Last Updated on 24 December 2025
The following list is a compilation of the 50 best Christmas action movies of all time.
I found 13 different ranked lists online of “best Christmas action movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. You may not consider them all to be Christmas movies, but the people who made these lists did. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 13 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print out, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.
- Brazil (1985)
- Gremlins (1984)
- Iron Man 3 (2013)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Prometheus (2012)
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
- Shazam! (2019)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
- Scrooged (1988)
- Doctor Who – The Christmas Invasion (2005)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
- Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- Deadpool (2016)
- Hogfather (2006)
- The Faculty (1998)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- Futurama – Xmas Story (1999)
- The Santa Clause (1994)
- Alien (1979)
- The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
- A Message From Mars (1913)
- The Omega Man (1971)
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
- The Twilight Zone – The Night of the Meek (1959)
- Watchmen (2009)
- Lilo & Stitch (2002)
- 2046 (2004)
- The City of Lost Children (1995)
- Rise of the Guardians (2012)
- The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
- Old Scrooge (1913)
- Strange Days (1995)
- The Call (2020)
- The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- The Gorge (2025)
- The Tomorrow War (2021)
- Glass (2019)
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
- Star Trek: Generations (1994)
