Combustible Celluloid: Christmas Movies
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Christmas Movies

Black Christmas

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Following is my selection of the 100+ finest movies with Christmas themes or settings to help get you in the spirit of the season. (Updated December 25, 2025)

  1. All of Us Strangers (2023)
  2. All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
  3. Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
  4. Arthur Christmas (2011)
  5. Bad Santa (2003)
  6. The Baltimorons (2025)
  7. Batman Returns (1992)
  8. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
  9. Better Off Dead (1985)
  10. Better Watch Out (2017)
  11. Big Business (1929) / Babes in Toyland (1934) [Laurel & Hardy]
  12. The Bishop's Wife (1947) / The Preacher's Wife (1996)
  13. Black Christmas (1974)
  14. Brazil (1985)
  15. La Bûche (Seasons Beatings) (1999)
  16. Carol (2015)
  17. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  18. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
  19. Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)
  20. A Christmas Carol (Scrooge) (1951)
  21. The Christmas Chronicles (2018) / The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
  22. Christmas Eve in Miller's Point (2024)
  23. A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
  24. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
  25. A Christmas Story (1983)
  26. A Christmas Tale (2008)
  27. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
  28. The Day of the Beast (1995)
  29. The Dead (1987)
  30. Dead of Night (1945)
  31. The Devil-Doll (1936)
  32. Die Hard (1988) / Die Hard 2 (1990)
  33. Dr. Suess' The Grinch (2018)
  34. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  35. Elf (2003)
  36. Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
  37. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
  38. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  39. Fanny and Alexander (1983)
  40. Friday After Next (2002)
  41. Gremlins (1984)
  42. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
  43. Happiest Season (2020)
  44. Happy Christmas (2014)
  45. The Holdovers (2023)
  46. Holiday Affair (1949)
  47. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
  48. Iron Man 3 (2013)
  49. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
  50. Jingle Bell Rocks! (2013)
  51. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
  52. Just Friends (2005)
  53. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
  54. Klaus (2019)
  55. Krampus (2015)
  56. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
  57. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
  58. Little Women (1933) / Little Women (1994) / Little Women (2019)
  59. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
  60. Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
  61. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
  62. Mean Girls (2004)
  63. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  64. Metropolitan (1990)
  65. Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
  66. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  67. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
  68. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
  69. The Night Before (2015)
  70. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  71. Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
  72. Olive the Other Reindeer (1999)
  73. Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
  74. Prancer (1989)
  75. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
  76. The Ref (1994)
  77. Remember the Night (1940)
  78. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
  79. 'R Xmas (2001)
  80. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
  81. Scrooged (1988)
  82. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
  83. Silent Night (2023, John Woo)
  84. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) / Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) / Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out (1989) / Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990) / Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991) / Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
  85. Spencer (2021)
  86. Spirited (2022)
  87. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
  88. Tangerine (2015)
  89. Terrifier 3 (2024)
  90. The Thin Man (1934)
  91. 3 Godfathers (1948)
  92. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
  93. Trading Places (1983)
  94. Trancers (1984)
  95. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)
  96. A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
  97. Violent Night (2022)
  98. The War of the Roses (1989)
  99. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
  100. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

Other Christmas Movies...

About a Boy (2002) | Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) | An Affair to Remember (1957) | All That Heaven Allows (1956) | The Apartment (1960) | Babe (1995) | Bad Santa 2 (2016) | Beautiful Something Left Behind (2021) | Belfast (2021) | The Best Man Holiday (2013) | Black Christmas (2019) | Black Nativity (2013) | Boys Town (1938) | Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) | Bros (2022) | A Christmas Carol (1938) | A Christmas Carol (2009) | Christmas Eve (1947) | A Christmas Past: Vintage Holiday Films 1901-1925 (2001) | Christmas Presence (2018) | Christmas Evil (1980) | Christmas vs. The Walters (2021) | Christmas with the Kranks (2004) | Christmas with the Simpsons (1989) | The Company (2003) | Dear Santa (2020) | The Decalogue (Episode 3) (1988) | Deck the Halls (2006) | Detective Knight: Redemption (2022) | Donovan's Reef (1963) | Doubt (2008) | 8-Bit Christmas (2021) | 8 Women (2002) | Emma (2020) | Everyone Says I Love You (1996) | The Family Man (2000) | Far from Heaven (2002) | Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) | The Family Stone (2005) | Fatman (2020) | Female Trouble (1974) | Fred Claus (2007) | Four Christmases (2008) | Ghostbusters II (1989) | Ginger & Fred (1986) | Go (1999) | Going My Way (1944) | Green Book (2018) | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) | Holiday (1938) | The Holiday (2006) | Home Alone (1990) | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) | The Ice Harvest (2006) | In Bruges (2008) | The Irishman (2019) | Jersey Boys (2014) | Joyeux Noël (2005) | The Judy Garland Christmas Special (1963) | Lethal Weapon (1987) | The Lodge (2020) | Love Actually (2003) | The Matador (2005) | Meet John Doe (1941) | The Merry Gentleman (2009) | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) | Miss Potter (2006) | Mr. Arkadin (1955) | Morvern Callar (2002) | The Nativity Story (2006) | The Nice Guys (2016) | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | O. Henry's Full House (1952) | 101 Reykjavik (2001) | One Magic Christmas (1985) | P2 (2007) | Pocketful of Miracles (1961) | The Polar Express (2004) | The Railway Children (1970) | Reindeer Games (2000) | Rent (2005) | Rick (2004) | Rise of the Guardians (2012) | Roma (2018) | Rushmore (1998) | Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) | The Santa Clause (1994) | Seed of Chucky (2004) | Serendipity (2001) | Shazam! (2019) | Shaun the Sheep: We Wish Ewe a Merry Christmas (2010) | Smoke (1995) | SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas (2003) | Surviving Christmas (2004) | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) | To All a Goodnight (1980) | 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) | The Warrior's Way (2010) | While She Was Out (2008) | White Christmas (1954) | Why Him? (2016) | Will Penny (1968) | Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999)

Seen But Not Yet Reviewed...

The Advent Calendar (2021) | An American Tail (1986) | A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) | Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) | Black Christmas (2006) | Comfort and Joy (1985) | Lady and the Tramp (2019) | Last Christmas (2019) | Let It Snow (2019) | Noelle (2019) | Office Christmas Party (2016) | Riders of Justice (2021) | Santa Claus (1959) | The Santa Clause 2 (2002) | Scrooge (1935) | Tales from the Crypt (1972) This Christmas (2007) | Twas the Fight Before Christmas (2021)

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