Reviews of Christmas Season Films

Christmas season is often the biggest time of the year for theaters and movie rentals. To make wise choices, consult our reviews written by conservative, Bible-believing Christians. Note that most “Christmas” films have nothing to with Jesus Christ.

• Almost Christmas (2016)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Bad Moms Christmas, A (2017)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Bad Santa 2 (2016)
• Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001)
• Believe (2016)
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
• The Best Man Holiday (2013)
• Bishop’s Wife, The (1947)
• Black Christmas (2006)
• Black Nativity (2013)
• Charlie Brown Christmas, A (1965)
• The Christmas Candle (2013)
• Christmas Carol, A (1951)
• Christmas Carol, A (1984)
• Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)
• Christmas in the Clouds (2005)
• Christmas on the Square (2020)
• Christmas Shoes, The (2002)
• Christmas Snow, A (2010)
• Christmas Story, A (1983)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
• Deck the Halls (2006)
• Doubt (2008)
• Elf (2003)
• Everybody's Fine (2009)
• Family Man, The (2000)
• Flight Before Christmas, The (2008)
• Family Stone, The (2005)
• Four Christmases (2008)
• Fourth Wise Man, The (1985)
• Fred Claus (2007)
• The Holiday (2006)
• Home Alone (1990)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• Home Alone 3 (1997)
• HOPE, The (2002)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
• It’s a Meaningful Life (2010)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Jesus: The Film (1979)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• Journey to Bethlehem (2023)
• Just Getting Started (2017)
• Krampus (2015)
• Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas (2014)
• Last Christmas (2019)
• Love Actually (2013)
• Love the Coopers (2015)
• The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
• Mary (2024)
• Mary and Joe (2002)
• Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) (2006)
• The Merry Gentleman (2009)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• The Nativity Story (2006)
• The Night Before (2015)
• Noëlle (2007)
• Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
• Nutcracker in 3D, The (2010)
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
• The Perfect Holiday (2007)
• Polar Express, The (2004)
• Preacher’s Wife, The (1996)
• Reindeer Games (2000)
• Santa Clause II, The (2002)
• Santa Clause 3, The: The Escape Clause (2006)
• Scrooged (1988)
• The Star (2017)
• Star of Christmas, The (2002)
• Stuart Little (1999)
• Surviving Christmas (2004)
• Toy that Saved Christmas!, The (1996)
• Trapped in Paradise (1994)
• This Christmas (2007)
• Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas (2013)
• Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
• VeggieTales: It’s a Meaningful Life (2010)
• VeggieTales: The Star of Christmas (2002) (about showing kindness)

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More Christmas movies—not reviewed yet

• All I Want for Christmas (1991)
• All I Want for Christmas (2002)
• American Christmas Carol, An (1979)
• Babes in Toyland (1934)
• Babes in Toyland (1961)
• Babes in Toyland (1986)
• Bad Man’s Christmas Gift, The (1910)
• Bells of St. Mary’s, The (1945)
• The Berenstain Bears Christmas Tree
• Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)
• Beyond Tomorrow (1940
• Blackadder’s Christmas Carol (1988)
• Black Christmas (1975)
• Bush Christmas (1947)
• Bush Christmas (1983)
• Captain’s Christmas, The (1938)
• Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
• Christmas Burglars, The (1908)
• Christmas Carol, A (1917)
• Christmas Carol, A (1938)
• Christmas Carol, A (1954)
• Christmas Carol, A (1972)
• Christmas Carol, A (1995)
• Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987)
• Christmas Comes but Once a Year (1936)
• Christmas Eve (1947)
• Christmas Eve (1986)
• Christmas Gift, The (1986)
• Christmas Holiday (1944)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• Christmas in Connecticut (TV) (1992)
• Christmas in July (1940)
• Christmas in Wonderland (2007)
• Christmas Kid, The (1967)
• Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979)
• Christmas Miracle in Caulfield, U.S.A. (1977)
• Christmas Mountain (1980)
• Christmas on Division Street (1991)
• Christmas Romance, A (1994)
• Christmas Stallion, The (1992)
• Christmas Star, The (1986)
• Christmas That Almost Wasn’t, The (1966)
• Christmas to Remember, A (1978)
• Christmas Toy, The (1990)
• Christmas Tree, The (1969)
• Christmas Vacation '91 (1992)
• Christmas Visitor, The (1987)
• Christmas Wife, The (1988)
• Christmas Without Snow, A (1980)
• Christmas Wish, A (a.k.a., The Great Rupert) (1950)
• Comfort and Joy (2003)
• Dream for Christmas, A (1973)
• Ebbie (1995)
• Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
• Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
• Every Day Except Christmas (1957)
• Frosty the Snowman (1969)
• Gathering, Part II, The (1979)
• Gathering, The (1977)
• Gift of Love: A Christmas Story, The (1983)
• Guess Who’s Coming for Christmas? (1990)
• Hobo’s Christmas, A (1987)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• Holiday Inn (1942)
• Holly and the Ivy, The (1952)
• Home for Christmas (1949)
• Home for the Holidays (1972)
• Homecoming - A Christmas Story, The (1971)
• House Without a Christmas Tree, The (1972)
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
• I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
• It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
• It Happened One Christmas (1977)
• It Nearly Wasn’t Christmas (1989)
• Jack Frost (1998)
• Kid Who Loved Christmas, The (1990)
• Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, The (1985)
• The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976)
• The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
• Man in the Santa Claus Suit, The (1978)
• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1984)
• Midnight Clear, A (1992)
• Miracle of the Bells, The (1948)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Mom for Christmas, A (1990)
• Mr. Krueger’s Christmas (1980)
• Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol
• Muppet Christmas Carol, The
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
• Night Before Christmas, The (1906)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1912)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1926)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1933)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1941)
• Night Before Christmas, The (1994)
• Night They Saved Christmas, The (1984)
• Nutcracker (1982)
• Nutcracker, The (1993)
• Nutcracker, The Motion Picture (1986)
• One Christmas (1994)
• One Magic Christmas (1985)
• Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980)
• Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952)
• Prancer (1989)
• Pups’ Christmas, The (1936)
• The Right to Be Happy (1916)
• Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
• Santa Claus (1959)
• Santa Claus (1985)
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
• Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
• Santa Clause, The (1994)
• Scrooge (1935)
• Scrooge (1951)
• Scrooge (1970)
• Shanty Where Santa Claus Lives, The (1933)
• Smoky Mountain Christmas, A (1986)
• The Snowman (1982)
• Song for the Season, A
• Story of the First Christmas Snow, The (1975)
• Sunshine Christmas (1977)
• Superbook: The First Christmas
• To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992)
• Town Without Christmas, A
• Trading Places (1983)
• Trap for Santa Claus, A (1909)
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1914)
• Unlikely Angel (1996)
• VeggieTales: Best of Christmas Songs
• VeggieTales: Merry Larry and The True Light of Christmas
• VeggieTales: Saint Nicholas
• VeggieTales: The Best Christmas Gift (finding hope and joy)
• VeggieTales: The Birth of Baby Jesus
• VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy (have a happy heart for the holidays)
• VeggieTales: The Toy That Saved Christmas
• Very Brady Christmas, A (1988) (TV)
• White Christmas (1954)
• Wish for Wings That Work, A (1991)
• Year Without a Santa Claus, The (1974)
• Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1991)
• Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976)