Christmas Movie Reviews

Christmas season is often the biggest time of the year for theaters and movie rentals. To make wise choices, consult our reviews written by conservative, Bible-believing Christians. Note that most “Christmas” films have nothing to with Jesus Christ.

• Almost Christmas (2016)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Bad Moms Christmas, A (2017)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Bad Santa 2 (2016)
• Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)
• Believe (2016)
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
• The Best Man Holiday (2013)
• Bishop’s Wife, The (1947)
• Black Christmas (2006)
• Black Nativity (2013)
• Charlie Brown Christmas, A (1965)
• The Christmas Candle (2013)
• Christmas Carol, A (1951)
• Christmas Carol, A (1984)
• Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)
• Christmas in the Clouds (2005)
• Christmas on the Square (2020)
• Christmas Shoes, The (2002)
• Christmas Snow, A (2010)
• Christmas Story, A (1983)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
• Deck the Halls (2006)
• Doubt (2008)
• Elf (2003)
• Everybody's Fine (2009)
• Family Man, The (2000)
• Flight Before Christmas, The (2008)
• Family Stone, The (2005)
• Four Christmases (2008)
• Fourth Wise Man, The (1985)
• Fred Claus (2007)
• The Holiday (2006)
• Home Alone (1990)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• Home Alone 3 (1997)
• HOPE, The (2002)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• It’s a Meaningful Life (2010)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Jesus: The Movie (1979)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• Journey to Bethlehem (2023)
• Just Getting Started (2017)
• Krampus (2015)
• Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas (2014)
• Last Christmas (2019)
• Love Actually (2013)
• Love the Coopers (2015)
• The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
• Mary and Joe (2002)
• Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) (2006)
• The Merry Gentleman (2009)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• The Nativity Story (2006)
• The Night Before (2015)
• Noëlle (2007)
• Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
• Nutcracker in 3D, The (2010)
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
• The Perfect Holiday (2007)
• Polar Express, The (2004)
• Preacher’s Wife, The (1996)
• Reindeer Games (2000)
• Santa Clause II, The (2002)
• Santa Clause 3, The: The Escape Clause (2006)
• Scrooged (1988)
• The Star (2017)
• Star of Christmas, The (2002)
• Stuart Little (1999)
• Surviving Christmas (2004)
• Toy that Saved Christmas!, The (1996)
• Trapped in Paradise (1994)
• This Christmas (2007)
• Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas (2013)
• Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
• VeggieTales: It’s a Meaningful Life (2010)
• VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas (2002) (showing holiday kindness

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More Christmas movies—not reviewed yet

• All I Want for Christmas (1991)
• All I Want for Christmas (2002)
• American Christmas Carol, An (1979)
• Babes in Toyland (1934)
• Babes in Toyland (1961)
• Babes in Toyland (1986)
• Bad Man’s Christmas Gift, The (1910)
• Bells of St. Mary’s, The (1945)
• The Berenstain Bears Christmas Tree
• Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)
• Beyond Tomorrow (1940
• Blackadder’s Christmas Carol (1988)
• Black Christmas (1975)
• Bush Christmas (1947)
• Bush Christmas (1983)
• Captain’s Christmas, The (1938)
• Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
• Christmas Burglars, The (1908)
• Christmas Carol, A (1917)
• Christmas Carol, A (1938)
• Christmas Carol, A (1954)
• Christmas Carol, A (1972)
• Christmas Carol, A (1995)
• Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)
• Christmas Comes but Once a Year (1936)
• Christmas Eve (1947)
• Christmas Eve (1986)
• Christmas Gift, The (1986)
• Christmas Holiday (1944)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• Christmas in Connecticut (TV) (1992)
• Christmas in July (1940)
• Christmas in Wonderland (2007)
• Christmas Kid, The (1967)
• Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979)
• Christmas Miracle in Caulfield, U.S.A. (1977)
• Christmas Mountain (1980)
• Christmas on Division Street (1991)
• Christmas Romance, A (1994)
• Christmas Stallion, The (1992)
• Christmas Star, The (1986)
• Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, The (1966)
• Christmas to Remember, A (1978)
• Christmas Toy, The (1990)
• Christmas Tree, The (1969)
• Christmas Vacation '91 (1992)
• Christmas Visitor, The (1987)
• Christmas Wife, The (1988)
• Christmas Without Snow, A (1980)
• Christmas Wish, A (a.k.a., The Great Rupert) (1950)
• Comfort and Joy (2003)
• Dream for Christmas, A (1973)
• Ebbie (1995)
• Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
• Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
• Every Day Except Christmas (1957)
• Frosty the Snowman (1969)
• Gathering, Part II, The (1979)
• Gathering, The (1977)
• Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, The (1983)
• Guess Who’s Coming for Christmas? (1990)
• Hobo’s Christmas, A (1987)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• Holiday Inn (1942)
• Holly and the Ivy, The (1952)
• Home for Christmas (1949)
• Home for the Holidays (1972)
• Homecoming - A Christmas Story, The (1971)
• House Without a Christmas Tree, The (1972)
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
• I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
• It Happened One Christmas (1977)
• It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas (1989)
• Jack Frost (1998)
• Kid Who Loved Christmas, The (1990)
• Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, The (1985)
• The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976)
• The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
• Man in the Santa Claus Suit, The (1978)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1984)
• Midnight Clear, A (1992)
• Miracle of the Bells, The (1948)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Mom for Christmas, A (1990)
• Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980)
• Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol
• Muppet Christmas Carol, The
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• Night Before Christmas, The (1906)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1912)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1926)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1933)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1941)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1994)
• Night They Saved Christmas, The (1984)
• Nutcracker (1982)
• Nutcracker, The (1993)
• Nutcracker, The Motion Picture (1986)
• One Christmas (1994)
• One Magic Christmas (1985)
• Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980)
• Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952)
• Prancer (1989)
• Pups’ Christmas, The (1936)
• The Right to Be Happy (1916)
• Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
• Santa Claus (1959)
• Santa Claus (1985)
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
• Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
• Santa Clause, The (1994)
• Scrooge (1935)
• Scrooge (1951)
• Scrooge (1970)
• Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives, The (1933)
• Smoky Mountain Christmas, A (1986)
• The Snowman (1982)
• Song for the Season, A
• Story of the First Christmas Snow, The (1975)
• Sunshine Christmas (1977)
• Superbook: The First Christmas
• To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992)
• Town Without Christmas, A
• Trading Places (1983)
• Trap for Santa Claus, A (1909)
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1914)
• Unlikely Angel (1996)
• VeggieTales: Best of Christmas Songs
• VeggieTales: Merry Larry and The True Light of Christmas
• VeggieTales: Saint Nicholas
• VeggieTales: The Best Christmas Gift (finding hope and joy)
• VeggieTales: The Birth of Baby Jesus
• VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy (have a happy heart for the holidays)
• VeggieTales: The Toy That Saved Christmas
• Very Brady Christmas, A (1988) (TV)
• White Christmas (1954)
• Wish for Wings That Work, A (1991)
• Year Without a Santa Claus, The (1974)
• Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
• Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976)