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- Klaus (2019) Klaus. PG. Animation. Family. Release Date. November 8, 2019. Director. Sergio Pablos. Cast. Joan Cusack , Rashida Jones , J.K. Simmons , Jason Schwartzman , Mila Brener , Tucker Meek.
- Elf (2003) Elf. PG. Comedy. Family. Fantasy. Romance. Release Date. October 9, 2003. Director. Jon Favreau. Cast. Will Ferrell , James Caan , Bob Newhart , Edward Asner , Mary Steenburgen , Zooey Deschanel.
- Love Actually (2003) Love Actually. R. Comedy. Documentary. Drama. Romance. Release Date. September 7, 2003. Director. Richard Curtis. Cast. Bill Nighy , Gregor Fisher , Rory MacGregor , Colin Firth , Sienna Guillory , Liam Neeson.
- The Polar Express (2004) The Polar Express. G. Animation. Adventure. Family. Fantasy. Release Date. November 10, 2004. Director. Robert Zemeckis. Cast. Tom Hanks , Leslie Zemeckis , Eddie Deezen , Nona Gaye , Peter Scolari , Andy Pellick.
- Die Hard (1988) Director: John McTiernan. Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedalia, Reginald VelJohnson. Arguably the greatest action movie ever made, and now the greatest Christmas movie ever made, too.
- It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Director: Frank Capra. Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell. Frank Capra’s perennial classic may not make the top spot here, but it remains essential Christmas viewing.
- Gremlins (1984) Director: Joe Dante. Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Judge Reinhold, Corey Feldman, Jackie Joseph. Gremlins roasting in an open microwave, gremlins nipping at your nose, Yuletide carols being sung by gremlins, and folks screaming and running for their lives.
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Director: Brian Henson. Starring: Michael Caine, Frank Oz, Steven Mackintosh, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson.
- Morvern Callar (2002) Director: Lynne Ramsay. In many ways, Morvern Callar is the least Christmassy film on this list (suicide, clubbing and sun-scorched Spain drive the plot forward), yet there’s something in Lynne Ramsay’s woozy yuletide-set film that channels something appropriately otherworldly and nostalgic.
- Bad Santa (2003) Director: Terry Zwigoff. Miramax. Auteur of outcasts Terry Zwigoff sets his sights on the Christmas season in his mischievous tale of hard-drinking thief Willie (Billy Bob Thornton) and his marginally more business-minded partner-in-crime, Marcus (Tony Cox).
- 2046 (2004) Director: Wong Kar Wai. As a former British colony, Hong Kong celebrates Christmas with more enthusiasm than in other south-east Asian countries, but with fewer ties to religion (and Dickens).
- White Reindeer (2013) Director: Zach Clark. When real-estate agent Suzanne (Anna Margaret Hollyman) comes home to find her husband murdered in the run-up to Christmas, things understandably look bleak for the big day.
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- 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' (1965) Director: Bill Melendez. A Charlie Brown Christmas joins the ranks of How the Grinch Stole Christmas as another beloved short film with a Christmas theme that was released in the 1960s.
- 'A Christmas Tale' (2008) Director: Arnaud Desplechin. There are plenty of well-established Christmas movies in the English language, but it's also worth highlighting Christmas movies that are in languages other than English, given the holiday is celebrated outside English-speaking countries.
- 'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale' (2010) Director: Jalmari Helander. Jalmari Helander is a filmmaker who specializes in making unusual and rather out-there genre films, as demonstrated more recently in the relentless 2022 action movie that was Sisu.
- 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' (1966) Directors: Chuck Jones and Ben Washam. Forget about the divisive 2000 live-action movie that's a beloved childhood classic to some a nightmarish fever dream of a movie to others; 1966's How the Grinch Stole Christmas is where it's at as far as adaptations go.
Nov 30, 2023 · As the brains behind most people's go-to Christmas movie, Richard Curtis is a busy man at this time of year. Not only do the Love Actually texts start chiming in around December 1 for the...
Nov 17, 2023 · Variety picks the best Christmas movies of all time, from modern films like ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Elf’ to classics like ‘It’s A Wonderful Life.'
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4 days ago · That Christmas is an animated Netflix movie that will bring to life Richard Curtis’ much-loved children’s book trilogy, and it boasts an impressive voice cast, including Succession star Brian Cox as Santa alongside Bill Nighy, Rhys Darby, Guz Khan, Jodie Whittaker, Fiona Shaw, Sindhu Vee, Lolly Adefope and Katherine Parkinson.
