It’s no secret Christmas is my favourite time of year. To be honest, I am the type of person that would happily move to the North Pole hang out with Santa making toys all day, singing Christmas carols at the top of my lungs and eating way too much Ginger Bread. As I can’t do that, I like to do the next best thing. A Christmas Movie Marathon. You know camping out in the lounge room with blankets and pillows, fruit and cheese platters, a few little treats, a pot of tea and all phones turned off or switched to silent.

Being  6mths mths pregnant with our third and having a pretty rough pregnancy this time round I decided this year I would not only create a family Christmas movie checklist but also one just for me for when the kids are in bed or off on a playdate and I just want some down time. Feet up in front of the telly with the aircon running (ha! a mamma can dream, right?)

So, without further ado, here are my lists. The Top 5 Adult Christmas movies and Top 5 Family Christmas movies. Happy Christmas Movie watching!

TOP 5 Christmas movies FOR THE ADULTS:

1. The Holiday – 2006 – Comedy/ Romance
   Starring: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black
2. Four Christmases – 2008 – Comedy, Drama, Romance
   Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen
3. The Family Stone 2005 – Comedy, Drama, Romance
   Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton

   

   

   
   
4. Love Actually – 2003 ‧ Comedy-drama/Drama
   Starring: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson
5. The Family Man – 2000 – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
   Starring: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle

TOP 5Christmas movies FOR THE KIDS:

1. Elf – 2003 – Comedy, Family, Fantasy 7+ yrs. PG
   Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart 
2. Arthur Christmas – 2011 – Animation, Adventure, Comedy 5+ yrs. PG
   Starring: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
3. Santa Claus – 1994 Comedy, Drama, Family 9+ yrs. PG
   Starring Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson
   (The Santa Clause 2 – 2002 Comedy,Fantasy, Family 5+ yrs. G
   Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Elizabeth Mitchell)

   

   

   
   
4. Prancer – 1989 Drama, Family, Fantasy
   Starring: Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda
5. Miracle on 34th Street – 1994 Family, Fantasy 6+ yrs. PG
   Starring: Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan McDermott, Mara Wilson

Our list would not be complete without a few other notable mentions that were recently listed and discussed on our Facebook Page with our followers.

NOTABLE OTHERS:

• Home Alone
• Polar Express
• The Grinch
• Blizzard
• Rise of the Guardians
• The Night before Christmas
• The Muppets Christmas
• Jingle All the Way
• A Christmas Carol
• Jack Frost
• Scrooged
• National lampoons Christmas vacation
• Christmas with the Kranks
• Bad Santa
• It’s a Wonderful Life

Was your favourite Christmas movie on one of the lists? Let me know below if I have missed it!

Feel like a different kind of movie night? Check out or Top 10 Family Movie from the 80’s list or Top 10 Family Movie from the 90’s list.