I came up with this list a couple years ago while trying to distract myself from graduate class work. I’ve since added it to the Wikipedia page dedicated to Christmas movies. Yes… it’s the dorkiest thing that I’ve ever done. But it was fun and whether or not you admit it, it’s kinda neat.
If you see that I’ve missed any movies (and I don’t doubt that I have) please leave a comment below. The criteria is simple in that all movies must directly involve the holiday of Christmas. Some movies can be “argued” into the list. However, when in doubt… I leave it out.
3 Godfathers (1948)
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
American Christmas Carol, An (TV) (1979)
The Associate (1996)
Bad Man’s Christmas Gift, The (1910)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
Babes in Toyland (1961)
Babes in Toyland (TV) (1986)
Bad Santa (2003)
Bells of St. Mary’s, The (1945)
Bernard and the Genie (1991) (TV)
Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983) (TV)
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Bishop’s Wife, The (1947)
Black Christmas (1975)
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol (1988) (TV)
Bright Eyes (1934)
Bush Christmas (1947)
Bush Christmas (1983)
Captain’s Christmas, The (1938)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964) (TV)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Christmas Box, The (1995) (TV)
Christmas Burglars, The (1908)
Christmas Carol, A (1917)
Christmas Carol, A (1938)
Christmas Carol, A (1951)
Christmas Carol, A (1954)
A Christmas Carol (1972)
Christmas Carol, A (1984) (TV)
Christmas Carol, A (1995)
Christmas Carol The Musical, A (2004) (TV)
Christmas Child (2003)
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987) (TV)
Christmas Comes but Once a Year (1936)
Christmas Eve (1947)
Christmas Eve (1986) (TV)
Christmas Gift, The (1986) (TV)
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Christmas in Connecticut (TV) (1992)
Christmas in July (1940)
Christmas Kid, The (1967)
Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979) (TV)
Christmas Miracle in Caulfield, U.S.A. (1977) (TV)
Christmas Mountain (1980)
Christmas on Division Street (1991) (TV)
Christmas Romance, A (1994) (TV)
Christmas Stallion, The (1992) (TV)
Christmas Star, The (1986) (TV)
Christmas Story, A (1983)
Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, The (1966)
Christmas to Remember, A (1978) (TV)
Christmas Toy, The (1990) (TV)
Christmas Tree, The (1969)
Christmas Vacation ’91 (1992)
Christmas Visitor, The (1987) (TV)
Christmas Wife, The (1988) (TV)
Christmas Without Snow, A (1980) (TV)
Christmas With the Kranks (2004)
Christus, The (1916)
Comfort and Joy (1984)
Countdown (1996)
Deck the Halls (2006)
Die Hard (1988)
Don’t Open Till Christmas (1985)
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Dream for Christmas, A (1973) (TV)
Ebbie (1995) (TV)
Elf (2003)
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977) (TV)
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Every Day Except Christmas (1957)
The Family Stone (2005)
Frosty the Snowman (1969) (TV)
Fourth Wise Man, The (1985) (TV)
Gathering, Part II, The (1979) (TV)
Gathering, The (1977) (TV)
Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, The (1983) (TV)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Guess Who’s Coming for Christmas? (1990) (TV)
Heidi (1937)
Heidi (1952)
Heidi (1965)
Heidi (1968) (TV)
Heidi (1993) (TV)
Hobo’s Christmas, A (1987) (TV)
Holiday Affair (1949)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Holly and the Ivy, The (1952)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Home for Christmas (1949)
Home for the Holidays (1972) (TV)
Homecoming – A Christmas Story, The (1971) (TV)
House Without a Christmas Tree, The (1972) (TV)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1988) (TV)
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984) (TV)
It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV)
It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas (1989) (TV)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Jingle All the Way (1996)
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Kid Who Loved Christmas, The (1990) (TV)
Lemon Drop Kid, The (1934)
Lemon Drop Kid, The (1951)
Love Actually (2003)
Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, The (1985) (TV)
The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976) (TV)
The Little Drummer Boy (1968) (TV)
Look Who’s Talking Now (1993)
Man in the Santa Claus Suit, The (1978) (TV)
Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1984)
Midnight Clear, A (1991)
Miracle of the Bells, The (1948)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1973) (TV)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Mixed Nuts (1994)
Mom for Christmas, A (1990) (TV)
Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980) (TV)
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962)
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Muppet Christmas Carol, The (1992)
My Little Boy (1917)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Nativity Story (2006)
The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey Nestor (1977) (TV)
The Night Before Christmas (1906)
The Night Before Christmas (1912)
Night Before Christmas, The (1926)
Night Before Christmas, The (1933)
Night Before Christmas, The (1941)
Night Before Christmas, The (1994)
Night They Saved Christmas, The (1984) (TV)
Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
Nutcracker (1982)
Nutcracker, The (1993)
Nutcracker, The Motion Picture (1986)
O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
One Christmas (1994) (TV)
One Magic Christmas (1985)
La Pastorela (1991) (TV)
Penny Serenade (1941)
Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980) (TV)
Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952)
Polar Express, The (2004)
Prancer (1989)
Prancer Returns (1998)
Pups’ Christmas, The (1936)
Reckless (1995)
The Ref (1994)
The Right to Be Happy (1916)
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV)
Santa Claus (1959)
Santa Claus, The Movie (1985)
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970) (TV)
Santa Clause, The (1994)
Santa Clause 2, The (2002)
Santa Clause 3, The (2006)
Scrooge (1935)
Scrooge (1951)
Scrooge (1970)
Scrooged (1988)
Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives, The (1933)
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1973)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1992)
Silent Night, Deadly Night III – Better Watch Out! (1989)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part II (1987)
Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) (TV)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Smoky Mountain Christmas, A (1986) (TV)
The Snowman (1982)
Story of the First Christmas Snow, The (1975) (TV)
Sunshine Christmas (1977) (TV)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992) (TV)
Trading Places (1983)
Trap for Santa Claus, A (1909)
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1914)
U.F.O. Blue Christmas (1979)
Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
Very Brady Christmas, A (1988) (TV)
White Christmas (1954)
A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) (TV)
Year Without a Santa Claus, The (1974) (TV)
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991) (TV)
You Better Watch Out (1980)
Young Pioneers’ Christmas (1976) (TV)
