Skip to main content
  • News
    • MTV News
    • Trending News
    • Videos & Interviews
    • Taylor Swift
    • Kim Kardashian
  • Music
    • Music Highlights
    • Music Videos
    • Charts
    • Playlists
    • EMAs
    • MTV PUSH
    • Artists
  • Shows
    • Latest Shows
    • The Charlotte Show
    • Geordie Shore
    • Ex on the Beach
    • Just Tattoo Of Us
    • Teen Mom UK
    • The Royal World
  • Movies
    • Movies Highlights
    • New Movies Coming Soon
    • Videos & Interviews
    • Trailers
    • Moana
  • Travel
    • Videos
  • Style
  • Life
    • Life
    • MTV Breaks
    • Sex
    • WTF
    • SRS
    • Travel
    • Fitness
    • Generation Change
  • Pictures
  • Win
  • MTV Play
  • TV Guide
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Search
  • Pictures
  • Win
  • MTV Play
  • TV Guide
Home
  • News
    • MTV News
    • Trending News
    • Videos & Interviews
    • Taylor Swift
    • Kim Kardashian
  • Music
    • Music Highlights
    • Music Videos
    • Charts
    • Playlists
    • EMAs
    • MTV PUSH
    • Artists
  • Shows
    • Latest Shows
    • The Charlotte Show
    • Geordie Shore
    • Ex on the Beach
    • Just Tattoo Of Us
    • Teen Mom UK
    • The Royal World
  • Movies
    • Movies Highlights
    • New Movies Coming Soon
    • Videos & Interviews
    • Trailers
    • Moana
  • Travel
    • Videos
  • Style
  • Life
    • Life
    • MTV Breaks
    • Sex
    • WTF
    • SRS
    • Travel
    • Fitness
    • Generation Change
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Search

Christmas

  • Main
  • Videos
  • Pictures
  • News

7 Classic Christmas Movies Worth Revisiting This Holiday Season

It's that magical time of year again to bring out the old Christmas DVDs and scream in the mirror with Kevin...

  • Share to Facebook
  • Tweet to Twitter
  • Share to Google plus
Saturday, November 17, 2018 - 16:43

Feeling the chill? The temperatures are low and the nights are longer, meaning it's officially Christmas movie with a cuppa season.

There may be a new Vanessa Hudgens-lead Christmas movie about a princess on Netflix and, yes, there is a new Pharrell-narrated animated version of The Grinch, however you just cannot beat the festive classics.

We might have watched Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz life swap 200 times by now but every year when the weather gets frosty we immediately want to see it again, and somehow it's always just as good. It's a bit like listening to 'thank u, next' on repeat without a single break for days on end since it was released because it just sounds so good when it goes back to the start. You know?

Anywho, Ariana Grande aside, let's take a look at the Christmas classics worth revisiting this winter...

Home Alone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEDaVHmw7r4

Come on, we couldn't not start with this one. Home Alone (the first one and the first one only, this is not up for debate) easily has one of the most far-fetched, ridiculous stories in all of film history, yet watching a literal child set his house up as one giant danger trap to torture two adult men always works like a charm. It's genuinely hilarious, endlessly quotable, has the best Christmas jumpers ever and has a whole scene for the song 'Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree'. Iconic doesn't even begin to cover it.

Christmas With the Kranks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTzyGuB9V6c

For some reason, this film never makes it onto these lists and we're about to change that. Jamie Lee Curtis in a Christmas movie about two parents planning to flee their town in favour of a Caribbean cruise before it's cancelled when their daughter is coming home for the holidays? Mid-life crisis spray tans and rooftop falls make for guaranteed laughs every time, while the elderly couple on the street will just warm your heart. Give this classic some respect!

Elf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a54yC1etmVc

Buddy The Elf, what's your favourite colour? Elf is a classic for so many reasons and they all root back to the sheer stupidity of it all, which is simply wonderful. Will Ferrell is perhaps the lankiest elf in the world (that we've seen, at least) and by far the most endearing, as he tries to navigate life in the big city for the first time.

Love Actually

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOS-HMiVejo

Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Rowan Atkinson, Martine McCutcheon (!!!); need we say more? Love Actually just gets it all right. It'll have you in your feels with its various romantic stories that all wrap up into one lush Christmas tale, while Hugh Grant dancing around as Prime Minister will have you in stitches. Plus, who can forget the iconic cards scene? Not us! If you somehow haven't seen this one already then get it on ASAP.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD0m9t4WHEQ

Jim Carrey as The Grinch is one of the best casting decisions of all time. He was quite frankly robbed of the Oscars he deserved for his role in this hilarious live-action version of the Dr. Seuss story. Almost twenty years on, Whoville is still the place we want to go the most and we have a greater appreciation for Cindy Lou Who knowing that she is indeed Taylor Momsen. Life's funny, right? This movie is funnier, though. An absolute belter.

The Holiday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDi5zH18vxU

Ah, yes, two single women bored of their towns who meet on the Internet and decide to swap lives for a few weeks one winter. A classic tale! Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz do exactly that in this lovely festive film about change, romance and love, with Jude Law serving up major eye candy and Jack Black being the best, as always, too. Cameron's English countryside wardrobe remains our winter wardrobe goals, and we will achieve it one day.

The Santa Clause

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx8FX7etF_8&feature=youtu.be

One of the boldest plots of all time is making a Christmas movie called The Santa Clause where Santa is murdered. Sounds dark, eh? That's what happens in this hilarious classic, as Tim Allen accidentally kills the big man and has to save the season by becoming Santa himself. Good thing he suits red!

Now what are you waiting for? Get your hot chocolate and cosy up!

Latest News

Get To Know: Dylan Conrique
Get To Know: Dylan Conrique
Get To Know - Moonchild Sanelly
Get To Know: Moonchild Sanelly
Get To Know: FLO
Get To Know: FLO
Get To Know - Poppy Ajudha
Get To Know: Poppy Ajudha
Get To Know: Bru-C
Get To Know: Bru-C
Get To Know: Alissic
Get To Know: Alissic
Get To Know: French The Kid
Get To Know: French The Kid
Get To Know: Daisy Brain
Get To Know: Daisy Brain
Get To Know: Dylan
Get To Know: Dylan
Get To Know: Flowerovlove
Get To Know: Flowerovlove
Get To Know: Luude
Get To Know: Luude
Our Music Portfolio Is Changing
Get To Know: Belters Only
Get To Know: Belters Only
Get To Know: CMAT
Get To Know: CMAT
Get To Know: Rêve
Get To Know: Rêve
Get To Know: Lauran Hibberd
Get To Know: Lauran Hibberd
Bad Boy Chiller Crew
Bad Boy Chiller Crew Win MTV PUSH UK & IRE 2022!
MTV’s Catfish UK: Apply Now
The BRIT Awards 2022 Hosted By Mo Gilligan
Win Tickets To The BRIT Awards 2022!
Wet Leg
Wet Leg Found It "So Weird" When People Sang Their Songs

More From Christmas

Animal Crossing
6 Of The Best Games To Make You Feel Christmassy Feels
The Princess Switch
11 Of The Best Christmas Movies To Watch On Netflix
A Christmas Prince 2
19 LOL Moments From A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
Home Alone
5 Amazing Live Movie Concerts To See This Christmas
John Legend - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Music Video
John Legend
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Christmas GIF
What To Buy Them For Christmas Based On How Long You've Been Dating
9 Memes You'll Get If You're Already Fully Obsessed With Christmas
10 Ways To Un-Basic The Most Basic Christmas Gifts
7 Classic Christmas Movies Worth Revisiting This Holiday Season
Gift Ideas For Girlfriends This Christmas
25 Christmas Gift Ideas Under £25
Tech Gifts For Christmas
Games
The Best Tech Christmas Gift Ideas For 2018

Trending Articles

Get To Know: Dylan
Get To Know: Dylan
10 Things Your Heartbroken Friend Needs To Hear
18 Most Naked Of Naked Moments To Have Ever Hit Geordie Shore
Get To Know: Dylan Conrique
Get To Know: Dylan Conrique
Charli D’Amelio Responds To Accusations She Buys Followers On TikTok
Life
Here's Why Celebs Are Holding Four Fingers Up In Their Selfies
21 Types Of People You'll Find In Every Friendship Group
Dixie D’Amelio Speaks Out After She And Charli Were Criticised For Being “Rude” To Their Chef
Celebrity
10 Celebrities Who Have Some Seriously Kinky Sex Likes In The Bedroom
What 15 Of The Most Common Sex Dreams ACTUALLY Mean
Cheryl Gives 'Incredible' X Factor Performance
  • Contact Us
  • Access Services
  • Website Terms
  • Mobile Terms
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • MTV Jobs
  • MTV Press
  • Anti-Slavery
  • Global Tax Policy Statement
Hit us with some keywords!