Which is the most popular Christmas film of all time? Which is a family Christmas staple? Which is the most popular Christmas comedy?
We review the Top 50 Christmas films courtesy of IMDB, via viewer votes, to create the ultimate Christmas movie list. We even have a few Christmas horror and action movies on the list!
Please let us know if we’ve missed one!
The Top 50 Christmas movies
Including the year so that you know which version to watch, and the IMDB score out of 10!
From high to low score, here are the Top 50 Christmas movies!
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – 8.6
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) – 8.3
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) – 8.3
- Die Hard (1988) – 8.2
- The Snowman (1982) – 8.2
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) – 8.1
- A Christmas Carol (1951) – 8.1
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940) – 8
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – 7.9
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – 7.9
- A Christmas Story (1983) – 7.9
- Edward Scissorhands (1990) – 7.9
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) – 7.7
- Home Alone (1990) – 7.7
- Joyeux Noel (2005) – 7.7
- Love Actually (2003) – 7.6
- Lethal Weapon (1987) – 7.6
- Remember the Night (1940) – 7.6
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1999) – 7.5
- Trading Places (1983) – 7.5
- White Christmas (1954) – 7.5
- Silent Night (2002) – 7.5
- November Christmas (2010) – 7.5
- Christmas in Connecticut (1945) – 7.4
- Gremlins (1984) – 7.3
- Holiday Affair (1949) – 7.2
- Bad Santa (2003) – 7.1
- Violent Night (2022) – 7.1
- Black Christmas (1974) – 7.1
- Lovely, Still (2008) – 7.1
- Arthur Christmas (2011) – 7.1
- Elf (2003) – 7
- A Christmas Tale (2008) – 7
- The Christmas Chronicles (2018) – 7
- Scrooged (1988) – 6.9
- The Ref (1994) – 6.9
- The Family Man (2000) – 6.8
- A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) – 6.8
- The Nativity Story (2005) – 6.8
- 8-Bit Christmas (2021) – 6.7
- A Boy Called Christmas (2021) – 6.7
- The Polar Express (2004) – 6.6
- The Santa Clause (1994) – 6.5
- Better Watch Out (2016) – 6.5
- Last Christmas (2019) – 6.5
- Nativity! (2009) – 6.4
- Prancer (1989) – 6.4
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) – 6.2
- Krampus (2015) – 6.2
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) – 6.2
Elf ranks high up on the A-Plan charts this year. What is your go-to Christmas movie?
Your A-Plan Christmas music playlist
In between all those Christmas movies, you may want to enjoy some great Christmas songs! The A-Plan team has put together this ‘cracker’ of a playlist on Spotify to enjoy leading up to the big day.