Meaning of Christmas Specials (2002) -- Hosted by David Foley, this parody of Christmas specials and many classic Christmas stories follows David and friends as he seeks to learn the meaning of Christmas Specials, beyond selling knick-nacks for $49.99.
The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) -- A girl steals a weather machine from Santa Claus, to make it snow on Christmas Day but the machine breaks, and causes an out of control snowstorm.
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) -- Claymation story of Santa deciding to take a holiday one year, so Mrs. Claus corrals Heat Miser and Snow Miser, along with children of the world to show Santa people still believe in him.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus (1974) -- An animated account of young Virginia O'Hanlon's letter to the editor inquiring on the truth of Santa Claus.