Christmas Movies Worth Seeking out
This is a list of films that can get lost in the mix. They have a wonderful story and capture the "Holiday Spirit"
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- DirectorAlan DinehartStarsLouis JourdanEllen Cobb-HillMargaret HamiltonA young man with everything to live for is crushed to learn of the death of his fiancée in a fire on Christmas Eve. For three years he wallows in self-pity until a young girl reminds him of the true meaning of Christmas.Well told story in 30 minutes.
- DirectorTravis BreedloveStarsAbby CorriganDavid GarrettLuke WesterfieldA comedic family film that follows MACKENZIE, an angst-ridden 14 year old girl (Abby Corrigan) whose mother died during childbirth. Mackenzie and her father Ash (David Garrett), who is a strong caring man and loves his family, partake on a journey to the quirky South Georgia town of McClellan to visit his sister Sally (Mandi Christine Kerr) for the first time since Mackenzie was little. On the way down, Mackenzie is sullen and irritable because she has to spend her Christmas away from the city (Atlanta) with relatives she doesn't like in a town she is not fond of. Upon arrival to Sally's house, Sally's 8 year old son Tyler (Luke Westerfield) excitedly talks to Mackenzie about Christmas and the Preceding week's Duck Days festivities which Ash reveals is a big tradition in this tiny town. While celebrating the festivities and shopping for Christmas gifts, Mackenzie and Tyler go to see Santa. He is not at his post, but the two teens run into him in the local café. When Tyler is too star-struck to talk to his holiday hero, he asks Mack to take his list to St. Nick. During their conversation, Mack quickly lets Santa know she does not believe in Christmas, Santa, or Duck Days for that matter and her only wish for Christmas would be to meet her mother for the first time. Will her wish come true?A Teen learns about her mother on a Christmas visit to her Aunt's home.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsReginald OwenGene LockhartKathleen LockhartAn elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.The first version to condense the Ghost visit from "Three Nights to One Night"
- DirectorKeith PernaStarsRyan-Iver KlannTim KaiserRebekah CookRival toy store owners compete over several Christmas seasons, and God's grace goes to work in their lives.It's fun to see how bad, bad movies can be!
- DirectorNicholas WebsterStarsJohn CallLeonard HicksVincent BeckThe Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.Hey This is fun movie. Do not miss!
- DirectorMark JeanStarsKellie MartinCameron MathisonJewel StaiteA widow plans to give Christmas festivities a miss, as they bring back too many memories of her late husband.Two Adults Trying To Move On.
- DirectorStephen BridgewaterStarsEdward AsnerJohn NewtonAlice EvansUS soldier visits the town from where an inspirational Christmas card was sent to him by a church group that mails cards out to servicemen as a goodwill effort.The Best Love Story Ever
- DirectorDiane Paloma EskenaziStarsCam ClarkeDebi DerryberryAisha HindsCome on a magical Christmas adventure to Toyland, where all your wishes can come true. As the toys come to life they lend a hand to Jesse and teach him power of caring. He leads them in a heroic rescue of his father, whose plane has crashed in the snowy mountains.The Worse Cartoon Ever
- DirectorDiane Paloma EskenaziXiaoyu JiStarsCam ClarkeDebi DerryberryCharles MartinetLittle Angels are watching over you and protecting you.This was Bad Bad Bad
- DirectorGus TrikonisStarsKatherine HelmondSid CaesarMelissa Joan HartA shop owner who is being evicted at Christmas rescues her Scrooge-like landlord from an accident.Kindness Pays
- DirectorMichael SpenceStarsJames T. CallahanSky RumphEmily NewmanThis film brings to life a famous Norman Rockwell painting. Samuel Cavanaugh, a Scrooge like character, revisits the frozen pond each year to relive the happier moments in his life. Michael Grant is an unhappy young boy attempting to skate with his dad's oversized skates, who was missing in action in Korea. Their paths cross several times as our story unfolds. Its a heartwarming Christmas taleA family struggles together in this wonderful story about not losing hope!
- DirectorMarita GrabiakStarsAshley WilliamsAshantiJon PrescottWith the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her 5-year-old daughter travel to the big city in the hope of making enough money to save it.Trying to save her own business and ends up trying to save another as well!
- DirectorPaul HoenStarsTia MowryJonathan Patrick MooreAndy GalaA talented singer forms a musical group and challenges her rivals to a competition on Christmas Eve.The Perfect Holiday Movie
- DirectorTerry IngramStarsErin KarplukMichael ShanksRukiya BernardDuring a weekend trip to the mountains, Mary finds herself at the now run-down lodge where she spent the holidays with her family growing up. She becomes determined to restore the building to its former glory.Family & Traditions are important.
- DirectorRobert HarmonStarsSam ElliottJohn CorbettSarah PaulsonA brave young girl's battle against cancer has an effect on the people around her.Has a happy ending.
- DirectorHarvey FrostStarsDaniel SternMatt FrewerAllison HossackBob Wallace makes sure to go all out every year on Christmas decorations so that he can have the brightest and most festive house in his neighborhood. This year, he notices that his new neighbor has put up an even brighter and more lavish display. The fight is on when they declare war for the best Christmas decoration display in the neighborhood. Stars Daniel Stern and Matt Frewer.Neighbor compete and try to out do each other when it comes to their Christmas lights!!
- DirectorJay RussellStarsAnne HecheKevin DanielsCarlos GómezA series of mishaps threaten a recently divorced mom's attempts to make her two kids' first Christmas "without dad" perfect.
- DirectorJohn MurlowskiStarsAshley ScottA.J. BuckleyLochlyn MunroIn this holiday romantic comedy, a mysterious woman who works at the post office answering Santa's mail captures the heart of a disillusioned postal carrierCute family movie. Santa' s Daughter in among the real world in this delightful film
- DirectorEmily Moss WilsonStarsJana KramerWes BrownFaith FordPhotographer Holly Logan (Jana Kramer) returns to her hometown of Gulfport, Mississippi for Christmas. The town is resurrecting their traditional holiday light show for the first time since a terrible hurricane struck five years earlier. Holly volunteers to pitch in, but has second thoughts when she discovers that the festival is run by her high-school sweetheart Mike (Wes Brown). Now Holly must spend the next few days with the man who broke her heart. With the help of her matchmaking mom Caroline (Faith Ford) and Mr. Kriss, the kind man who will play Santa in the town's celebration, Holly begins to fall in love with her hometown, and Mike, all over again.A town tries to restart their annual Christmas Festival years after a hurricane
- DirectorBrian HerzlingerStarsDella ReeseTeri PoloTamera Mowry-HousleyChristmas wishes made before a long-abandoned house that start coming true lead an elementary-school girl to discover a reclusive woman living inside.Several Mysteries are involved in this one. Nice Film!
- DirectorJames HaymanStarsLaura MiyataVijay MehtaAmy SmartA story that follows Kate, a young woman who after a horrible blind date on Christmas Eve, wakes up to find she is re-living that same day and date all over again.Very Funny. A woman keeps reliving the same Christmas Eve.
- DirectorCarroll BallardStarsHugh Duncan Bigney MitchellVanessa SharpPatricia BarkerThe colorful holiday classic is brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written to be as close to the original story. Based on the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.You will never her the score like this version
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsJimmy DuranteTerry MooreTom DrakeA little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.Very Very Funny
- DirectorTyler SchwartzStarsYano AnayaIan CampbellGord ChaseTwo mega fans of A Christmas Story spend two years traveling to the film's shooting locations across two countries. Their adventures lead them to uncover facts, discover locations, and recover memorabilia related to iconic holiday movie.Fan Made Documentary about tracking down the real locations and props used in the Holiday Classic
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsOlivia Newton-JohnJuliet SorciDoug SheehanA young girl who wants a mom for the Christmas holidays gets her wish when a department store mannequin comes to life.Nice and Sweet. Well made and full of good cheer!
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsJim BackusSusan SiloCourtney LemmonPartly based on a true story, a little girl writes to the editor of a newspaper concerning the existence of Santa Claus.The Best Version for small children to see
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsLoretta SwitJackson DaviesAntony HollandA teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.Sometimes things turn out better than expected!
- DirectorGeorge ErschbamerStarsNicole de BoerPatrick MuldoonGig MortonA cynical workaholic gets suspicious of her banker father's sudden departure from his career and city life to move to a small town with unusually strong ties to Christmas.Low IMDB rating is puzzling to me. The film is family safe. The last Special Effects Shot was bad but other than that the film is fun to see!
- DirectorMelissa Joan HartStarsBarry WatsonMelissa SagemillerScott GrimesA mall Santa Claus promises a boy that he will reunite his parents.Loved this movie
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsMary Stuart MastersonMark RuffaloLauren PrattAfter they are caught in the act, a by-the-book department store security guard is assigned as the custodian of a pickpocketing duo.This is a great film!
- DirectorBrian HerzlingerStarsMarguerite MoreauMike FaiolaBrady SmithA widow's daughter writes to Santa Claus, asking for her mother to find love again. When a struggling writer receives the letter, he finds new inspiration and the beginnings of a romance.A very nice film.
- DirectorPeter SullivanStarsTatyana AliBill CobbsJordin SparksJennifer begins exchanging letters with a secret admirer from her past. Now that she has a second chance at love, will she be able to take it?Just watch and enjoy.
- DirectorGeorge ErschbamerStarsKristy SwansonChris PotterColin LawrenceWhen nothing short of a miracle can hold a deteriorating family together, a Christmas getaway sets the stage for a miracle to occur. A heartwarming family story of love, loss and rediscovery.A family is struggling for various reasons at Christmas. When another family joins them over the holidays they learn how to appreciate one another
- DirectorGlenn JordanStarsPatty DukePiper LaurieJeffrey DeMunnSeven year old Buddy experiences the best of country life, friendship, and the joy of giving during the Christmas season. Based on the story by Truman Capote.Great Film. Everyone deserves to feel Unconditional love. These two share that feeling.
- DirectorTony BillStarsKatharine HepburnHenry WinklerSwoosie KurtzA young man is sent to visit his estranged father for Christmas in 1930 in New Orleans. Based on an autobiograhical short story by Truman Capote.Buddy visits his dad and changes hearts all around!
- DirectorTony BenedictBarry MahonStarsHal SmithJean Vander PylChris GilmoreWhen a park ranger tells two bear cubs about Christmas and Santa Claus, they want to skip hibernation to celebrate, but their mother doesn't believe in Saint Nick and wants them to sleep.Two Bear Cubs learn about Christmas and dream of a visit from Santa
- DirectorPeter MossStarsRachel MarcusMegan FollowsStuart HughesBooky does everything she can to make an enjoyable Christmas, for her family, during the depression as her father is out of work.Charming Delight!
- DirectorJason PriestleyStarsAmy AckerDavid Haydn-JonesEmma DukeA young woman from a privileged life falls for a soup-kitchen owner after discovering a Dear Santa letter written by his 7-year-old daughter.Cute Movie about finding love when not expecting it.
- DirectorRon UnderwoodStarsMelissa Joan HartMario LopezTimothy BottomsA struggling artist working as a waitress kidnaps one of her customers to take home to meet her parents at Christmastime.Funny film about a woman who kidnaps a man to be her date at Christmas!
- DirectorDick LowryStarsAnne HecheTate DonovanMichael MitchellManhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths.A teen runs away at Christmas
- DirectorCraig PryceStarsSarah LancasterEric JohnsonColin MochrieAfter a woman unexpectedly loses her job, she must work at her family's Christmas-tree lot to make ends meet during the holiday season.A woman finds herself out of job at Christmas. She reluntley helps her parents sell trees during Christmas.
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsAlicia WittGabriel HoganPeter BensonIsobel plans a storybook Christmas with her boyfriend, including a cottage in the Northwest and a bucket list of holiday traditions. But when he goes AWOL, the list proves challenging and a tempting new romance turns her life upside down.Loved this one. If I were to make list I would have made the same list. Well executed!
- DirectorHarvey FrostStarsErnest BorgnineKatherine HelmondJuliette GogliaBert O'Reiley is a retired song and dance man who becomes an instant grandfather to the nine-year-old granddaughter he has never met.Not everything is at it appears!
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDon DeForeAnn HardingCharles RugglesTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.Great Laughs! Heart warming at the same time!
- DirectorPeter H. HuntStarsMickey RooneyScott GrimesBarrie YoungfellowMickey Rooney plays Mike Halligan, a retired cop from Manhattan living in California with his family who decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But he dies from a sudden heart attack in which Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas and show his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City.Nice film! A boy and his grandfather spend Christmas in New York!
- DirectorRobert Ellis MillerStarsRobert UrichDiana ScarwidTegan MossWhen an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, his three children are determined to get him out of jail in time for Christmas and they decide to enlist the help of "the most powerful man in the world" - President Hoover. En route to the White House, they meet an array of colorful characters.Three kids seek out the President to get their father released from prison who is in on trumped up charges!
- DirectorDan GordonStarsElliott GouldLinda GrayLainie KazanExpecting Mary is the story of a young girl who's had all the trappings of an upscale life, but it's only when she finds herself in a downtrodden trailer park in a small New Mexico town that she learns the real meaning of love, sacrifice, and family.This film is a bit of mess but it works!
- DirectorJonathan WrightStarsAlicia WittMark WiebeLawrence DaneAlice is set to meet her future in-laws for the first time, but things don't go according to plan.A woman thinks she is out the house of her fiance.
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsBarbara StanwyckDennis MorganSydney GreenstreetA food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.It is a classic for a huge reason!
- DirectorJoy ChapmanStarsKelly WashingtonAmanda WatersJoanna DanielWhile visiting her school's forbidden attic, Mandie stumbles upon the mystery of a long forgotten Christmas.Give This a Try.