Highest-Rated Movies about 'Holiday In Title'

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Christmas in Connecticut (1945), Christmas in July (1940), Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983), Black Christmas (1974), Arthur Christmas (2011), A Christmas Carol (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Holiday In Title movies.

#1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Storyline: Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, is bored with doing the same thing every year for Halloween. One day he stumbles into Christmas Town, and is so taken with the idea of Christmas that he tries to get the resident bats, ghouls, and goblins of Halloween Town to help him put on Christmas instead of Halloween -- but alas, they can't get it quite right.

Plot Keywords: christmas movie, christmas, halloween, gothic, stop motion animation, no opening credits, witch ...

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#3. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Storyline: Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writers. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an unmarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do?—Mattias Thuresson

Plot Keywords: singing, reporter, christmas eve, uncle niece relationship, christmas day, rural setting, deception ...

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#4. Christmas in July (1940)

Storyline: An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize. As a result, he gets a promotion, buys presents for all of his family and friends, and proposes to his girl. When the truth comes out, he's not prepared for the consequences.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>

Plot Keywords: screwball comedy, check, radio, self confidence, furniture, police, practical joke ...

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#5. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Storyline: In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a Japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline, honor and glory. In his view, the allied prisoners are cowards when they chose to surrender instead of committing suicide. One of the prisoners, interpreter John Lawrence, tries to explain the Japanese way of thinking, but is considered a traitor.

Plot Keywords: prisoner, uniform, world war two, prisoner of war, katana sword, japanese army, homoeroticism ...

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#6. Black Christmas (1974)

Storyline: It's time for Christmas break, and the sorority sisters make plans for the holiday, but the strange anonymous phone calls are beginning to put them on edge. When Clare disappears, they contact the police, who don't express much concern. Meanwhile Jess is planning to get an abortion, but boyfriend Peter is very much against it. The police finally begin to get concerned when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park. They set up a wiretap to the sorority house, but will they be in time to prevent a sorority girl attrition problem?

Plot Keywords: sorority house, mysterious killer, slasher, voyeur, voyeurism, sadism, low budget film ...

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#7. Arthur Christmas (2011)

Storyline: Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the center of the film is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.

Plot Keywords: christmas, elf, christmas eve, resentment, santa claus, christmas present, high tech ...

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#8. A Christmas Carol (2009)

Storyline: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

Plot Keywords: 3d animation, christmas eve, ghost, christmas, undertaker, time travel, snow ...

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#9. Christmas Angel (2009)

Storyline: Ashley has been on her own all her life. She feels even more alone this Christmas as she searches fruitlessly for a job. The seasonal cheer around her only rubs salt in her wounds as she scrapes by to support herself and her dog, Dash. But her neighbor Nick offers her a job as his assistant in the best work: helping others. There's one catch that Ashley must honor though: she can't tell anyone that her new boss is a sort of Secret Santa, helping others anonymously. Through her new job, Ashley meets Will, a writer for a business magazine who uncovers what Ashley is doing--and, more importantly, Nick's involvement. As Ashley and Nick help people in need, Ashley tries to protect Nick's secret, and her own heart, while Will must weigh the consequences of what he does.—SWP

Plot Keywords: chicago illinois, kiss, plumber, time jump, married couple, christmas, ultimatum ...

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#10. Last Christmas (2019)

Storyline: A selfish woman meets a mysterious young man during the Christmas period who brings out the best in her. But is he too good to be true? From the director of Bridesmaid and A Simply Favor. Stars Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. With music from the legendary George Michael.—Lisa

Plot Keywords: surprise ending, audition, year 2017, boots, two word title, christmas tree, female lawyer ...

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#11. Christmas Harmony (2018)

Storyline: After her long-time music star boyfriend Devin breaks up with her, songwriter Harmony reluctantly accepts her dad's invitation to come home to her small snowy mountain town for Christmas and finally meet his girlfriend Debbie. Since her mother passed away some years ago, she has not gone home. She's paired up with local "hero" Luke to coordinate the annual music festival. He and his guardian, nephew Weston, open her heart to something new. But, she's thrown a loop when Devin suddenly reappears suddenly towing a ring, claiming he made a big mistake. Is she in love with Devin, or is he just using her? Where does her destiny lie?

Plot Keywords: end credits roll call, music festival, stage fright, ex boyfriend, los angeles california, overheard conversation, broken engagement ...

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#12. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)

Storyline: Six years have elapsed since Guantanemo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, once again stumbling into trouble at every single turn.

Plot Keywords: sex scene, christmas party, female frontal nudity, lingerie, unwed pregnancy, pretending to be gay, hallucination ...

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#13. This Christmas (2007)

Storyline: In Los Angeles, Shirley Ann Whitfield, affectionately called Ma'Dere, is the matriarch of the Whitfield family, she with six children: San Francisco residing wife and mother Lisa who feels the need to act as the responsible one in managing her extended family's welfare, as such sacrificing her own wants in the process; traveling jazz musician Quentin Jr. who the family has not seen in four years; Claude the marine; New York ad exec Kelli who admits she is the selfish one; college student Mel; and Michael (called Baby) who still lives at home while figuring out what he wants to do with his life. Ma'Dere has lived in the family home for a few years now with Joe Black, a church deacon, with Ma'Dere's husband/the children's father, Quentin Whitfield Sr., long having left the family to pursue a life as a jazz musician. Because of the pain associated for Ma'Dere, Sr.'s piano sits in the garage untouched. Quentin, being a chip off the old paternal block, is the most disconnected from the family. Ma'Dere and Joe's living situation is the worst kept secret which the children do not talk about. The one who doesn't know about Joe living with Ma'Dere is Quentin, who still sees him as the obstacle to Sr. one day coming home. Ma'Dere owns and operates a dry cleaning business, in which each of the children owns a share, the business which makes little profit and is barely enough for Ma'Dere to continue living in the family home. As such, Lisa, on the urging of her husband Malcolm, wants to sell the business, of which she has to convince her siblings. Some with partners and family accompanying, the children, as usual, converge on the family home for Christmas, this year even including the previously unannounced surprise of Quentin. Each person is dealing with an issue in his/her life - some known by the family, some not - which affects the family dynamic and associated how this Christmas will turn out for them as a collective family.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: african american protagonist, restroom, rainstorm, railway station, profanity, premarital sex, prayer ...

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#14. Bush Christmas (1947)

Storyline: In a small town in Australia, five children riding their horses from school take a forbidden path and meet two strangers, who give them money and make them promise not to tell anyone about them. The two men learn about Lucy. She's a mare belonging to Mr. Thompson, a sheep farmer and the father of three of the children: Helen (the oldest), John, and six-year-old Snow (so named for the color of his hair). The other two are Michael, an English boy staying with the Thompsons, and Neza, an Australian black who is the son of one of Mr. Thompson's stock men. The two men (a third one joins them later) prove to be horse thieves, and when Lucy and her foal turn up missing the next morning, the children know it must have been them. Later, the children tell Mrs. Thompson they're going camping. But their real plan is to find the thieves and get Lucy and the foal back.—J. Spurlin

Plot Keywords: mountain, christmas, telescope, yawning, waking up, produced by director, written by director ...

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#15. Christmas Child (2003)

Storyline: Christmas Eve-born Jack Davenport, a journalist who lives in Chicago, is in a low point in his life--he's about to turn 40, he and his wife seem on the verge of divorce and his career is at low point. He badly needs a story in Texas which requires him to be away from his wife and her family at Christmas time. He also realizes he is the reason why his marriage is flailing. His life seemed purposeless; his last known relative, his father, died almost a year ago. He actually was adopted at birth but has no information about his birth parents. When he goes into a safe deposit box, he finds what may be a clue as to his origins--an old black-and-white photograph of a church in Clearwater Texas. He decides to stop first there before pursuing his story in Dallas. Will he find the answers he seeks there? Or will he just find more road blocks and life's frustrations?

Plot Keywords: sheriff, handcuffed, christmas eve, caretaker, crucifix, grandfather, husband wife reunion ...

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