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)
1994
The Santa Clause (1994)
1990
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
1990
Home Alone (1990)
2004
The Polar Express (2004)
1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
1998
You've Got Mail (1998)
1934
Babes in Toyland (1934)
2009
A Christmas Carol (2009)
2018
The Grinch (2018)
1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
1940
Remember the Night (1940)
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
2002
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
1940
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
2012
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
1940
Christmas in July (1940)
1954
Susan Slept Here (1954)
1961
Babes in Toyland (1961)
1988
Scrooged (1988)
2003
Bad Santa (2003)
1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
2000
The Family Man (2000)
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)
1992
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
2005
The Family Stone (2005)
2001
Serendipity (2001)
2007
This Christmas (2007)
2022
Violent Night (2022)
2017
Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)
2011
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)
1947
Christmas Eve (1947)
2019
Klaus (2019)
Netflix
2006
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
2015
The Night Before (2015)
2008
A Christmas Tale (2008)
1951
A Christmas Carol (1951)
2015
Krampus (2015)
1985
One Magic Christmas (1985)
1988
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
1994
The Ref (1994)
1989
Prancer (1989)
1996
Jingle All the Way (1996)
2005
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005)
2019
Last Christmas (2019)
2016
Office Christmas Party (2016)
1983
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
1974
Black Christmas (1974)
2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
Netflix
2007
Fred Claus (2007)
2018
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
1994
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
2010
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
2022
A Christmas Story Christmas (2022)
2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
2022
Spirited (2022)
Apple TV
2014
Happy Christmas (2014)
2002
Friday After Next (2002)
1990
The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
2008
Lovely, Still (2008)
2005
Just Friends (2005)
1986
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
2012
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
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)
2008
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
1991
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
1984
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
2020
Fatman (2020)
2013
The Christmas Candle (2013)
2006
Christmas at Maxwell's (2006)
2006
Deck the Halls (2006)
1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998)
1998
Jack Frost (1998)
2000
Reindeer Games (2000)
2022
The Noel Diary (2022)
Netflix
1969
The Christmas Tree (1969)
2016
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
2015
Christmas Eve (2015)
2023
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
Amazon
2013
Black Nativity (2013)
2013
All Is Bright (2013)
2007
Christmas in Wonderland (2007)
1994
Mixed Nuts (1994)
2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
2023
Genie (2023)
Peacock 
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
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- 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 | 274.7 | 274.70 | 27 | 94 | 05 / 00 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Edmund Gwenn & Maureen O'Hara |
7.20 | 208.7 | 208.70 | 35 | 86 | 04 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | Die Hard (1988) | Bruce Willis | 83.00 | 217.7 | 369.20 | 7 | 89 | 04 / 00 | 99.0 | |
| 3 | The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cary Grant & David Niven |
9.40 | 272.5 | 363.00 | 20 | 78 | 05 / 01 | 98.8 | |
| 5 | Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | Judy Garland & Directed by Vincent Minnelli |
13.60 | 458.2 | 626.60 | 4 | 83 | 04 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 6 | Christmas in Connecticut (1945) | Barbara Stanwyck | 9.10 | 288.3 | 363.90 | 22 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 7 | Gremlins (1984) | Zach Galligan | 152.70 | 489.8 | 489.80 | 4 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 97.2 | |
| 8 | White Christmas (1954) | Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye |
27.10 | 636.1 | 636.10 | 1 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 9 | While You Were Sleeping (1995) | Sandra Bullock | 81.10 | 200.9 | 451.20 | 15 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 9 | Elf (2003) | Will Ferrell & James Caan |
173.40 | 310.0 | 394.10 | 7 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 11 | The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) | Bob Hope | 9.40 | 203.3 | 203.30 | 12 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 10 | The Santa Clause (1994) | Tim Allen | 144.80 | 382.7 | 501.60 | 4 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 13 | Edward Scissorhands (1990) | Johnny Depp | 56.40 | 143.6 | 219.20 | 20 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 94.3 | |
| 13 | Home Alone (1990) | Macaulay Culkin & John Candy |
285.80 | 728.3 | 1,360.30 | 1 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 13 | The Polar Express (2004) | Tom Hanks | 186.50 | 323.7 | 539.20 | 8 | 64 | 03 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 16 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) | Chevy Chase | 71.30 | 193.7 | 193.70 | 15 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 17 | You've Got Mail (1998) | Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan |
115.80 | 266.2 | 576.50 | 13 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 20 | Babes in Toyland (1934) | Laurel and Hardy | 3.10 | 147.3 | 147.30 | 14 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 20 | A Christmas Carol (2009) | Jim Carrey & Gary Oldman |
137.90 | 198.1 | 467.50 | 20 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 20 | The Grinch (2018) | Benedict Cumberbatch | 270.60 | 320.2 | 605.00 | 7 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 23 | The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | Danny Elfman & Chris Sarandon |
50.00 | 130.2 | 188.50 | 27 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 22 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) | Jim Carrey | 260.00 | 520.1 | 690.30 | 1 | 54 | 03 / 01 | 91.6 | |
| 25 | Remember the Night (1940) | Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray |
2.90 | 110.1 | 110.10 | 51 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 23 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) | Macaulay Culkin & Written by John Hughes |
173.60 | 450.9 | 932.50 | 2 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 25 | The Santa Clause 2 (2002) | Tim Allen | 139.20 | 258.8 | 321.30 | 16 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 26 | The Shop Around the Corner (1940) | James Stewart | 2.40 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 81 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 28 | Rise of the Guardians (2012) | Chris Pine & Hugh Jackman |
103.40 | 140.0 | 411.30 | 31 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 27 | Christmas in July (1940) | Dick Powell | 2.90 | 109.9 | 109.90 | 57 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 29 | Susan Slept Here (1954) | Debbie Reynolds & Dick Powell |
6.40 | 149.0 | 149.00 | 51 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 31 | Babes in Toyland (1961) | Annette Funicello | 13.10 | 191.5 | 191.50 | 12 | 50 | 02 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 32 | Scrooged (1988) | Bill Murray & Robert Mitchum |
60.30 | 158.2 | 158.20 | 13 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 30 | Bad Santa (2003) | Billy Bob Thornton | 60.10 | 107.4 | 107.40 | 48 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 33 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) | Anne Harding & Charles Ruggles |
3.40 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 99 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 35 | The Family Man (2000) | Nicolas Cage & Jeremy Piven |
75.80 | 151.6 | 249.50 | 30 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 34 | Love Actually (2003) | Hugh Grant & Liam Neeson |
59.70 | 106.7 | 441.50 | 49 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 36 | Four Christmases (2008) | Reese Witherspoon & Vince Vaughn |
120.10 | 180.4 | 245.80 | 22 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 37 | Holiday Affair (1949) | Robert Mitchum & Janet Leigh |
3.50 | 87.0 | 113.20 | 105 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 36 | Arthur Christmas (2011) | James McAvoy & Jim Broadbent |
46.50 | 63.2 | 200.40 | 70 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 38 | Scrooge (1970) | Albert Finney & Alec Guinness |
9.10 | 63.2 | 63.20 | 37 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 42 | The Preacher's Wife (1996) | Denzel Washington & Directed by Penny Marshall |
48.10 | 117.3 | 117.30 | 33 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 40 | The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) | Michael Caine | 27.30 | 70.9 | 70.90 | 47 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 41 | The Family Stone (2005) | Diane Keaton & Luke Wilson |
60.10 | 101.2 | 101.20 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 79.4 | |
| 44 | Serendipity (2001) | John Cusack | 50.30 | 96.0 | 147.90 | 52 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
| 43 | This Christmas (2007) | Idris Elba | 49.10 | 77.0 | 78.00 | 54 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 45 | Violent Night (2022) | David Harbour & John Leguizamo |
50.00 | 51.2 | 78.40 | 33 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 47 | Daddy's Home 2 (2017) | Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg |
104.00 | 125.0 | 217.10 | 30 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 46 | A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) | Mila Kunis & Susan Sarandon |
72.10 | 86.7 | 155.70 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 48 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) | Kal Penn & John Cho |
35.10 | 47.7 | 49.20 | 93 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 50 | Christmas Eve (1947) | Randolph Scott & Joan Blondell |
2.70 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 122 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
| 48 | Klaus (2019) Netflix |
J.K. Simmons | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 312 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 72.1 | |
| 51 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) | Tim Allen & Kevin Spacey |
84.50 | 138.4 | 181.50 | 25 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 71.9 | |
| 51 | The Night Before (2015) | Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Seth Rogen |
43.00 | 55.0 | 67.00 | 63 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 52 | A Christmas Tale (2008) | Catherine Deneuve & Jean-Paul Roussillon |
1.10 | 1.6 | 10.00 | 204 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 54 | A Christmas Carol (1951) | Alastair Sim | 0.90 | 20.0 | 20.00 | 211 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 55 | Krampus (2015) | Adam Scott | 42.70 | 54.6 | 78.70 | 64 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 68.1 | |
| 56 | One Magic Christmas (1985) | Mary Steenburgen | 13.70 | 41.5 | 41.50 | 65 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 66.8 | |
| 58 | Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) | Jim Varney | 28.20 | 74.0 | 74.00 | 38 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 57 | The Ref (1994) | Denis Leary & Kevin Spacey |
11.40 | 30.2 | 30.20 | 104 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 57 | Prancer (1989) | Sam Elliott | 18.60 | 50.5 | 50.50 | 56 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 61 | Jingle All the Way (1996) | Arnold Schwarzenegger & Rita Wilson |
60.60 | 147.8 | 316.70 | 22 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 64.4 | |
| 60 | Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005) | Diane Kruger | 1.10 | 1.8 | 1.80 | 209 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 63.2 | |
| 64 | Last Christmas (2019) | Emilia Clarke & Emma Thompson |
35.20 | 41.4 | 143.00 | 74 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 65 | Office Christmas Party (2016) | Jason Bateman & Jennifer Aniston |
54.80 | 68.3 | 142.70 | 63 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 62.9 | |
| 62 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) | David Bowie | 2.30 | 7.9 | 7.90 | 111 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
| 64 | Black Christmas (1974) | Olivia Hussey & Margot Kidder |
2.60 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 96 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 66 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) Netflix |
Forest Whitaker | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 135 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 67 | Fred Claus (2007) | Vince Vaughn & Kevin Spacey |
72.00 | 112.8 | 153.30 | 37 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 68 | The Christmas Chronicles (2018) | Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 437 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 60.4 | |
| 68 | Miracle on 34th Street (1994) | Richard Attenborough | 17.30 | 45.8 | 122.20 | 82 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 58.3 | |
| 69 | Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) | Peeter Jakobi | 0.20 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 227 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 58.1 | |
| 71 | A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) | Peter Billingsley | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 237 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.9 | |
| 72 | The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) | Dan Stevens & Christopher Plummer |
5.70 | 6.8 | 9.70 | 137 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 75 | Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) | Dudley Moore & John Lithgow |
23.70 | 72.0 | 72.00 | 38 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 74 | Spirited (2022) Apple TV |
Will Ferrell & Ryan Reynolds |
1.00 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 122 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 53.9 | |
| 75 | Happy Christmas (2014) | Anna Kendrick | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 358 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| 78 | Friday After Next (2002) | Ice Cube | 33.30 | 61.8 | 61.80 | 79 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 52.1 | |
| 77 | The Nutcracker Prince (1990) | Kiefer Sutherland | 1.80 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 155 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 51.2 | |
| 78 | Lovely, Still (2008) | Elizabeth Banks & Martin Landau |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.30 | 273 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 49.3 | |
| 79 | Just Friends (2005) | Ryan Reynolds & Amy Smart |
32.60 | 54.9 | 85.80 | 87 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 80 | Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986) | Hugh Bigney | 0.80 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 176 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 47.7 | |
| 82 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) | Keira Knightley & Morgan Freeman |
54.90 | 64.9 | 205.80 | 51 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 80 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012) | Edward Burns | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 359 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 81 | Christmas in the Clouds (2005) | Timothy Vahle | 0.30 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 253 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | |
| 83 | Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996) | Dominique Reymond | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 262 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 39.8 | |
| 86 | Christmas with the Chosen: Holy Night (2023) | Sara Anne | 4.70 | 4.7 | 4.70 | 122 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 38.9 | |
| 84 | The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020) Netflix |
Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 226 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.7 | |
| 86 | I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) | Jonathan Taylor Thomas | 12.20 | 28.1 | 28.10 | 109 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 34.9 | |
| 88 | Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | John Leguizamo | 7.50 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 156 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 34.2 | |
| 89 | All I Want for Christmas (1991) | Lauren Bacall & Jamey Sheridan |
14.80 | 37.9 | 37.90 | 79 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 33.7 | |
| 91 | Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) | Lilyan Chauvin & Horror |
2.50 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 131 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 32.0 | |
| 90 | Fatman (2020) | Mel Gibson | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.50 | 77 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 32.0 | |
| 90 | The Christmas Candle (2013) | Hans Matheson | 2.30 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 162 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.7 | |
| 91 | Christmas at Maxwell's (2006) | Andrew May | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 394 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.3 | |
| 93 | Deck the Halls (2006) | Danny DeVito | 35.10 | 57.5 | 77.40 | 88 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 26.3 | |
| 95 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998) | John Goodman | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 239 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.7 | |
| 97 | Jack Frost (1998) | Michael Keaton & Kelly Preston |
34.60 | 79.4 | 79.40 | 58 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | |
| 98 | Reindeer Games (2000) | Ben Affleck & Charlize Theron |
23.40 | 46.7 | 64.30 | 90 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 21.6 | |
| 96 | The Noel Diary (2022) Netflix |
Bonnie Bedelia | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 196 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.3 | |
| 99 | The Christmas Tree (1969) | William Holden & Virna Lisi |
1.30 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 127 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 20.9 | |
| 98 | Bad Santa 2 (2016) | Billy Bob Thornton | 17.80 | 22.2 | 29.10 | 117 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 101 | Christmas Eve (2015) | Patrick Stewart | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 221 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.7 | |
| 102 | Candy Cane Lane (2023) Amazon |
Eddie Murphy | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 229 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.0 | |
| 103 | Black Nativity (2013) | Forest Whitaker & Angela Bassett |
7.00 | 9.3 | 9.90 | 141 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 104 | All Is Bright (2013) | Paul Rudd & Paul Giamatti |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 261 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.8 | |
| 105 | Christmas in Wonderland (2007) | Patrick Swayze | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 362 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.4 | |
| 107 | Mixed Nuts (1994) | Adam Sandler & Steve Martin |
6.80 | 18.0 | 18.00 | 134 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 10.6 | |
| 106 | A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) | Robin Williams | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 333 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.4 | |
| 108 | Genie (2023) Peacock |
Melissa McCarthy | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 288 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.9 | |
| 109 | Black Christmas (2006) | Oliver Hudson | 16.30 | 26.7 | 26.70 | 127 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 | |
| 110 | The Perfect Holiday (2007) | Gabrielle Union | 5.80 | 9.1 | 9.10 | 164 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 5.6 | |
| 111 | Ace & the Christmas Miracle (2021) Limited Release |
Jon Lovitz | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 222 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.1 | |
| 112 | Trapped in Paradise (1994) | Nicolas Cage | 6.00 | 15.9 | 15.90 | 138 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 3.2 | |
| 113 | Surviving Christmas (2004) | Ben Affleck | 11.70 | 20.2 | 26.20 | 135 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 1.2 | |
| 114 | Santa with Muscles (1996) | Mila Kunis & Hulk Hogan |
0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 240 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 | |
| 115 | Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) | Glenville Mareth | 0.50 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 146 | 23 | 00 / 00 | 0.3 | |
| 116 | Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas (2014) | Kirk Cameron | 2.80 | 3.7 | 3.70 | 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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Hey Bruce,
Interesting list, but as I looked through it, I realized that I’m not big on Christmas movies. The top three on your list are my favorite. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Elf and a few others were fun. Apart from that, there are not many I know or would see again. I just saw The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, thinking it would be fun for the kids, but apart from the colorful visuals, it was mostly disappointing as your rating suggests. Nevertheless, this page is good excuse to convey my best wishes to you and every-one on UMR for the Christmas season. Keep up the good work, but enjoy some warm and relaxing time with loved ones.
Hey PhilHoF17. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on these Christmas movies. I watch my favorites regularly but rarely watch new Christmas movies. Though Kurt Russell’s The Christmas Chronciles might be on the annual watch list now.
Thanks for the nice holiday wishes. We return the same thoughts to you and your family. Thanks for the mini review of The Four Realms…we will see that one much much later.
You will soon be a “vintage HoFer”…..as we have two new honorees coming. Make sure you bring your UMR movie jacket to the ceremony…..lol.
A Very Merry Christmas Bruce, WoC, MoC, the Cogerson Clan, Flora, Bob, bob, Dan, Laurent, Helakoski, Lupino and all the other regulars at the UMR.
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HI GUYS I appreciate your season’s greetings and hope you too are both enjoying yourselves [and thanks for the link Steve] We 3 were having a friendly debate about what constitutes a Christmas movie and even doing some list refining so I checked out some of the Joel-type “experts” who think they know better than the rest of us and verdicts were diverse and convoluted.
One source felt the movie had to be set in the Christmas season and its Christmas theme directly related to the plot. The author there saw Die Hard as a Christmas movie but felt the Christmas presence in Batman Returns wasn’t strong enough for it to qualify.
Another left it to the exhibitors – ANY movie released at Xmas was A Christmas movie. Thus Christmas in July was not a Christmas movie as it was released in the States in Oct 1940 and in the UK in Feb 1941 & Canucks and Brits could not regard Black Christmas as a Christmas movie as it was released in those countries during Oct 74 but Yanks could because its US release date was 20 Dec 74.
However perhaps it would be best for the individual to designate as “Christmas” the movies that please HIM/HER. For me that would be those set in the Christmas period, had Christmas as the central theme and were feel-good. “Adult” themes could not extend beyond a mistletoe “Christmas kiss” and there would be no bad language.
Over here in one video store no “adult” movies of any kind were ever displayed. However there was a special “under the counter” service that provided risqué movies in general for a select clientele among whom were many policemen even though the arrangement was then illegal over here. I in turn would prefer kept separate from the mainstream, those “Christmas” movies that for example have guys climbing down chimneys dressed as Sana but carrying a huge axe.
Hey Bob. Good points made in this comment. This has been a friendly debate for sure. Hope you have a a great holiday….on to 2019.
Hey Steve…..thanks for they holiday good wishes. A hectic but great day. Love the attached photo. Now it is time for New Years. Is 2018 really almost done….how can that be? Hope you had a good Xmas too.
I currently have It’s a Wonderful Life on television. I read earlier today that it was suspected as possible Communist propaganda by the FBI for a decade and investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
I can believe it. The red scare was going strong in the immediate years following the release of It’s A Wonderful Life. Thanks for the feedback.
Hello Bruce and everybody,
Merry Christmas to all of you !
Thanks Laurent….by my calculations it is almost Christmas Day in France…we are just starting our Christmas Eve here in the states. Hope your holiday is awesome.
RE” Christmas in July
I just recently saw this for the first time. Dick Powell writes a new slogan for a rival coffee company for contest for $25,000 and apparently wins. Actually, some friends of his play a joke on him by creating a fake telegram telling him he wins and he gets the check after which he starts buying everyone presents. His girlfriends says it is just like Christmas.
HI FLORA
Thanks for the synopsis of Christmas in July.
Hey Bob….that sort of sounds like a Christmas movie….just not in the typical framework of most Xmas movies.
HI BRUCE
I would have to see the whole movie again to be definitive but for now I go on the basis of Flora’s helpful synopsis and I would therefore regard somebody buying presents in the middle of summer and another person mentioning Christmas as a bit of a stretch for the plot of a true Christmas movie.
Those kinds of situations to a greater or lesser extent can happen often in movies without the films concerned being classified as Christmas ones. If for example Van Heflin bought Laddie and some of the other ranchers new guns in Shane as presents in say April and the latter said it reminded them of Christmas would that make Shane a Christmas movie?
Hey Bob….compared to some of the movies we booted out….Trading Places (yes Danny A. wears a Santa Clause suite in one scene) Die Hard 2 (amazing that the great debate about Die Hard and Christmas never really mentions DH2) and others it is the better match. I think….we are going to keep Christmas In July this year…..but can open up the discussion for Christmas 2019…..lol.
Hey Flora….that sounds very familiar…..the problem with watching so many movies…they seem to get mixed up in my head…..we are closing in on 550 movies seen in 2018. I am betting I have seen that one. Thanks for the information.