Want to know the Best Christmas Movies statistically speaking? Well that is what you are going to get here! Our movie database has ranked over 36,000 movies using box office grosses, critic reviews, audience voting and award recognition.
So a quick search through our database showed over 100 Christmas movies. The following table shows the Top 100 Christmas Movies from that search.
34 of the 100 Christmas movies crossed the $100 million adjusted domestic gross mark. So they were all box office hits.
59 of 100 Christmas movies had an Critic/Audience Rating of 60% or better. 17 of the 100 Christmas movies received at least one Oscar® nomination (all categories)….with 3 of the movies winning at one least one Oscar® (any category). Three of the movies on the table earned a Best Picture Oscar® nomination.
Christmas Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1946
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
AA Best Picture Nom
1947
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1988
Die Hard (1988)
1947
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1944
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
1945
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
1984
Gremlins (1984)
1954
White Christmas (1954)
1995
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
2003
Elf (2003)
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
1990
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
1994
The Santa Clause (1994)
1934
Babes in Toyland (1934)
1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
1990
Home Alone (1990)
2004
The Polar Express (2004)
1998
You've Got Mail (1998)
1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
2009
A Christmas Carol (2009)
2018
The Grinch (2018)
1940
Remember the Night (1940)
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
1940
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
2002
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
2012
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
1954
Susan Slept Here (1954)
1940
Christmas in July (1940)
1961
Babes in Toyland (1961)
1988
Scrooged (1988)
2003
Bad Santa (2003)
1983
A Christmas Story (1983)
2000
The Family Man (2000)
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
2003
Love Actually (2003)
2008
Four Christmases (2008)
1949
Holiday Affair (1949)
2011
Arthur Christmas (2011)
1970
Scrooge (1970)
1996
The Preacher's Wife (1996)
2005
The Family Stone (2005)
1992
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
2001
Serendipity (2001)
2007
This Christmas (2007)
2017
Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
2022
Violent Night (2022)
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
2024
Red One (2024)
NP
2011
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)
1947
Christmas Eve (1947)
2006
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
2015
The Night Before (2015)
2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
NP
2019
Klaus (2019)
Netflix
1951
A Christmas Carol (1951)
2008
A Christmas Tale (2008)
2015
Krampus (2015)
1996
Jingle All the Way (1996)
1988
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
1985
One Magic Christmas (1985)
1989
Prancer (1989)
1994
The Ref (1994)
2007
Fred Claus (2007)
2016
Office Christmas Party (2016)
2019
Last Christmas (2019)
2005
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005)
1983
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
1974
Black Christmas (1974)
2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
Netflix
2018
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
1994
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
2010
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
2022
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
2002
Friday After Next (2002)
2021
8-Bit Christmas (2021)
HBO Max
2022
Spirited (2022)
Apple TV
2014
Happy Christmas (2014)
2005
Just Friends (2005)
1990
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
2008
Lovely, Still (2008)
1986
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)
2012
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
2019
Noelle (2019)
Disney Plus
2001
Christmas in the Clouds (2005)
1996
Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996)
2023
Christmas with the Chosen: Holy Night (2023)
2020
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
Netflix
1998
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
1991
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
2008
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
1984
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
2020
Fatman (2020)
2024
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (2024)
2006
Deck the Halls (2006)
2013
The Christmas Candle (2013)
2006
Christmas at Maxwell's (2006)
1998
Jack Frost (1998)
2000
Reindeer Games (2000)
1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998)
2022
Falling For Christmas (2022)
Netflix
2022
The Noel Diary (2022)
Netflix
1969
The Christmas Tree (1969)
2016
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
2015
Christmas Eve (2015)
2013
Black Nativity (2013)
2023
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
Amazon
2013
All Is Bright (2013)
2007
Christmas in Wonderland (2007)
1994
Mixed Nuts (1994)
2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
2023
Genie (2023)
Peacock
2024
Dear Santa (2024)
2006
Black Christmas (2006)
2007
The Perfect Holiday (2007)
2021
Ace & the Christmas Miracle (2021)
Limited Release
1994
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
2004
Surviving Christmas (2004)
1996
Santa with Muscles (1996)
1964
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
2014
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas (2014)
Christmas Movies Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Christmas Movies movies by the stars of the movie
- Sort Christmas Movies movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Christmas Movies movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Christmas Movies movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Christmas Movie received.
- Sort Christmas Movies movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) AA Best Picture Nom |
James Stewart & Donna Reed |
8.90 | 299.4 | 299.40 | 27 | 94 | 05 / 00 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Edmund Gwenn & Maureen O'Hara |
7.20 | 227.4 | 227.40 | 35 | 86 | 04 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | Die Hard (1988) | Bruce Willis | 83.00 | 237.3 | 402.40 | 7 | 89 | 04 / 00 | 98.9 | |
| 4 | The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cary Grant & David Niven |
9.40 | 297.0 | 395.70 | 20 | 78 | 05 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 5 | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | Judy Garland & Directed by Vincent Minnelli |
13.60 | 499.4 | 683.00 | 4 | 83 | 04 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 6 | Christmas in Connecticut (1945) | Barbara Stanwyck | 9.10 | 314.2 | 396.70 | 22 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.2 | |
| 7 | Gremlins (1984) | Zach Galligan | 152.70 | 533.9 | 533.90 | 4 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 8 | White Christmas (1954) | Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye |
27.10 | 693.3 | 693.30 | 1 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 9 | While You Were Sleeping (1995) | Sandra Bullock | 81.10 | 218.9 | 491.80 | 15 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 10 | Elf (2003) | Will Ferrell & James Caan |
173.40 | 337.9 | 429.60 | 7 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 11 | The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) | Bob Hope | 9.40 | 221.6 | 221.60 | 12 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 13 | Edward Scissorhands (1990) | Johnny Depp | 56.40 | 156.6 | 239.00 | 20 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 12 | The Santa Clause (1994) | Tim Allen | 144.80 | 417.1 | 546.70 | 4 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.1 | |
| 14 | Babes in Toyland (1934) | Laurel and Hardy | 3.10 | 160.6 | 160.60 | 14 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 16 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) | Chevy Chase | 71.30 | 211.1 | 211.10 | 15 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 14 | Home Alone (1990) | Macaulay Culkin & John Candy |
285.80 | 793.8 | 1,482.70 | 1 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 15 | The Polar Express (2004) | Tom Hanks | 186.50 | 352.9 | 587.80 | 8 | 64 | 03 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 17 | You've Got Mail (1998) | Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan |
115.80 | 290.2 | 628.40 | 13 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 21 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | Danny Elfman & Chris Sarandon |
50.00 | 141.9 | 205.50 | 27 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 19 | A Christmas Carol (2009) | Jim Carrey & Gary Oldman |
137.90 | 216.0 | 509.60 | 20 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 20 | The Grinch (2018) | Benedict Cumberbatch | 270.60 | 347.1 | 655.90 | 7 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 23 | Remember the Night (1940) | Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray |
2.90 | 120.0 | 120.00 | 51 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 22 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) | Jim Carrey | 260.00 | 566.9 | 752.40 | 1 | 54 | 03 / 01 | 90.6 | |
| 26 | The Shop Around the Corner (1940) | James Stewart | 2.40 | 100.7 | 100.70 | 81 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 24 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) | Macaulay Culkin & Written by John Hughes |
173.60 | 491.5 | 1,016.40 | 2 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 25 | The Santa Clause 2 (2002) | Tim Allen | 139.20 | 282.1 | 350.20 | 16 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 27 | Rise of the Guardians (2012) | Chris Pine & Hugh Jackman |
103.40 | 152.7 | 448.30 | 31 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 29 | Susan Slept Here (1954) | Debbie Reynolds & Dick Powell |
6.40 | 162.4 | 162.40 | 51 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 28 | Christmas in July (1940) | Dick Powell | 2.90 | 119.8 | 119.80 | 57 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 30 | Babes in Toyland (1961) | Annette Funicello | 13.10 | 208.7 | 208.70 | 12 | 50 | 02 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 31 | Scrooged (1988) | Bill Murray & Robert Mitchum |
60.30 | 172.5 | 172.50 | 13 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 32 | Bad Santa (2003) | Billy Bob Thornton | 60.10 | 117.0 | 117.00 | 48 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 33 | A Christmas Story (1983) | Peter Billingsley & Melinda Dillon |
20.60 | 76.9 | 76.90 | 37 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 35 | The Family Man (2000) | Nicolas Cage & Jeremy Piven |
75.80 | 165.2 | 271.90 | 30 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 34 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) | Anne Harding & Charles Ruggles |
3.40 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 99 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 36 | Love Actually (2003) | Hugh Grant & Liam Neeson |
59.70 | 116.3 | 481.20 | 49 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 37 | Four Christmases (2008) | Reese Witherspoon & Vince Vaughn |
120.10 | 196.6 | 267.90 | 22 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 38 | Holiday Affair (1949) | Robert Mitchum & Janet Leigh |
3.50 | 94.9 | 123.30 | 104 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 39 | Arthur Christmas (2011) | James McAvoy & Jim Broadbent |
46.50 | 68.8 | 218.40 | 70 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 40 | Scrooge (1970) | Albert Finney & Alec Guinness |
9.10 | 68.9 | 68.90 | 37 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 41 | The Preacher's Wife (1996) | Denzel Washington & Directed by Penny Marshall |
48.10 | 127.9 | 127.90 | 33 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 43 | The Family Stone (2005) | Diane Keaton & Luke Wilson |
60.10 | 110.3 | 110.30 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 42 | The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) | Michael Caine | 27.30 | 77.2 | 77.20 | 47 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 44 | Serendipity (2001) | John Cusack | 50.30 | 104.6 | 161.20 | 52 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 45 | This Christmas (2007) | Idris Elba | 49.10 | 83.9 | 85.00 | 54 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 48 | Daddy's Home 2 (2017) | Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg |
104.00 | 136.3 | 236.60 | 30 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 46 | Violent Night (2022) | David Harbour & John Leguizamo |
50.00 | 55.8 | 85.50 | 33 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 49 | A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) | Mila Kunis & Susan Sarandon |
72.10 | 94.5 | 169.70 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 47 | Red One (2024) | Dwayne Johnson & Chris Evans |
92.50 | 92.5 | 175.50 | 25 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | NP |
| 50 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) | Kal Penn & John Cho |
35.10 | 52.0 | 53.60 | 93 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 51 | Christmas Eve (1947) | Randolph Scott & Joan Blondell |
2.70 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 122 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 53 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) | Tim Allen & Kevin Spacey |
84.50 | 150.9 | 197.80 | 25 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 54 | The Night Before (2015) | Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Seth Rogen |
43.00 | 60.0 | 73.00 | 63 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 72.0 | |
| 54 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) | Judy Greer | 38.50 | 38.5 | 38.70 | 41 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | NP |
| 55 | Klaus (2019) Netflix |
J.K. Simmons | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 324 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 56 | A Christmas Carol (1951) | Alastair Sim | 0.90 | 21.8 | 21.80 | 211 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 55 | A Christmas Tale (2008) | Catherine Deneuve & Jean-Paul Roussillon |
1.10 | 1.7 | 10.90 | 204 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
| 58 | Krampus (2015) | Adam Scott | 42.70 | 59.6 | 85.80 | 64 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 68.6 | |
| 59 | Jingle All the Way (1996) | Arnold Schwarzenegger & Rita Wilson |
60.60 | 161.1 | 345.10 | 22 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 68.2 | |
| 60 | Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) | Jim Varney | 28.20 | 80.6 | 80.60 | 38 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 67.1 | |
| 59 | One Magic Christmas (1985) | Mary Steenburgen | 13.70 | 45.3 | 45.30 | 65 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 62 | Prancer (1989) | Sam Elliott | 18.60 | 55.0 | 55.00 | 56 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 61 | The Ref (1994) | Denis Leary & Kevin Spacey |
11.40 | 32.9 | 32.90 | 104 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 65.3 | |
| 64 | Fred Claus (2007) | Vince Vaughn & Kevin Spacey |
72.00 | 123.0 | 167.10 | 37 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 64.8 | |
| 66 | Office Christmas Party (2016) | Jason Bateman & Jennifer Aniston |
54.80 | 74.4 | 155.50 | 63 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 64.2 | |
| 65 | Last Christmas (2019) | Emilia Clarke & Emma Thompson |
35.20 | 45.1 | 155.90 | 74 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 63.3 | |
| 67 | Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005) | Diane Kruger | 1.10 | 1.9 | 1.90 | 209 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 61.8 | |
| 67 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) | David Bowie | 2.30 | 8.6 | 8.60 | 111 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 68 | Black Christmas (1974) | Olivia Hussey & Margot Kidder |
2.60 | 16.2 | 16.20 | 96 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 69 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) Netflix |
Forest Whitaker | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 121 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 60.6 | |
| 71 | The Christmas Chronicles (2018) | Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 437 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 72 | Miracle on 34th Street (1994) | Richard Attenborough | 17.30 | 49.9 | 133.20 | 82 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 73 | Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) | Dudley Moore & John Lithgow |
23.70 | 78.5 | 78.50 | 38 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 73 | Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) | Peeter Jakobi | 0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 227 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 56.9 | |
| 75 | The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) | Dan Stevens & Christopher Plummer |
5.70 | 7.4 | 10.60 | 137 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 74 | A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) | Peter Billingsley | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 244 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 77 | Friday After Next (2002) | Ice Cube | 33.30 | 67.4 | 67.40 | 79 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 77 | 8-Bit Christmas (2021) HBO Max |
Neil Patrick Harris | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 228 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 78 | Spirited (2022) Apple TV |
Will Ferrell & Ryan Reynolds |
1.00 | 1.1 | 1.10 | 122 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 52.7 | |
| 79 | Happy Christmas (2014) | Anna Kendrick | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 358 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 51.5 | |
| 83 | Just Friends (2005) | Ryan Reynolds & Amy Smart |
32.60 | 59.9 | 93.50 | 87 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 50.8 | |
| 81 | The Nutcracker Prince (1990) | Kiefer Sutherland | 1.80 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 155 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 50.4 | |
| 85 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) | Keira Knightley & Morgan Freeman |
54.90 | 70.4 | 223.10 | 51 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 82 | Lovely, Still (2008) | Elizabeth Banks & Martin Landau |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.40 | 273 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 48.2 | |
| 84 | Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986) | Hugh Bigney | 0.80 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 176 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | |
| 86 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012) | Edward Burns | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 359 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.4 | |
| 87 | Noelle (2019) Disney Plus |
Bill Hader & Anna Kendrick |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 237 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 41.5 | |
| 88 | Christmas in the Clouds (2005) | Timothy Vahle | 0.30 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 253 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 39.7 | |
| 89 | Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996) | Dominique Reymond | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 262 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 38.8 | |
| 90 | Christmas with the Chosen: Holy Night (2023) | Sara Anne | 4.70 | 5.1 | 5.10 | 122 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 38.4 | |
| 91 | The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) Netflix |
Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 219 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.0 | |
| 92 | I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) | Jonathan Taylor Thomas | 12.20 | 30.6 | 30.60 | 109 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 36.3 | |
| 94 | All I Want for Christmas (1991) | Lauren Bacall & Jamey Sheridan |
14.80 | 41.3 | 41.30 | 79 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 35.6 | |
| 93 | Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | John Leguizamo | 7.50 | 12.3 | 12.40 | 156 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 34.0 | |
| 95 | Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) | Lilyan Chauvin & Horror |
2.50 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 131 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 31.7 | |
| 96 | Fatman (2020) | Mel Gibson | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.50 | 77 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.4 | |
| 97 | Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (2024) | Michael Cera | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 178 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.4 | |
| 100 | Deck the Halls (2006) | Danny DeVito | 35.10 | 62.7 | 84.30 | 88 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 28.8 | |
| 98 | The Christmas Candle (2013) | Hans Matheson | 2.30 | 3.3 | 3.30 | 162 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 99 | Christmas at Maxwell's (2006) | Andrew May | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 394 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 27.7 | |
| 103 | Jack Frost (1998) | Michael Keaton & Kelly Preston |
34.60 | 86.6 | 86.60 | 58 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 25.8 | |
| 104 | Reindeer Games (2000) | Ben Affleck & Charlize Theron |
23.40 | 50.9 | 70.10 | 90 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 23.4 | |
| 101 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998) | John Goodman | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 239 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.1 | |
| 102 | Falling For Christmas (2022) Netflix |
Lindsay Lohan | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 177 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.0 | |
| 105 | The Noel Diary (2022) Netflix |
Bonnie Bedelia | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 193 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 20.9 | |
| 106 | The Christmas Tree (1969) | William Holden & Virna Lisi |
1.30 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 127 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 20.8 | |
| 107 | Bad Santa 2 (2016) | Billy Bob Thornton | 17.80 | 24.2 | 31.70 | 117 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 17.6 | |
| 108 | Christmas Eve (2015) | Patrick Stewart | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 221 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.5 | |
| 110 | Black Nativity (2013) | Forest Whitaker & Angela Bassett |
7.00 | 10.1 | 10.80 | 141 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 15.0 | |
| 109 | Candy Cane Lane (2023) Amazon |
Eddie Murphy | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 229 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 | |
| 111 | All Is Bright (2013) | Paul Rudd & Paul Giamatti |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 262 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.6 | |
| 112 | Christmas in Wonderland (2007) | Patrick Swayze | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 362 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.4 | |
| 113 | Mixed Nuts (1994) | Adam Sandler & Steve Martin |
6.80 | 19.6 | 19.60 | 134 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 10.8 | |
| 114 | A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) | Robin Williams | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 281 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.3 | |
| 115 | Genie (2023) Peacock |
Melissa McCarthy | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 288 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 116 | Dear Santa (2024) | Jack Black | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 195 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.7 | |
| 117 | Black Christmas (2006) | Oliver Hudson | 16.30 | 29.1 | 29.10 | 127 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 7.0 | |
| 118 | The Perfect Holiday (2007) | Gabrielle Union | 5.80 | 9.9 | 9.90 | 164 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 5.8 | |
| 119 | Ace & the Christmas Miracle (2021) Limited Release |
Jon Lovitz | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 223 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.0 | |
| 120 | Trapped in Paradise (1994) | Nicolas Cage | 6.00 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 138 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 3.5 | |
| 121 | Surviving Christmas (2004) | Ben Affleck | 11.70 | 22.1 | 28.60 | 135 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 | |
| 122 | Santa with Muscles (1996) | Mila Kunis & Hulk Hogan |
0.20 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 240 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 | |
| 123 | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) | Glenville Mareth | 0.50 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 146 | 23 | 00 / 00 | 0.3 | |
| 124 | Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas (2014) | Kirk Cameron | 2.80 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 161 | 15 | 00 / 00 | 0.0 |
So there you go…..our Top 15 Christmas Movies Statistically Speaking. Have we forgotten a movie? ….probably…..our database is big…..but it only has ranked about 15% of all the movies ever made. So we know we do not have all of the Christmas movies ranked. But we fell this is a pretty good list….and ultimately it is our way to say…we hope everybody has a wonderful and safe holiday….and thanks for all the support on our webpages over the years. So it is almost time for me, the 6 year old, and the 9 year old to sit down and watch Bruce Willis kill some terrorists, step on broken glass and blow up a massive building….nothing better than watching Christmas movies with the kids on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas everybody!
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Just added 83 Christmas Movies to this page. Most of those movies came from a Steve e-mail…..so thanks for that Steve. So hope you enjoy our expanded Xmas movie page.
Happy holidays to Mr. Cogerson and his family and all the followers of this site.
Thank you Dan. Season’s greetings to yourself as well.
Thank you Dan….and the same to you and your family. We are right in the middle of Christmas Eve here…..though….it is the quietest one we have had for years….as it is just the four of us….WoC is working on some UMR stuff….I am trying to catch up on comments….and our little girls are watching How The Grinch Stole Christmas….a pretty relaxing evening. How yours is going well as well.
Hi Bob, many thanks for reviewing my Christmas Special, appreciate the very generous rating (ooh), info, trivia and comparison. Cheers!
Glad you liked the posters and stills.
That first picture of the 4 dancing girls is from the film Mean Girls (2004) which wasn’t a Xmas film but I wanted to use that still in the video. You might know them from other films – Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert.
So, White Christmas is your all time favorite Christmas film eh, nice. I think it did make the top 10 on the video. It’s not one of my favorite musicals to be frank with you but I do watch it now and then. Bing and Danny have been in better films.
A few months ago Bruce Willis was adamant that Die Hard was ‘not’ a Christmas film to the disappointment of many fans who consider it the greatest Xmas movie ever made. If you ever watch the film again you’ll find that the Xmas theme runs all the way thru the film to the very end. Even Alan Rickman’s iconic villain reminds his henchmen that “it’s Christmas” and “to be of good cheer” in one scene. 🙂
My next video will be out in early January and I have no idea what the subject is.
Till then a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
HI STEVE
Thanks for the feed back on my Christmas movies post and for your season’s greetings to me.
I admit it can be hard to draw the line at what’s a Christmas movie and what’s not but certainly I wouldn’t regard a movie with a slasher unremittingly killing off virgins as within the spirit of what Xmas is supposed to be about. There’s definitely nothing feel-good about that kind of movie though I liked Black Christmas [1974] as a horror film.
Also I greatly enjoyed the posters that you provided for the slasher films in your 75 so I am glad you put in the horror films concerned
I’m sure you’ll watch a few movies over Christmas and I hope you have a good time with them. If one heeds the Brexit scare stories we may not have a Christmas next year!
It has been some time since I have seen Die Hard and Batman Returns but I would not tend to classify them as Christmas movies .The classic 1974 horror movie Black Christmas is all about a slasher who never wished any of his victims “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Deanna’s Christmas Holiday was in effect a bleak Maugham tale about a good woman who fell into prostitution
I rate your video 99% and have listed the top 15 posters in each of two parts and the top 14 stills overall. Best 15 POSTERS in entries 75-38 (1) Ernest save Christmas (2) Jack Frost (3) Bad Santa 2 (4) All I want for Christmas (5) Santa Clause the Movie (6) The Grinch 2018 (7) Christmas Chronicle (8 and 9) two for 2009’s a Christmas Carol (10) Home Alone 2 (11) Polar Express (12 and 13) two for Carey’s Grinch (14) Deck the Halls and (15) Escape Clause.
Best 15 POSTERS 37-1 (1) One Merry Christmas (2) Family Man (3) raunchy Bad Santa (4) 1938 Christmas Carol (5) Bishop’s Wife (6) National Lampoon’s Xmas Vacation (7) Muppet’s Xmas Carol (8) Trading Places (9) Holiday Inn (10) White Christmas (11) Christmas Story (12 & 13) both for Edward Scissorhands (14) Meet Me in St Louis and (15) 2nd one for It’s a Wonderful Life.
Best 14 STILLS Overall (1) Sir Dickie’s Miracle on 34th (2) Carey’ Grinch (3) Love Actually (4) Rise of Guardians (5) Culkin reading Playboy (6) Sir Maurice with Muppets (7) Gremlins (8) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (9) lobby card for White Christmas (10) Night Before Christmas (11) Miracle on 34th Street 1947 (12) Sim’s Scrooge (13) the very opening “girlie” one! And (14) It’s a Wonderful Life.
You and the Work Horse agree on 3 of the Top 4 best reviewed Xmas movies. In ranked order his are 1/Wonderful Life 2/Die Hard 3/Miracle on 34th Street 1947, 4/Christmas in Connecticut and yours are 1/Wonderful Life 2/Meet Me in St Louis 3/Miracle on 34th Street 1947 and 4/Die Hard. “A plague on both your houses” because my own ranked four are 1/White Christmas 2/Wonderful Life 3/Meet Me in St Louis and 4/Robert Mitchum’s 1949 Holliday Affair
Great post Bruce, cheers. 62 seen out of 75 is impressive, my tally 33, Flora’s 23.
I was originally going to make this a Top 100 but had second thoughts, the video would have been too long and viewers would have just skipped to the end. I thought that list might come in useful for you since you can add as many films as you like to your charts at the UMR. Flora recommends a few Xmas themed movies in her comment.
I haven’t seen Christmas Chronicles yet, it’s on Netflix. Maybe tomorrow. Thanks for the comment, share and vote, always appreciated.
Just added Steve’s epic Christmas video….to this page. Our massive comment on his 75 movie video.
“Merry Christmas…only 2 days to go. Your epic 75 movie Christmas Video makes my 17 movie UMR page look so small…lol. I appreciate the e-mail with the additional Xmas movies….I might…get that done today….and make my Xmas page as impressive as your Xmas video. Mmmmm…..a tally. Movies 75 through 60. Seen 14 of them. No favorites but the kids like to watch #68 Jingle All The Way every Xmas. Movies 59-50. Seen 7 of them. We really liked #52 The Christmas Chronicles…Russell was awesome as Santa.
Movies 49-40. Seen 7 of them. #45 The Santa Clause is easily my favorite of this bunch. Movies 39-30. Only seen 6 of these movies. #31 Elf…way too low…the best Xmas movie in the last 20 years. #34 The Family Man is a good one to watch with kids. So far my tally is 34. Movies 29-20. Seen 8. #25 Love Actually- one of my all-time favorite movies. #21 Home Alone…watched every year in my house..first Xmas movie of 2018 watched.
Movies 19-9. #18 Christmas Vacation…my favorite Xmas movie. So if #15 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is on the list…then I can happily guess a Mr. McClane is coming to the party. Seen 8 of the 9 here.
Top 10. Seen 8 here…somehow I have not seen #2. #10 White Christmas….finally saw this one last year. #9 A Christmas Story….classic classic. #6 A Nightmare Before Christmas…Sam’s favorite movie. #4 Die Hard….I agree it is a Xmas movie #3 Miracle on 34th Street…my mother-in-law’s favorite movie. #1 It’s A Wonderful Life…no arguments here. So that is a total of 62 seen…or 82.66%. Good job. Voted up and shared.”