AnimatedTom Hanks performs motion capture for six different roles including the boy, the conductor, the boy's father, the hobo, the narrator, and Santa Claus. The film's central technological achievement and its central technological problem are the same thing.
AnimatedChuck Jones directs the animated Dr. Seuss special about a sour creature plotting to steal Christmas from the Whos in Whoville. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
AnimatedBillie Mae Richards voices Rudolph. The special is technically stop-motion puppet animation instead of claymation, executed by Tadahito Mochinaga's animation team at MOM Production in Tokyo.
AnimatedCharlie Brown directs the Peanuts gang in a Nativity pageant after rejecting the commercialism of the season. A Charlie Brown Christmas is Bill Melendez's 1965 American animated television special depicting Charlie Brown's depression at the commercialization of the Christmas season…
ChristmasMichael Caine plays Scrooge opposite Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the Muppet ensemble in a sincere adaptation of Dickens. The Muppet Christmas Carol is Brian Henson's 1992 American adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, with Michael Caine playing Ebenezer Scrooge among…
ChristmasScott plays Scrooge in a faithful television adaptation that became a holiday staple after theatrical release. A Christmas Carol is Clive Donner's 1984 American television adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella, depicting the Christmas Eve transformation of Victorian London miser…
ChristmasChechik's 1989 American comedy depicting Clark Griswold's plans for a perfect family Christmas at his suburban Chicago home, which unravel through extended-family chaos, holiday catastrophe, and a frozen pool that becomes the screenplay's central comic obsession. Christmas Vacation is the…
ChristmasA human raised by Santa's elves travels to New York City to find his biological father, an embittered publishing executive. Elf is Jon Favreau's 2003 American Christmas comedy about Buddy, a human raised among Santa's elves at the North Pole,…
ChristmasA divorced father inadvertently kills Santa Claus and discovers a contractual clause requiring him to take over the role permanently. The Santa Clause is John Pasquin's 1994 American Christmas comedy about Scott Calvin, a divorced toy company executive who inadvertently…
FamilyDisney's 1964 Travers adaptation. Julie Andrews flying with umbrella, Dick Van Dyke as cockney chimney sweep.
FamilySpielberg's 1982 alien-and-boy fable. Highest-grossing film for over a decade.
AnimatedHayao Miyazaki's 1988 Studio Ghibli pastoral. Two girls discover forest spirits in rural Japan.
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