Below is a list of many of my favorites. Also included are those I sold tons of when I worked at Suncoast Motion Picture Company (and a few new ones I’ve heard a lot about from friends and coworkers). I am sure I am missing quite a few but this is what I could come up with on short notice.
Enjoy! And Merry Christmas!
§ The 12 Dogs of Christmas (1991)
§ Babes In Toyland (1961)
§ Beyond Christmas (1940)
§ The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
§ A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
§ A Christmas Carol (1938 with Edwin L Marin); (1951 with Alastair Sim); (1984 with George C Scott); (1999 with Patrick Stewart)
§ Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
§ A Christmas Story (1983)
§ Christmas With the Kranks (2004)
§ Deck the Halls (2006)
§ Die Hard (1988) – ok…maybe not so much the “warm and fuzzy” holiday movie but who can’t resist ringing in the holiday with Bruce Willis?
§ Emmet Otter’s Jug-band Christmas (1977)
§ Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
§ The Family Stone (2005)
§ The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975)
§ Frosty the Snowman (1969)
§ Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976)
§ A Garfield Christmas (1987)
§ The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
§ Gremlins (1984)
§ The Holiday (2006)
§ Holiday Affair (1949)
§ Holiday Inn (1942)
§ Home Alone (1990)
§ Home for the Holidays (1995) – ok, so this is a Thanksgiving movie but I thought it needed to be included anyway. This movie is just plain funny :-)
§ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
§ I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003)
§ It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
§ It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
§ Jack Frost (1979) – animated
§ Jack Frost (1998) – starring Michael Keaton and not to be confused with the 1996 horror movie flick :-)
§ Jingle All the Way (1996)
§ The Leprechaun’s Christmas Gold (1981)
§ The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
§ The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
§ Love Actually (2003)
§ Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
§ Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – watch this one before the remake…and if you have only ever seen the 1994 version, shame on you…always watch the original before tackling a remake…
§ The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
§ National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
§ Nestor, the Long-Eared Donkey (1977)
§ The Night Before Christmas (1941) animated short starring Tom and Jerry
§ The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
§ Noel (2004)
§ The Nutcracker (1977) – with Mikhail Baryshnikov
§ Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980)
§ Prancer (1989)
§ The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
§ The Polar Express (2004)
§ Remember the Night (1940)
§ Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 original TV classic) – and yes…this is the one where he discovers the Island of Misfit Toys, befriends Hermey, Yukon Cornelius and the Abominable Snowman :-) (this was perhaps the most difficult thing to explain to customers shopping for movies because they never believed us…)
§ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (2001) – picks up with our favorite characters who battle the Evil Toy Taker and save Christmas
§ Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979)
§ Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
§ Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
§ Santa Claus, the Movie (1985)
§ The Santa Clause (1994)
§ Scrooge (1951 with Alastair Sim); (1970 with Albert Finney)
§ Scrooged (1988)
§ The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
§ The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)
§ The Ten Commandments (1956) – they used to air this every year when I was a kid around the holidays…epic film so I must include it
§ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
§ White Christmas (1954)
§ The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) – this is the one with the Heat Miser :-)
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