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10 Fantastic Christmas Movies For You

10 Fantastic Christmas Movies For You

One of our favorite things about the holiday season must be Christmas movies! There's nothing quite like cozying up on the couch to watch a classic holiday film, whether a Christmas movie for kids or a family-friendly Hallmark flick. From Holiday Inn to The Holiday, here are the best Christmas movies of all time that you can buy or stream online, in no particular order.

The Family Stone

Release Date 2005
Rating : 6.3 Production Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, The Family Stone Director: Shawn Pipkin, Polly Ann Mattson, Joe Camp III Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton

Summary: An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

The Polar Express

Release Date 2004
Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment, Golden Mean Director: Robert Zemeckis, Joseph Thomas, Carlos Pedroza Stars: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen

Summary: 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.

Bad Santa

Release Date 2003
Rating : 7 Production Companies: Triptych Pictures, Dimension Films (US version) Director: Susan E. Walter, Kenneth Roth, Dave Halls Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham

Summary: You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.

Love Actually

Release Date 2003
Rating : 7.6 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, StudioCanal Director: Julie Laugier, Chris Burgess, Sue Wood Stars: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson

Summary: Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Release Date 2020
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton Animation Company Director: Henry Selick Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara

Summary: 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.

The Santa Clause 2

Release Date 2002
Rating : 5.8 Production Companies: Outlaw Productions, Boxing Cat Films Director: Eddy Santos, David Klohn, Bruce Franklin Stars: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson

Summary: Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

A Christmas Story

Release Date 1983
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Christmas Tree Films Director: Bob Clark, Ken Goch, Blanche McDermaid Stars: Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley

Summary: The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

The Holiday

Release Date 2006
Rating : 7 Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures Director: Darren J. Perry, Nancy Meyers Stars: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law

Summary: Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

Elf

Release Date 2003
Rating : 7.1 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Gold/Miller Productions Director: Andrew M. Robinson, Jim Brebner, Christopher Woods Stars: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart

Summary: 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.

Home Alone

Release Date 1990
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Hughes Entertainment Director: James Giovannetti Jr., Geoffrey Hansen, Jan Evans Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern

Summary: Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.