Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
We all watch Christmas movies but what ones do you like?
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
Muppets Christmas Carol. Every time.
Sheer fuzzy genius.
Final score:
39points
Kimberley McMillan 2 years ago
The absolute best version of A Christmas Carol and I will not be taking questions or rebuttals on this. XD
#2
My favorite Christmas movie is "It's A Wonderful Life" because I love the message. Looking reflectively and seeing how our actions have impacted others is a wonderful impetus to treating others kindly.
Final score:
24points
#3
A Christmas Story. I love the humor in it, and of course that major award leg lamp!
Final score:
22points
Kim Blizzard 2 years ago
Our latest addition to Christmas decor...a big round wooden sign painted to say "You'll shoot your eye out kid!"
#5
The Bishop's Wife - the 1947 film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven. Cary is an angel who comes to earth to teach David the true meaning of Christmas. Wonderful acting and wonderful message.
Final score:
20points
#6
A Christmas Carol 1951 Because Alastair Sim!
Final score:
20points
#7
White Christmas. It's an older movie and it's so good. There's no swearing or unnecessary inappropriate stuff like even kids movies seem to all have today.
We watch it every year on Christmas Eve and it still holds up as a great movie. My family can recite all of the lines but it hasn't gotten boring.
Final score:
17points
#8
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Makes me feel all festive, snuggly and warm inside. There's plenty of laughs along the way but in the end, the message is that Christmas is all about that bonus.... I mean family!
Final score:
17points
Suzanne Clark 2 years ago
I love when the mom says something like: "it's Christmas Audrey, we're all miserable".
#12
Bad Santa
Final score:
14points
Steve Barnett (Submission author) 2 years ago
Sorry, I forgot to say why. It's just hilarious.
#13
Krampus, because overbearing jerk relatives get murdered by Krampus.
Final score:
13points
#14
Can't believe i'm the first one saying these but,
Home alone
Home alone 2
Elf
For newer stuff, i like 8 bit christmas
Final score:
13points
#15
the nightmare before Christmas. because it serves for both Christmas and Halloween
Final score:
13points
#16
I can't believe no one has said the best ever. A Charlie Brown Christmas
Final score:
12points
#18
Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
My brothers and cousins and I would gather around our t.v. every year and watch them together. It was a wonderful time in our childhood and some of us still watch them with our children. I continue to watch now that mine are grown because they are fun and bring back great memories.
Final score:
11points
Helen Haley 2 years ago
Really? I could never get past the messaging. Its ok to be a jerk until you need something from them.
#19
I think my fave is A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott.
Final score:
10points
Melissa Boufford (Submission author) 2 years ago
I failed to include why I enjoy this movie. It’s the level of cantankerous sphincter Mr. Scott portrays and ends with such a child-like euphoria on Christmas morning.
#20
The Hog father, because I am a discworld fan.
Final score:
9points
#21
Christmas Carole/Scrooge: Redemption. Same reason for Grinch.
Final score:
8points
#23
The Nightmare Before Christmas. I love Jack Skellington's spooky take on the holiday!
Final score:
8points
#25
Bad Santa, I just love the swearing.
Final score:
8points
#26
jingle all the way. it was me and my siblings favorite movie and even now it still makes us almost die from laughter.
Final score:
7points
#27
BRAZIL (Terry Gilliam) and MIXED NUTS (Steve Martin). BRAZIL about dysfunctional future life, xmas, greed and love. The connecting fantasy sequences in-between modern life will scare you. MIXED NUTS from Steve Martin is incredibly overlooked by even Steve M fans. Venice Beach, sight gags, incredible cast, life and death, strange ending. Treat yourself to these off-beat delights!
Final score:
7points
#28
It's a tie between Klaus and Grinch (Jim Carrey version...not that Benadryl Crumpleback version with white teeth and his biggest problem is making groceries lol).
Final score:
7points
#29
Grandma got run over by a reindeer. It's original, funny and cute. What more could you ask for?
Final score:
7points
#30
In no particular order...
1. A Christmas Carol (the 1951 version with Alastair Sim).
2. A Christmas Story.
3. Miracle On 34th Street (with Edmund Gwenn).
4. Not a movie, but .. How The Grinch Stole Christmas (the real one, not the Jim Carrey farce).
5. Last, but not least .. A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Final score:
7points
#31
I haven't seen this one mentioned: Holiday Inn. Another classic with Bing Crosby, with the bonus of Fred Astaire. It was made roughly 10 years before White Christmas, and I believe the first movie where he sang the song. They used the same set in both movies. The dancing and singing is fabulous, and they cover every holiday. Some parts didn't age well (black face used), but most did.
Final score:
7points
#32
The Family Stone. It has some A-lister celebrities but it's very underrated. One of the funniest movies I've ever watched, and a great, sad but quite touching Christmas movie.
Final score:
7points
#35
Fatman. If you consider Die Hard a Christmas movie, you’ll love Fatman. Mel Gibson as a gritty, whisky drinking, cigar smoking Santa fighting the government and a hit man hired to kill him by a kid who made the naughty list. It’s glorious.
Final score:
6points
#36
Sleepless in Seattle. The famous premise sounds weird, and I avoided seeing it until during a brief visit to Seattle accidentally going to a place with a “Tom Hanks sat here” chair. Sufficiently starstruck by the said chair (and enchanted by the city in general), I watched the film upon return, and it has become one of my favorites ever since. The film is SO sweet, and I absolutely adore Tom Hanks’ character’s wise cracking kid. Those who enjoy “Love Actually” and “The Awful Truth” (1937, no Christmas connection), will enjoy this one, too.
Final score:
6points
Tami 2 years ago
My hubby and I love this movie! In fact, I think it's his favorite, partly because it was filmed in our area. We paddle our kayaks by the famous house boat at least once a year. Yes, it's such a sweet film with a great soundtrack as well. It qualifies not only as a Christmas movie, but a New Year and Valentine day movie as well.
#37
Three Wishes for Cinderella - a legendary Czech movie from the 70d that has become a Christmas classic in numerous European countries. Cinderella is really cool in this one, emancipated, smart and omg-so-beautiful and the prince is really hot!
Final score:
6points
#38
Two that haven't made the list yet:
1. We're No Angels---classic with Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Rey, and Basil Rathbone. Not like anything else and still funny every year. So many great lines. Seriously, go check it out.
2. The Lion in Winter. Another classic with Katharine Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Dalton, and Nigel Terry. Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their horrible, conniving children. Absolutely brilliant dialogue.
Final score:
6points
#39
Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean.
Not my #1 (which is a tie between the afore mentioned Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story) but I watch this every year on YouTube. Very cute and silly.
Final score:
6points
#40
Terry Pratchett's "The Hogfather". A seasonal delight that investigates myths, childhood, and human evolution with humor and intrigue. Deep, but sweet. Cameo by Sir Pterry as the toy shoppe owner. GNU
Final score:
6points
#41
Muppet christmas carol. After all there's only one more sleep til Christmas!
Final score:
6points
#42
Die Hard.....no reason should or needs to be given
Final score:
5points
#43
Even though it's new, A Boy Called Christmas is absolutely lovely, and I shed a few tears.
Final score:
5points
#44
A Christmas Horror Story. It's hilarious, super cheesy, and has a twist at the end. Plus it has William Shatner! Husband and I watch it every year since discovering it a few years back.
Final score:
5points
#45
miracle on 34th street
Richard Attenborough at his finest, absolutely wonderful movie
Final score:
5points
#46
Home alone just bc I like seeing burgalars yet their asses whooped by an eight year old.
Final score:
5points
Springy The Non Binary Boi(They/Them) 2 years ago
Same. This is my favourite Christmas movie because one of the wet bandits screaming over a tarantula!
#47
Babes in Toyland - I usually find myself rewatching it at Christmas time.
Final score:
5points
#48
Muppet Family Christmas - it has all the Muppet characters and Jim Hansen makes an appearance at the end.
Final score:
5points
#49
Probably nobody remembers this except me, but it's "Earnest Saves Christmas".
Final score:
5points
#50
Jingle all the way
Arnold Schwarzenegger is such a good actor.
Final score:
5points
#52
I really like most Christmas movies besides most Hallmark ones and Its a Wonderful Life.
My 3 favorites though would probably be
1) Die Hard - We've watched it every year since I can remember and some of the bad guys are easy on the eyes. Also not as graphic as the sequels
2) White Christmas - I love singing along and the scene where the guys do the gals' dance routine is perfect
3) Santa Claus 2: The Escape Claus - Jack Frost is my favorite character and it's funny. There's no annoying voices or cliches
Final score:
4points
#53
Die Hard
Final score:
4points
#54
Watched “Single All the Way” (2021) this week and it’s my newest favorite. Gremlins is my all time fave.
Final score:
4points
#56
Bad Santa, because people are flawed, and I prefer dark comedy over traditional, phony X-mas sentiment. It's become our tradition.
Final score:
4points
#58
Smoky Mountain Christmas starring Dolly Parton and Lee Majors.
Final score:
3points
#59
Chevy chase Christmas vacation, because it’s just hilarious
Final score:
3points
#60
Well, Die Hard has already been given. My next favorite isn't a movie, but it is a specific show.
Eureka season 5, Do You Hear What I Hear (Christmas special)
Final score:
2points
Laura Lett 2 years ago
Die hard 2 is also a Christmas movie. Takes place 1-2 years later, at Christmas.
#61
Drei Nüsse für Aschenbrödel
(Three nuts for Cinderella)
Cause of nostalgia, for being a wonderful movie and cause it's not really Christmas without it. (Like it's not really Silvester without Diner for one).
Final score:
2points
#63
Mickey’s Christmas Carol. I feel like a kid again as I watch it.
Final score:
2points
#65
I agree about the classics, It's a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, The Christmas Carol (1951), Love Actually, and more. But I'd like to add two more movies not mentioned above:
-- Ebbie - a 1995 Lifetime TV movie version of The Christmas Carol, where Susan Lucci plays Elizabeth (Ebbie Scrooge), the owner of a large department store. She is wonderful in the part!
-- Bells of Saint Mary's - another oldie but goody (1945). Bing Crosby and Ingrid Berman, as a priest and nun at a parochial school, which is danger of being shut down. Great acting, great music, and some laughs. A sentimental journey in glorious black & white!
Final score:
2points
What do you think ?
Tami 2 years ago
I think the best Scrooge is Alastair Sim. But my favorite Cratchits are in the Patrick Stewart version.
Lucas 2 years ago
Alistair Sim was an amazing actor. Loved him in Stage Fright and An Inspector Calls as well, of course, A Christmas Carol.
Load More Replies...
Bunzilla 2 years ago
I'm really sad that NOBODY mentioned Scrooge (1970). It's a musical and has some really unforgettable songs, like 'Thank you very much' and 'Father Christmas'. It stars Albert Finney as Scrooge and has Alec Guinness as Jacob Marley. Highly recommend checking it out at least once.
Tami 2 years ago
I think the best Scrooge is Alastair Sim. But my favorite Cratchits are in the Patrick Stewart version.
Lucas 2 years ago
Alistair Sim was an amazing actor. Loved him in Stage Fright and An Inspector Calls as well, of course, A Christmas Carol.
Load More Replies... Bunzilla 2 years ago
I'm really sad that NOBODY mentioned Scrooge (1970). It's a musical and has some really unforgettable songs, like 'Thank you very much' and 'Father Christmas'. It stars Albert Finney as Scrooge and has Alec Guinness as Jacob Marley. Highly recommend checking it out at least once.
Related on Bored Panda
