THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CHRISTMAS BELLES (2019)

 

Two 30-something BFFs, Delia Ross and Porsha Baker (Raven Goodwin and DomiNque Perry) are very successful in their careers, however despite that everyone is continually telling them that they both need to find a man before it's too late.

So, when Pastor Michael McKnight (Mark Taylor), a handsome pastor arrives at their church just in time to kick off the Christmas season.

They both set their caps at him and attempt time and time again to get one up on each other with hilarious results until their family and friends remind them what the Christmas is truly about.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – DIMMING LIGHTS (2025)

 

Three sisters, Lawyer Mary Hall (Lauren Butterfield), Homemaker Susan Hall-Culver (Christie Duffer) and promiscuous barfly Michelle Hall (Heather Fraley) reluctantly head home for Christmas after they learn from their Uncle Phillip Andrews (Les McDowell) that their estranged mother, Donna (TeriEnna Blanco), is in the latter stages of Alzheimer's.

The visit opens up old wounds, concerning loss, grief, guilt and alcohol abuse, but in the process, they find true meaning of family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – NIKO 2: LITTLE BROTHER, BIG TROUBLE (2012)

 

In this heartwarming animated Christmas tale the young reindeer Niko, hopes that his father, Prancer, will get back together with his mother, but instead he is introduced to his future stepfather and his young son Jonni.

Nico is angry and when he’s told to take Jonni with him when he goes to play with his friends, so he doesn’t pay any attention to him, and then when he is kidnapped by the Eagles for an evil Wolf.

So, on Christmas Eve he must find his little brother, but it’s not just his brother that is in danger but Christmas itself, so he needs a lot of help from his friends in order to save the day.

While on their epic journey Niko learns the importance of friendship and family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE MAGIC REINDEER (2012)

 

In this heartwarming animated Christmas tale the young reindeer Niko, hopes that his father, Prancer, will get back together with his mother, but instead he is introduced to his future stepfather and his young son Jonni.

Nico is angry and when he’s told to take Jonni with him when he goes to play with his friends, so he doesn’t pay any attention to him, and then when he is kidnapped by the Eagles for an evil Wolf.

So, on Christmas Eve he must find his little brother, but it’s not just his brother that is in danger but Christmas itself, so he needs a lot of help from his friends in order to save the day.

While on their epic journey Niko learns the importance of friendship and family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2: THE MAGIC REINDEER (2012)

 

In this heartwarming animated Christmas tale the young reindeer Niko, hopes that his father, Prancer, will get back together with his mother, but instead he is introduced to his future stepfather and his young son Jonni.

Nico is angry and when he’s told to take Jonni with him when he goes to play with his friends, so he doesn’t pay any attention to him, and then when he is kidnapped by the Eagles for an evil Wolf.

So, on Christmas Eve he must find his little brother, but it’s not just his brother that is in danger but Christmas itself, so he needs a lot of help from his friends in order to save the day.

While on their epic journey Niko learns the importance of friendship and family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ' CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)

 

An impressive cast perform this rather preachy antiwar pro United Nations adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, in which Sterling Hayden stars as the Ebenezer Scrooge character.

Daniel Grudge is a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist, long embittered by the loss of his son Marley (Gordon Spencer) in World War II.

Steve Lawrence plays the ghost of Christmas past, Pat Hingle is the ghost of Christmas present, and Robert Shaw plays the ghost of Christmas yet to come.

Other notable appearances come from Ben Gazzara as Daniel's nephew Fred, Peter Sellers as a post-apocalyptic leader Imperial Me.

Eva Marie Saint as Lt. Gibson, Percy Rodrigues and Barbara Ann Teer as his household staff Charles and Ruby, James Shigeta as the Hiroshima Doctor and Britt Ekland as the mother.

Overall, not one I will be in a hurry to watch again.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)

 

An impressive cast perform this rather preachy antiwar pro United Nations adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, in which Sterling Hayden stars as the Ebenezer Scrooge character.

Daniel Grudge is a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist, long embittered by the loss of his son Marley (Gordon Spencer) in World War II.

Steve Lawrence plays the ghost of Christmas past, Pat Hingle is the ghost of Christmas present, and Robert Shaw plays the ghost of Christmas yet to come.

Other notable appearances come from Ben Gazzara as Daniel's nephew Fred, Peter Sellers as a post-apocalyptic leader Imperial Me.

Eva Marie Saint as Lt. Gibson, Percy Rodrigues and Barbara Ann Teer as his household staff Charles and Ruby, James Shigeta as the Hiroshima Doctor and Britt Ekland as the mother.

Overall, not one I will be in a hurry to watch again.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FOR THE LOVE OF CHRISTMAS 2 (2023)

Bestselling author Rashad Williams (Donald Ross Jr.) and his girlfriend Annie Nichols (Nicole M. Williams) go down to Douglas, Georgia to spend the Christmas holidays with his cousins, Junior and Aretha Williams (Ron Way and Charmeka Robinson) but things are far from perfect as Junior and Aretha are trying to conceive without success and the Doctor, Jabari Hart (Quincy Kelly) once dated Annie and still carries a torch for her and makes no secret of the face.

He turns to his lifelong friend Faye DeVoe (Kiara C. Bennett) and her husband Elijah (Aaron Wiggins) for support.

As events unfold at Christmas, Faye is set to have a Christmas baby, and Junior discovers he is already a father, but will there be a proposal. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FOR THE LOVE OF CHRISTMAS 2: A HEART FOR THE HOLIDAYS (2023)

 

Bestselling author Rashad Williams (Donald Ross Jr.) and his girlfriend Annie Nichols (Nicole M. Williams) go down to Douglas, Georgia to spend the Christmas holidays with his cousins, Junior and Aretha Williams (Ron Way and Charmeka Robinson) but things are far from perfect as Junior and Aretha are trying to conceive without success and the Doctor, Jabari Hart (Quincy Kelly) once dated Annie and still carries a torch for her and makes no secret of the face.

He turns to his lifelong friend Faye DeVoe (Kiara C. Bennett) and her husband Elijah (Aaron Wiggins) for support.

As events unfold at Christmas, Faye is set to have a Christmas baby, and Junior discovers he is already a father, but will there be a proposal.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – FOR THE LOVE OF CHRISTMAS (2022)

 

Wannabee writer and substitute teacher Rashad Williams (Donald Ross Jr.) is offered a permanent teaching position just before Christmas and gets a call from his agent Kyle Adams

(Frank FaCheaux) about a three-book publishing deal, and he is faced with the added pressures from his fiancé Lauryn Collins (Keyonice Burts) about a Christmas wedding.

His lifelong friend Faye Hathaway (Kiara C. Bennett) clashes with Lauryn on absolutely everything and Rashad wishes they could be friends, and she wishes he could see that his bride to Be’s intentions are not what they appear to be.

Lauryn wrongly thinks there is more to their relationship than friendship but has Elijah DeVoe (Aaron Wiggins) in her sights.

On the day of the wedding Lauryn is expose as a cheat much to Faye’s delight and Annie Nichols (Nicole M. Williams) is waiting in the wings for Rashad.

But those attending expecting to see a wedding were not disappointed

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – THE FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2 (2012)

 

In this heartwarming animated Christmas tale the young reindeer Niko, hopes that his father, Prancer, will get back together with his mother, but instead he is introduced to his future stepfather and his young son Jonni.

Nico is angry and when he’s told to take Jonni with him when he goes to play with his friends, so he doesn’t pay any attention to him, and then when he is kidnapped by the Eagles for an evil Wolf.

So, on Christmas Eve he must find his little brother, but it’s not just his brother that is in danger but Christmas itself, so he needs a lot of help from his friends in order to save the day.

While on their epic journey Niko learns the importance of friendship and family.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A VERY CURIOUS CHRISTMAS (2023)

 

Krista Danser (Brittany Bristow) is a rising star TV reporter who inadvertently botches an investigative piece about a powerful political figure, her boss punishes her by giving her a seasonal story to investigate, which adds insult onto injury because she’s not a Christmas fan.

Her assignment is to uncover the identity of a thief who is stealing Christmas displays off people’s homes across the city.

But she is not alone on the case, as Detective Ryan Bridger (Olivier Renaud) who is a Christmas enthusiast and has made it his mission to identify the culprit and restore the town's holiday spirit.

As they spend more time together, in pursuit of clues to the culprit they also discover that their undeniable chemistry might actually be a true Christmas love.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – RED BOOTS FOR CHRISTMAS (1995)

 

A lovely, animated tale vocalised by Jason Gray-Stanford about Hans, a lonely shoemaker in a German village, and he hates Christmas because of his loneliness, and rejects the friendly gestures from villagers.

Then one night he is visited by an angel who says he will receive a gift from God, so he goes around the village trying to by a perfect gift for God.

But he is unsuccessful, so he sits down and makes a special pair of boots from rich red leather which he gives to a poor child.

Through his actions he learns the true meaning of Christmas.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – MUSIC CITY MISTLETOE (2025)

 

Spirited songwriter Chloe Barlow (Sarah Pribis) entertains patients at the hospital where her roommate Amy (Stephanie Hong) works, while her day job was working at a Nashville music publishing office, Mega.

On one visit she meets a young patient Amberlee James (Miel Levi) and her widowed consultant father Devin (Brooks Ryan) and there are obvious sparks. 

They next meet when he arrives at the Mega offices with colleague Lydia Roberts (Rachel Brun) to assess their viability.

As Christmas nears, the struggling songwriter and the corporate bean counter join forces to save the failing music publishing company and Chloe’s dreams while putting their hearts are on the line with their growing affection for each other.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A FRIGGIN' CHRISTMAS MIRACLE (2014)

 

There was no Christmas magic for Boyd Mitchler (Joel McHale) growing up so he overcompensates for his own family and goes all out, and everything is on track at their Boston home until his brother Nelson (Clark Duke) asks him to be godfather to his son.

Boyd is delighted until he learns that the baptism is on Christmas Eve and he and his wife Luann (Lauren Graham) and their children Vera and Douglas (Bebe Wood and Pierce Gagnon) must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits in Wisconsin.

Christmas with his father Virgil (Robin Williams), Mother Donna (Candice Bergen), his sister Shauna Weinke (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and her husband Dave (Tim Heidecker), and children Rance and Pam (Ryan Lee and Amara Miller), and it was every bit as bad as he imagined.

However, it got worse when they discovered on Christmas Eve that he left all his son's gifts at home, so he embarks on an 8-hour round trip with his estranged father and brother, to return before sunrise on Christmas Day.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MERRY CHRISTMAS MIRACLE (2014)

 

There was no Christmas magic for Boyd Mitchler (Joel McHale) growing up so he overcompensates for his own family and goes all out, and everything is on track at their Boston home until his brother Nelson (Clark Duke) asks him to be godfather to his son.

Boyd is delighted until he learns that the baptism is on Christmas Eve and he and his wife Luann (Lauren Graham) and their children Vera and Douglas (Bebe Wood and Pierce Gagnon) must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits in Wisconsin.

Christmas with his father Virgil (Robin Williams), Mother Donna (Candice Bergen), his sister Shauna Weinke (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and her husband Dave (Tim Heidecker), and children Rance and Pam (Ryan Lee and Amara Miller), and it was every bit as bad as he imagined.

However, it got worse when they discovered on Christmas Eve that he left all his son's gifts at home, so he embarks on an 8-hour round trip with his estranged father and brother, to return before sunrise on Christmas Day.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MERRY FRIGGIN' CHRISTMAS (2014)

 

There was no Christmas magic for Boyd Mitchler (Joel McHale) growing up so he overcompensates for his own family and goes all out, and everything is on track at their Boston home until his brother Nelson (Clark Duke) asks him to be godfather to his son.

Boyd is delighted until he learns that the baptism is on Christmas Eve and he and his wife Luann (Lauren Graham) and their children Vera and Douglas (Bebe Wood and Pierce Gagnon) must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits in Wisconsin.

Christmas with his father Virgil (Robin Williams), Mother Donna (Candice Bergen), his sister Shauna Weinke (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and her husband Dave (Tim Heidecker), and children Rance and Pam (Ryan Lee and Amara Miller), and it was every bit as bad as he imagined.

However, it got worse when they discovered on Christmas Eve that he left all his son's gifts at home, so he embarks on an 8-hour round trip with his estranged father and brother, to return before sunrise on Christmas Day.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A MERRY CHRISTMAS MIRACLE (2014)

There was no Christmas magic for Boyd Mitchler (Joel McHale) growing up so he overcompensates for his own family and goes all out, and everything is on track at their Boston home until his brother Nelson (Clark Duke) asks him to be godfather to his son.

Boyd is delighted until he learns that the baptism is on Christmas Eve and he and his wife Luann (Lauren Graham) and their children Vera and Douglas (Bebe Wood and Pierce Gagnon) must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits in Wisconsin.

Christmas with his father Virgil (Robin Williams), Mother Donna (Candice Bergen), his sister Shauna Weinke (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and her husband Dave (Tim Heidecker), and children Rance and Pam (Ryan Lee and Amara Miller), and it was every bit as bad as he imagined.

However, it got worse when they discovered on Christmas Eve that he left all his son's gifts at home, so he embarks on an 8-hour round trip with his estranged father and brother, to return before sunrise on Christmas Day. 

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – A SCREENSHOT TO SANTA (2023)

 

Natalie and Steven Ferguson (Essence Atkins and Tony Rock) are out of town in Colorado leaving their daughters Mia and Nina (Shai Moss and Kennedy Stephens) home alone but end up snowbound at the airport.

That night the two sisters have to stave off would-be robbers Raymona and Daisha (Torrei Hart and Marisa Llamas) searching for important papers which will help Natalies employees, Pamela and Donald (Meredith Jackson and Alistair McKenzie) take over her company.

Mia manages to contact her girlfriend Sam (Jacob Aaron Gaines) with instructions to contact the police and their Aunt Carla

(Davida Williams), but Santa (Ray Buffer) gets there first.

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – XMAS TREE (1969)

 

Ten-year-old Pascal Ségur (Lucie Dolène) spends his holidays with his wealthy father Laurent (William Holden) following the death of his mother.

On the latest holiday Pascal chose Corsica and on one day when diving near the shores of the island a military aircraft crashed into the sea.

Thinking nothing of it, the holiday goes on happily with Laurent, his young and pretty girlfriend Catherine Graziani (Virna Lisi) and Pascal enjoying the island.

However when blue marks appear on the boys face they seek medical help and the prognosis is dire, it turned out that Pascal had been contaminated by nuclear material from a weapon that was aboard the crashed aircraft, and the diagnosis is that his sickness is incurable and the prognosis is that he won't survive more than six months.

With all his wealth there is nothing Laurent can do, except give his son the best six months he has ever lived, at his country home, including an unforgettable Christmas for his son.

 

Verdun, Madeleine Damien, Mario Feliciani and Friedrich von Ledebur also Star.