THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOHN CHRISTMAS (2003)

 

Christmas angel Max (Peter Falk) returns to earth on a new mission to reunite a fallen hero Hank McAllister (William Russ) and his mother Eleanor (Patricia Gage) divorced ER nurse Kathleen (Valerie Bertinelli) after he left town 25 years earlier.

It begins with photojournalist Noah Greeley (David Cubitt) taking a picture of Hank and his dog, who later went on to save a man’s life.

His editor Marcy Bernard (Maria Ricossa) dubs Hank, John Christmas and has the paper put up a reward.

While trying to put on a talent show to Raise funds to save the ER she works with Noah to find Hank and meets his daughter Soccoro (Jennifer Pisana) in the show.

But Hank stays one step ahead, so will he slip away or will they track him down before he leaves town?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FINDING JOHN CHRISTMAS (2003)

 

Christmas angel Max (Peter Falk) returns to earth on a new mission to reunite a fallen hero Hank McAllister (William Russ) and his mother Eleanor (Patricia Gage) divorced ER nurse Kathleen (Valerie Bertinelli) after he left town 25 years earlier.

It begins with photojournalist Noah Greeley (David Cubitt) taking a picture of Hank and his dog, who later went on to save a man’s life.

His editor Marcy Bernard (Maria Ricossa) dubs Hank, John Christmas and has the paper put up a reward.

While trying to put on a talent show to Raise funds to save the ER she works with Noah to find Hank and meets his daughter Soccoro (Jennifer Pisana) in the show.

But Hank stays one step ahead, so will he slip away or will they track him down before he leaves town?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – YES, VIRGINIA (2009)

 

This animated tale is set in New York City in 1897 Christmas loving eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon (Bea Miller) is challenged by her classmates who called into question whether or not there was a Santa Claus.

Her father Dr Philip O'Hanlan (Neil Patrick Harris) can’t help her, and nor can her mother Laura (Jennifer Love Hewitt).

So Virginia ventures into the city to find the answer and meets a scraggly Santa (Michael Buscemi) and an excitable librarian Miriam (Andrea Kessler) who cannot help so she writes to The New York Sun newspaper which arrives on the desk of the Newspaper writer Francis Church (Alfred Molina) and he writes a reply to her question which is printed on the front page of the Christmas Day addition 1897, Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – YES VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS (1991)

 

Newspaper writer Francis Church (Charles Bronson) is dealing with the death of his wife and baby and is drinking too much when his editor Edward P. Mitchell (Edward Asner) gives him a "special" assignment.

When James O'Hanlan (Richard Thomas) is struggling to find work when his 8-year-old daughter Virginia (Katharine Isabelle) writes to the New York Sun asking if Santa Claus really exists.

Francis Church writes a reply to her question which is printed on the front page of the Christmas Day addition 1897, Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 101 DALMATIANS (1996)

 

101 Dalmatians is the tale of Roger and Anita Radcliffe (Jeff Daniels and Joely Richardson) and their two Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita with their litter of 15 puppies who live in London.

Anita’s old schoolfriend Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) wants to buy the pups, to make herself a lovely Dalmatian skin coat.

When that fails, she hires two thugs, Jasper and Horace

(Hugh Laurie Mark Williams) to steal them and imprison them at the De Vil mansion.

Its then up to Pongo and Perdita with help along the way to find and rescue them and make the journey back home for Christmas in London.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – 101 DALMATIANS (1961)

 

101 Dalmatians is the animated tale of Roger and Anita Radcliffe (Ben Wright and Lisa Davis) and their two Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita (Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer) with their litter of 15 puppies who live in London.

Anita’s old schoolfriend Cruella De Vil (Betty Lou Gerson) wants to buy the pups, to make herself a lovely Dalmatian skin coat.

When that fails, she hires two thugs, Jasper and Horace

(J. Pat O'Malley and Frederick Worlock) to steal them and imprison them at the De Vil mansion.

Its then up to Pongo and Perdita with help along the way to find and rescue them and make the journey back home for Christmas in London.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WALT DISNEY'S 101 DALMATIANS (1961)

 

Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians is the animated tale of Roger and Anita Radcliffe (Ben Wright and Lisa Davis) and their two Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita (Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer) with their litter of 15 puppies who live in London.

Anita’s old schoolfriend Cruella De Vil (Betty Lou Gerson) wants to buy the pups, to make herself a lovely Dalmatian skin coat.

When that fails, she hires two thugs, Jasper and Horace

(J. Pat O'Malley and Frederick Worlock) to steal them and imprison them at the De Vil mansion.

Its then up to Pongo and Perdita with help along the way to find and rescue them and make the journey back home for Christmas in London.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (1961)

 

One Hundred and One Dalmatians is the animated tale of Roger and Anita Radcliffe (Ben Wright and Lisa Davis) and their two Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita (Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer) with their litter of 15 puppies who live in London.

Anita’s old schoolfriend Cruella De Vil (Betty Lou Gerson) wants to buy the pups, to make herself a lovely Dalmatian skin coat.

When that fails, she hires two thugs, Jasper and Horace

(J. Pat O'Malley and Frederick Worlock) to steal them and imprison them at the De Vil mansion.

Its then up to Pongo and Perdita with help along the way to find and rescue them and make the journey back home for Christmas in London.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MAGIC CHRISTMAS (2014)

 

Middle-aged bakery owner Jack Carter and wannabe novelist (C. Thomas Howell) feels that his family is in a rut, and he feels guilty that he can’t provide his wife Holly (Lisa Sheridan) and children Kyle and Sienna (Dashiell Howell and Sadie Stahura) what they deserve.

He also feels distant to his children 17-year-old Kyle is obsessed with sports and will be off to college before next Christmas and 14-year-old Sienna is permanently attached to her phone.

So, for the Christmas holiday, Jack books a Christmas break to the same cabin resort in the mountains, Farthering Pines, where he used to go with his parents.

But when he’s there, he runs into his childhood, ultra-competitive nemesis Robert Jones (Jonathan Silverman) who had grown up to be rich and successful and better than Jack at everything.

What makes things worse when Robert seems to upstage Jack at every turn, his own family appears to be entranced by his nemesis and his wealth.

In the end he apologizes to his family for being a failure as a provider, but he soon realises that the love of his family is more rewarding than anything money could buy.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – BABYNAPPING (1990)

Shortly after turning 16, Robert Mendham (Stephen Dorff) discovers that he was adopted, and to make matters worse his parents Philip and Martha Mendham (David Birney and Joan Van Ark) much to their horror they had just found out that he hadn’t been given up for adoption, he was stolen at the age of 2.

As a result, Robert runs away to find his birth parents Ruth and Earl (Patty Duke and Richard Masur) in Ohio.

When he finds them, he gets close to them, and his siblings John and Sally (Jarred Blanchard and Kimberley Warnat) without revealing his true identity.

However, he eventually must decide where he belongs.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – ALWAYS REMEMBER I LOVE YOU (1990)

 

Shortly after turning 16, Robert Mendham (Stephen Dorff) discovers that he was adopted, and to make matters worse his parents Philip and Martha Mendham (David Birney and Joan Van Ark) much to their horror they had just found out that he hadn’t been given up for adoption, he was stolen at the age of 2.

As a result, Robert runs away to find his birth parents Ruth and Earl (Patty Duke and Richard Masur) in Ohio.

When he finds them, he gets close to them, and his siblings John and Sally (Jarred Blanchard and Kimberley Warnat) without revealing his true identity.

However, he eventually must decide where he belongs.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MOM FOR CHRISTMAS (1990)

 

Jessica Slocum (Juliet Sorci) lost her mother when she was just three and when she is at the mall in a department store and see’s other girls with their moms she is sad but she wins a free wish and Philomena (Doris Roberts) grants her wish for a mom for Christmas and brings Amy (Olivia Newton-John) a mannequin, to life, but it only last until midnight on Christmas Eve.

When she moves into to Jessica’s home and her father Jim (Doug Sheehan) is immediately attracted to her.

But store detective Sergeant Morelli (Carmen Argenziano) is watching Amy very closely, but time is the real enemy.

So, what will happen at midnight on Christmas Eve?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS IN CALICO (1999)

 

Jessica Slocum (Juliet Sorci) lost her mother when she was just three and when she is at the mall in a department store and see’s other girls with their moms she is sad but she wins a free wish and Philomena (Doris Roberts) grants her wish for a mom for Christmas and brings Amy (Olivia Newton-John) a mannequin, to life, but it only last until midnight on Christmas Eve.

When she moves into to Jessica’s home and her father Jim (Doug Sheehan) is immediately attracted to her.

But store detective Sergeant Morelli (Carmen Argenziano) is watching Amy very closely, but time is the real enemy.

So, what will happen at midnight on Christmas Eve?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – SECRET OF GIVING (1999)

 

As Christmas approaches in 1903, a widowed mother Rose Cameron

(Reba McEntire) is struggling to her son Toby (Devon Alan)

and keep up the payments on her Oregon ranch and clear the debts she inherited from her husband.

Also, someone is trying to run off her remaining cattle so that the banker Harlan Gotch (Ronny Cox) can foreclose.

But she’s tough and resilient and with the arrival of a drifter Harry Withers (Thomas Ian Griffith) and a steadfast attitude, and with her own open heart she awakens the cold hearts around her and manages to turn the tide.

 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: A SEASON FOR MIRACLES (1999)

 

When Berry Thompson (Laura Dern) is hospitalized following yet another overdose and her children Alanna and J.T. (Mae Whitman and Evan Sabara) are threatened with foster care, so their Aunt Emilie (Carla Gugino) drives away with them and they end up in the sleepy town of Bethlehem just before Christmas, but she needs a miracle to keep their family together after Berry is sentenced to 5 years in prison. When they visit a diner, they unknowingly meet an Angel (Patty Duke) who directs the to an empty house.

A series of kindnesses and coincidences gives the trio a chance at happiness especially when Police Captain Nathan Blair (David Conrad) comes not their lives.

But everything unravels on Christmas Eve and Emilie finds herself in front of Judge Nancy Jakes (Lynn Redgrave).

So, will they get the Happy Christmas they all deserve?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SEASON FOR MIRACLES (1999)

 

When Berry Thompson (Laura Dern) is hospitalized following yet another overdose and her children Alanna and J.T. (Mae Whitman and Evan Sabara) are threatened with foster care, so their Aunt Emilie (Carla Gugino) drives away with them and they end up in the sleepy town of Bethlehem just before Christmas, but she needs a miracle to keep their family together after Berry is sentenced to 5 years in prison. When they visit a diner, they unknowingly meet an Angel (Patty Duke) who directs the to an empty house.

A series of kindnesses and coincidences gives the trio a chance at happiness especially when Police Captain Nathan Blair (David Conrad) comes not their lives.

But everything unravels on Christmas Eve and Emilie finds herself in front of Judge Nancy Jakes (Lynn Redgrave).

So, will they get the Happy Christmas they all deserve?

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – LAST CHRISTMAS (1999)

Frank (Philip Dowling) is a young boy who desperately misses his father Neville (Ray Winstone) who died the previous Christmas and dreams of seeing him again.

Then one day his dream comes true when his father visits him as an angel, but he doesn’t have the agenda of an angel as he is there to poison Frank against his mother Gwen (Pauline Quirke) who he claims murdered him.

But after meeting Father Christmas (Mark Benton) up on the roof, and Bobby Moore (Matt Bardock) in a coma dream he begins to realise that his father was not the hero he imagined him to be.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – STOLEN MIRACLE (2001)

Karen and Phil Lewis (Marnie McPhail and Hugh Thompson) have their newborn second child, Paul, stolen on Christmas Eve, by a troubled soul Margaret Whelmer (Nola Augustson) posing as a nurse.

determined police sergeant Jane McKinley (Leslie Hope) leads the charge to follow the clues ably assisted by Constable Graham Taylor (Gabriel Hogan) in order to find the baby before it's too late.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WHEN ANGELS COME TO TOWN (2004)

 

Max (Peter Falk) is an angel who leaves a package with shop clerk Sally Reid (Tammy Blanchard), but he bungled his heavenly mission, so his boss Jo (Katey Sagal) comes to earth to correct his mistake and benches him.

She must recover the mysterious box that had been lost for decades and deliver it to Karl Hoffman (Seann Gallagher), and it must be done before Christmas, but she has never been to earth before and overindulges on earthly pleasures so must call on Max to help her.

Karl must heal the rift between him and his dad Franz (Vlasta Vrana) while Sally is trying to secure a future for her and her younger brother Jimmy (Alexander Conti) and Karl and Sally come together.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS FOR THREE (2024)

 

Successful architect Benito Luaces (Mario Silva) receives a visit out of the blue social worker Sophie Walker (Ashley Brinkman) to tell him he is now the legal guardian of the 10-year-old son of his best friends from high school after they were killed in a car crash.

So, without hesitation he takes on the responsibility of raising Jason (Jasper Burger) which impresses Sophie as she was raised in the care system.

It coincided with her being subjected to unwanted attention from her new boss Aaron Schmidt (Kenney Myers) who threatens to ruin her career if she continues to resist.

But ultimately, he fails and she is pushed towards Ben and Jason, and they make a Christmas for three.