10. ‘Die Hard’ (1988)

Yeah, I know, but here me out: it takes place on Christmas Eve and Bruce Willis in all his buff glory fights bad guy terrorists and delivers great one-liners. Qualifies as a Christmas movie in my book. Based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, Die Hard stars Bruce Willis as NYPD officer John McClane and Alan Rickman as terrorist thief Hans Gruber. Filled with action, explosions and cliffhanger scenes, Die Hard deserves to make the Christmas best list.

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9. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)

You can’t have a family and not love the National Lampoon Vacation movies. Chevy Chase is every dad and with his traditional physical comedy it will have you in stitches. The third in the Vacation series finds Clark Griswold, played by Chevy Chase , trying to capture the perfect Christmas for his family. Of course, his noble attempts are squashed at every turn, when he can’t find the right tree, when the boss neglects to give out Christmas bonuses, when the extended family comes for an extended stay. But in the end, the magic of Christmas wins out.

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8. Trading Places (1983)

Dan Akroyd, Eddie Murphy and Jamie Lee Curtis in the same movie, get the TV ready and grab they popcorn, there are going to be some laughs. The premise is two snobby brokers hold a bet about nurture vs. nature. One believes that a well-bred man faced with failure will conquer the odds and find his way, while an ill-bred individual will always fail. The other believes just the opposite. The bet culminates when the two test subjects come face to face at a company Christmas party. But when one of the “subjects” (Dan Akroyd) overhears the two businessmen discussing the details of the bet, he conspires with the other subject (Eddie Murphy) to get back at the businessmen. Jamie Lee Curtis plays a hooker with a heart of gold, of course, who nurses Akroyd back to physical, and mental, health, need I say more?

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7. Lethal Weapon (1987)

This action-comedy film is the first in the Lethal Weapon series directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as LAPD detectives. Glover as Detective Roger Murtaugh, is depressed at reaching 50 and feeling like his better days are behind him. Mel Gison as Detective Martin Riggs is depressed following the recent death of his wife.

The reluctant partners become tight friends after a series of near-death experiences, fights, kidnappings, explosions and other edge of your seat situations. On Christmas Day at the Murtaugh home, Riggs gives Murtaugh a symbolic gift the unfired hollow-point bullet, which he had intended to sue to commit suicide, which he doesn’t need anymore. Aww, the buddy cop movie reigns.

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6. White Christmas (1954)

Who hasn’t ever dreamt of a ‘White Christmas’? The movie starring Bing “Mr. Christmas” Crosby and Danny Kaye is one of those “they don’t make them like that anymore movies. The plot surrounds the two GIs as they come home from WWII. After the war, their entertainment skills help them find success as an act and eventually as producers. Then fate steps in when they receive a letter from a mess sergeant they knew in the war, asking them to audition his two sisters. When they go to the club to audition the act (“Sisters”), Betty (Rosemary Clooney) reveals that her sister, Judy (Vera-Ellen), sent the letter. After a series of mishaps the group end up in Vermont and discover that the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree, Vermont, is run by their former commanding officer, Major General Tom Waverly, and it’s about to go bankrupt. Wallace and Davis along with the girls decide to help. Love and unforgetting musical transpires

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5. Scrooged (1988)

As cold-hearted television executive, Francis Cross Bill Murray can use a little visit from a ghost or two to put him back in the Christmas spirit, which is exactly what happens in this modern take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Only in this version hilarity surrounds the fact that Cross is also heading up a live production of A Christmas Carol. His real life soon begins to mirror the production. In true Dickens’ fashion Cross mends his ways and begs for forgiveness.

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4. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

A classic of Christmas tale of false pretenses, misunderstandings and love triangles. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, and Sydney Greenstreet the film begins in WWII when a German U-boat sinks an American vessel. The two survivors are rescued and hospitalized. One of the men, Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) tries to gain favor with a nurse to get her to give him special treatment. Instead the nurse falls for him and is intent on marrying him. Love can be so funny.

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3. The Ref (1994)

Caustic wit gets a full-body workout in this 1994 comedy, in which a cat burglar (Denis Leary) gets trapped in an affluent Connecticut neighborhood and is forced to hold a bickering couple hostage on Christmas Eve, only to discover that their Yuletide spirit is anything but cheerful. Caroline (Judy Davis) and her husband, Lloyd (Kevin Spacey), have been at each other’s throats for so long that they’ve developed domestic arguments into an art form, and the would-be kidnapper turns into a reluctant mediator, even after he’s got the battling couple wound up in bungee cords. The situation grows even more complicated when the couple’s smart-aleck son comes home from military school, but it’s not the plot here that’s a top priority. Instead it’s the sheer pleasure of witnessing a three-way verbal jousting match, written with razor-sharp skill and delivered by actors who are perfect for their roles.

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2. The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype, and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. What makes the movie great–in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision–is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City’s new district attorney, charged with cleaning up the crime rings that have paralyzed the city. He enters an uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon–and whom only Gordon seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger), who offers the crime bosses a solution–kill the Batman. Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel Dawes, the longtime love of Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne.

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1. Where Eagles Dare (1969)

My all time favorite Christmas Movie! Watching ‘Where Eagles Dare’ after a Turkey and trimmings, sitting in the armchair ends the perfect Christmas day for me. This is an action packed thrilling non stop war movie with a twisting story line and fantastic acting. Starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood lead a joint British American commando team to rescue American General Carnaby who has been shot down over a German-occupied area of Bavaria. The Germans are holding Carnaby prisoner in an old castle on the mountains. Carnaby is believed to be holding information about the upcoming D-Day invasion so the future of the far is at stake. Christmas Day movie watching at it’s best!

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Christmas wouldn’t be the same without watching the stop-motion animation of Rudolph the Red-Nosed-Reindeer, the enchanting story of The Polar Express, or the magic of Miracle on 34th Street. So here in no particular order are 10 of my favorite Christmas movies on DVD for kids.

10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed-Reindeer (1964)

This long-running Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass. Based on the story of the reindeer who gets tormented by his red nose by the other reindeer. Rudolph, after having enough of the teasing, runs away along with a misfit elf. The two get into a number of dangerous situations as they journey to the Island of the Misfit Toys. In the end, it’s Rudolph’s shiny red nose that saves the day.

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9. Frosty the Snowman (1969)

The Rankin-Bass company produced a 30-minute animated television special of Frosty the Snowman that featured the voices of comedians Jimmy Durante as narrator and Jackie Vernon as the title character. The story follows Frosty, who comes to life after a magic hat is placed on his head. Frosty and the children have some adventures and become fast friends until it’s time for Frosty to go away. The special is based on the song by Johnny Marks, which was in turn taken from the 1939 poem of the same title written by Marks’ brother-in-law, Robert L. May.

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8. The Polar Express (2004)

The technology used was all at once unusual in it’s realism but captivating nonetheless. The film, written, produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis, is entirely “live action” using performance capture technology. Performance capture technology incorporates the movements of live actors into animated characters. Tom Hanks lends his voice and likeness to many of the movie’s characters as a magic train trip convinces a young boy trying to hold on to his belief in Christmas that Santa does exist. The movie touches on that time in life when a child starts to grow up and begins to “see” the reality of his former beliefs. In this case, a shadow the young boy believes is Santa turns out to be his parents and while he wants to still believe he can’t find concrete proof of Santa’s existence. Hanks takes him on a trip that restores his faith in Christmas tradition.

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7. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

A different take on the Dickens’ classic story featuring the Muppets, who can resist? The movies is the first produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. The setting is London ‘s Camden town and the storyline follows the Dickens’ story. Michael Cain plays Ebenezer Scrooge while Kermit the Frog takes on the role of Bob Cratchit. Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future and in the end changes his scrooge ways.. The story is narrated by Charles Dickens himself, played by Gonzo the Great), with the occasional commentary of Rizzo the Rat. Happiness is a Muppet movie.

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6. Gremlins (1984)

In a strange way, this movie screams Christmas. Getting a magwai for Christmas is better than getting a puppy! Right? That is unless it becomes a Gremlin and tears up the town. A young man receives the pet, named Gizmo for Christmas with the directions of not to let it eat after midnight, don’t expose it to light and don’t let it anywhere near water. Of course, he neglects those responsibilities. First his friend spills water on Gizmo causing the creature to reproduce into five aggressive mogwai. The mogwai then trick Billy into feeding them after midnight causing them to morph into Gremlins. The movie is a horror comedy that follows the young man, played by Zach Galligan and his girlfriend, played by Phoebe Cates, who try to save their city from the destructive and murderous Gremlins. A lesson in why it’s important to be a responsible pet owner.

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5. The Santa Clause (1994)

Tim Allen plays a businessman who is having problems with his ex-wife and son. While visiting his son, Allen startles Kris Kringle while he’s making his rounds knocking him off the roof and to the ground. Wow, what a great start for a Christmas movie. Santa magically disappears and only his suit remains. A business card in the suit says if something should happen to him someone should put on the suit and climb into the sleigh and the reindeer will take it from there. So Allen does to entertain his son, (and because he thinks he’s dreaming) and becomes Santa. You see Allen becomes contractually bound to be Santa once he puts on the coat of the previous Santa. After some resistance Allen accepts the job and all is right in his world. You can’t help but find this movie charming.

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4. Home Alone (1990)

You know how sometimes you leave the house and you’re in such a hurry you forget one of the kids? Ha ha, that’s right it happens only in the movies, er, yeah, sure. At least this kid can defend himself. His family, busy trying to catch their holiday flight, leave their son behind. Only to realize much too late and then scramble to catch a flight back home to him. Meanwhile, Macaulay Culkin, the 8-year-old left behind, gives would-be burglars Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci a lesson in what little kids are made of in several painfully funny ways.

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3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)

Who can forget those eternally optimistic Whos of Whoville? Since we were introduced to them in this 1966 television special, the citizens of Whoville have embodied the spirit of Christmas. Based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same title, the story isn’t so much about the Whos as it is about the reclusive Grinch who can’t stand the Whos and their Christmas spirit.

Boris Karloff narrates the film and also provides the speaking voice of The Grinch. he plot is faithful to that of the original book, with almost all narrations made verbatim from the book. The Grinch tries to destroy Christmas for the Whos by stealing their gifts but to his amazement the Whos still celebrate. The sight has changes the Grinch for the better.

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2. Elf (2003)

You know a movie is funny when it stars a grown man in tights. This movie follows a young orphan child named Buddy who ends up in the North Pole after he mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts on Christmas Eve. He’s raised as an elf and then years later, after realizing from his large size that he doesn’t really fit in, he finds out he’s not really an elf. So he goes on a journey to New York City to find his true identity. The film stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, with Ed Asner as Santa Claus, Bob Newhart as Papa Elf and James Caan as Buddy’s real dad.

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1. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

If you’ve ever doubted Santa, this movie will make a believer out of you. When young Susan, played by Natalie Wood, begins to wonder whether the Macy’s department store Kris Kringle is the real thing, she just asks him. To her surprise he says that he is. This admission however, causes a stir. Even though he begins winning the hearts of children and parents and bringing positive attention to Macy’s, Kris is put on trial to determine his sanity. Ultimately, thank goodness, the judge sides with Kris and everyone’s wishes come true.

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