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A Christmas movie is a movie based on the holiday Christmas.Most Christmas movies are intended to leave the audience feeling good after viewing, and almost always have a happy ending. Other films have been set during the Christmas period but do not have Christmas as their theme. Often such films are planned for release during the lucrative Christmas-New Year’s holiday season when filmgoers traditionally take in movies in large numbers. An example is Die Hard.

List of Christmas movies

* ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1914) — A boy gets a ride in Santa’s sleigh.
* March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934) — Stan and Ollie rescue Bo-peep and Tom Tom from Bogeyland.
* A Christmas Carol, MGM’s 1938 film version of the classic story, remade countless times.
* Remember the Night (1940) — DA falls for Christmastime shoplifter.
* Holiday Inn (1942) — Musicians prepare for a white Christmas at cosy lodge.
* Christmas in Connecticut (1945) — Fibbing columnist must entertain war hero for the holidays.
* The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) — An easygoing Priest and a non-nonsense Nun try to save their run down school.
* 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.
* Bishop’s Wife, The (1947) — An angel helps an Episcopalian bishop rearrange his priorities.
* Miracle on 34th Street (1947), remade (1973 & 1994) — Macy’s Santa, with help from the U.S. Postal Service, restores little girl’s faith.
* 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.
* 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.
* Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) — Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
* 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.
* A Christmas Story (1983) — All Ralphie wants for Christmas is a Red Ryder BB gun.
* One Magic Christmas (1985) — At Christmas time an angel shows a young mother the true meaning of the holiday season.
* Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) — Biopic for the fat man in the red suit.
* Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) — Everyman-type Ernest helps Santa.
* Scrooged (1988) — Dickens’ holiday spirits visit cynical TV exec.
* National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) — As usual, Griswold family plans turn to disaster, this time at Christmas.
* Prancer (1989) — Girl nurses wounded reindeer.
* Home Alone (1990) — Accidentally abandoned, Kevin McCallister defends home from holiday burglars.
* All I Want For Christmas (1991) –Two kids plot to reunite their estranged parents at Christmas
* 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.
* The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) — Jim Hensons creations tackle Charles Dickens’ festive favourite
* Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) — Inhabitants of Halloween land do a number on Christmas.* Trapped in Paradise (1994) — Kindly town’s hospitality melts Christmas burglars’ hearts.
* The Santa Clause (1994) — When Santa falls off his roof, a harried ad exec is required to assume the mantle.
* Jingle All the Way (1996) — Dad (Arnold Schwarzenegger) while searching for season’s hot toy, finds season’s true meaning.
* Preacher’s Wife, The (1996) — Remake of The Bishop’s Wife.
* I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998) — A college student finds it hard to get home for the holidays.
* Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) –
* The Grinch (2000) — Furry green creature wants to ruin the holidays.
* Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
* 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.
* The Santa Clause 2 (2002) — Sequel to The Santa Clause, Santa must find a Mrs Clause.#
* Elf (2003) — A human, raised at the North Pole, searches for his family in New York.
* Bad Santa (2003) — A conman poses as Santa to rob stores on Christmas Eve.
* Christmas Child (2003) — A life-sized nativity leads a man to learn about his past.
* Christmas with the Kranks (2004) — With daughter away, parents decide to skip Christmas.
* The Polar Express (2004) — Magical train takes riders north.
* Surviving Christmas (2004) — A young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.
* The Family Stone (2005) — Uptight woman wants acceptance from eccentric clan at Christmastime.
* Joyeux Noël (2005) — World War I trenches go silent during the “Christmas truce” of 1914.
* Deck the Halls (2006) — Neighbours fight over who has the best Christmas lights.
* The Nativity Story (2006) — The Biblical account (with some added dramatization, of course) of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.
* The Santa Clause 3 (2006) — Third film in The Santa Clause series, Santa battles Jack Frost to keep his title.
* Unaccompanied Minors (2006) — Bored kids make up their own holidays whilst stuck in an airport after Christmas.
* 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.
* This Christmas (2007) — The Whitfield family comes together for their first Christmas in several years.

List of movies related to Christmas

* Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) — Songwriter Dave Seville takes in three chipmunks, who can sing, during the Christmas season. The movie also features the classic Chipmunk Song.
* The Associate (1996) — Whoopi Goldberg stars in this comedy about a woman making it on Wall Street by creating a pretend male partner.
* Babe (1995) — The segment “Pork is a Nice Sweet Meat” takes place on Christmas day.
* Batman Returns (1992) — Batman battles the Penguin, Catwoman, and a corrupt industrialist during the Christmas holiday.
* Black Christmas (1974, remade 2006) — A stranger terrorizes sorority girls during the holiday break.
* Brazil (1985) — At the start of the film, Brian Miller is apprehended by soldiers during the holidays when he is mistaken for a terrorist. Near the end, the imprisoned Jonathan Pryce is visited by Peter Vaughan; Vaughan’s character is dressed like Santa Claus on his way to a charity event.
* Bush Christmas (1947, remade 1983) — Aussie children quest for stolen horses at Christmas time.
* Cast Away (2000) — A FedEx plane crashes near an uninhabited island on Christmas night. Where the only survivor must live for the next 4 years.
* Die Hard (1988) — on Christmas Eve, terrorists seize control of an LA skyscrapper.
* Die Hard 2 (1990) — Terrorists take over an airport on Christmas Eve.
* Enemy of the State (1998) — A man (Will Smith) is pursued by rogue agents after he unknowingly obtains incriminating evidence on them while shopping for Christmas gifts for his family.
* The Family Man (2000) — Starring Nicolas Cage in this modern take on It’s a Wonderful Life, where he plays a man who is given the chance to see what his life would have been like if he’d stayed with his college girlfriend.
* Funny Farm (1988) - A couple buys their dream farmhouse in the country, but end up divorcing. They attempt to sell their farmhouse by bribing the local townspeople to create the perfect fantasy Christmas to impress prospective buyers.
* Futurama: Bender’s Big Score (2007) — Nudist aliens take over the world and the Planet Express crew are made homeless at Christmas. Also, Santa Claus helps in the final battle.
* The Godfather (1972) — Features a scene where Don Vito Corleone is shot down whilst Christmas shopping.
* Gremlins (1984) — Bad things happen when Christmas gift gets wet.
* Holiday Affair (1949) — Romance blooms between a young widow and a sales clerk at Christmastime.
* The Holiday (2005) — Two women swap homes for the holidays and meet up with their dream men.
* Home Alone (1990) — A little boy is accidentally left at home alone over Christmas, and protects his house against two burglars.
* Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) — The same boy is left alone over Christmas, this time in New York, where he encounters the same burglars.
* The Ice Harvest (2005) — A seemingly perfect crime on Christmas Eve spirals out of control.
* In the Good Old Summertime Musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner.
* Jack Frost (1996) — Dead serial killer comes back as snowman.
* Jack Frost (1998) — Dad gets second chance as snowman.
* Just Friends (2005) — Record producer inadvertently comes home for Christmas 100 pounds ligther and tries to rekindle flame with high school crush, hilarity ensues.
* Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) — A crook poses as an actor and gets tangled up in a crime during a Christmas setting.
* Lethal Weapon (1987) — A young suicidal cop is partnered with a veteran officer to solve a murder during the holidays.
* Look Who’s Talking Now (1993) — The Ubriacco family struggles to be together for Christmas. Danny DeVito and Diane Keaton provide voiceover roles for the couple’s newly acquired dogs, “Rocks” and “Daphne.”
* Love Actually (2003) — Britons, including the prime minister, seek love as Christmas approaches.
* The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) — Hobbled New York wit makes Christmas Eve broadcast from Ohio.
* Mean Girls (2004) — Teenage schoolgirls sing and dance to ‘Jingle Bell Rock’.
* Meet John Doe — A newspaper reporter turns a bum into a national hero, but the man threatens suicide by leaping from the town hall on Christmas Eve after he’s exposed as a fraud.
* Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) — In one chapter, Missouri family has itself a merry little Christmas.
* The Night of the hunter (1955) — The final scenes of the film have the children enjoying Christmas since the capture of their pursuer.
* Rabbit Test (1978) — Billy Crystal gets pregnant and spoofs the Nativity.
* The Ref (1994) — Burglar mediates bickering family at Christmastime.
* Reindeer Games (2000) — Convict released from prison gets caught up in a heist from his mistaken identity.
* The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — Bickering store clerks pine for pen pals as holidays approach.
* Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) - The controversial slasher film about a murderous Santa Claus. It was followed by four sequels.
o Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
o Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
o ‘Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990)
o Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1992)
* Soldier (1998) — Includes a Christmas party among the settlers before Todd’s exile.
* Stalag 17 (1953) — American POWs fight among themselves a few days before Christmas.
* 3 Godfathers (1948) — At Christmastime in the Old West, three cowhands John Wayne, Harry Carey Jr., and Pedro Armendariz find a woman dying in childbirth, and deliver the baby to civilization in a parody of the Biblical story of the Magi directed by John Ford. Two different animated films were variations on Ford’s classic: Ice Age (2002), in which a mammoth, a sloth, and a saber-toothed tiger return a human infant to its tribe, and Tokyo Godfathers (2003), written and directed by Satoshi Kon, in which a homeless trio (an alcoholic ex-athlete, a teenaged runaway, and an aging drag queen) are redeemed when they discover an abandoned infant at Christmas.
* Serendipity (2001) — Opening scene set to Cool Yule at Bloomingdale’s during the Christmas rush. John and Sara meet when they both reach for the same pair of gloves, which they are buying to be Christmas presents.
* Tales from the Crypt — the first segment in the film is about a woman who kills her husband in their house on Christmas and is thus unable to call the police when a madman in a Santa costume is outside of the house.
* Trading Places (1983) — The rich Dan Aykroyd and the poor Eddie Murphy switch classes as part of Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy’s social experiment through the holiday season.
* Trapped in Paradise (1994) Three brothers rob a bank in a small town on Christmas Eve but get forced to spend time with the unassuming townsfolk when a snow storm traps them there.
* While You Were Sleeping (1995) — After a lonely transit worker saves a man on Christmas Day, she spends the holidays with his family and pretends to be his fiancee while he lies in a coma.

Movies set during the Christmas season

Gremlins (1984)
Die Hard (1988)
Look Who’s Talking Now (1989)
Love Actually (2003)
[[Jaws 4-The Revenge][198?]
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Metropolitan (1990)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
The Ref (1994)
Mixed Nuts (1994)

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