American Christmas films

1959 American epic historical drama film by William Wyler

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia, with Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner in supporting roles. Die Hard follows a New York City police detective, John McClane (Willis), who becomes entangled in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife during a Christmas Eve party.

2013 film directed by Shane Black

Rocky is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).

1944 live-action/animated film by Walt Disney

2000 film by Robert Zemeckis

1992 film directed by Tim Burton

2007 live action/CGI film directed by Tim Hill

1990 film directed by Renny Harlin

2019 film directed by David F. Sandberg

1987 film directed by Richard Donner

1985 film directed by Sylvester Stallone

2019 film directed by Greta Gerwig

The Polar Express is a 2004 American animated Christmas adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Broyles Jr., based on the 1985 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. The film stars Tom Hanks in multiple roles, along with Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, and Eddie Deezen. The film depicts human characters using live action and motion capture computer animation, with production sequences for the latter taking place from June 2003 to May 2004. Set on Christmas Eve, it tells the story of a young boy who travels to the North Pole aboard a magical train guided by its conductor.

1991 film directed by Steven Spielberg

2015 film directed by Todd Haynes

2012 animated film directed by Peter Ramsey

1983 film directed by John Landis

2009 film by Robert Zemeckis

2010 film by Paul Weitz

2024 film directed by Robert Eggers

2018 film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston

1986 film by George P. Cosmatos

1994 film by Gillian Armstrong

1944 film by Vincente Minnelli

1996 film by Renny Harlin

2005 film directed by Rob Bowman

The Santa Clause is a 1994 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by John Pasquin and written by Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick. The first installment in The Santa Clause franchise, it stars Tim Allen as Scott Calvin, a divorced marketing executive who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof to his presumed death on Christmas Eve, inadvertently agreeing to a contract that forces him to take up the mantle.

1997 American animated film directed by Andy Knight

2017 film directed by Timothy Reckart

2001 CGI-animated film

2013 film by Courtney Solomon

1948 film by John Ford

2021 film by David Lowery

1993 film by Steve Barron

Babygirl is a 2024 American erotic thriller film written, directed, and produced by Halina Reijn. The film stars Nicole Kidman as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins an affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). Sophie Wilde and Antonio Banderas also star.

Carry-On is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by T. J. Fixman. The film stars Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, and Jason Bateman. Its plot follows a young TSA officer who is blackmailed into allowing a nerve agent on board a flight, which will kill 250 people, during Christmas Eve.

1997 film by Charles Martin Smith

2005 film directed by Catherine Hardwicke

1983 Mickey Mouse short directed by Burny Mattinson

2006 film by Michael Lembeck

2000 film by John Frankenheimer

1992 film by Bruce Robinson

1992 film directed by Brian Henson

1985 film directed by Joseph Zito

1993 film by Tom Ropelewski

1947 film by Henry Hathaway

1992 film directed by Barry Levinson

2007 film by Dwayne Carey-Hill

1910 film

1989 film by John Frankenheimer

1934 film

1970 film by Ronald Neame

2005 animated short film directed by Gary Trousdale

2007 American animated film directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone

2008 film by Timothy Linh Bui

1998 film directed by William R. Kowalchuk Jr.

2001 film by Tony Craig

2023 film directed by John Woo

1998 animated film