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Movies and DVDs to See at Christmas

Christmas Carols

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Christmas Classics	A Christmas Carol (1951) \| It's a Wonderful Life (1946) \| Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) \| Miracle on 34th Street (1947) \| The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Christmas Comedies	About a Boy (2002) \| Bad Santa (2003) \| Better Off Dead (1985) \| A Christmas Story (1983) \| Elf (2003) \| Love Actually (2003) \| The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) \| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) \| Scrooged (1988) \| Trading Places (1983) \| While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Modern-Day Christmas Films	La Bûche (1999) \| A Christmas Tale (2008) \| 8 Women (2002) \| Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) \| Prancer (1989) \| 'R Xmas (2001) \| Tokyo Godfathers (2004)
Christmas Cult Films	Black Christmas (1974) \| Female Trouble (1974) \| Gremlins (1984) \| The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) \| The Ref (1994) \| Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special (1988) \| Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
Minor Christmas Classics	Boys Town (1938) \| A Christmas Carol (1938) \| Christmas in Connecticut (1945) \| A Christmas Past: Vintage Holiday Films 1901-1925 \| Holiday (1938) \| Holiday Affair (1949) \| The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) \| O. Henry's Full House (1952) \| White Christmas (1954)
Films Set at Christmas	An Affair to Remember (1957) \| All That Heaven Allows (1956) \| The Apartment (1960) \| Babe (1995) \| Batman Returns (1992) \| Edward Scissorhands (1990) \| Catch Me If You Can (2002) \| The Company (2003) \| The Curse of the Cat People (1944) \| The Dead (1987) \| The Decalogue: Episode 3 (1988) \| Die Hard (1988) \| Everyone Says I Love You (1996) \| Eyes Wide Shut (1999) \| Fanny and Alexander (1983) \| Far from Heaven (2002) \| Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) \| Go (1999) \| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) \| In Bruges (2008) \| Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) \| Little Women (1933) \| Mean Girls (2004) \| The Merry Gentleman (2009) \| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) \| Miss Potter (2006) \| Mr. Arkadin (1955) \| Morvern Callar (2002) \| The Night of the Hunter (1955) \| Rick (2004) \| Rushmore (1998) \| Smoke (1995) \| The Thin Man (1934) \| 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) \| The War of the Roses (1989)
TV Specials and Cartoons	Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) \| A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) \| Christmas with the Simpsons (1989) \| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) \| Lady and the Tramp (1955) \| Olive the Other Reindeer (1999) \| The Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas (1978) \| The Polar Express (2004) \| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) \| Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) \| SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas (2003) \| Vintage Mickey (2005) \| Walt Disney Animation Collection: Volume 7 - Mickey's Christmas Carol (2009) \| The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
Miscenlaneous	Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) \| A Christmas Carol (2009) \| Christmas with the Kranks (2004) \| Deck the Halls (2006) \| Donovan's Reef (1963) \| Four Christmases (2008) \| Fred Claus (2007) \| Friday After Next (2002) \| The Ice Harvest (2006) \| The Holiday (2006) \| Home Alone (1990) \| How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) \| Joyeux Noël (2005) \| The Judy Garland Christmas Special (1963) \| Just Friends (2005) \| The Nativity Story (2006) \| 101 Reykjavik (2001) \| One Magic Christmas (1985) \| P2 (2007) \| Reindeer Games (2000) \| Rent (2005) \| Santa Claus (1959) \| Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) \| The Santa Clause (1994) \| Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) \| Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out (1989) \| Surviving Christmas (2004) \| Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999)