02
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
(1989)
The Griswalds are at it again. Forget Wally World, seeing Clark light up the house is the "bomb". Great...
03
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
What movie resonates the holiday season more than this one. Frank Capra at his best showing George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart)...
04
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
This timeless classic co-starred Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle (who won an Oscar for his performance) who stands accused of...
05
Holiday Inn
(1942)
Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in this family favorite that includes Bing singing the classic song "White Christmas". Who...
06
A Christmas Carol
(1951)
There have been countless productions of the Charles Dickens tale of redemption, including the latest Jim Carrey version from Disney....
07
Elf
(2003)
Will Farrell is at his goofiest best in this very funny and popular Christmas movie. An oversized elf named Buddy...
08
White Christmas
(1954)
Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) directed this offbeat romantic comedy starring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Danny Kaye. Irving Berlin was nominated...
09
Meet Me in St. Louis
(1944)
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" originated here, and has become a classic yuletide song. It has been sung...
10
Babes in Toyland
(1934)
Laurel and Hardy are great in this classic Christmas movie. They try to protect Little Bo Peep from the clutches...
11
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Nominated for the "Best Picture" Oscar in 1948, the film lost to Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet". This little gem sees...
12
A Charlie Brown Christmas
(1965)
Charlie enlists the support of some of his "Peanuts" gang members to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Linus and...
13
The Shop Around the Corner
(1940)
Jimmy Stewart and Margret Sullavan star in this Ernst Lubitsch directed romantic comedy. Two employees of a toy store can't...
14
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
(2000)
Jim Carrey is "The Grinch" in this adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic. Monster maker Rick Baker won an Oscar...
15
The Santa Clause
(1994)
Tim Allen is quite good in this comedy about a regular guy who is slowly transformed into Santa Clause. He...
16
The Polar Express
(2004)
Robert Zemeckis directed this wonderful film which was the first to use the 3D animation process that we are seeing...
17
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(1992)
The gang's all here, Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggie and more. Michael Caine plays the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on the...
18
Die Hard
(1988)
Welcome to the party, pal! What Christmas would be the same without John McLane (Bruce Willis) battling the dastardly Hans...
19
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
Barbra Stanwyck has a run at romantic comedy in this film where she plays a food columnist who purports to...
20
Home Alone
(1990)
Has it really been 20 years since this movie was released? This family classic pits a young Macaulay Culkin against...
21
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
(1944)
No Christmas movie poster list would be complete without "Rudolph". There have been many animated or stop motion films made...
22
Gremlins
(1984)
Produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Chris Columbus and directed by Joe Dante. These Hollywood heavyweights created a very fun...
23
A Trap for Santa Claus
(1909)
This movie poster made the list because it has all the elements of the quintessential Christmas themes. Santa is...
24
Prancer
(1989)
A young girl who still believes in Santa finds an injured reindeer who she believes is "Prancer". She nurses the...
25
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
(2011)
Harold and Kumar are back with Neil Patrick Harris along for the ride as they cause holiday hijinks by inadvertently...