The best Christmas movies for kids and families to make holiday memories together.
From Christmas movies for toddlers to adults, this ultimate list of holiday movies has something for everyone!
Everyone loves to watch Christmas movies during the holidays because they are usually filled with sentimental moments, like when the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes or when Rudolph finds his way home in the fog.
One of the best parts about watching your favorite holiday movies every Christmas is that they bring back childhood memories of watching these movies for the first time.
That is why as parents, we love passing on the tradition of watching holiday classics with our kids.
Make a memory they will cherish forever by sharing popcorn, Christmas cookies, and hot chocolate while cozied up watching feel-good family Christmas movies.
Introduce your kids to your favorites and use this list to find some new favorites.
So if watching family-friendly Christmas movies is on your holiday bucket list, then this huge list of holiday favorites has you covered!
As a bonus, you can download the free printable Christmas Movie Checklist at the end of the post.
Now let’s get started with the best Christmas movies of all time!
Ultimate List of Christmas Movies For Kids & Families
Top 10 Christmas Movies
These are the top Christmas movies for kids and families.
1. It’s a Wonderful Life
2. Home Alone
3. Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. Miracle on 34th Street
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. A Christmas Carol
8. A Christmas Story
9. The Polar Express
10. Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas
Christmas Movies For Toddlers
Rated G holiday movies for toddlers.
11. The Grinch
12. The Polar Express
13. Arthur Christmas
14. The Star
15. Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
16. Curious George, A Very Monkey Christmas
17. Winne The Pooh, A Very Merry Pooh Year
18. Elliott: The Littlest Reindeer
19. Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas
20. A Fairly Odd Christmas
21. Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas
22. Robin Robin
23. Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You
24. Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
25. The Snowman
26. Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas
27. Toy Story That Time Forgot
28. Saving Santa
29. Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure
30. The Smurfs A Christmas Carol
Classic Christmas Movies
These are some of the best Christmas movies of all time.
31. It’s A Wonderful Life
32. Miracle on 34th Street
33. Home Alone
34. A Charlie Brown Christmas
35. Elf
36. A Christmas Story
37. Frosty The Snowman
38. Christmas In Connecticut
39. White Christmas
40. The Shop Around The Corner
41. The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas
42. The Christmas Star
43. The Nightmare Before Christmas
44. Scrooge
45. It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
46. It Happened on Fifth Avenue
47. The Nutcracker
Family Christmas Movies On Netflix
Family-friendly holiday movies that are streaming now on Netflix.
48. Jingle Jangle
49. A Boy Called Christmas
50. Klaus
51. The Christmas Chronicles
52. Troll’s Holiday
53. DreamWorks Happy Holidays from Madagascar
54. DreamWorks Holiday Classics
55. A Christmas Special: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
56. A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
57. Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
58. Elf Pets: A Fox Cub’s Christmas Tale
59. David and the Elves
60. A Trash Truck Christmas
61. The Claus Family
62. DreamWorks Home: For The Holidays
63. Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas
67. A Family Reunion Christmas
68. Free Reign: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas
70. An Elf’s Story: The Elf on the Shelf
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Christmas Movies On Disney Plus
Disney Plus holiday movies that the whole family will love.
71. Noelle
72. Home Sweet Home Alone
73. LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
74. Duck The Halls
75. A Muppets Christmas: Letter to Santa
76. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
77. Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas
78. Santa Buddies
79. Snowglobe
80. ‘Twas The Night
81. Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
82. Ernest Saves Christmas
83. One Magic Christmas
84. Mickey’s Christmas Carol
85. Babes In Toyland
86. Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
87. The Christmas Star
88. The Ultimate Christmas Present
89. Prep and Landing
90. The Disney Holiday Sing-Along
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Family Christmas Movies
These are some of the best family Christmas movies that everyone will enjoy.
91. A Christmas Carol
92. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
93. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
94. The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas
95. Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
96. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
97. Christmas With The Kranks
98. Jingle All The Way
99. Golden Winter
100. Jack Frost
101. A Smoky Mountain Christmas
102. Santa Clause: The Movie
103. Prancer
104. Angela’s Christmas
105. Santa Paws
106. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
107. The Preacher’s Wife
108. Beauty and The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
109. The Muppet Christmas Carol
110. An All Dogs Christmas Carol
111. The Nativity
112. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
113. Shrek The Halls
114. The Star
115. The Santa Clause
116. The Santa Clause 2
117. The Santa Clause 3
Holiday Movies For Adults
Fun Christmas movies for adults to watch without the kids.
118. A Bad Moms Christmas
119. The Holiday
120. While You Were Sleeping
121. Scrooged
123. Madea’s Christmas
124. Die Hard
125. Four Christmases
Christmas Movie Checklist
Now that you have made it through the ultimate Christmas movie list, download the free printable Christmas Movie Checklist to write down all of your favorites.
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