The Best Ranking of Christmas Movies that You Didn’t Know You Need. Number 1 might surprse you!

All of us need to indulge in some Christmas movies before we can really start feeling the Christmas spirit. These might be the moveis that you only see once a year (or more), but they just bring back so much nostalgia and really stir up that urge to spend time with friends and family. In that case, go ahead and text them “thinking of you!” as you sit back and enjoy.

1

Klaus

Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones
Sergio Pablos
2019

When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.

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8.2 IMDB
2

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O\'Hara
Henry Selick
1993

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

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8 IMDB
3

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz
Brian Henson
1992

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.

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7.7 IMDB
4

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

Kelsey Grammer, Wayne Allwine, Russi Taylor
Bradley Raymond, Jun Falkenstein, Toby Shelton, Bill Speers, Alex Mann
1999

Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto gather together to reminisce about the love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past.

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7.2 IMDB
5

Carol

Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Kyle Chandler
Todd Haynes
2015

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

7.2 IMDB
6

Arthur Christmas

James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy
Sarah Smith
2011

Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one – Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorized rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

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7.1 IMDB
7

The Christmas Chronicles

Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis
Clay Kaytis
2018

Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.

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7.1 IMDB
8

Elf

Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel
Jon Favreau
2003

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher.

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6.9 IMDB
9

A Christmas Carol

Gary Oldman, Jim Carrey, Steve Valentine
Robert Zemeckis
2009

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

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6.8 IMDB
10

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Catherine O\'Hara
Chris Columbus
1992

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.

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6.7 IMDB
11

The Polar Express

Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter, Nona Gaye
Robert Zemeckis
2004

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

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6.6 IMDB
12

The Grinch

Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson
Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney
2018

The Grinch hatches a scheme to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville plan their annual holiday celebration.

6.3 IMDB