best christmas movies
by zhaoyaos | created - 30 Jun 2021 | updated - 30 Jun 2021 | Publicczech, russia and germany are still the best with fairytales, hands down.
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1. Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Family
Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the family coachman gives her three magical hazelnuts.
Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Libuse Safránková, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe
Votes: 11,649
2. Hans Röckle und der Teufel (1974)
75 min | Family, Fantasy
Hans Röckle, a cheerful, skillful puppeteer and inventor, returns to his native village after a long wandering. One day, the Devil comes to his house to get the soul and talent of the master.
Director: Hans Kratzert | Stars: Rolf Hoppe, Peter Aust, Herbert Köfer, Regina Beyer
Votes: 99
3. The Singing Ringing Tree (1957)
74 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A brave prince wants to win the heart of a stubborn princess by finding the singing, ringing tree for her.
Director: Francesco Stefani | Stars: Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux, Richard Krüger
Votes: 978
4. Der Zauberlehrling (2017 TV Movie)
89 min | Family, Fantasy
Director: Frank Stoye | Stars: Pauline Rénevier, Max Schimmelpfennig, Felix von Manteuffel, Christoph Bach
Votes: 73
5. König Drosselbart (2008 TV Movie)
59 min | Family, Fantasy, Romance
Arrogant spoiled princess Isabella of Gerania haughtily rejects all suitors, even prince Richard of Begonia, whom she liked in a previous anonymous meeting. Finally her exasperated royal ... See full summary »
Director: Sibylle Tafel | Stars: Jasmin Schwiers, Ken Duken, Felicitas Woll, Hubert Mulzer
Votes: 311
6. König Drosselbart (1965)
74 min | Fantasy
Tale of the capricious princess. Adapting the Tales of the Brothers Grimm "King Thrushbeard".
Director: Walter Beck | Stars: Karin Ugowski, Manfred Krug, Martin Flörchinger, Evamaria Heyse
Votes: 285
7. A Princess for Christmas (2011 TV Movie)
TV-G | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
At the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas, where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Katie McGrath, Roger Moore, Sam Heughan, Travis Turner
Votes: 9,189
8. Help for the Holidays (2012 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Santa's elf (Summer Glau) helps a family (Eva La Rue, Dan Gauthier) during Christmastime.
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Summer Glau, Eva LaRue, John Brotherton, Dan Gauthier
Votes: 2,379
9. A Christmas Prince (2017)
TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
When a reporter goes undercover as a tutor to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?
Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 21,904
10. Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot (1979)
70 min | Family, Fantasy
Screen version of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about two sisters - Schneeweißchen and Rosenrot, who with their love saved Princes Michael and Andreas from the evil spells of the Mountain Spirit
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Julie Juristová, Katrin Martin, Pavel Trávnícek, Bodo Wolf
Votes: 459
11. Annabelle's Wish (1997 Video)
54 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A mute boy and a calf with the ability to speak form a deep friendship, learning what it means to love and sacrifice for another.
Director: Roy Wilson | Stars: Randy Travis, Jay Johnson, Jerry Van Dyke, Jim Varney
Votes: 2,046
12. Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (2013 TV Movie)
59 min | Family, Fantasy
Pre-teen foundling Emil and slightly older middle class orphan Inga seek to comfort each-other in the pitiful conditions at Mrs. Landfried's orphanage. She sells the shoes the produce in a ... See full summary »
Director: Uwe Janson | Stars: Lea Müller, Maximilian Ehrenreich, Nina Kunzendorf, Jörg Hartmann
Votes: 293
13. Froschkönig (1988)
65 min | Fantasy, Romance
Fairytale in which a princess fails to keep her promises and is taught a lesson.
Director: Walter Beck | Stars: Jana Mattukat, Jens-Uwe Bogadtke, Peter Sodann, Franziska Glöss-Ebermann
Votes: 116
14. Scrooged (1988)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, John Glover
Votes: 116,460 | Gross: $60.33M
15. A Christmas Carol (1997 Video)
PG | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Misanthropic miser Ebenezer Scrooge is haunted by his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley's ghost is followed by three more spirits from Christmases Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Each has a lesson Scrooge must learn.
Director: Stan Phillips | Stars: Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael York, Edward Asner
Votes: 930
16. The Last Unicorn (1982)
G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
Votes: 29,557 | Gross: $6.46M
17. Das Feuerzeug (1959)
83 min | Drama, Fantasy
There lived a soldier. He served the king and is now returning home. Once he met an old witch on the way, who promised him mountains of money in exchange for the fact that he would get her an old tinderbox.
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Rolf Ludwig, Heinz Schubert, Rolf Defrank, Hannes Fischer
Votes: 300
18. Die goldene Gans (1964)
67 min | Family, Fantasy
In one fairy-tale kingdom, the princess stopped laughing. No one knows the cause of this sudden illness. The worried king promises half the kingdom and a daughter in marriage to the one who will make the princess at least smile.
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Kaspar Eichel, Karin Ugowski, Uwe-Detlev Jessen, Peter Dommisch
Votes: 310
19. Frosty (1965)
84 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A fairy-tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.
Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Aleksandr Khvylya, Natalya Sedykh, Eduard Izotov, Inna Churikova
Votes: 5,525
20. The Snow Queen (1967)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen".
Director: Gennadiy Kazanskiy | Stars: Valeri Nikitenko, Elena Proklova, Vyacheslav Tsyupa, Yevgeniya Melnikova
Votes: 982
21. Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Comedy, Family
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
Director: Michael Grossman | Stars: Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove, Bailee Madison
Votes: 4,510
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