My Favorite Christmas/Holiday Movies
by hayleyanne77 | created - 04 Jan 2013 | updated - 11 Dec 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,456
2. White Christmas (1954)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen
Votes: 51,146 | Gross: $30.00M
3. Holiday Inn (1942)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
Directors: Mark Sandrich, Robert Allen | Stars: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale
Votes: 17,633 | Gross: $8.18M
4. 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: 310,919 | Gross: $173.40M
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam | Stars: Boris Karloff, June Foray, Dal McKennon
Votes: 59,047
6. 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: 291,622 | Gross: $260.04M
7. The Polar Express (2004)
G | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter, Leslie Zemeckis
Votes: 241,425 | Gross: $183.37M
8. Snow Day (2000)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Chevy Chase, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk, Chris Elliott
Votes: 13,710 | Gross: $60.02M
9. 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: 653,140 | Gross: $285.76M
10. 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: 402,763 | Gross: $173.59M
11. Home Alone 3 (1997)
PG | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off international spies who seek a top-secret computer chip in his toy car.
Director: Raja Gosnell | Stars: Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny von Dohlen
Votes: 127,297 | Gross: $30.88M
12. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan
Votes: 9,371 | Gross: $21.30M
13. Christmas Angel (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family
Christmas wishes made before a long-abandoned house that start coming true lead an elementary-school girl to discover a reclusive woman living inside.
Director: Brian Herzlinger | Stars: Della Reese, Teri Polo, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Kevin Sorbo
Votes: 1,290
14. 12 Dates of Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A story that follows Kate, a young woman who after a horrible blind date on Christmas Eve, wakes up to find she is re-living that same day and date all over again.
Director: James Hayman | Stars: Laura Miyata, Vijay Mehta, Amy Smart, Audrey Dwyer
Votes: 8,324
15. Holiday Engagement (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Afraid to tell her family she's been dumped, Hillary hires an actor to play her fiancé during a four-day Thanksgiving weekend at her parents' house.
Director: Jim Fall | Stars: Bonnie Somerville, Shelley Long, Jordan Bridges, Sam McMurray
Votes: 4,206
16. The Angel Doll (2002)
PG | 93 min | Drama
Two small town boys sharing paper route. "Whitey" Black lives in poverty with his single mother and young middle class Jerry Barlow. When Whitey wants to buy his small sister a doll it all opens their eyes to the vastness life around them.
Director: Alexander Johnston | Stars: Betsy Brantley, Beatrice Bush, Pat Hingle, Gil Johnson
Votes: 304
17. The Heart of Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 86 min | Drama, Family
The Locke family is devastated when they learn that their 2-year-old son Dax has leukemia.
Director: Gary Wheeler | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Jeanne Neilson, Christopher Shone, Nicholas Shone
Votes: 1,238
18. Snijeg (2008)
100 min | Drama
Post traumatic life of the Bosnian Muslim widows and daughters after their husbands and fathers were murdered by Bosnian Serb Army. Plot is set in post war eastern Bosnian village near town of Zvornik.
Director: Aida Begic | Stars: Zana Marjanovic, Jasna Beri, Sadzida Setic, Vesna Masic
Votes: 1,151
19. All I Want for Christmas (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Family, Romance
Anxious to help his struggling widowed mom, Sara, 10-year-old Jessie enters a national video contest. But Jessie's winning entry, "All I Want for Christmas is a Husband for my Mom," has ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Gail O'Grady, Greg Germann, Robert Mailhouse, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak
Votes: 1,148
20. A Christmas Kiss (2011 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
After a spontaneous kiss, a struggling designer ends up falling in love with her demanding boss's boyfriend as she decorates his home for a Christmas party.
Director: John Stimpson | Stars: Elisabeth Röhm, Laura Breckenridge, Brendan Fehr, Jerrika Hinton
Votes: 5,021
21. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority ticket booth operator is mistaken for the fiancée of a comatose patient.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle
Votes: 114,087 | Gross: $81.06M
22. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Idiocy strikes when a woman and her daughter get separated from their family during the holidays.
Director: Arlene Sanford | Stars: Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico
Votes: 7,265
23. Prep & Landing (2009 TV Short)
TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.
Directors: Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers | Stars: David Foley, Sarah Chalke, Mason Cotton, David DeLuise
Votes: 4,006
24. Little Women (1994)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The March sisters live and grow in post-Civil War America.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes
Votes: 63,625 | Gross: $50.08M
25. Snow Day (2000)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.
Director: Chris Koch | Stars: Chevy Chase, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk, Chris Elliott
Votes: 13,710 | Gross: $60.02M
26. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
G | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley
Votes: 20,906
27. Annabelle's Wish (1997 Video)
54 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A mute boy and a calf with the ability to speak form a deep friendship, learning what it means to love and sacrifice for another.
Director: Roy Wilson | Stars: Randy Travis, Jay Johnson, Jerry Van Dyke, Jim Varney
Votes: 2,045
28. The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991 TV Movie)
30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Ivy, an orphan wants a grandmother and a doll for Christmas. She mistakes a sign greeting her into a town, she jumps off a bus and shouts, "It's me, Ivy!". In the cold she looks for a ... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Margerin | Stars: Jonathan Winters, Paul Winfield, Brittany Thornton, Lea Floden
Votes: 112
29. Mrs. Santa Claus (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Claus (Dame Angela Lansbury) takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the multicultural ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Michael Jeter, Terrence Mann, Lynsey Bartilson
Votes: 1,259
30. Love Surreal (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An artistic young visionary's heart is torn between her imaginary boyfriend and a real guy from one of her classes.
Director: Ryan Little | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Nick Zano, Alexandra Holden, Orlando Seale
Votes: 1,746
31. Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
PG | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Three musical chipmunks are discovered by an aspiring songwriter who wants to use their amazing singing abilities to become famous.
Director: Tim Hill | Stars: Jason Lee, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, David Cross
Votes: 94,887 | Gross: $217.33M
32.
The Wonderful World of Disney (1997–2023)
Episode:
Annie
(1999)
Unrated | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A little orphan girl catches the attention of a kind man named Mr. Warbucks, who wants to adopt her, but the cruel, strict orphanage owner has a scheme to keep Annie - and her reward money.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth
Votes: 5,797
33. The Family Man (2000)
PG-13 | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven
Votes: 119,436 | Gross: $75.79M
34. Pete's Christmas (2013 TV Movie)
PG | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A put-upon teen finds himself reliving the same miserable Christmas day over and over again.
Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Zachary Gordon, Molly Parker, Rick Roberts, Wesley Morgan
Votes: 2,041
35. Christmas Bounty (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Comedy
An NYC schoolteacher is threatened by a man, she caught as bounty hunter 6 years ago. She's kept her past a secret, so she returns to her parents in NJ to catch him again.
Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Francia Raisa, Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin, Will Greenberg, Michael Hanus
Votes: 1,114
36. Becoming Santa (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
The story of one man entering the culture and character of Santa Claus for a single season. We follow Jack as he bleaches his hair and goes to Santa School. He tries to do everything that ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Myers | Stars: John Merian, Gary Casey, Peter Fontana, David Childs
Votes: 430
37. Just Friends (I) (2005)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high-school crush and best friend--a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein
Votes: 127,337 | Gross: $32.62M
38. A Christmas Prince (2017)
TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
When a reporter goes undercover as a tutor to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 21,903
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