LUSCIOUS AT THE MOVIES: Christmas-related films, made-for-TV movies and TV specials

Trying to get into the Christmas spirit? Then you might like these films, made-for-TV movies, and TV specials which includes some aspect of Christmas…

TOP TEN: My personal favourites are:

1. The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
2. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
3. Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
6. Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001)
7. Serendipity (2001)
8. Love, Actually (2003)
9. Joyeux Noël (2005)
10. The Holiday (2006)

Here’s the full list…but be warned – some of them look pretty bad!

• Little Women (1933)
• Babes in Toyland (1934)
• Scrooge (1935)
• A Christmas Carol (1938)
• Boys Town (1938)
• Love Affair (1939)
• Bachelor Mother (1939)
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
• The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
• Remember the Night (1940)
• Beyond Christmas (1940)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Holiday Inn (1942)
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
• Meet Me In St Louis (1944)
• Christmas Holiday (1944)
• Since You Went Away (1944)
• Mrs. Parkington (1944)
• I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
• The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
• The Cheaters/The Castaway (1945)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
• Lady in the Lake (1947)
• Christmas Eve (1947)
• The Bishop’s Wife (1948)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• Come to the Stable (1949)
• Little Women (1949)
• Scrooge (1951)
• A Christmas Carol (1951)
• The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
• Gift Wrapped (1952)
• The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
• White Christmas (1954)
• Susan Slept Here (1954)
• We’re No Angels (1955)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955)
• The Candlemaker (1957)
• An Affair to Remember (1957)
• Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
• The Apartment (1960)
• Babes in Toyland (1961)
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
• Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962)
• Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
• The Magic Christmas Tree (1964)
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
• Doctor Zhivago (1965)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
• The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (1966)
• The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
• The Lion in Winter (1968)
• Frosty the Snowman (1969)
• Love Story (1970)
• Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (1970)
• Scrooge (1970)
• The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972)
• A Very Merry Cricket (1973)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
• The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
• Mame (1974)
• Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
• The Little Drummer Boy (1976)
• It Happened One Christmas (1977)
• Annie Hall (1977)
• Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)
• Little Women (1978)
• The Nativity (1978)
• A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
• An American Christmas Carol (1979)
• A Christmas Without Snow (1980)
• Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980)
• Arthur (1981)
• Das Boot (1981)
• The Snowman (1982)
• A Christmas Carol (1982)
• Diner (1982)
• Fanny and Alexander (1982)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Bush Christmas (1983)
• Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (1983)
• A Christmas Story (1983)
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)
• Gremlins (1984)
• The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
• Falling In Love (1984)
• A Christmas Carol (1984)
• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
• One Magic Christmas (1985)
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
• Brazil (1985)
• The Christmas Toy (1986)
• Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)
• A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986)
• Lethal Weapon (1987)
• A Garfield Christmas (1987)
• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
• Moonstruck (1987)
• Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
• Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
• Scrooged (1988)
• Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
• Funny Farm (1988)
• Die Hard (1988)
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
• Prancer (1989)
• The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• When Harry Met Sally (1989)
• Steel Magnolias (1989)
• Die Hard 2 (1990)
• A Mom for Christmas (1990)
• Metropolitan (1990)
• Home Alone (1990)
• The Nutcracker Prince (1990)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• Father Christmas (1991)
• Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991)
• Bernard and the Genie (1991)
• All I Want for Christmas (1991)
• Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
• Frosty Returns (1992)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
• A Midnight Clear (1992)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
• The Santa Clause (1994)
• The Ref (1994)
• Trapped in Paradise (1994)
• Mixed Nuts (1994)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Love Affair (1994)
• Little Women (1994)
• While You Were Sleeping (1995)
• Money Train (1995)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Silent Night (1995)

• Home for the Holidays (1995)

• Babe (1995)
• The American President (1995)
• A Midwinter’s Tale (1995)
• A Holiday to Remember (1995)
• The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
• Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
• Mrs Santa Claus (1996)
• Christmas Every Day (1996)
• The English Patient (1996)
• Unlikely Angel (1996)
• A Christmas Carol (1997)
• Fools Rush In (1997)
• The Christmas List (1997)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• A Christmas Memory (1997)
• Borrowed Hearts (1997)
• Richie Rich’$ Christmas Wish (1998)
• Jack Frost (1998)
• The Christmas Wish (1998)
• Crackers (1998)
• A Chance of Snow (1998)
• The First Christmas (1998)
• You’ve Got Mail (1998)
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
• The Christmas Path (1998)
• A Christmas Carol (1999)
• A Season for Miracles (1999)
• Must Be Santa (1999)
• A Holiday Romance (1999)
• Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• The Greatest Store in the World (1999)
• Once Upon a Christmas (2000)
• Reindeer Games (2000)
• Santa Who? (2000)
• The Christmas Secret (2000)
• The Family Man (2000)
• The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000)
• Autumn in New York (2000)
• Special Delivery (2000)
• How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• Harry Potter series (2001–2011)
• Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001)
• Serendipity (2001)
• Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001)
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (2001)
• ‘Twas the Night (2001)
• Call Me Claus (2001)
• Christmas in the Clouds (2001)
• Three Days (2001)
• The Sons of Mistletoe (2001)
• Twice Upon A Christmas (2001)
• 8 Women (8 Femmes) (2002)
• Mary Christmas (2002)
• The Man Who Saved Christmas (2002)
• Santa Jr (2002)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• The Christmas Shoes (2002)
• It’s A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
• The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
• Silent Night (2002)
• Mr St. Nick (2002)
• Love, Actually (2003)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
• Picking Up & Dropping Off (2003)
• Stealing Christmas (2003)
• Blizzard (2003)
• A Carol Christmas (2003)
• Elf (2003)
• Comfort and Joy (2003)
• Christmas Child (2003)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Christmas at Water’s Edge (2004)
• Snow (2004)
• Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2004)
• Noel (2004)
• Naughty or Nice (2004)
• A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
• Single Santa seeks Mrs Claus (2004)
• Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004)
• Surviving Christmas (2004)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
• Joyeux Noël (2005)
• Chasing Christmas (2005)
• The Ice Harvest (2005)
• Rent (2005)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Just Friends (2005)
• The Family Stone (2005)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
• Christmas In Boston (2005)
• Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
• Santa Baby (2006)
• A Christmas Wedding (2006)
• Christmas Do-Over (2006)
• The Holiday (2006)
• The Nativity Story (2006)
• The Road to Christmas (2006)
• Christmas at Maxwell’s (2006)
• The Christmas Card (2006)
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
• Deck the Halls (2006)
• A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
• Fred Claus (2007)
• Christmas in Wonderland (2007)
• Snowglobe (2007)
• Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
• The Perfect Holiday (2007)
• Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
• A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007)
• This Christmas (2007)
• The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
• Christmas Caper (2007)
• A Grandpa For Christmas (2007)
• Elmo’s Christmas Countdown (2007)
• Shrek the Halls (2007)
• Moonlight and Mistletoe (2008)
• Lovely, Still (2008)
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
• Christmas Town (2008)
• The Flight Before Christmas (2008)
• A Christmas Tale (2008)
• Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
• In Bruges (2008)
• Frozen River (2008)
• Thomas Kinkade’s Home for Christmas/The Christmas Cottage (2008)
• Four Holidays (2008)
• The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008)
• A Christmas Carol (2009)
• Santa Buddies (2009)
• Santa Baby 2 (2009)
• Make the Yuletide Gay (2009)
• A Golden Christmas (2009)
• The Christmas Hope (2009)
• A Dog Named Christmas (2009)
• The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009)
• Yes, Virginia (2009)
• Everybody’s Fine (2009)
• A Christmas Snow (2010)
• The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation (2010)
• The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
• The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (2010)
• The Nutcracker (2010)
• Christmas Cupid (2010)
• The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2010)
• November Christmas (2010)
• Little Fockers (2010)
• A Christmas Kiss (2011)
• Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! (2011)
• A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure (2012)
• Naughty or Nice (2012)
• A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
• A Fairly Odd Christmas (2012)
• The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
• The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2012)
• Angels Sing (2013)
• Black Nativity (2013)

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