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10. Scrooged
Director – Richard Donner
Cast – Bill Murray, John Forsythe, Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, Michael J. Pollard, Carol Kane
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 70%
Release Date – 17 November 1988
Box Office – $60.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – None
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9. Elf
Director – Jon Favreau
Cast – Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, James Caan, Daniel Tay, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 7 November 2003
Box Office – $220.9 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
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8. Bad Santa
Director – Comedy, Family
Cast – Billy Bob Thornton, Lauren Graham, Tony Cox, John Ritter, Brett Kelly
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 78%
Release Date – 26 November 2003
Box Office – $76.5 million
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
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7. The Nightmare Before Christmas
Director – Henry Selick
Cast – Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, William Hickey, Catherine O’Hara, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, Ken Page
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 13 October 199
Box Office – $76.2 million
Genre – Animation, Family, Fantasy
Awards – None
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6. Die Hard
Director – John McTiernan, Len Wiseman, Renny Harlin, John Moore
Cast – Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 12 July 1988
Box Office – $140.8 million
Genre – Action, Thriller
Awards – None
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5. Miracle on the 34th Street
Director – George Seaton
Cast – John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 2 May 1947
Box Office – $2.7 million
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
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4. Christmas Vacation
Director – Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast – Chevy Chase, Randy Quaid, Beverly D’Angelo, Johnny Galecki, Juliette Lewis
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 65%
Release Date – 30 November 1989
Box Office – $71.3 million
Genre – Comedy
Awards – None
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3. A Christmas Story
Director – Bob Clark
Cast – Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon
Darren McGavin
Peter Billingsley
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 11 December 198
Box Office – $20.6 million
Genre – Comedy, Family
Awards – None
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2. Home Alone Series
Director – Chris Columbus, Raja Gosnell, Peter Hewitt, Rod Daniel
Cast – Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, Macaulay Culkin, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 65%
Release Date – 16 November 1990
Box Office – $914,762,040
Genre – Family, Comedy
Awards – None
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1. It’s a Wonderful Life
Director – Frank Capra
Cast – Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Donna Reed, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Ward Bond, Frank Faylen
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 20 December 1946
Box Office – $3.3 million
Genre – Drama, Family
Awards – None
Plot –
So which film is your favorite Christmas movie? Which movie you would love to watch with your family and kids on Christmas?