by Andrew Buckner

* Please note: The films in this list are in no particular order, but Gremlins always has been and always will be my favorite Christmas movie.

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Gremlins (1984)

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

Bad Santa (2003)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

The Holdovers (2023)

Black Christmas (1974) 

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

The Nativity Story (2005)

Krampus (2015)

Christmas Evil (1980)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

A Christmas Carol (1951)

Hail Mary (1985)

Little Women (2019)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Blast of Silence (1961)

Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)

Tangerine (2015)

Inside (2017)

The Lodge (2019)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)

Silent Night (2023)

The Grinch (2018)

The Children (2008)

The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Spencer (2021)

Prancer (1989)

White Christmas (1954)

I Trapped the Devil (2019)

All Through the House (2015)

Remember the Night (1939)

Better Watch Out (2016)

Violent Night (2022)