Ultimate List of Must-Watch Christmas Movies |From forever classics like It’s a Wonderful Life to Jim Carrey’s Grinch, Christmas movies are inarguably the best category of cinema. You get your heartbreaks, your losses, your wins, your redemption stories, your underdogs, your falling-in-loves, all wrapped up in the satisfying sentimental theme of Christmas. This year, I decided to make a list of the Christmas Movies to watch on a yearly basis, the ones you just can’t miss. I’m not kidding when I say there’s almost every genre of movie on this list.
This is the ultimate list of Christmas Movies to watch, carefully thought out and crafted into four categories. Get ready and gear up, because Christmas is coming fast, and there’s no time to waste!
Ultimate List of Must-Watch Christmas Movies
Sentimental Christmas Movies
Sentimental Christmas movies are the ones that take you right back to your childhood. Whether or not you grew up on them, they’re sure to awake the kid within you and get you just as excited for the holiday season as you were the night you stayed up to try and meet Santa.
1. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Carrey or cartoon? There is, in fact, a wrong answer to this question.
2. A Charlie Brown Christmas
Good grief.
3. The Flintstones Christmas
4. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
I mean… a classic if there ever was one.
5. Frosty the Snowman
I have yet to make it through this one without crying. It gets me every freakin time.
6. Arthur Christmas
7. Miracle on 34th Street
So much love for this sweet, sweet movie.
8. Prancer
Another tearjerker, but in the best way possible.
9. The Muppets Christmas Carol
All Time Classic Christmas Movies
The all time classic Christmas movies are the ones that never get old, the ones that you’ve seen probably a couple more times than you wanted to. But they’re just too good to ignore or give up.
10. Elf
Overplayed, yes. But incredible? Also yes. “For that special someone” never gets old.
11. The Polar Express
There’s some heated opinions on this movie, but if you ask me, Tom Hanks can do no wrong.
12. Christmas With the Kranks
Can you scream classic any louder?!
13. Die Hard
Naturally.
14. Home Alone
15. Home Alone 2
16. The Santa Clause
My first favourite Christmas movie — I’ve loved Tim Allen since Home Improvement, and this film series nails the heartwarming humour he does so well.
17. The Santa Clause 2
Can’t beta #1, but still pretty great.
18. The Santa Clause 3
See above.
19. A Christmas Story
20. White Christmas
21. The Nightmare Before Christmas
The best part about this movie is that it doubles as a Halloween flick — so if perfectly timed, you can watch on October 31st and usher in the new November holiday season.
22. Lethal Weapon
23. Remember the Night
24. One Magic Christmas
25. Jack Frost
Must-Watch Comedy Christmas Movies
Holidays can be hard, so when the uninterrupted family time gets to be too much, these are the perfect Christmas movies to turn on. Hilarious and well done, they’re sure to leave you in a good mood, and remind you that things could, in fact, be worse!
26. Office Christmas Party
27. Mixed Nuts
28. Happy Christmas
29. Jingle All The Way
30. Deck the Halls
Love & Stuff Christmas Movies
Ahh, yes. My favourite category. I’ve always had a soft spot for Hallmark, but now that Netflix has been releasing their own cheesy Christmas movies, there’s some serious competition.
31. The Christmas Prince
32. The Holiday
If it’s got John Krasinski, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black, it’s got my attention.
33. Last Christmas
34. The Princess Switch
I’ll be honest, I love cheese, but I actually could not make it through this movie. It was so bad. That said, I know many who love it, so I felt a responsibility to list and suggest for those of you who might.
35. The Knight Before Christmas
36. Every Hallmark Movie Ever
37. While You Were Sleeping
38. Love Actually
39. Four Christmases
40. The Shop Around the Corner
These 40 Christmas movies will last you the whole Christmas season and keep you entertained and your emotional needs met. Happy watching, Merry Christmas, and enjoy!
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