What are some of your must-see Christmas-themed movies and TV shows that you try to watch every year?

A Christmas Carol. I've been watching it since I was a kid. Growing up, I never thought that I could related to that grumpy old man but I unfortunately did.

How the Grinch stole Christmas cartoon

The Grinch

Plus the Netflix Animated Series called the Grinch

The Nightmare before Christmas

Gremlins

Batman Returns

Of course the best fairy tale movie ever made, Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella, which is in original from former Czechoslovakia. In Central Europe it’s a TV hit for five decades now, every year around Christmas it is broadcast several times and watched and loved by all families and age groups, although it’s only a fairy tale romantic love story and has zero Christmas contents or decorations. You won’t forget the beautiful princess, the beautiful castle (located in Saxony) and also the movies’ soundtrack for your whole life. Give it a try, it’s surely the best you can ever find for you and your children during holiday season.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Polar Express

Rise of the Guardians

Muppet Christmas Carol

I used to watch them every year with my little girl, but now she's all grown up I'll be watching them alone with a proud tear in my eye.

'The Family Man', 'It's a Wonderful Life', 'Love Actually' and any classic BBC sitcom Christmas episodes from the 1970s through to 'The Vicar of Dibley' and 'One Foot in the Grave'. Plus the Charlie Brown Christmas special, which I used to watch as a child.

(not a Christmas movie but) Ben-Hur; while I was growing up, I remember watching that movie every year during Christmas/Easter (w/ my family); of course now things are different but it’s still a special movie, one of my favorites and imho, a masterpiece. In the final scene, he says that he felt Jesus’s words take the sword out of his hands; a beautiful message(!) and imo that’s what Christmas is all about.

The Santa Clause immediately comes to mind. It's a family favorite and is watched every Christmas. And though not Christmas themed, Happy Feet is also something the family watches during the holidays.

Other movies that make the rounds include:

Rise of the Guardians

Arthur Christmas

The Polar Express

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Christmas With The Kranks

Elf

Home Alone

Klaus (a recent addition but will surely become a classic)

Got to be Home Alone or any 007 movies which were always aired around Christmas when I was a kid along with the Great Escape.

blueToday  11:51 am JST

@rcch

“ I recall Ben Hur being the quintessential Easter movie on German national TV in the 70s and 80s. I pretty much watched it every year or close to it. TBH, I never was into religion (and still am not) but to me and as a result: Ben Hur = Easter must watch

And yeah, hands down a classic Hollywood masterpiece. “

Someone downvoted our comments, can you believe this(?); anyway, I used to go to church every Sunday with my parents and my mother is a serious Catholic so, even if I’m not that religious anymore, religion is still part of me and my life and Ben-Hur (1959) (just an example), is an extremely special movie for us.

I get what you folks are saying about movies that were always on at Christmas when you were young. For me it was 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'. Wonderful movie.

Home Alone plus the sequel with The cheese pizza! Haha, Remember watching them with my brother as kids :)

Happy Holidays everyone! :)

Waka Inoue "A Very Busty Christmas"

A Christmas Story (very hard to get in Japan)

Scrooged

Christmas Vacation

Elf

And I kind of like "The Night Before"

Dec. 17  10:17 pm JST “ All the down votes on a thread where people are simply talking about their favorite festive films or films they watch around this time of year. “

Unbelievable, right(?)

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Dec. 17  05:03 am JST “ I get what you folks are saying about movies that were always on at Christmas when you were young. For me it was 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'. Wonderful movie. “

Another masterpiece. :)

"A Christmas Carol"

with Albert Finney.

This link's been there forever, it's a great version.

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Pk1jcaLDI

The Grinch stuff is pretty cool.

I think "Gremlins" deserves a mention.