Movies and TV series about Christmas

The 60 best titles about Christmas, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.

Singin' in the Rain
iRank91
1952 · Stanley Donen
MovieComedyRomance
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
It's a Wonderful Life
iRank88
1946 · Frank Capra
MovieDramaFamilyFantasy
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan compan
The Wizard of Oz
iRank87
1939 · Victor Fleming
MovieAdventureFamilyFantasy
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
iRank86
2011 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects tha
Little Women
iRank85
2019 · Greta Gerwig
MovieDramaRomance
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
The Holdovers
iRank84
2023 · Alexander Payne
MovieComedyDrama
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond
The Hunt
iRank84
2012 · Thomas Vinterberg
MovieDrama
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutal
The Nightmare Before Christmas
iRank84
1993 · Henry Selick
MovieAnimationFamilyFantasy
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghouli
Catch Me If You Can
iRank84
2002 · Steven Spielberg
MovieCrimeDrama
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
iRank83
2004 · Alfonso Cuarón
MovieAdventureFantasy
Harry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.
Die Hard
iRank83
1988 · John McTiernan
MovieActionThriller
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired...
Klaus
iRank82
2019 · Sergio Pablos
MovieAnimationComedyFamily
A selfish postman and a reclusive toymaker form an unlikely friendship, delivering joy to a cold, dark town that desperately needs it.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
iRank81
2005 · Mike Newell
MovieAdventureFantasy
When his name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools. Signs of Voldemort's return emerge as Harry's friends hel
Edward Scissorhands
iRank81
1990 · Tim Burton
MovieDramaFantasyRomance
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
iRank79
1971 · Mel Stuart
MovieFamilyFantasyComedy
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
iRank78
2009 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
iRank78
2022 · James Gunn
MovieAdventureComedyScience Fiction
On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.
Hawkeye
iRank78
2021 · Trinh Tran
SeriesAction & AdventureComedyDrama
Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a superhero
In Bruges
iRank77
2008 · Martin McDonagh
MovieComedyCrimeDrama
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ke
Little Women
iRank77
1994 · Gillian Armstrong
MovieDramaRomance
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Trading Places
iRank77
1983 · John Landis
MovieComedy
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Arthur Christmas
iRank76
2011 · Sarah Smith
MovieAnimationComedyDrama
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trai
The Green Knight
iRank76
2021 · David Lowery
MovieAdventureDramaFantasy
An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confron
Gremlins
iRank76
1984 · Joe Dante
MovieComedyFantasyHorror
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures
Lethal Weapon
iRank76
1987 · Richard Donner
MovieActionCrimeThriller
A veteran cop and an unstable detective become partners who must put their differences aside in order to bring down a heroin-smuggling ring run by ex-Special Forces.
Shazam!
iRank76
2019 · David F. Sandberg
MovieActionComedyFantasy
A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.
Three Days of the Condor
iRank75
1975 · Sydney Pollack
MovieMysteryThriller
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really t
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
iRank75
2007 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
iRank75
2002 · Chris Columbus
MovieAdventureFantasy
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The C
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
iRank74
2010 · David Yates
MovieAdventureFantasy
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore d
Eyes Wide Shut
iRank74
1999 · Stanley Kubrick
MovieDramaMysteryThriller
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends
The Conjuring 2
iRank73
2016 · James Wan
MovieHorror
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Elf
iRank73
2003 · Jon Favreau
MovieComedyFamilyFantasy
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shak
Batman Returns
iRank73
1992 · Tim Burton
MovieActionFantasy
The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle
While You Were Sleeping
iRank72
1995 · Jon Turteltaub
MovieComedyRomance
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more c
Iron Man 3
iRank71
2013 · Shane Black
MovieActionAdventureScience Fiction
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Sleepless in Seattle
iRank71
1993 · Nora Ephron
MovieComedyDramaRomance
After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite
Rise of the Guardians
iRank70
2012 · Peter Ramsey
MovieActionAdventureAnimation
When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children a
Die Hard 2
iRank70
1990 · Renny Harlin
MovieActionThriller
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
iRank69
1989 · Jeremiah S. Chechik
MovieComedy
It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsen
Love Actually
iRank68
2003 · Richard Curtis
MovieComedyDramaRomance
Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Violent Night
iRank67
2022 · Tommy Wirkola
MovieActionComedyFantasy
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and
Terrifier 3
iRank67
2024 · Damien Leone
MovieHorror
Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Chri
Once Upon a Deadpool
iRank67
2018 · David Leitch
MovieActionAdventureComedy
A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story that's full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.
You've Got Mail
iRank66
1998 · Nora Ephron
MovieComedyRomance
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
The Lodge
iRank65
2020 · Severin Fiala
MovieDramaHorrorMystery
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them in
Barbie in the Nutcracker
iRank65
2001 · Owen Hurley
MovieAnimationFamily
The Mouse King casts an evil spell over Clara that causes her to shrink. Clara and the Nutcracker set out on an adventurous journey to find Sugarplum Princess, who has the power to undo the spell.
The Long Kiss Goodnight
iRank62
1996 · Renny Harlin
MovieActionCrimeMystery
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her pa
Serendipity
iRank62
2001 · Peter Chelsom
MovieComedyRomance
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to
The Polar Express
iRank62
2004 · Robert Zemeckis
MovieAdventureAnimationFamily
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
The Holiday
iRank62
2006 · Nancy Meyers
MovieComedyRomance
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationsh
A Christmas Carol
iRank61
2009 · Robert Zemeckis
MovieAnimationDramaFamily
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that a
The Grinch
iRank61
2018 · Yarrow Cheney
MovieAnimationComedyFamily
The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration. But a certain little who might change things.
The Family Man
iRank60
2000 · Brett Ratner
MovieComedyDramaFantasy
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college
Havoc
iRank59
2025 · Gareth Evans
MovieActionCrimeDrama
When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
iRank57
2000 · Ron Howard
MovieComedyFamilyFantasy
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Rocky IV
iRank56
1985 · Sylvester Stallone
MovieDrama
Rocky Balboa holds the world heavyweight championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. This time, Rocky's t
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
iRank55
1992 · Chris Columbus
MovieAdventureComedyFamily
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin r
Red One
iRank49
2024 · Jake Kasdan
MovieActionComedyFantasy
After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
iRank47
2018 · Lasse Hallström
MovieAdventureFamilyFantasy
When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.