Many
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year ...
stories have been
adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television; since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, their many editions are sold and re-sold every year during the holiday shopping season.
Theatrical
Christmas-themed films which received a
theatrical release An art release is the premiere of an artistic production and its presentation and marketing to the public.
Film
A film release is the authorization by the owner of a completed film to a public exhibition of the film. The exhibition may be in theat ...
.
File:It's a Wonderful Life.png, ''It's a Wonderful Life
''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loos ...
''
File:Meet Me In St Louis Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien 1944.jpg, ''Meet Me in St. Louis
''Meet Me in St. Louis'' is a 1944 American Christmas film, Christmas musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith famil ...
'', Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien 1944
File:IngridBergmanTheBellsofSaintMarysTrailerScreenshot1945.jpg, Ingrid Bergman, '' The Bells of Saint Marys'', 1945
File:The Bishop's Wife (1948 poster).jpg, ''The Bishop's Wife
''The Bishop's Wife'' (also known as ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'') is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven. The plot is about an angel who helps a bishop with his ...
'', 1948
''A Christmas Carol'' adaptations
''The Nutcracker'' adaptations
Christmas action films
Christmas horror films
Christmas Thriller films
Short films
Made-for-television and direct-to-video
These are films that were
made for television (including streaming services), or for the
direct-to-video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy wa ...
or direct-to-DVD market.
Family
''A Christmas Carol'' adaptations
Christmas animals
Children's
Adult/horror
TV series
Comedy
Fantasy/Superhero
Family
Children's
Drama
Romance
Adult/horror/thriller/crime
See also
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List of highest grossing Christmas films
The following is a page of the highest-grossing Christmas film, Christmas-themed films.
Highest-grossing Christmas films
Highest grossing Christmas film series and franchises
The following is a list of highest grossing Christmas film serie ...
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List of Christmas television specials
The following is a list of Christmas television specials and miniseries, as well as Christmas-themed episodes of regular television series.
Australia
Brazil
Canada Episodes
''6teen''
''The Beachcombers''
''Corner Gas''
''Degrassi''
...
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Christmas by medium
Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists and writers. A prominent aspect of Christian media, the topic first appeared in in literature and Christmas music. Filmmakers have picked up on this wealth of material, with both adaptatio ...
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Santa Claus in film
References
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Films
Lists of films set around holidays