Best Christmas Movies

This collection gathers 2,878 christmas movies — curated from films whose titles center on christmas — and ranks them with a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. The current #1 is The Nightmare Before Christmas.

2,878 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

1
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993· 1h 16m· Fantasy, Animation, Family· en
7.810.5K
2
Mickey's Christmas Carol
1983· 25m· Family, Animation· en
7.7999
3
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989· 1h 37m· Comedy· en
7.22.8K
4
Cartoon Network Christmas: Yuletide Follies
2004· 1h 50m· Animation, Family, Comedy· en
9.941
5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966· 25m· Animation, Family, Comedy· en
7.51.2K
6
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992· 1h 29m· Music, Comedy, Family· en
7.41.2K
7
A Charlie Brown Christmas
1965· 25m· Animation, Family, Comedy· en
7.7786
8
White Christmas
1954· 2h 0m· Comedy, Music, Romance· en
7.2590
9
A Christmas Carol
2009· 1h 36m· Animation, Drama, Family· en
6.95.0K
10
A Christmas Story
1983· 1h 33m· Comedy, Family· en
7.21.4K
11
The Christmas Chronicles
2018· 1h 44m· Comedy, Adventure, Family· en
7.22.4K
12
Arthur Christmas
2011· 1h 37m· Drama, Animation, Family· en
6.81.7K
13
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010· 1h 2m· Science Fiction, Drama· en
8.0241
14
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983· 2h 4m· Drama, History, War· ja
7.3541
15
Teddy's Christmas
2022· 1h 16m· Family, Adventure, Fantasy· no
7.049
16
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000· 1h 45m· Family, Comedy, Fantasy· en
6.88.4K
17
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
1999· 1h 6m· Animation, Family, Comedy· en
7.1731
18
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
1999· 46m· Fantasy, Music, TV Movie· en
9.05
19
A Christmas Carol
1984· 1h 41m· Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie· en
7.5424
20
That Christmas
2024· 1h 31m· Animation, Comedy, Family· en
7.1447
21
Black Christmas
1974· 1h 38m· Horror, Mystery, Crime· en
7.0966
22
Joyeux Noel
2005· 1h 56m· Drama, War, Romance· fr
7.4926
23
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
2014· 57m· Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama· en
7.7256
24
Barbie in 'A Christmas Carol'
2008· 1h 16m· Animation, Family· en
7.2592
25
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019· 2h 53m· Drama, Fantasy· en
7.2220
26
Last Christmas
2019· 1h 43m· Comedy, Drama, Romance· en
7.22.6K
27
Christmas in August
1998· 1h 37m· Drama, Romance· ko
7.794
28
The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas
2003· 45m· Animation, Family, Science Fiction· en
7.236
29
Christmas Rematch
2004· 1h 39m· Comedy, Drama· it
6.8110
30
A Country Music Christmas
2024· 1h 28m· Comedy, Romance, TV Movie· en
4.52
31
Christopher's Christmas Mission
1975· 23m· Animation, Family, TV Movie· sv
7.752
32
This Christmas
2007· 1h 57m· Comedy, Drama, Romance· en
6.5139
33
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017· 1h 45m· Drama, History, Comedy· en
6.9860
34
Noelle
2019· 1h 40m· Family, Comedy, Fantasy· en
6.6758
35
A Garfield Christmas
1987· 24m· Animation, Family, Comedy· en
7.397
36
A Christmas Carol
1999· 1h 37m· Drama, Fantasy· en
7.0227
37
This Is Christmas
2022· 1h 46m· Comedy, Drama, Romance· en
7.052
38
A Very Sunny Christmas
2009· 43m· Comedy, TV Movie· en
8.410
39
A Boy Called Christmas
2021· 1h 44m· Family, Adventure, Fantasy· en
7.3816
40
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
2024· 1h 39m· Comedy, Drama, Family· en
6.9133
41
USS Christmas
2020· 1h 24m· TV Movie, Mystery· en
6.941
42
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
2001· 1h 1m· Animation, Family, Comedy· en
7.0285
43
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh
2008· 1h 34m· Comedy, Family, TV Movie· en
7.4233
44
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022· 1h 37m· Animation, Family, Fantasy· en
6.8487
45
Christmas at the Cupiello Household
1977· 2h 13m· Comedy, Drama, TV Movie· it
8.868
46
Snowed Inn Christmas
2017· 1h 26m· Comedy, Romance, TV Movie· en
6.9117
47
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
2021· 30m· Animation, Comedy, Family· en
7.0186
48
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994· 20m· Documentary, TV Movie· en
8.15
49
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
2004· 1h 8m· Animation, Comedy, Family· en
7.0482
50
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988· 43m· Comedy, TV Movie· en
7.627

Frequently asked questions

How many christmas movies are in this list?

2,878 christmas movies with real rating data are currently tracked.

How are these christmas movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

What is the highest-rated christmas movie?

The Nightmare Before Christmas holds the #1 position in this collection.