remind the tired arguments aboutwhetherDie Hardis a Christmas movie . Not only hasRotten Tomatoesproclaimed that it is , but it ’s also deemed it one of the best . The classical natural action moving picture came in eighth on the critique aggregator ’s leaning ofbest Christmas movies of all time .
Several other films that cracked the top 50 also fall into the contentious category ofChristmas - y moviesthat not everyone agrees are rightfully Christmas movies — from 1983’sTrading Placesto 1992’sBatman Returns .
All in all , it ’s tough to compete with 1940s Christmas classics , which monopolized the top three spots : 1944’sMeet Me in St. Louis , 1940’sThe Shop Around the Corner , and 1947’sMiracle on 34th Street , severally . It ’s also tough to vie withLouisa May Alcott’sLittle Women — two adaptation made the list , Greta Gerwig ’s 2019 variant in seventh office and the 1994 Winona Ryder – star one in 11th .
Your belief thatThe Muppet Christmas Carol(1992 ) is a supreme effort of vacation filmmaking has been validate . It occur in thirty-fourth lieu , which , believe how many newChristmas moviesare moil out each year , is reasonably telling . It was n’t the only film version of CharlesDickens ’s vacation storyto make the top 50 — Mickey ’s Christmas Carol(1983 ) took the 44th slur . And 2017 ’s Dan Stevens – starringThe Man Who Invented Christmas , a fictionalized interlingual rendition of how the story came to be , surpassed them both to claim twenty-ninth place .
Entries 39 through 50 — many of which scored 100 pct on the Tomatometer — aren’t ranked higher because they are n’t yet Certified Fresh . The list prioritise movies that have take in the ( not automatically awarded ) recording label .
Holiday staples likeElf(2003),A Christmas Story(1983 ) , andWhite Christmas(1954 ) are well represented , but the breakdown is not without some surprises . See the top 50 below , and peruse Rotten Tomatoes’full list of 100 here .
