Christmas Movie Bucket List
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One of my favourite things during the holiday season is to curl up with my family and a good Christmas movie.
Now, when I say ‘Christmas’ movie, I don’t necessarily mean a movie that’s about Christmas or set at Christmas.
Sometimes the best movies to watch are ‘Christmas-Adjacent’. You know, the ones that we associate with Christmas.
For example, if you grew up in the 80s in the UK, The Wizard Of Oz was on TV every Christmas. Every. Time.
I thought it would be good to put together a list of the greatest Christmas and Christmas-adjacent movies of all time.
And then point you towards a lovely Christmas Bucket List printable template that I am currently giving away for free.
70 Christmas And Christmas-Adjacent Movies to make your bucket list with
Choose from this veritable smorgasbord of wonderful Christmas movies to put your own bucket list together.
I’ve popped the movie release year, genre and it’s MPAA Rating by each movie to help you make the best choices.
1. A Bad Moms Christmas (Comedy, 2017) [R]
2. A Christmas Carol (Disney) (Animation/Drama, 2009) [PG]
3. A Madea Christmas (Comedy, 2013) [PG-13]
4. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (Comedy, 2011) [R]
5. Almost Christmas (Comedy/Drama, 2016) [PG-13]
6. Alvin And The Chipmunks (Animation/Comedy, 2007) [PG]
7. Arthur Christmas (Animation/Comedy, 2011) [PG]
8. Bad Santa (Comedy/Crime, 2003) [R]
9. Batman Returns (Action/Fantasy, 1992) [PG-13]
10. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Romantic Comedy, 2001) [R]
11. Candy Cane Lane (Not released yet)
12. Christmas With The Kranks (Comedy, 2004) [PG]
13. Daddy’s Home 2 (Comedy, 2017) [PG-13]
14. Deck The Halls (Comedy, 2006) [PG]
15. Die Hard (Action/Thriller, 1988) [R]
16. Die Hard 2 (Action/Thriller, 1990) [R]
17. Elf (Comedy/Fantasy, 2003) [PG]
18. Four Christmases (Comedy/Drama, 2008) [PG-13]
19. Fred Claus (Comedy/Fantasy, 2007) [PG]
20. Frozen (Animation/Fantasy, 2013) [PG]
21. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (Romantic Comedy, 2009) [PG-13]
22. Gremlins (Horror/Comedy, 1984) [PG]
23. Home Alone (Comedy/Family, 1990) [PG]
24. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (Comedy/Family, 1992) [PG]
25. How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Family/Fantasy, 2000) [PG]
26. Jingle All The Way (Comedy/Family, 1996) [PG]
27. Just Friends (Romantic Comedy, 2005) [PG-13]
28. Krampus (Horror/Comedy, 2015) [PG-13]
29. LA Confidential (Crime/Drama, 1997) [R]
30. Last Christmas (Romantic Comedy, 2019) [PG-13]
31. Lethal Weapon (Action/Crime, 1987) [R]
32. Little Women (Drama/Romance, 2019) [PG]
33. Love Actually (Romantic Comedy, 2003) [R]
34. Love The Coopers (Comedy/Drama, 2015) [PG-13]
35. Miracle on 34th Street (Drama/Family, 1947) [Not Rated]
36. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Comedy, 1989) [PG-13]
37. Nativity! (Comedy/Family, 2009) [PG]
38. Office Christmas Party (Comedy, 2016) [R]
39. Scrooged (Comedy/Fantasy, 1988) [PG-13]
40. Serendipity (Romantic Comedy, 2001) [PG-13]
41. The Best Man Holiday (Comedy/Drama, 2013) [R]
42. The Christmas Chronicles (Family/Adventure, 2018) [PG]
43. The Family Man (Drama/Fantasy, 2000) [PG-13]
44. The Family Stone (Comedy/Drama, 2005) [PG-13]
45. The Grinch (Animation/Comedy, 2018) [PG]
46. The Holdovers (Not released yet)
47. The Holiday (Romantic Comedy, 2006) [PG-13]
48. The Muppet Christmas Carol (Family/Musical, 1992) [G]
49. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animation/Fantasy, 1993) [PG]
50. The Polar Express (Animation/Adventure, 2004) [G]
51. The Preacher’s Wife (Drama/Fantasy, 1996) [PG]
52. The Santa Clause (Comedy/Family, 1994) [PG]
53. The Santa Clause 2 (Comedy/Family, 2002) [G]
54. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Comedy/Family, 2006) [G]
55. The Snowman (Animation/Family, 1982) [Not Rated]
56. The Star (Animation/Family, 2017) [PG]
57. The Wizard of Oz (Fantasy/Adventure, 1939) [PG]
58. This Christmas (Comedy/Drama, 2007) [PG-13]
59. Trading Places (Comedy, 1983) [R]
60. Violent Night (Action/Comedy, 2022) [R]
61. When Harry Met Sally (Romantic Comedy, 1989) [R]
62. While You Were Sleeping (Romantic Comedy, 1995) [PG]
63. Why Him? (Comedy, 2016) [R]
64. The Christmas Chronicles 2 (Family/Adventure, 2020) [PG]
65. Klaus (Animation/Adventure, 2019) [PG]
66. The Princess Switch (Romantic Comedy, 2018) [PG]
67. Noelle (Comedy/Family, 2019) [G]
68. The Holiday Calendar (Romantic Comedy, 2018) [PG]
69. Santa Claus: The Movie (Family/Fantasy, 1985) [PG]
70. The Man Who Invented Christmas (Biography/Drama, 2017) [PG]
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