Top 10 Most Underappreciated Christmas Movies
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- These Christmas movies need more love. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most underrated holiday classics that we think deserve more love. Our countdown includes "Ernest Saves Christmas," "Prancer," "Annabelle's Wish," and more! Which Christmas movie do YOU think needs more love? Let us know in the comments!
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If I remember correctly, Klaus lost an Oscar to Toy Story 4. It is very unfortunate because Klaus is a marvelous 2D animated Christmas feature and deserves so much praise and appreciation! One of my absolute favorite holiday traditions, period!
No crap! Disney’s only excuse for Pixar to create yet another unnecessary sequel nobody asked was because they couldn’t stomach a NON-Disney movie winning that award. I wanted The Hidden World to win!
Agreed!
Toy Story 4 sucks
@@JSChronicle489 People only watched that cash-grab because Disney keeps giving them Stockholm Syndrome.
@@ma3mc3mu-X I didn't think TS 4 was needed
"Klaus" really hits you in the feels. It's such a charming story about 🎅 with a traditional artstyle.....
IKR? Plus, it’s a 2D animated movie, which is unfortunately rarely seen nowadays.
@@SpacialRend7 True.
Indeed.
I loved Klaus the first time I saw it. And I instantly made it a must-watch for every Christmas Eve
Can you even buy it anywhere on Blu-ray/DVD, etc?
I absolutely ADORE The Man Who Invented Christmas. As someone who holds A Christmas Carol extremely close to my heart, the movie is just amazing!
It’s also refreshing to have A Christmas Carol film that focuses on the writing and development of the story by Charles Dickens and the emotional trauma that comes with it in an age when there are some many A Christmas Carol adaptations.
Better than Finding Neverland, in my opinion.
0:30 - #10 Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
1:32 - # 9 Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
2:45 - #8 The Family Man (2000)
3:50 - #7 Prancer (1989)
5:02 - #6 Annabelle’s Wish (1997)
6:23 - #5 The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
7:31 - #4 A Christmas Carol (2009)
8:53 - #3 Arthur Christmas (2011)
9:48 - #2 White Christmas (1954)
11:00 - Honorable Mentions
12:35 - #1 Klaus (2019)
Thanks!
Thank you.
Klaus is the Christmas movie that needs to more love!❤️
It Happened on Fifth Avenue is a fun and heartwarming movie. It takes place shortly after WWII, when a “hobo” moves into a Fifth Avenue mansion while it’s owners are down south. He invites a veteran, who then invites his friends. The daughter of the owner shows up unexpectedly, but instead of ratting them out, she pretends not to be rich and tries to fit in as she falls in love with the veteran. Sweet and funny!
Is the "hobo" Santa?
I really liked it but it is an older film so it had some outdated bits that took me aback. Still, a fun movie.
We already watched It Happened.. it is one of the first we watch every season❤
Watching White Christmas every year is a tradition started with my mum when I was a kid. It's so special to me and I never miss our annual viewing.
I used to watch it with my dad growing up, it was his favorite and has also become mine. I watch it multiple times before Christmas and always watch it, no matter how late, on Christmas eve. A true classic!
It's been a Christmas Eve tradition for my family since I was a kid. It's a favourite of mine, to this day.
Yeah, we always start the holiday movies with White Christmas.
Klaus is an underrated classic and absolutely GORGEOUS! Another option that should've been here was Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.
Jingle Jangle was such a cute movie, I really enjoy watching it
@@ceciwynne4154: Yeah I love that Christmas movie! It’s beautiful
I love those new Christmas movies
My favorite Christmas movie is "The Lion in Winter." That probably says something unfortunate about my mental health, but I love it. I love watching Hepburn & O'Toole's verbal sparring. I love watching the sons lash out at their parents and each other. The conniving, scheming, & squabbling, all with razor sharp wit is so so good
I agree with your comment.
Awesome movie! It's the embodiment of the term Machiavellian.
so so good. I was priviledged to work in a west end theatre when this was on stage over christmas. AMAZING!! Starring Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley back in 2012. The film is epic!!!
@@paulsmith3994 WOW that is amazing! What a privilege!
The Bishop's Wife with Cary Grant is hardly ever talked about, but it is a sweet Christmas story with lots of Christmas tropes- a hectic Christmas season, people putting wealth and status before servanthood, and, of course, a Christmas angel. I would love to see it remade today.
I just watched this movie today and it’s definitely going to be in the yearly rotation for us for Christmastime 😊
one of my faves
there is a remake with denzel washington and whitney houston called the preachers wife
Stick with the original!
I watch this every year. I love this movie.
Ive watched A White Christmas every year for about 26 years. A true classic.
I agree with most of the choices, except white Christmas, it’s very well known and often considered one of the best holiday films!!
God, Annabelle's Wish had me in tears as a child. Would be the same today I bet. That movie felt so beautiful and sad at the same time.
Also a well deserved number 1, Klaus is a masterpiece.
Annabelle's Wish is my favorite christmas movie. My spouse surprised me with a copy for christmas a few years back, and I still teared up after all these years :')
So glad to see the love for Klaus. It is such a BEAUTIFUL movie. To look at, to watch, the entire story is just wonderful. It never fails to make me cry.
Okay so I wrote the first comment before I saw the clips that they were playing for Klaus. I can confirm, that just the line "I get to see my friend" will make me sob too.
If there is one Christmas special that deserved to be on this list, it's "A Muppet Family Christmas". It is a wonderful special where all the muppets - including Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock - comes together and celebrate Christmas. Sadly it has not gotten a proper DVD release, but it deserves it!
it's also one of many 80s tv specials not on Disney+, which sucks. I watch it on youtube every year.
Anyone else remembers Olive the Other Reindeer, The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, & Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer?
I remember all those titles. I watch Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer every December.
I remember those
And the Polar express
I remember watching these specials every year on Cartoon Network, back when the channel went all out for the holidays. Such good memories.
Awesome movies from my childhood
White Christmas is popular & well-known, so how can it be underrated?
Klaus is a amazing film, one of the very few Christmas films I've watched that has made me cry
I wish that more people spoke about "Arthur Christmas", I watched it recently with my two young cousins, and they really adored it.
Ikr?
I just discovered this one. I loved it!
It's wonderful!
I watched Arthur Christmas when it first came out in theaters. I was in high school at the time
I watched it last year in honor of its 10th anniversary and because of the occasion, I made it the first Christmas film on my Christmas movie viewing marathon.
1985- Santa Claus- the Movie with David Huddleston, Dudley Moore, Burgess Meredith and John Lithgow. The first act is absolutely magical.
I agree. The entire origin of Santa Claus was awesome. Maybe the most heartfelt version created. Once they jump to the current day the story just got too silly.
Delayed Honourable Mention #11 ("Santa Claus :The Movie")-:("1985") ("♏♏🦂🦂☮☮☯☯").
I have a copy of that movie! I thought that Dudley Moore was absolutely adorable as Patch the elf! Burgess Meredith made an excellent old elf! And John Lithgow really hammed it up as BZ the evil toy maker!
@@melissacooper8724 I Also Have A Copy of It On DVD The ("20th Anniversary Edition") At The Time. ("♏♏🦂🦂☮☮☯☯").
I agree. As an adult I can still appreciate this movie's magical quality. (The novelization is good too.)
Last Christmas is awful. It's a drama rather than the romcom it's claimed to be. The protagonist supposedly moved to the UK with her family after 1999 to escape a war that ended in 1995. We're supposed to believe that she works year-round in a shop that only sells Christmas decorations. The film is supposed to be feel-good but the twist towards the end is feel-bad.
YESSSS!!!! I'm so happy to see that Annabelle's Wish is on this list because it's a forgotten childhood favorite. I rarely see anyone talk about it. I first watched it when I was in kindergarten, and it was a difficult movie for me to find since I couldn't remember the name of it. All I knew was that it had a sad yet happy ending and some of the best Randy Travis and Allison Krauss songs, it wasn't until I was in high school that I finally found it on DVD and I watch it every Christmas season with my family. I even bought the soundtrack. It may not be award worthy but it does deserve more attention because I can feel how much heart went into telling this story. I wish it at least played on TV or was on some kind of streaming service, but I'm just happy to know that there are people who still remember this sweet movie. Thank you WatchMojo for adding it to this list!! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
I saw it a few years ago as an adult and it is awesome! The music are all so good and filled with magic and wonder.Feel good Christmas films are one of the reasons why I adore Christmas!
watched this every year with my kids when they were little
Putting Klaus #1 made me happy cause its my tradition now watch every Christmas season and hearing Jason Schwartzman voice makes my heart melt. He even said all the grunt noises they saved for the end cause he can loose his voice
So happy to see A Christmas Carol 2009 in here. It's been a staple for me every year. I love how close to it's original it is. And all the actors did such great work with the voice acting. And YES, KLAUS as #1 was the most deserved! It's absolutely magical and makes me cry and feel warm and fuzzy every year.
I'm glad you included "Holiday Inn" on this list. I've always liked it more than "White Christmas." It just has a sweeter story and is not as Hollywood as WC.
I didn't see Holiday Inn on this list, just heard it mentioned when talking about White Christmas. Was there a change in the list?
I see Klaus, I clicked. Me, my mom and dad love this movie. Watched it in two years ago
I love Klaus!
The movie and animation felt so amazing and the characters are too!
The story fell so fresh and original. I really love the film as well 😍
ALSO, I really love the song in the film 'Invisible'. It felt so beautiful
It definitely deserves so much love
The Guardians of The Galaxy Holiday Special is now my favorite Christmas thing ever!
Haven’t seen it
@@bighand1530 You’ll love it.
@@trasegorsuch5140 If you say so
It’s a nice appetizer before the inevitable gut punching third movie.
I saw it. I liked it
Loved Ernest Saves Christmas growing up! Also, Ernest Scared Stupid was a staple around October in my house. RIP Jim Varney
He will be missed
Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" is an underrated and seldom seen holiday show that should get more respect.
Thank you for remembering this Emmy award winning TV movie. I loved it as well.
Such a holiday wonder! I finally found a dvd of the television screenplay last year….a now prized possession along with a copy of the book, which I received as a birthday present (Dec. 20!) a looooong time ago. Capote’s “ A Christmas Memory”…along with “The Thanksgiving Visitor” …..are my go-to holiday joys!
Mickeys once a pon a Christmas will always be one of my favourites
My autistic son watched this for 2 years straight then it was mickeys twice upon a Christmas for a further 2 years he is now 19 and still I would catch him watching it on Disney +
@@tinarafferty62 🥺🥺 so cute I can’t
When I was a little girl, my go-to Christmas movies were always Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Barbie: A Christmas Carol and A Charlie Brown Christmas. As I got older, I would watch Christmas movies like Home Alone and Elf.
Gosh, Same here I look forward to Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer And The Little Drummer Boy. ❤️
I still watch A Charlie Brown Christmas and Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer at Christmas.
I'm so glad Arthur Christmas is on this list! I think it's such a fun way to look at the Santa mythos and I just love the way it handled its characters. Loved Klaus too, but I will admit Arthur Christmas is my favorite
Annabelle’s Wish is so underrated; she is so sweet and dreamt of flying with the reindeers. ❤❤❤❤❤
Not mention the heartwarming relationship between her and Billy, such a wonderful classic.
The moment when Toy story 4 won the Oscar and it was not given to Klaus made me lose the faith on those awards completely.
I know Toy Story 4 was nothing more than a mindless cash grab while Klaus actually has heart and soul poured into it.
The same thing happened to the movie Wolfwalkers.
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story is underappreciated Christmas movie. We are first introduced to the Waltons in this movie. The actors who played the children go on to star as the children in the TV series.
Totally agree, The Homecoming is very underrated, and needs more love. 💕 It’s been posted to UA-cam and has over 7 million views. 😃
I say the most underrated animated Christmas film is definitely Dreamwork's Rise Of The Guardians.
Klaus, I love Klaus. The animation, the story, the characters and the message. Not to mention J.K Simmons is a great choice to voice Klaus
I remember Disney’s A Christmas Carol scared me in theaters. Only the death scene of Christmas Present and those two creepy adult kids but overall, great animation
I don’t remember when I watched White Christmas but it’s a treasured classic. I even saw the musical
My own tradition come december is watching Christmas Movies/Specials with some cookies & eggnog. The first time I watched Klaus, I cried. Instantly feeling that Christmas Joy. It's become a must watch every year since
Klaus and Prancer are must watch for me every year, and I tell everyone every year to go watch them. They definitely don’t get the love they deserve.
Arthur Christmas and Klaus were SNUBBED by the Academy. Those two are my favorite christmas films.
I love how MY big man JK Simmons plays Klaus first he played Tenzin from TLOK and then Ford Pines from Gravity Falls and here he is playing Klaus in this Film.
Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey. Everyone knows the classic Christmas stop motion movies, and yet no one seems to remember Nestor or love him the way I did watching it on my grandmas VHS tape. Nestor is adorable.
He’s on iTunes with ‘‘twas the night before Christmas. I watched it with my Grandfather every year until he passed.
@@lisamorrison214 That's good to know, thank you! I'm so sorry about the passing of your grandfather.
I was glad to see "The Family Man" on this list. It always gets me in the feels!😂
One of my favorite Nic Cage movies.
I never seen the movie but the plot sounds similar to It's A Wonderful Life than A Christmas Carol.
Klaus is such a beautiful film! Gorgeous animation, lovely story and wonderful voice talent! I watched it for the first time last year and loved it! I was especially pleased to hear Norm Macdonald ❤
The Homecoming, the pilot for The Walton's tv show is probably my favorite. A couple of years ago I saw Fred Claus for the first time. Both are very touching.
This is one I watch every year. It really got to me as a child, and made me a lifetime "The Waltons" fan!
I highly recommend the book version. There’s an audio edition too, it’s very well produced and at about 2 hours long, just right for a long drive at the holidays. As is usually the case, the book version is a better story. You’ll find the characters are familiar, but more realistic, flawed, genuine and gritty. It’s a Depression Era story that seems much more genuine and much less Hollywood.
My favorite lesser known classic is “We’re no angels” with Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov. A recent one that surprised me and I like a lot now is “Fred Claus.” Finally there is “Get Santa,” which is difficult to find but very good too.
Angela Lansbury isn’t the only one, Klaus starred the late Norm Macdonald. Rest In Peace
I always love when Arthur gets a shoutout, it feels like it often gets forgotten. Also, anyone else a fan of the Patrick Stewart/Richard E Grant Christmas Carol? Admittedly it's a lot darker than the likes of the Muppets version
One Christmas movie that me and my family loves but is not very well known is Fred Claus. If you haven't seen it, it's about an ordinary guy who's brother is Santa (or Nick).
Klaus has been a favorite Christmas movie for my husband and I since it came out. We watch it every year and it's my husband's (who is of viking decent) favorite design of Santa.
A Christmas Carol was my childhood lol
Muppet Christmas Carol is my favorite
Which one theres like a billon of them?
@@motor4X4kombat Disneys! It holds nostalgia for me and I just enjoy it!
@@NobleFaeriie-GrandCross the scrooge mcduck one or the jim carrey one?
@@motor4X4kombat the Jim Carry one
One that definitely always ends up under the radar. An American Christmas Carol, a made for TV movie starring Henry Winkler as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Another surprisingly good A Christmas Carol adaptation is Barbie's Christmas Carol.
It will be cool if you guys did a top 10 underrated Christmas specials list
Klaus became my all-time favorite holiday movie. It's the one movie next to a boy called Christmas that I will never hesitate to watch multiple times. The storytelling, along with the animation, is gorgeous. It upsets me that they did not win an award, which needs to happen.
1979’s Jack Frost. Frosty, Rudolph and Santa has a lot of love but not Jack Frost. He deserves recognition
Klaus is...i cannot put it into words, I will watch that, all year, that song "invisible"....
Every year since it’s released I’ve watched Klaus. Every year I cry. It’s such an amazing movie and by far one of my favorites.
These are some of my favorite obscure Christmas films:
Fitzwilly (1967)
Period of Adjustment (1962)
A Christmas Memory (1966)
Home for the Holidays (1972)
Hell yeah!! Arthur Christmas is my favorite to watch during Christmas!!
Do you mean Arthur's Perfect Christmas?
Same
The excitement that coursed through me at Annabelle's Wish was extreme! My sisters and I used to watch it all the time with our great grammy, no matter what time of year ❤❤❤❤
I have been racking my brain trying to remember the name of A House Without a Christmas Tree & here it is. As a child, I remember watching the whole series. Thanks for this
"Jingle Jangle" is a good one & "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" was a childhood favorite.
I wasn't expecting Annabelle's Wish to be on this list, but I really appreciate it! I used to love that movie as a kid!
I would watch Klaus if it wasn't on Netflix and made it's way to DVD / Blu-ray
Klaus is a modern masterpiece and Annabelle’s Wish is a pure classic
I love Mrs. Santa Claus! I saw it on TV when it first premiered. The broadway-style music is uplifting, and Angela Lansbury does a fantastic job. Thanks for giving this movie some love!
Some of my favorites are: The Night they Saved Christmas, A Princess for Christmas, Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Clause and Mickey's Christmas Carol.
I love The Night They Saved Christmas! Super underrated and under appreciated.
Bill Forsyth's Comfort and Joy (1984), about a Scottish DJ recently dumped by his girlfriend going through an existential crisis during the Christmas season. It has one of the most heartwarming endings ever.
YES, thank you!! One of my very favourites that I watch every year.
" A Child's Christmas in Wales" . A charming and lovely movie we watch each year. Set to the Dylan Thomas poem. Marvelous language and style. Also the made for TV "Scrooge" with George C Scott. Better than any other version.
Aw man, I remember watching Anabelle's Wish back in daycare. Even when I was that young I could tell it was cheesy, but in that fun late 90s way.
Sort of sad to see my 2 faves didn't make the list. One magic Christmas always hits in the feels and the life and adventures of Santa claus(not the Rankin bass one!) is adorably heart warming. Yet most people don't know they exist.
I like to think that Richie Rich's Christmas Wish is also an underrated Christmas movie. Not only does it take a page from It's A Wonderful Life and work it into the world of Richie Rich, but it also pulls more from the 1980 cartoon show than the 1994 movie does. If you guys want to check it out for yourself, it's currently streaming on Disney Plus.
A Christmas carol with Jim Carry is awesome
You hit me in the nostalgia feels. I love Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale
The man who invented Christmas is a really good movie. It should be played more.
Another underappreciated movie is… I’ll Be Home For Christmas. It’s completely cheesy, but there’s just something about it. It’s starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Jessica Biel. The nostalgia of that time period, 1998, just brings back good memories.
Klaus is sooooo good! but my favorite Christmas movie has to be A Muppet Christmas Carol. I’m a sucker for all things muppets but the songs are just so good. Makes me emotional every time I watch it
'the long kiss goodnight' & 'the ref'. so underrated & so perfect.
Mrs. Santa Claus and Prancer used to b my favorites as a kid. I still have them and Annabel's Wish on VHS 📼. Jim Carrey's Ghost of Christmas Past is exactly like in the book, a spirited candle figure. White Christmas is a tradition in my family to watch when we're together.
I ALWAYS watch White Christmas when I wrap presents! Every Christmas!
I love that you did this!
Most of these movies that you have listed are ones that I feel like are necessary for me to watch every December leading up to Christmas.
Angela Lansbury was such a great actress!
So glad The Man Who Invented Christmas is on this list. It's such a wonderful film! And Arthur Christmas is so underappreciated! And I've been watching Christmas in Connecticut since I was a kid.
The 2009 Christmas Carol was better than I thought it would be, at least until it gets to the Ghost of Christmas Future, and then it goes off the rails, so it should have been ranked below The Man Who Invented Christmas.
LOVE The Man Who Invented Christmas. My favirite Christmas movie.
Yes! I need this; Watching Lifetime holiday movies is rotting my soul and I'm trying to be merry and bright, damnit!
Yes! My mom loves those movies, but there's nothing to them!
@@amandastjohn4735 Haha! Right. No substance whatsoever, the same basic plots, and sooooo not funny when they try to be 😳
Great video. Home Alone is my favorite Christmas movie. Agree that the Jim Carrey Christmas Carol is underrated.
I would add "8 Bit Christmas" to the list as well. It's a touching reimagining of "A Christmas Story"
I never heard of 8 bit I'll have to check it out.
The Star (2017) is pretty good and a nice fit for younger kids. It’s an animated flick telling the story of the first Christmas from the viewpoint of the animals in Bethlehem. And there are a lot of big names doing the voice acting too. Among them are Oprah, Gabriel Iglesias, Kristin Chenoweth, Keegan Michael Key, Anthony Anderson, and Kelly Clarkson. And I think some others too I can’t remember right now. 🤔 Good stuff. 👍🏻
My oldest loves The Star! It’s super well done.
Klaus made me cry. I knew I would cried so I was holding it in but I still cried . The story is simple and wholesome . But it really hits the feels.
One of my annual favourites is "A Homecoming". It's the movie that triggered the start of the Walton's series. Perfectly charming and simple.
I loved Annabelle’s Wish growing up! I still watch it to this day
That missed two of my favorites.
"The Homecoming" This is a 1972 made for TV movie based on Earl Hamner's memoirs of growing up in rural Virginia during the great depression. It ended up being the piolet for a TV series called The Waltons. It is not glitzy or magical or overly sentimental, but the story and characters were authentic and charming.
"A Christmas Carol" 1984. My favorite version has George C Scott as Scrooge and I think he did the part better than anyone. And it also includes Scrooge's sister and the specters under the robe of Christmas Present.
Agreed, The Homecoming is a beautiful film for it’s time, and I watch it every Christmas since I was younger. 💕
The Homecoming is one of those little known Christmas movies that is my personal favorite and the first I watch after It's a Wonderful Life. It's the first appearance of the Walton family and while the grandmother and children are the same actors as in the following series, the mother, father, grandfather, and general store owner are all played by other actors. It has a real sense of time and place and it is highly recommended. I would also recommend watching the Oscar-winning 1971 animated short, A Christmas Carol. This used to be a television staple growing up in the 1970s and has yet to be released on DVD or Blu-ray. Fortunately, you can find it on UA-cam. It runs under 25 minutes, contains the whole of the story and excellently directed and animated. It's also very dark and scary for younger viewers.
I only discovered Klaus last Christmas, it's now a Christmas mandatory watch. I wish they brought it out on DVD so I don't have to rely on Netflix.
The Life & Adventures of Santa Clause. An underrated gem but it has Jim Cummings as the main lead
Earnest Saves Christmas is one of the greatest Christmas movie of all time!
PRANCER!! 😭😭😭💗💗💗