You might have already watched every movie on our Christmas movie list, or maybe none.
If you have already watched all the uniquely amazing hallmark holiday specials and skimmed through the new Netflix Christmas specials, it might be time for you to watch the ultimate list of Christmas movies!
Here we have a list comprised of everyone’s favourites ranging in all genres.
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Romance
JUST FRIENDS
Just Friends is a mid 00’s rom-com with Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart and Anna Faris. A movie that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of coming back home after years. Ryan Reynolds, Chris Bradner is the fatty high school loser who after getting his heart broken moves to L.A. and reinvents himself to become someone like, well, Ryan Reynolds. Enjoy this movie if you want to laugh and remember your high school years in a Christmas environment.
IMDB 6.2 RT 42%
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
This christmasy romance from 1995 follows all the formulas but thanks to the sweet performance of Sandra Bullock, this strange movie is fun and cute. Wouldn’t you guess it, with quite a dark premise the story takes Lucy (Sandra Bullock) to take a series of decisions that leads her to a complex situation. If we have learned anything from Bullock’s rom-coms is that there will always be family around when you need them.
IMDB 6.7 RT 81%
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LOVE ACTUALLY
A classic. Even after 15 years of its release, Love Actually is still one of the greatest Christmas classics. Just watching Hugh Grant dorkily dancing to “Jump (for my love)” is a sign that Christmas is here. Have fun, enjoy and fall in love watching a prime minister, an office employee, a pop star, a writer and other deal with their relationships in London.
IMDB 7.6 RT 72%
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THE HOLIDAY
The Holiday is a rom-com that tells the story of two successful women, Amanda Woods and Iris Simpkins, two completely distinct people who only have in common their misfortune in love. A Nancy Meyers classic with Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack Black.
IMDB 6.9 RT 80%
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Comedy
JINGLE ALL THE WAY
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this crazy Christmas comedy as a desperate dad running to buy the most popular gift of the season for his kid on Christmas morning. In a story where Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic dad, he has to keep his promise or Christmas will be ruined forever!
IMDB 5.6 RT 38%
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THE SANTA CLAUSE
S.C. Scott Calvin or Santa Claus? This movie presents Tim Allen on his transformation from Scott Calvin, sarcastic angry divorce toymaker dad, to our precious fatty, Santa Claus! This classic includes everything you ever dreamed the North Pole would be and if this year you were naughty don’t worry, Scott Calvin’s got your back.
IMDB 6.4 RT 74%
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BAD SANTA
Willie, a sour, lonely alcoholic, works every holiday season in the malls as Santa Claus with his elf partner Marcus. Each Christmas eve, they disconnect the security alarm after the mall closes and burst the safe! But something always goes wrong, this movie is for those who want to see something different.
IMDB 7.0 RT 75%
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Action
DIE HARD
John McClane, NYPD, arrives to L.A. to celebrate Christmas but he becomes involved in a fight against a group of evil thieves who take McClane’s wife as a hostage in the skyscraper, Nakatomi Plaza. If you haven’t joined the debate, this year you have to watch this movie and decide: is Die Hard a Christmas movie or not? We say, of course it is!
IMDB 8.2 RT 94%
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LETHAL WEAPON
Another Christmas classic, Lethal Weapon. With Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, this 80’s movie arrives to gift us one of the best phrases of all time: “I’m too old for this shit”. An odd couple of detectives must confront a dangerous international band of drug traffickers during the holiday season.
IMDB 7.6 RT 86%
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Classics
A CHRISTMAS STORY
In Hohman, Indiana lives Ralphie, a restless nine year old. Christmas is close and Ralphie’s great wish is that on Christmas morning under the tree, there will be an Official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!This movie is to enjoy with the entire family, to see the dad with his lamp, Ralphie with his friends and the mom covering Ralphie’s little brother with thousands of layers for the winter!
IMDB 8.0 RT 89%
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IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Clarence (Henry Travers), is a second tier angel sent to Earth with the mision to convince George Bailey (James Stuart), a proud citizen of small Bedford Falls not to commit suicide. The angel must show George what life would be like for those around him if he was gone. Directed and produced by Frank Capra in 1946, this movie became an american film classic and its emission on television has become a Christmas tradition all around the world.
IMDB 8.6 RT 93%
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THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
The King of Halloween plans to kidnap Santa Claus and at the same time bring panic instead of joy to the children of the world! A Nightmare Before Christmas is an animated film that was not very successful during its release in 1993, but with time it became a true cult classic that forms part of Halloween and Christmas traditions.
IMDB 8.0 RT 95%
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GREMLINS
Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) receives a quite peculiar gift for Christmas. Billy’s dad, a disorganized inventor, buys a Mogwai. Directed by Joe Dante and produced by Steven Spielberg in 1984, Gremlins became a cult classic for its violence, terror and dark 80’s humor.
IMDB 7.3 RT 84%
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THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS
With our beautiful Dan Stevens and talented Christopher Plummer, The man who invented Christmas tells the story of the tormented Dickens during the cathartic writing process of one of his most popular novels. After two years of the incredible success of Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) finds himself in economic distress after the failure of his last three books. To relaunch his career, during the next six weeks Dickens brings to life a Christmas Carol; the novel that made Christmas a family holiday.
IMDB 7.0 RT 79%
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HOLIDAY INN
Jim Hardy (Crosby) and Ted Hanover (Astaire) are two artists that fight for the attention of the fair Lila Dixon (Dale). Hardy is a singer and Hanover is a dancer. This musical comedy directed by Mark Sandrich in 1942 marvells with its amazing cast formed by Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale and Bing Crosby; who performs one of his greatest hits: White Christmas.
IMDB 7.6 RT 86%
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