Lists about the year-end holiday that lifts spirits and brings good tidings.

A Wonderful Christmas Time

Entertainment

The best &#39;90s Christmas movies are super&nbsp;diverse and unique. Some of them are gritty and adventurous, while others are sweet and family-oriented. Do you prefer something a little darker, a little more fantastical? If so, you might vote for Tim Burton&rsquo;s The Nightmare Before Christmas, a stop-motion dark fantasy romp through an imaginary world of creatures and misfits. Looking for something a bit lighter? Maybe Home Alone is up your alley. The story of a grade school kid named Kevin whose family accidentally leaves for vacation without him, Home Alone is packed with hijinks from top to bottom. When thieves target Kevin&rsquo;s house, he has to protect himself and his home with every trick he can muster, from boxing glove boobie traps to threatening movie quotes.

This list of the best &lsquo;90s Christmas movies also features plenty of family friendly entertainment, including Jingle All the Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad as stressed out fathers seeking an exclusive Christmas toy. For a more sentimental story, look no further than Miracle on 34th Street, a remake of the 1947 classic tale of Santa Clause in New York City. These are just a few examples of the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-christmas-kids-movies/ranker-film/" target="_blank">Christmas movies for kids</a>.

Vote up the best &#39;90s Christmas movies below, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comment section.

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The Best '90s Christmas Movies

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90s Christmas Movies | Best 1990s Xmas Films

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Movie trivia and "things you didn't know" in your favorite sci-fi, fantasy, comic book, and cult classic films.

Film Facts & Easter Eggs

Holidays

Every year... usually beginning in November, televisions around the Western world are filled with images of Christmas. Whether it&#39;s an airing of&nbsp;A Christmas Story, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Miracle on 32nd Street,&nbsp;or&nbsp;National Lampoon&#39;s Christmas Vacation, it&#39;s a pretty safe bet that at least one of those movies and countless more are playing at any given time in the month of December.

There&#39;s a good reason for that: people <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/romantic-christmas-movies/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">love Christmas movies</a>! They make you feel good, and they are stuffed with nostalgia that reminds us what the holiday season is all about. Every Christmas movie is stuffed with fun and festive details that some fans have noticed while others missed them on a first, second, or 500th viewing.

Many of those fans have taken to the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/" target="_blank">MovieDetails</a> subreddit to share the small but festive details from Christmas Movies that they&#39;ve noticed. The most interesting of them are listed below, so take a look and be sure to upvote any you didn&#39;t already know to see which one rises to the top!

Small But Festive Details From Christmas Movies That Fans Noticed

General

Jonathan H. Kantor

Ranking the family-friendliest TV movies, miniseries, and original programs that warm the cockles of your heart each and every season of the year.

Hallmark: The Heart of TV

Beginning in 2011, the Hallmark Channel began a yearly holiday celebration with their Countdown to Christmas event in November through December. Combining Christmas classics with new Christmas movies and fresh additions to their franchise series, Hallmark Channel fills the weeks before the holiday with as much Christmas programming as possible. With Hallmark&#39;s Countdown to Christmas premieres starting in late October, they&#39;re making sure you get the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-christmas-movies-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best Christmas movies</a> possible, as often as possible, during their long Countdown to Christmas movie lineup.

Offering dozens of seasonal variations on two folks working together while falling in love, such as My Christmas Dream, A December Bride, and Christmas in Love, Hallmark brings romance to the holiday. Their <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/romantic-christmas-movies/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">romantic Christmas movies</a> also include films like The Sweetest Christmas and Enchanted Christmas, where the holiday helps two people remember how much they love each other.

It&#39;s not all romance during Hallmark&#39;s Christmas lineup. From Santa struggling to save the season in The Case For Christmas to a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-guardian-angels-and-fairy-godparents/ranker-characters" target="_blank">guardian angel</a> helping someone understand her own worth in Debbie Macomber&#39;s Mr. Miracle, there&#39;s a Christmas movie for just about everybody. Two Hallmark Hall of Fame movies have even premiered during the Countdown to Christmas. A Heavenly Christmas stars Kristin Davis a Christmas Angel in training and Just In Time For Christmas returns Christopher Lloyd to the role of quirky time traveler as he assists a woman in making a decision that will change her life.

Each of these films is a cozy gift to keep your heart warm this holiday season, but which of these Hallmark Countdown to Christmas movies do you think are the best?

The Best Countdown to Christmas Hallmark Original Movies

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The Best Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Original Movies

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The best 2000&rsquo;s Christmas movies are full of family fun, Yuletide romance, black comedy, and a dash of holiday horror. The &#39;00s paved the way for hilarious Christmas feature films, as well as a few adorably cheesy Christmas rom-coms.&nbsp;

As far as Christmas rom-coms, this list features several beloved films, including Love Actually (starring Hugh Grant) and The Family Stone. Billy Bob Thornton shows us the other side of Christmas in the raunchy comedy Bad Santa, also featured on this list of the top 2000s Christmas movies. Billy Bob also stars in another Christmas black comedy. Co-written by Pulitzer-winning novelist Richard Russo and directed by the late Harold Ramis, The Ice Harvest is one of the funniest and best 2000s Christmas films.

Also on this list you&rsquo;ll find Reindeer Games, legendary director Jonathan Frankenheimer&rsquo;s last theatrically-released movie. Vote up the best &#39;00s Christmas movies below, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comment section.&nbsp;

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The Best '00s Christmas Movies

00s Christmas Movies | Best 2000s Xmas Films

Christmas Movies

Whether we like to admit it or not, we all enjoy some&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-guilty-pleasure-movies" target="_blank">guilty pleasure</a> Christmas movies. After all, what better way than watching cheesy Christmas films to help get you into the holiday spirit? Here, you'll find a list of some of the most delightfully corny <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-christmas-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">Christmas movies</a> that are kinda the best on a cold winter's night.&nbsp;There's no need to feel dumb admitting that sometimes the cheesiest, nicest, and simplest of&nbsp;movies are the best when it comes to holiday nostalgia. After all, what's more cozy than&nbsp;enjoying the memories of those magical childhood Christmases than&nbsp;reliving&nbsp;your favorite adventures with Frosty, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer-gay-subtext/anncasano" target="_blank">Rudolph</a>, and of course, Santa himself?Be sure to vote up&nbsp;your favorites to let everyone know which are the&nbsp;best guilty pleasure Christmas movies of all time.

The Greatest Guilty Pleasure Christmas Movies

Guilty Pleasure Christmas Movies | List of Dumb Christmas Films

Fun facts and wild true stories from behind the scenes of some of history's most beloved and infamous movies.

Movies in the Making

Christmas traditions run the gamut for many families, but in America, one thing&#39;s for sure: At least one TV in the house has to have TNT&#39;s 24-hour&nbsp;A Christmas Story&nbsp;marathon playing. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The behind the scenes of&nbsp;A Christmas Story&nbsp;are just as entertaining as the delightful and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-christmas-story-a-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">highly quotable</a> film itself. From Flick&#39;s infamous tongue-on-the-flagpole scene to Ralphie&#39;s silly fantasy sequences about getting the Red Ryder BB Gun, here are some of the most interesting stories from the making of&nbsp;A Christmas Story.&nbsp;

Behind-The-Scenes Stories From The Making Of ‘A Christmas Story’

Behind The Scenes Of 'A Christmas Story'

Maggie Clancy

Kids Entertainment

Christmas is a time for peace and tranquility, a time for families to come together by the tranquil light of the fire and to reflect on the year gone by over a glass of eggnog.

Unless you&#39;ve got kids. If you&#39;ve got kids, Christmas is a delirious marathon, a process that you survive as much as enjoy. Between toy shopping, Christmas parties and winter break, there are times that a parent wants nothing more than to sit their kid in front of a movie for an hour or two, just so they can get a moment to themselves.

Lucky for you, we&#39;ve got this list of the best Christmas films for children. This list is made up of good, appropriate Christmas <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-movies-for-kids" target="_blank">movies for young kids</a>&nbsp;because you really don&#39;t want to be the parent who accidentally let their kid watch Bad Santa this year. So if you&#39;ve ever asked yourself &quot;what Christmas&nbsp;films can <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kids-anime-v1/ranker-anime?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">little kids watch</a>,&quot; look to the list below for the answer then vote for your favorites and don&#39;t forget to add any movies that we&#39;re missing here! Then put on a movie and get an hour to yourself in the midst of Christmas craziness.

Just kidding, don&#39;t you have wrapping to do?

The Best Christmas Movies for Kids

The Best Christmas Films for Kids, Ranked

Hallmark Channel celebrates Christmas and the holidays every year with enough movies to fill a sleigh &ndash; each brimming with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/christmas-movie-tropes/jessica-bedewi" target="_blank">Christmas tropes</a>.&nbsp;This list of the best Hallmark Christmas movies is full of films with the highest-rated premieres, delighting audiences when they were first shown and becoming seasonal standards during the channel&#39;s <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-countdown-to-christmas-hallmark-movies/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Countdown to Christmas</a> and during Christmas in July.

From magical tales like A Heavenly Christmas and Journey Back To Christmas to more prosaic stories about family like One Christmas Eve, these Hallmark movies are ready to spread the holiday cheer, no matter what time of year it is. If you&#39;re looking for a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-christmas-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">great Christmas movie</a> and don&#39;t mind a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/guilty-pleasure-christmas-movies/ranker-film" target="_blank">guilty pleasure</a>, you may find just what you&#39;re looking for here.

Many of these Hallmark Christmas movies have been based on popular romance novels like The Mistletoe Promise and The Christmas Cottage. There are even holiday movies from the Hallmark Channel that are more about the rush and joy of the winter season than Christmas itself, like The Good Witch&#39;s Gift.

We may have put together this list (and checked it twice), but which of these most popular Hallmark Christmas movies do you think is the best?

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The 40+ Best Hallmark Channel Christmas Movies Of All Time

The 40+ Best Hallmark Christmas & Holiday Movies Of All Time

From dark twists on&nbsp;It&#39;s A Wonderful Life&nbsp;to uncovering the evil nature of&nbsp;The Santa Clause,&nbsp;these sinister fan theories cast a dark shadown on beloved Christmas movies. Vote up the theories that almost ruin a holiday favorite when you stop to think about it.&nbsp;

Ho-Ho-Horrible Fan Theories That Add Dark Twists To Beloved Christmas Movies

Erin Maxwell

It just isn&#39;t the holiday season until Ralphie sadly walks down the stairs dressed as an overgrown pink bunny.

Since its release in 1983,&nbsp;A Christmas Story&nbsp;has become a holiday staple as beloved as&nbsp;It&#39;s A Wonderful Life&nbsp;and&nbsp;Miracle on 34th Street.&nbsp;From Ralphie&#39;s crushing disappointment over radio hero&nbsp;Little Orphan Annie&#39;s &quot;secret message&quot; to a joyous family dinner in a local Chinese food restaurant, every moment of Bob Clark&#39;s&nbsp;A Christmas Story&nbsp;is a classic. But did you know the magic behind the infamous&nbsp;tongue scene? Or how the movie got made? Did you know you can stay the night at Ralphie&#39;s house IRL?

Here are a few hidden details, interesting facts, and need-to-know tidbits&nbsp;about the beloved Christmas movie.&nbsp;

We Triple-Dog-Dare You To Check Out These Hidden Details And Fun Facts From 'A Christmas Story'

During the holidays, not everything is snowflakes and mistletoe and gingerbread men with gumdrop buttons. Let's explore the more sinister side of Christmas.

Very Bad Santa

The best horror movies in every subgenre of horror. Whether it's evil dolls, terrible vacations, or anything in between, we've got a list for it.

Horror Movies About Everything

The best Christmas Horror movies capture the spirit of the holidays and then scare it right out of you. If you are looking for a fright around the holidays, look no further than the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/scary-christmas-movies/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">scary Christmas movies</a> below. Be sure to check out every rendition of&nbsp;Black Christmas&nbsp;which was first made in 1974 with several remakes to follow.&nbsp;Krampus&nbsp;is another great Christmas horror movie that brings a lesser-known&nbsp;Austro-Bavarian folk tale to life only to terrorize a family looking to celebrate Christmas in peace. From Santa to Krampus, this list has the frightening films you are looking for when it comes to Xmas horror movies.

But which one of these Christmas horror movies is the best? You get to help decide with your votes! Vote up your favorite scary holiday movies and vote down any that didn&#39;t have you hiding under the tree.

The Best Christmas Horror Movies That Will Sleigh You

The 50+ Best Christmas Horror Films Of All-Time, Ranked by Fans

Fan Theories

Nothing gets us into the holiday spirit quite like our favorite Christmas movies, from the old classics like&nbsp;Rudolph&nbsp;and remakes of&nbsp;The Grinch&nbsp;to newer&nbsp;favorites like&nbsp;Elf. We know all the music, we know all the lines, but have you ever wondered about a specific character or storyline? So have other fans. We managed to round up some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/90s-movies-fan-theories/mariel-loveland?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best fan theories</a> surrounding the holiday movies we hold dear.

Which Christmas movie fan theory do you think could be true? Vote up your favorites below!

15 Interesting Christmas Movie Fan Theories We Wish Were True

Loren O'Connell

Here are the&nbsp;best PG Christmas movies, ranked from best to worst with movie trailers when available. This list takes the best PG Christmas movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all what the greatest PG Christmas movie movie of all time is. This list of popular PG Christmas movies includes information like who directed the film, when it was released and which actors starred in the movie. If you think the top PG Christmas movie movie isn&#39;t as high as it should be then be sure to vote it up so it can take its rightful place among the other great PG Christmas movie films on this list. If you&#39;re trying to find a specific PG Christmas movie film you can search this list and filter to find what you&#39;re looking for.

Elf and The Nightmare Before Christmas are included on this list.

If you&#39;re trying to find out &quot;What are the best PG Christmas movies?&quot; and &quot;What are the most famous PG Christmas movies?&quot; then this list is the perfect resource for you.

Use this list if you&#39;re looking for some new Christmas movies that are rated PG. Between Netflix, Hulu and other services there are thousands of great Christmas movies rated PG, so get out there and start watching.

Share this list via your social media so that your friends can get in on it too.

Among those that have directed a Christmas movie PG movie are Chazz Palminteri and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/jon-favreau-movies-directed-by-jon-favreau/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Jon Favreau</a>.

The Best PG Christmas Movies

Best PG Christmas Movies | List of Top Christmas Films Rated PG

Reference

The Santa Clause series is a holiday classic. Ever since the first movie&#39;s release in 1994, families have tuned in year after year to revisit the convoluted story of Scott Calvin and his Santa Claus contract.&nbsp;

The movie is filled with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-the-santa-clause-movie-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">hilarious quotes</a> and plenty of references to the spirit of the season, which conveniently allows the dark undertones of the plot to slip by unnoticed. Make no mistake - this movie is twisted. From untimely demises to intricate contract agreements to storylines that are just plain wild, this series is simultaneously horrifying, heartwarming, and laughable.&nbsp;

Ready to relive all the ups and downs of this bewildering Christmas trilogy? Take a look at a few key moments that will prove just how weird this story really is.

The 'Santa Clause' Series Is A Holiday Phantasmagoria

‘The Santa Clause’ Series Is A Holiday Phantasmagoria

Jessica Bedewi

Lists that rank the best shows and movies on one of the precious few networks that features programming geared toward a female audience and features women in lead roles.

Once in a Lifetime

Lifetime Movies have more to offer than intense storylines and films that are based on true stories. When the winter holiday season comes around they&#39;re ready to compete with the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-hallmark-christmas-movies-all-time/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Hallmark Channel</a> with a lineup of good Christmas movies, many of which are available to watch online. This list includes both original <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-lifetime-christmas-movies-2019/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Lifetime Christmas movies</a> and Lifetime Acquired Holiday movies that have become part of the &quot;It&#39;s A Wonderful Lifetime&quot; winter holiday lineup.

Lifetime Movies has been making Christmas films since it was the Lifetime Movie Network in the 1990s. Ebbie, a version of A Christmas Carol where Susan Lucci plays a Scrooge-like character, premiered in 1995. Lifetime may have made added the most Christmas movies to their collection in 2018 with films like A Very Nutty Christmas starring Melissa Joan Heart and Every Day Is Christmas starring Toni Braxton. They balance romantic Christmas movies, such as Wrapped Up In Christmas or My Christmas Prince, with Christmas dramas - like Home by Christmas which stars Linda Hamilton as a rich woman who finds herself homeless. Lifetime Christmas movies even have plenty of options that are light on both romance and drama, opting to have some fun for the holiday with movies like Grumpy Cat&#39;s Worst Christmas Ever.

Romantic, dramatic or just fun - whether they&#39;re <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/lifetime-movies-list-of-all-lifetime-movies/all-genre-movies-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Lifetime Original Movies</a> or acquired originals that are joining the stables, which are the best Lifetime Christmas movies?

The Best Lifetime Christmas Movies Of All Time

The 80+ Best Lifetime Christmas & Holiday Movies Of All Time

1940s

The 24-hour marathon of the beloved classic&nbsp;A Christmas Story&nbsp;has become a staple of the holiday season. After watching the movie a few times, however, viewers may begin to notice historical&nbsp;mistakes in A Christmas Story&nbsp;they may have missed before. Remembered fondly for a leg lamp, a tongue frozen to a flag pole, and many <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-christmas-story-a-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">classic Christmas Story quotes</a>, the story of young Raphie Parker and his family is a tradition for many. And while the movie&nbsp;nails a lot of authentic details of its time period, the filmmakers did manage to get a few things wrong.

The film was based on several short stories by Jean Shepherd that were fictional accounts of his time as a boy growing up in Indiana. Although the film&#39;s era is never specifically mentioned, it&#39;s believed the movie takes place in 1939 or 1940 due to the fact no one mentions WWII, and characters from 1939&#39;s The Wizard of Oz, which has nothing to do with Christmas, are prominently included.&nbsp;A Christmas Story&#39;s period-accurate details include displays for&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-movie-writers/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Snow White and the Seven</a> Dwarfs&nbsp;(which premiered in 1937) and radio shows such as&nbsp;Little Orphan Annie&nbsp;(which really&nbsp;was&nbsp;sponsored by Ovaltine). Real-life department stores like Higbee&#39;s were all the rage, as the movie depicts, and people often gathered there to view the lavish holiday window displays and meet Santa.

Of course, the most important and endearing aspects of the film revolve around nostalgia and family, so a few historical errors are more than forgivable. But when you&#39;re watching it for the 10th time this holiday season, you might want to keep an eye out for the occasional details that are historically out of place.

Every Inaccuracy In 'A Christmas Story’s Version Of The '40s

Every Inaccuracy In 'A Christmas Story’s' Version Of The '40s

Erin McCann

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