THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1949)

 

Vincent Price narrates the tale about miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this 1949 retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

The classic tale in which he is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three Spirits who visit Scrooge (Taylor Holmes), revealing to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold, death or redemption.

The Spirits are played by Nelson Leigh (Past), George James (Present) and Jack Nestle (Future)

 

The other key characters and portrayed by Earl Lee (Marley), Constance Cavendish (Martha), Patrick Whyte, Queenie Leonard, Mike Miller, Karen Kester and Jill St. John (The Cratchit’s), Robert Hyatt (Tiny Tim), and Robert Clarke (Fred). 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS CAROL (1949)

 

Vincent Price narrates the tale about miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this 1949 retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

The classic tale in which he is taught the true meaning of Christmas by three Spirits who visit Scrooge (Taylor Holmes), revealing to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold, death or redemption.

The Spirits are played by Nelson Leigh (Past), George James (Present) and Jack Nestle (Future)

 

The other key characters and portrayed by Earl Lee (Marley), Constance Cavendish (Martha), Patrick Whyte, Queenie Leonard, Mike Miller, Karen Kester and Jill St. John (The Cratchit’s), Robert Hyatt (Tiny Tim), and Robert Clarke (Fred). 

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOLIDAY IN YOUR HEART (1997)

 

In this made-for-tv film based in part on her autobiographical novel LeAnn Rimes plays herself, beginning with her childhood in Nashville up to when she was performing around the country as a country-western singer.

But then she has to make a choice, whether or not she should follow her dreams and perform at the Grand Ole Opry, or stay at her dying grandmother's bedside.

Bernadette Peters, Rebecca Schull, Vernon Grote, Carol Farabee, Harlan Jordan, Charles Homet and Rance Howard also star.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – EVENING ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWN (2024)

 

Caroline Mathison (Danielle Sarentino) books an Air B&B for her parents Debbie and Richard (Terri Minton and Ken Alter), her sister Kassi (Courtnè Alyssa) and her soon to be fiancé Carl (Joel Paul Reisig) for Christmas in Frankenmuth, Michigan.

But when she arrives in the beloved Bavarian village known for its year-round Christmas charm, she finds there has been a Christmas booking blunder and Karl Williams (Tom Kruszewski) and his grandma (Shirley Moon Koebbe) are also booked in to the same Air B&B.

So, the two families agree to share, and initially there is friction but as time passes and Carl’s arrival is delayed, Christmas works its magic and an unexpected romance results.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ROMANCE IN CHRISTMAS TOWN (2024)

 

Caroline Mathison (Danielle Sarentino) books an Air B&B for her parents Debbie and Richard (Terri Minton and Ken Alter), her sister Kassi (Courtnè Alyssa) and her soon to be fiancé Carl (Joel Paul Reisig) for Christmas in Frankenmuth, Michigan.

But when she arrives in the beloved Bavarian village known for its year-round Christmas charm, she finds there has been a Christmas booking blunder and Karl Williams (Tom Kruszewski) and his grandma (Shirley Moon Koebbe) are also booked in to the same Air B&B.

So, the two families agree to share, and initially there is friction but as time passes and Carl’s arrival is delayed, Christmas works its magic and an unexpected romance results.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MR. CHRISTMAS (2004)

 

Its Christmas in Eureka Springs Arkansas 1941, and Joel and Julia (Jace Mclean and Jen Celene Little) are struggling to give their daughters (Ireland Rose Maddox and Abigail Kinslow) the kind of Christmas they want for them.

Their 5-year-old daughter Carol Lee has set her heart on a bicycle that she has asked Santa Claus to bring her for Christmas.

So, will there be an uplifting ending for a young father struggling to make ends meet on a Depression-era salary of $16 a week?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A DREAM CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

Busy and hardworking Gabby Purnell (Jazsmin Lewis), her husband Tim Purnell (Keith D. Robinson) and their two children, Amber and TJ (Jasmine Akakpo Kaleb and Alexander Roberts) travel to Los Angeles from Mississippi on Christmas Eve.

They are to spend Christmas with her dying mother (Olivia Brown) and brother Marshall Carter (Peter Parros) with the intent for the family to spend one last Christmas together.

Over the course of two days, she discovers uncomfortable truths, and family tensions.

So will it turn out to be a happy family Christmas, or a holiday to forget.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – OUR DREAM CHRISTMAS (2017)

 

Busy and hardworking Gabby Purnell (Jazsmin Lewis), her husband Tim Purnell (Keith D. Robinson) and their two children, Amber and TJ (Jasmine Akakpo Kaleb and Alexander Roberts) travel to Los Angeles from Mississippi on Christmas Eve.

They are to spend Christmas with her dying mother (Olivia Brown) and brother Marshall Carter (Peter Parros) with the intent for the family to spend one last Christmas together.

Over the course of two days, she discovers uncomfortable truths, and family tensions.

So will it turn out to be a happy family Christmas, or a holiday to forget.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS PRESENT (1985)

 

Hammonds Bank have a long-standing tradition where the Chairman, in keeping with Charles Dickens character Scrooge, must deliver a prize Turkey and the modern equivalent of six shillings to a poor family in Camden Town.

So, Sir Percy Hammond (Bill Fraser) instructs the newest member of the Bank, Nigel Playfayre (Peter Chelsom) to carry out the task.

However, he collides with a street entertainer and loses the envelope with the address, and it is picked up by a young boy Viv (Danny Wooder).

So, Viv and his best mate Gos (Clive Parker) try and return it to the bank, but they can’t get in.

Meanwhile Nigel tries to find the name another way which takes him to Judy Tall (Lesley Manville).

But in the end, it’s up to Viv and Gos to show Nigel the way.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HEART OF CHRISTMAS (1993)

 

After celebrating Midnight Mass at the Holy Redeemer Church, Theresa Manslurch (Marina Stephenson) and her children Christine and Nathan (Lara Lynn Lacey and Roy Derges) they return home to their apartment to find a burglar inside (Greg Morley) and he runs off leaving a mess in his wake, including the broken music box made for Theresa by her husband Peter (Eugene Strickland) who passed away earlier that year.

That night Peter appears to Christine and he makes everything right in the apartment and the next morning Theresa refuses to believe her husband had returned until she finds the music box as good as new.

Later the burglar knocks on her door accompanied by his son (Richard Jestadt) and he apologizes for what he did and explains why, Theresa forgives him and they all sit down to Christmas dinner.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU (2025)

 

Amidst the breathtaking beauty of Lake Tahoe's winter wonderland, rising singing star Ashley Miles (Logen Cheatham) could be on the brink of success while working for a marketing company.

Then she meets Nick Scott (Brad West), and they have a whirlwind romance ending in their engagement.

But with Christmas fast approaching he gets a call to say his father (Nick Scott) had had a heart attack, so he sets of on his Harley to see him, but on the way back he has an accident during a blizzard.

In the aftermath his bike is found but his body is not and eventually he is declared dead.

As the seasons pass, Ashley slowly begins to heal with help of family, friends, and then opens herself up to a new love, someone who brings light back into her world, Bobby Rossi (Sean Perry).

They are married on Christmas Eve, but even before the ink is dry on the licence she finds out that Nick Scott is alive, so she arranges to go and see him on Christmas Day.

So, what will she decide, will she choose to reunite with her lost love or choose a future with the new love of her life.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: SILVER BELLS (2005)

 

Widower Christopher 'Christy' Byrne (Tate Donovan) still operates his family Christmas Tree farm, and he expects his son Danny (Michael Mitchell) and daughter Bridget (Courtney Jines) to do their part and make the farm their top priority.

But Danny has aspiration and has a passion for photography, but his father dismisses it a hobby.

Every December the family go into New York to stay with Mrs. Quinn (Margo Martindale) and sell his Christmas trees.

When the last one was sold Danny announced he was staying in the city and after angry words and a scuffle he ran away to pursue his own dream as a photographer.

Widowed Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Anne Heche) who works for the Museum witnessed the altercation and over the months following she bonds with Danny and looks out for him helps him with assignments and study facilities but keeps it from his father.

When Christy returns to New York a year later to sell his trees, he and Catherine cross paths.

When contact is finally made, Christy still hasn't learned his lesson and Danny pays another cruel price, so what will the future bring?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SILVER BELLS (2005)

 

Widower Christopher 'Christy' Byrne (Tate Donovan) still operates his family Christmas Tree farm, and he expects his son Danny (Michael Mitchell) and daughter Bridget (Courtney Jines) to do their part and make the farm their top priority.

But Danny has aspiration and has a passion for photography, but his father dismisses it a hobby.

Every December the family go into New York to stay with Mrs. Quinn (Margo Martindale) and sell his Christmas trees.

When the last one was sold Danny announced he was staying in the city and after angry words and a scuffle he ran away to pursue his own dream as a photographer.

Widowed Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Anne Heche) who works for the Museum witnessed the altercation and over the months following she bonds with Danny and looks out for him helps him with assignments and study facilities but keeps it from his father.

When Christy returns to New York a year later to sell his trees, he and Catherine cross paths.

When contact is finally made, Christy still hasn't learned his lesson and Danny pays another cruel price, so what will the future bring.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOWBOUND (1994)

 

Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (Neil Patrick Harris and Kelli Williams) with baby (Clayton Zachary Ahnert) are on a two-thousand-mile journey from Castro Valley, California, to Idaho for a funeral.

But in a severe snowstorm they lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow only 500 miles into the journey, near the ghost town of Vya, Nevada.

After two days in the car surviving on their meagre supplies and their resourcefulness the young couple leave the vehicle behind and head out on foot to find help.

After days of walking they take shelter in a cave but struggle to keep themselves and their son alive in a frozen terrain.

While awaiting rescue they run out of supplies and realise help isn’t coming so, Jim sets off on a courageous 50-mile walk through the snow to find help and return to save his family.

Also starring Richard Ian Cox, Duncan Fraser, Susan Clark and Michael Gross.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SNOWBOUND: THE JIM AND JENNIFER STOLPA STORY (1994)

 

Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (Neil Patrick Harris and Kelli Williams) with baby (Clayton Zachary Ahnert) are on a two-thousand-mile journey from Castro Valley, California, to Idaho for a funeral.

But in a severe snowstorm they lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow only 500 miles into the journey, near the ghost town of Vya, Nevada.

After two days in the car surviving on their meagre supplies and their resourcefulness the young couple leave the vehicle behind and head out on foot to find help.

After days of walking they take shelter in a cave but struggle to keep themselves and their son alive in a frozen terrain.

While awaiting rescue they run out of supplies and realise help isn’t coming so, Jim sets off on a courageous 50-mile walk through the snow to find help and return to save his family.

Also starring Richard Ian Cox, Duncan Fraser, Susan Clark and Michael Gross.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE (1994)

 

Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (Neil Patrick Harris and Kelli Williams) with baby (Clayton Zachary Ahnert) are on a two-thousand-mile journey from Castro Valley, California, to Idaho for a funeral.

But in a severe snowstorm they lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow only 500 miles into the journey, near the ghost town of Vya, Nevada.

After two days in the car surviving on their meagre supplies and their resourcefulness the young couple leave the vehicle behind and head out on foot to find help.

After days of walking they take shelter in a cave but struggle to keep themselves and their son alive in a frozen terrain.

While awaiting rescue they run out of supplies and realise help isn’t coming so, Jim sets off on a courageous 50-mile walk through the snow to find help and return to save his family.

Also starring Richard Ian Cox, Duncan Fraser, Susan Clark and Michael Gross.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS (1986)

 

Country-western singer Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is tired and burned out in Hollywood and feels disconnected from her country roots.

Her manager Ned (Rene Auberjonois) and Video Director (David Ackroyd) are trying to steer her in a different direction, so she decides to escape to her friends Cabin in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.

On the drive through the mountains, she gets pulled over by Sheriff John Jensen (Bo Hopkins) and from the woods they are being watched by a witch called Jezebel (Anita Morris).

When she gets to the cabin, she finds it full of runaway children, Jasper, Cindy, Jake, String Bean, Freddie, Mary and Buster

(Danny Cooksey, Gennie James, Chad Sheets, Marc D. Robinson, Daryl Bartley, Ashley Bank and Micah Rowe) she is also being tracked by a Photojournalist from Hollywood, Harry (Dan Hedaya).

When under the witch’s spell, she stumbles into the woods and runs into a reclusive backwoodsman Mountain Dan (Lee Majors).

When six of the children end up back at the home and Lorna is locked up, Dan, Harry and Jake team up to get them all out and defeat the Witch.

Also Starring Rance Howard, John Ritter and Claude Earl Jones.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LOVE STINKS (1992)

 

Chicago doll house designer Clifford Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) is attracted to the wrong kind of women, going for style over substance, and his latest stunning girlfriend dumps him on Christmas Eve a few hours before they are due to fly off to an island paradise for Christmas.

He goes to a bar to console himself and meets Amanda Hughes (Kelly Preston) a stunning fellow dumpee so he takes her away instead, but she proves to be a beautiful mistake.

While he’s there, he meets Clare Enfield (Helen Hunt) who he had met briefly in Chicago at the travel agency, but she does not fit the mould of his perfect woman, but she has something to give him that none of the glamour girls can give him, love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONLY YOU (1992)

 

Chicago doll house designer Clifford Godfrey (Andrew McCarthy) is attracted to the wrong kind of women, going for style over substance, and his latest stunning girlfriend dumps him on Christmas Eve a few hours before they are due to fly off to an island paradise for Christmas.

He goes to a bar to console himself and meets Amanda Hughes (Kelly Preston) a stunning fellow dumpee so he takes her away instead, but she proves to be a beautiful mistake.

While he’s there, he meets Clare Enfield (Helen Hunt) who he had met briefly in Chicago at the travel agency, but she does not fit the mould of his perfect woman, but she has something to give him that none of the glamour girls can give him, love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1969)

 

Ron Haddrick stars as miser Ebenezer Scrooge in this animated retelling of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol”.

The classic tale in which he is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his old partner Jacob Marley (Bruce Montague), who scares him with tales of doom and warns him he will have further visitations.

The first visitor is the ghost of Christmas Past (John Llewellyn), the second visitor is the ghost of Christmas Present (Bruce Montague) and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, who teach him the true meaning of Christmas by revealing to him the truth about his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current catalogue of cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE WISH THAT CHANGED CHRISTMAS (1991)

 

A beautiful, animated tale about an orphan named Ivy who is left all alone at the orphanage, so Miss Shepherd (Beverly Garland) puts her on a train to spent Christmas at a different orphanage in Appleton with strict instructions on which stop to get off at.

However, she mistakes a broken electric sign reading “Welcome to Ivy” instead of Mill Valley, so she jumps off the train and shouts, "It's me, Ivy!".

On the train she wished for a grandma and a doll but once in the town she finds neither until she is found by Officer Jones (William Boyett) who takes Ivy home to his wife (Tress MacNeille) who gives her a doll called Holly.

So, both of her wishes came true, and she never had to return to the orphanage ever again.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (1948)

 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is beautiful, animated tale narrated by Paul Wing about a young reindeer with a shiny red nose who is bullied by the other reindeer and ridiculed for being different.

However, when Santa and his sleigh crash into some trees while attempting to deliver presents on a foggy Christmas Eve and he enlists Rudolph’s help to lead the sleigh and is hailed as a hero by Santa and the other reindeer.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SANTA'S TOYS (1933)

 

Santa's Toys is a beautiful, animated tale based on the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas” narrated by Kenny Baker about a delivery to a houseful of children.

It begins when Santa lands on the roof and goes down the chimney where he opens his bag and the toys magically come to life to decorate the tree.

Soldiers shoot baubles from their cannon, a toy airplane dresses the tree with a string of garland, a toy firemen squirts snow onto the branches and a blimp delivers the star to the top.

When Santa is filling the stockings his laughter awakens the children, who sneak out of bed, and the toys rush to their places, as Santa escapes up the chimney in the Nick of time.

The other vocal talents are Bill Geiger, Leone Le Doux and Gunther Lessing.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS STORY (1933)

 

Christmas Story is a beautiful, animated tale based on the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas” narrated by Kenny Baker about a delivery to a houseful of children.

It begins when Santa lands on the roof and goes down the chimney where he opens his bag and the toys magically come to life to decorate the tree.

Soldiers shoot baubles from their cannon, a toy airplane dresses the tree with a string of garland, a toy firemen squirts snow onto the branches and a blimp delivers the star to the top.

When Santa is filling the stockings his laughter awakens the children, who sneak out of bed, and the toys rush to their places, as Santa escapes up the chimney in the Nick of time.

The other vocal talents are Bill Geiger, Leone Le Doux and Gunther Lessing.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1933)

 

The Night Before Christmas is a beautiful, animated tale based on the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas” narrated by Kenny Baker about a delivery to a houseful of children.

It begins when Santa lands on the roof and goes down the chimney where he opens his bag and the toys magically come to life to decorate the tree.

Soldiers shoot baubles from their cannon, a toy airplane dresses the tree with a string of garland, a toy firemen squirts snow onto the branches and a blimp delivers the star to the top.

When Santa is filling the stockings his laughter awakens the children, who sneak out of bed, and the toys rush to their places, as Santa escapes up the chimney in the Nick of time.

The other vocal talents are Bill Geiger, Leone Le Doux and Gunther Lessing.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE MAN UPSTAIRS (1992)

 

An irascible elderly woman Victoria Brown (Katharine Hepburn) lives alone in a remote and secluded house with only her daily help Molly and Cloris (Helena Carroll and Brenda Forbes) for company.

Then she discovers an escaped convict Mooney Polaski (Ryan O'Neal) hiding in her attic.

Although she is initially fearful, she overcomes her fear and lets him stay.

As the Mayor (Robert Wisden) pressurizes the Sheriff (Henry Beckman) to track Mooney down, an unlikely bond forms between them as he finds a home, and she overcomes lonely existence.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS TREE (1991)

 

The Christmas Tree is an animated tale narrated by William Griffin about an orphanage run by a heartless woman called Mrs. Mavilda (Helen Quirk) where kids live in miserable conditions.

The orphanage receives plenty of donations, but she keeps all the money for herself.

The mayor (Paul Whyte) appoints an assistant Judy (Karen Drygas) to help out, and Mrs. Mavilda is equally mean to her, but the children love her and along with Santa, she helps the kids finally have a merry Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A CHRISTMAS SNOWED IN WITH A PRINCE (2025)

 

A sarcastic travel blogger Ellie (Faith Kiggundu) plans to stay at an exclusive retreat over Christmas but gets lost and ends up at a remote lodge owned by Martha (Shola Komolafe), where she meets a handsome, overly polite guest, Prince Alaric (Christian Ndonda) who is incognito and stranded while trying to escape royal duties.

There are only two other guests Mabel and her husband (Rosemary Clarke and Craig McLearie), and they all get snowed in.

Obviously with only each other and no Wi-Fi, romance blooms under the snow, but what will happen when he is discovered?

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE CHRISTMAS STORY LADY (1991)

 

Grace McQueen (Jessica Tandy) moves in with her daughter Meg Denton and son-in-law Norm (Tandy Cronyn and Richard Masur) and is eager to be useful in the community, but fails when she fails, she finds her way to public-access television and pays for a half hour slot reading children’s stories.

Scott (Chris Gartin) who records the sessions liked her story telling and added some finishing touches to her program and as a result it becomes very popular.

So popular that Julie Pollard (Stephanie Zimbalist) from a large advertising company hears it with her daughter Alexandra (Lisa Jakub) and her boss Otis (Ed Begley Jr.) offers her a television series.

But with the success of the show come complications and Grace takes drastic action to nullify her contract and Julie is forced to realize that time is the most valuable gift she could give to her daughter Alex.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE STORY LADY (1991)

 

Grace McQueen (Jessica Tandy) moves in with her daughter Meg Denton and son-in-law Norm (Tandy Cronyn and Richard Masur) and is eager to be useful in the community, but fails when she fails, she finds her way to public-access television and pays for a half hour slot reading children’s stories.

Scott (Chris Gartin) who records the sessions liked her story telling and added some finishing touches to her program and as a result it becomes very popular.

So popular that Julie Pollard (Stephanie Zimbalist) from a large advertising company hears it with her daughter Alexandra (Lisa Jakub) and her boss Otis (Ed Begley Jr.) offers her a television series.

But with the success of the show come complications and Grace takes drastic action to nullify her contract and Julie is forced to realize that time is the most valuable gift she could give to her daughter Alex.