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1. Love Actually (2003)

R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney

Votes: 531,448 | Gross: $59.70M

2. White Oleander (2002)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

Director: Peter Kosminsky | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright, Alison Lohman

Votes: 34,071 | Gross: $16.35M

3. Doubt (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery

A Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.

Director: John Patrick Shanley | Stars: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis

Votes: 136,065 | Gross: $33.42M

4. Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama

A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes

Votes: 9,878

5. Saved! (2004)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

When a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, all of her former friends turn on her and she is ostracized and demonized.

Director: Brian Dannelly | Stars: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit

Votes: 48,979 | Gross: $8.94M

6. Simon Birch (1998)

PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A young boy with stunted growth is convinced that God has a great purpose for him.

Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt

Votes: 22,207 | Gross: $18.25M

7. Krampus (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman

Votes: 84,065 | Gross: $42.59M

8. Ben Is Back (2018)

R | 103 min | Drama

A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.

Director: Peter Hedges | Stars: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton

Votes: 24,141 | Gross: $3.70M

9. Millions (2004)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ethics, being human and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of Pounds just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Alex Etel, James Nesbitt, Daisy Donovan, Lewis McGibbon

Votes: 26,358 | Gross: $6.58M

10. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965 TV Movie)

TV-G | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.

Director: Bill Melendez | Stars: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer, Bill Melendez

Votes: 44,092

11. Nativity! (2009)

PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family

An uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher's little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class' nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem.

Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton, Jason Watkins, Ashley Jensen

Votes: 12,457

12. The Preacher's Wife (1996)

PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines

Votes: 13,727 | Gross: $48.10M

13. The Color of Rain (2014 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 87 min | Drama

After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow Gina and their two young sons must cope with the pain of his loss, while their church community gathers around them for... See full summary »

Director: Anne Wheeler | Stars: Warren Christie, Lacey Chabert, Callum Seagram Airlie, Lisa Durupt

Votes: 1,708

14. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)

Unrated | 126 min | Drama

At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan

Votes: 9,367 | Gross: $21.30M

15. Single All the Way (2021)

TV-PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Desperate to avoid his family's judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they're now in a relationship.

Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Luke Macfarlane, Barry Bostwick

Votes: 19,588

16. Le pupille (2022)

PG | 39 min | Short

Follow the rebellious girls of a Catholic boarding school before Christmas, a time of war and scarcity.

Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Greta Zuccheri Montanari, Carmen Pommella, Lady Maru

Votes: 3,712

17. Sordid Lives (2000)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Romance

As three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for a funeral, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of their "Sordid Lives."

Director: Del Shores | Stars: Delta Burke, Bonnie Bedelia, Olivia Newton-John, Kirk Geiger

Votes: 3,508 | Gross: $1.11M

18. Prancer (1989)

G | 103 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa's, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.

Director: John D. Hancock | Stars: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda, Abe Vigoda

Votes: 6,343 | Gross: $18.59M

19. A Royal Queens Christmas (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

A prince finds his way to Queens during Christmas when a local woman enlists his help with a children's Christmas show.

Director: Lee Friedlander | Stars: Megan Park, Julian Morris, Michael Hanrahan, Nicola Correia-Damude

Votes: 1,527

20. Love's Christmas Journey (2011 TV Movie)

TV-G | 171 min | Drama, Family, Romance

While mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Natalie Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis (Greg Vaughan) and his children for Christmas. Ellie does her ... See full summary »

Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Natalie Hall, JoBeth Williams, Greg Vaughan, Dylan Bruce

Votes: 828

21. All Mine to Give (1957)

Passed | 103 min | Drama, Family, Romance

An immigrant family in 1850's Wisconsin prospers until tragedy strikes.

Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson, Patty McCormack

Votes: 1,571

22. Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (2008)

PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama

A look at the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade's painting The Christmas Cottage, and how the artist was motivated to begin his career after discovering his mother was in danger of losing their family home.

Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Jared Padalecki, Marcia Gay Harden, Aaron Ashmore

Votes: 2,817

23. Christmas Trade (2015 Video)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Family

A week before Christmas, a workaholic widower and his 11-year-old son get a shock when their wish unexpectedly comes true.

Director: Joel Souza | Stars: William Baldwin, Denise Richards, Michael Campion, Tom Arnold

Votes: 603

24. Mrs. Miracle (2009 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Overwhelmed widower Seth Webster is searching for a housekeeper to help him with his unruly six year old twin sons. "Mrs. Miracle" mysteriously appears and quickly becomes an irreplaceable nanny, chef, friend... and matchmaker.

Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Erin Karpluk, Doris Roberts, Michael Strusievici

Votes: 3,249

25. Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Family, Romance

An interior designer is hired to decorate a lavish mansion over the Christmas season.

Director: D.J. Viola | Stars: Jill Wagner, Matthew Davis, Brandon Quinn, Donna Mills

Votes: 1,925

26. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 48 min | Comedy, Family

A teacher puts on a Christmas pageant and puts the worst children in school as the stars.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Loretta Swit, Jackson Davies, Antony Holland, David Alexander

Votes: 822

27. A Mrs. Miracle Christmas (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

When a family faces loneliness and loss of faith, Gloria Merkel swoops in to renew their Christmas spirit.

Director: Ruby J. Munro | Stars: Caroline Rhea, Kaitlin Doubleday, Steve Lund, Paula Shaw

Votes: 1,012

28. A Christmas in Tennessee (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A real estate development consultant attempts to sweet-talk the owner of a small town bakery shop into selling her property.

Director: Gary Yates | Stars: Rachel Boston, Andrew W. Walker, Patricia Richardson, Kate Moyer

Votes: 1,567

29. If I Only Had Christmas (2020 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Drama, Romance

At Christmas, a cheerful publicist teams up with a cynical VP and his eclectic team to help a charity in need.

Director: David Weaver | Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Warren Christie, Jordana Largy, Brenda Crichlow

Votes: 1,772

30. A Merry Christmas Match (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Corey who works in her mom's antique shop, puts on a Christmas pageant in honor of her late father. When a man named Ryder visits her store, she wonders if she should have left town to follow her dream of becoming a theater director.

Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Ashley Newbrough, Kyle Dean Massey, Lindsey Gort, John DeLuca

Votes: 1,418

31. A Snow Globe Christmas (2013 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A cynical TV exec looks at the perfect town inside a Christmas globe and is magically transported to it. When she wakes up in a perfect snow-covered town, married to a local woodsman, she discovers it's not all just a fantasy.

Director: Jodi Binstock | Stars: Alicia Witt, Donald Faison, Christina Milian, Trevor Donovan

Votes: 1,319

32. Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

This year, Santa's daughter (Maria Thayer) takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California. While Santa ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Maria Thayer, Sam Page, Randy J. Goodwin, Vivica A. Fox

Votes: 1,824

33. The Christmas High Note (2020 TV Movie)

TV-G | 85 min | Romance

A woman develops feelings for a single father while helping his teenage daughter prepare to sing in a Christmas Eve pageant.

Director: Brian Skiba | Stars: Jamie Luner, Johnny Messner, Kassandra Clementi, William McNamara

Votes: 289

34. The Town Christmas Forgot (2010 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Family

When an urban family gets stranded in an impoverished lumber town two days before Christmas, they become involved in the town's home-grown Christmas pageant just in time for the holidays.

Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Lauren Holly, Rick Roberts, Azer Greco, Torri Webster

Votes: 887

35. A Grandpa for Christmas (2007 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 84 min | Comedy, Drama

Bert O'Reiley is a retired song and dance man who becomes an instant grandfather to the nine-year-old granddaughter he has never met.

Director: Harvey Frost | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Katherine Helmond, Juliette Goglia, Richard Libertini

Votes: 1,303

36. Wishin' and Hopin' (2014)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The ups and downs of life at a parochial school for 10-year-old Felix as the Christmas nativity pageant approaches.

Director: Colin Theys | Stars: Wyatt Ralff, Quinn McColgan, Danny Nucci, Molly Ringwald

Votes: 802

37. Christmas on the Vine (2020 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance

A young marketing executive is assigned to help a struggling family-owned winery in a town that has lost its Christmas spirit due to a large wine conglomerate.

Director: Paul A. Kaufman | Stars: Julianna Guill, Jon Cor, Meredith Baxter, Chilton Crane

Votes: 654

38. Miracle at Moreaux (1985 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 58 min | Drama, History, War

It is 1943, and the students at a catholic boarding school decide to hide three Jewish children from the Nazis. To save the children, the members of the boarding school will have to find the courage to risk their own lives in the process.

Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Loretta Swit, Robert Joy, Ken Pogue, Robert Kosoy

Votes: 146

39. The Christmas Pageant (2011 TV Movie)

TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

When a temperamental Broadway director is fired from yet another job, she is forced to direct a community Christmas pageant.

Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Robert Mailhouse, Candice Azzara, Edward Herrmann

Votes: 606

40. Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998 Video)

G | 48 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A whimsical animated tale that tells the story of how the beloved holiday hymn Silent Night was created. Join our heroes, Buster and Chauncey, two musical mice who accidentally create a holiday miracle and make musical history.

Director: Buzz Potamkin | Stars: Phil Hartman, Marie Osmond, Tom Arnold, Judith Blazer

Votes: 303

41. Dear Jesus (2020)

14 min | Short, Drama

The coming-of-age story of Ella. After forming a connection to Jesus Christ and being crowned the lead of the school play, young Ella begins to believe she can control the outcomes of her ... See full summary »

Director: Kat Webber | Stars: Quincy Kirkwood, Lilly Noelle Bartlam, Carlyn Burchell, Rosemary Dunsmore

Votes: 9

42. My Favorite Christmas Melody (2021 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

Follows Abby, a promising singer-songwriter, as she rediscovers her voice and goes after her dreams, and lets the possibility of love in too.

Director: Michael Kennedy | Stars: Mya, Rainbow Sun Francks, Shakura S'Aida, Carson Reaume

Votes: 308

43. Country Christmas Album (2018 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Family, Romance

A country singer finds love when she collaborates with a former pop star on a Christmas album.

Director: Danny Buday | Stars: Hannah Barefoot, Evan Gamble, Taylor Bedford, Valerie Jane Parker

Votes: 575

44. Stolen Miracle (2001 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime, Drama

Karen and Phil's first male child is stolen by a false nurse on Christmas' Eve. A determined policewoman follows all clues in order to find the baby before it's too late.

Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Leslie Hope, Nola Augustson, Gabriel Hogan, Marnie McPhail

Votes: 222

45. The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (1975 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

A young shepherd, Lucas (David Kelley), is blinded by lightning, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine (Iris Rainer) describes snow to Lucas, who has never ... See full summary »

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Cyril Ritchard, David Kelley, Dina Lynn

Votes: 624

46. Dark Sands (1937)

Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical

During WWI, action hero Robeson escapes an unjust death sentence to ramble around Arabia.

Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon, Wallace Ford, Kouka

Votes: 343

47. Nora's Christmas Gift (1989 Video)

45 min | Drama

A lonely elderly lady named Nora is depressed when she faces blindness and hearing problems at Christmas time.

Director: Michael McLean | Stars: Celeste Holm, Elizabeth Wilson, David Jensen, Jay Bernard

Votes: 60

48. A Touch of Magic: The Story Behind the Christmas Pageant (1993 Video)

50 min | Documentary, History

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Director: Brian Grant | Stars: John Dean, Kathy Dean

49. Adelaide's Moving Memories 1908-1959 (1997 Video)

100 min | Documentary, History, News

Adelaide's Moving Memories is a rare collection of moving images dating from 1908 to the late 1950s showing Adelaide as it was, through newsreels, documentaries and home movies. These ... See full summary »

50. Adelaide's Christmas Pageant (1968)

10 min | Documentary, Short, Family

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Director: Geoffrey Scoresby Shepherd | Star: Ann North