The 30 Best Christmas Movies of All Time

Editor's Note: Following is a list of 30 Christmas movies from AVclub. Follow the link at the bottom of the page for the complete slide show, with more details of each movie (some with comments about other Christmas-themed movies released the same year).

This time of year always brings with it a feel-good movie or three. As families brave the snowy temps and the queues both online and at shopping malls for gifts and stocking stuffers, there’s nothing better than taking a break in the warm glow of the silver screen (or your TV). Well, that, and some popcorn. Lots of popcorn. This holiday season, Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant, and Santa Claus himself are on hand to make sure your yuletide is the best it can be. Here are 30 must-see films you should add to your Christmas watchlist.

1. The Santa Claus
2. The Polar Express
3. The Christmas Chronicles
4. Tokyo Godfathers
5. Santa Clause is Comin' to Town
6. Love Actually
7. Happiest Season
8. Black CHristmas (1974)
9. It Happened on Fifth Avenue
10. The Muppet Christmas Carol
11. Scrooged
12. Bad Santa
13. Klaus
14. Remember the Night
15. Christmas in Connecticut
16. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
17. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
18. The Nightmare Before Christmas
19. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
20. Carol
21. White Christmas
22. The Shop Around the Corner
23. Home Alone
24. A Charlie Brown Christmas
25. Gremlins
26. Elf
27. A Christmas Story
28. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
29. A Christmas Carol (1951)
30. It's a Wonderful Life

See the slide show with more details