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Theme: Christmas Films

All Through the House (2015)

22 July 20167 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Christmas Slasher/Psycho Santa

Director: Todd Nunes
Actors: Ashley Mary Nunes, Melynda Kiring, Jessica Cameron, Natalie Montera, …
Category: Horror

Arthur Christmas (2011)

15 December 201121 February 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Santa’s Son

Director: Sarah Smith
Actors: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, …
Category: Fantasy

Black Christmas (1974)

3 June 200026 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Girl’s Dormitory Slasher

Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, …
Category: Horror

Black Christmas (2006)

14 December 20083 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Girl’s Dormitory Slasher

Director: Glen Morgan
Actors: Katie Cassidy, Kristen Cloke, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michelle Trachtenberg, …
Category: Horror

A Christmas Carol (1938)

7 April 200119 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Miser’s Redemption

Director: Edwin L. Marin
Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Leo G. Carroll, Ann Rutherford, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (1999)

31 October 200819 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Miser’s Redemption

Director: David Jones
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Saskia Reeves, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (2004)

11 February 200619 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Miser’s Redemption Musical

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Actors: Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jane Krakowski, Jason Alexander, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (2009)

14 November 20096 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Miser’s Redemption/Animation

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, …
Category: Fantasy

A Christmas Carol (2019)

25 December 20203 January 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Miser’s Redemption/Dark Adult Retelling

Director: Nick Murphy
Actors: Guy Pearce, Andy Serkis, Stephen Graham, Joe Alwyn, …
Category: Fantasy

Christmas Evil (1980)

25 December 201619 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Santa/Christmas Slasher

Director: Lewis Jackson
Actors: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Peter Friedman
Category: Horror

A Christmas Horror Story (2015)

25 December 201525 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Christmas Horror Stories

Director: Grant Harvey, Steve Hoban, Brett Sullivan
Actors: William Shatner, George Buza, Debra Lynne McCabe, Alex Ozerov, …
Category: Horror

The Christmas Martian (1971)

2 February 200313 December 2019

Rating: 0­

Strange Alien Visitor/Children’s Film

Director: Bernard Gosselin
Actors: Marcel Sabourin, Francois Gosselin, Catherine Leduc, Roland Chenail, …
Category: Science Fiction

Christmas on Mars (2008)

31 December 200813 December 2019

Rating: ★

Colonists on Mars

Director: Wayne Coyne, Bradley Beesley, George Salisbury
Actors: Adam Goldberg, Fred Armisen, Josh Higgins, Steven Drozd, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t (1966)

5 March 20032 November 2019

Rating: ★

Santa Gets Evicted from the North Pole

Director: Rosanno Brazzi
Actors: Alberto Rabagliati, Paul Whipp, Rosanno Brazzi, John Karlsen, …
Category: Fantasy

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe (1988)

5 May 200519 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld

Director: Marilyn Fox
Actors: Barbara Kellerman, Richard Dempsey, Sophie Wilcox, Jonathan R. Scott, …
Category: Fantasy

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

15 December 200519 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld

Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, …
Category: Fantasy

The City of Lost Children (1995)

19 October 200221 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mad Scientist/Clones/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Daniel Emilfork, Jean-Louis Trintignant, …
Category: Science Fiction

Crumbs (2015)

1 October 201524 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocast Film

Director: Miguel Llanso
Actors: Daniel Tadesse
Category: Science Fiction

Elf (2003)

25 November 20035 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Ungainly Christmas Elf Comes to New York

Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, …
Category: Fantasy

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

14 June 20028 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Idiot Aids Santa Claus

Director: John Cherry
Actors: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Robert Lesser
Category: Fantasy

Fatman (2020)

20 December 202020 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Kid Hires a Hitman to Kill Santa

Director: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
Actors: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Chance Hurstfield, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, …
Category: Fantasy

Fred Claus (2007)

18 November 20075 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Santa’s Brother

Director: David Dobkin
Actors: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, John Michael Higgins, …
Category: Fantasy

Good Tidings (2016)

25 December 201823 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Santas

Director: Stuart W. Bedford
Actors: Alan Mulhall, Stu Jopia, Giovanni Gentile, Liam W. Ashcroft, …
Category: Horror

Gremlins (1984)

16 February 200022 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Malicious Creatures

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Dick Miller, …
Category: Fantasy

The Grinch (2018)

25 December 201925 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Dr Seuss Adaptation

Director: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
Actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson, Angela Lansbury
Category: Fantasy

Hogfather (2006)

15 June 200812 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Fantasy Comedy/Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Vadim Jean
Actors: Marc Warren, David Jason, Joss Ackland, Michelle Dockery, …
Category: Fantasy

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

17 November 200023 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Dr Seuss Adaptation

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, …
Category: Fantasy

If You Believe (1999)

19 January 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Woman Meets Her Childhood Self

Director: Alan Metzger
Actors: Ally Walker, Hayden Panettiere, Tom Amandes, Andrew Tareet, …
Category: Fantasy

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

21 November 200311 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Angel Presents an Alternate Life Pathway

Director: Frank Capra
Actors: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, …
Category: Fantasy

Jack Frost (1997)

2 December 200725 December 2020

Rating: ★★½

Killer Snowman

Director: Michael Cooney
Actors: Chris Allport, Scott MacDonald, Stephen Mandel
Category: Horror

Krampus (2015)

12 December 201524 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Christmas Horror Film

Director: Michael Dougherty
Actors: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, …
Category: Horror

Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013)

25 December 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★

Christmas Horror Film

Director: Jason Hull
Actors: A.J. Leslie, Brad Weaver, Erica Soto, Rich Goteri, …
Category: Horror

Lady Krampus (2018)

23 December 202023 December 2020

Rating: ★

Christmas Slasher

Director: Eddie Lengyel
Actors: KateLynn E. Newberry, Roger Conners, Tiffani Hilton, Robbie Barnes, …
Category: Horror

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

5 March 20186 February 2020

Rating: ★

Charles Dickens and the Writing of A Christmas Carol

Director: Bharat Nalluri
Actors: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Morfydd Clark, …
Category: Fantasy

Meet the Santas (2005)

17 August 20076 March 2019

Rating: ★

Santa’s Son Gets Married

Director: Harvey Frost
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Crystal Bernard, Mariette Hartley, Armin Shimerman, …
Category: Fantasy

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

22 May 200120 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Santa in Court

Director: George Seaton
Actors: Edmund Gwenn, John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood
Category: Fantasy

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

31 December 199430 August 2018

Rating: ★

Santa in Court

Director: Les Mayfield
Actors: Dylan McDermott, Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Mara Wilson, …
Category: Fantasy

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

26 February 200225 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Muppet Movie

Director: Brian Henson
Actors: Michael Caine
Category: Fantasy

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

8 February 200423 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Halloween Denizens Take Over Christmas/Stop-Motion Animation

Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, …
Category: Fantasy

The Polar Express (2004)

28 November 20046 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Train Journey to the North Pole

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Jimmy Bennett
Category: Fantasy

Prancer (1989)

25 December 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Girl Discovers Santa’s Reindeer

Director: John Hancock
Actors: Rebecca Harrell, Sam Elliott, John Joseph Duda, Cloris Leachman, …
Category: Fantasy

Rare Exports (2010)

4 June 201221 August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Discovering the Real Santa Claus/Giant Rampaging Santa

Director: Jalmari Helander
Actors: Onni Tomila, Jorma Tomila, Tommi Korpela, Rauno Juvonen, …
Category: Fantasy

Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998)

16 September 200526 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Rich Kid/Alternate Timeline

Director: John Murlowski
Actors: Eugene Levy, Lesley Ann Warren, David Gallagher, Jake Richardson, …
Category: Fantasy

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

12 December 201229 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Team-Up Between Imaginary Characters

Director: Peter Ramsey
Actors: Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, …
Category: Fantasy

Santa and Sons & Daughter! (2005)

28 December 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★

Christmas Film

Director: Robert Battaile
Actors: Kimberly Jensen, John Maniaci, R.J. Snead, Robert Ayres, …
Category: Fantasy

Santa Baby (2006)

28 December 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Santa’s Daughter

Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: Jenny McCarthy, George Wendt, Kandyse McClure, Ivan Sergei, …
Category: Fantasy

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

20 November 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Santa on Mars/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Nicholas Webster
Actors: Leonard Hicks, John Call, Pia Zadora, Victor Stiles, …
Category: Science Fiction

Santa Claus – The Movie (1985)

12 January 201415 October 2020

Rating: 0­

The Santa Claus Story

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Actors: David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, Christian Fitzpatrick, …
Category: Fantasy

Santa Claus vs. the Zombies (2010)

31 March 201414 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Santa Claus Faces the Zombie Apocalypse

Director: George Bonilla
Actors: Billy W. Blackwell, Tony Armstrong, Claude D. Miles, Reaper M. Jones, …
Category: Horror

The Santa Clause (1994)

18 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

Man Becomes Santa

Director: John Pasquin
Actors: Tim Allen, Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold, Eric Young, …
Category: Fantasy

The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

2 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★½

Santa Seeks a Wife

Director: Michael Lembeck
Actors: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, …
Category: Fantasy

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

3 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

Santa vs Jack Frost

Director: Michael Lembeck
Actors: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Wendy Crewson, …
Category: Fantasy

Scrooge (1951)

16 April 19995 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Miser’s Redemption

Director: Brian Desmond-Hurst
Actors: Alistair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Michael Dolan, Francis de Wolff, …
Category: Fantasy

Scrooge (1970)

16 December 20005 July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Miser’s Redemption

Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, David Collings, Edith Evans, …
Category: Fantasy

Scrooged (1988)

1 June 20045 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Modernised A Christmas Carol

Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwaite, David Johansen, …
Category: Fantasy

Silent Night (2012)

25 December 201224 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Christmas Slasher Film/Psycho Santa

Director: Steven C. Miller
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Jaime King, Brendan Fehr, Donal Logue, …
Category: Horror

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

19 October 200324 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Christmas Slasher Film/Psycho Santa

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr
Actors: Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Linnea Quigley
Category: Horror

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: You Better Watch Out! (1989)

24 December 201914 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Christmas Slasher Film/Resurrected Killer

Director: Monte Hellman
Actors: Bill Moseley, Richard Beymer, Eric Da Re, Laura Elena Harring, …
Category: Horror

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)

15 December 200724 December 2019

Rating: 0­

Christmas Slasher Film

Director: Lee Harry
Actors: Eric Freeman, Elizabeth Kaitan
Category: Horror

Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004)

3 July 20022 April 2019

Rating: ★

Santa’s Son Seeks a Wife

Director: Harvey Frost
Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Crystal Bernard, Dominic Scott Kay, Thomas Calabro, …
Category: Fantasy

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

18 February 200116 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Joan Collins, Chloe Franks, …
Category: Horror

Unholy Night (2019)

24 December 20203 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Christmas Horror Anthology

Director: Kristian Lariviere, Chris Chitaroni, Randy Smith
Actors: Jennifer Allanson, Jim McDonald, Emily Shanley, Brad Abramenko, …
Category: Horror

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)

4 November 20118 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Stoner Film

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Actors: Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Tom Lennon, …
Category: Fantasy

The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)

2 September 201530 August 2018

Rating: ½

Christmas Film

Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Eddie Griffin, Ethan Suplee, …
Category: Fantasy

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