Christmas Movies

From Rotten Tomatoes:

“THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES OF ALL TIME”

From Home Alone and Elf to classics like Miracle on 34th Street, we’ve made our list of great holiday films and checked it at least twice. Now, to all you nice boys and girls out there, we present the Best Christmas Movies ever! Christmas has come to represent different things to people over the years, and the movies here reflect that in kind. If you’re traditional and feeling nostalgic, you’ll be pleased to see where It’s A Wonderful Life and Holiday Inn made it on our list of top holiday films. If this time of the year reminds you of sitting around the TV, eagerly awaiting those annual specials, look out for A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. There’s horror (Black Christmas), comedy (Trading Places), horror and comedy (Gremlins), and even a superhero covered in tinsel somewhere (Batman Returns). For those with an independent streak to celebrate, check out Tangerine and Carol. Meanwhile, Netflix has made great strides in the Kris Kringle quadrant with The Christmas Chronicles and Klaus. And if Christmas means traveling somewhere you don’t want to be, stuck in a building with people you don’t like, have we got the ultimate movie for you: Die Hard! Ho ho ho, now we have a complete list of great Christmas movies. Wondering how we put this Christmas movie list together? Every movie on the list is Fresh and plays around with the spirit of Christmas and the holidays as a central theme. Then we sorted them all by our ranked formula, which factors in the movie’s release year its number of reviews, to make the ultimate list of holiday films that melted even the most cynical critics’ hearts. And now you’re ready to enter a wonderland of cinematic history, with the Best Christmas Movies ever!

#63  MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1994)

#62 THE PREACHER'S WIFE (1996) 

#61 THE GRINCH (2018)

#60 THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES (2018)

#59 THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES 2 (2020)

#58 LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)

#57 KRAMPUS (2015)

#56 NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)

#55 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (2011)

#54 MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1983)

#53 THE NIGHT BEFORE (2015)

#52 HOME ALONE (1990)

#51 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (1969)

 #50 THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (2013)

#49 SCROOGED (1988)

#48 THE SANTA CLAUSE (1994)

#47 BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)

#46 THE REF (1994)

 #45 JOYEUX NOËL (MERRY CHRISTMAS) (2006)

#44 HAPPY CHRISTMAS (2014)

#43 THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)

#42 A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY (2015)

#41 LET IT SNOW (2019)

#40 WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)

#39 ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE (2018)

#38 WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (1995)

 #37 BAD SANTA (2003)

#36 THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS (2017)

#35 BATMAN RETURNS (1992)

#34 THE BISHOP'S WIFE (1948)

 #33 HAPPIEST SEASON (2020)

#32 ELF (2003)

#31 CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945)

#30 A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951)

#29 WHITE REINDEER (2013)

#28 UN CONTE DE NOËL (A CHRISTMAS TALE) (2008)

#27 GREMLINS (1984)

 #26 TRADING PLACES (1983)

#25 BETTER WATCH OUT (2017)

#24 TOKYO GODFATHERS (2003)

#23 KISS KISS, BANG BANG (2005)

#22 RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (2010)

#21 A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983)

#20 LITTLE WOMEN (1994)

#19 BABES IN TOYLAND (1934)

#18 EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)

#17 KLAUS (2019)

#16 JINGLE JANGLE: A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY (2020)

#15 REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940)

#14 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (1964)

#13 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (2011)

#12 DIE HARD (1988)

#11 A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)

#10 TANGERINE (2015)

#9 CAROL (2015)

#8 MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944)

#7 LITTLE WOMEN (2019)

#6 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1993)

#5 HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1967)

#4 THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)

#3 HOLIDAY INN (1942)

#2 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947)

#1 IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

^ The films in Black are ones I have seen and really like. The films Red ones I have seen.  I am really disappointed that “It’s a Wonderful Life” is number 1 because I can not stand that movie. ^

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