Merry Christmas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year. How do you spend your Christmas Eve? Watching iTunes Holiday & Christmas movies with your family is an ideal choice. This article are listed top 10 classic Christmas movies you can rent and purchase from iTunes store.
Top 1. Elf (2003)
Director: Jon Favreau
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: December 5, 2003
iTunes Rental Price: $2.99
iTunes Purchase Price: $9.99
Elf (2003) Movie Summary
One Christmas Eve a long time ago, a baby crawled into Santa's bag of toys... Raised as an elf, Buddy grows into an adult three times larger than the biggest elf--and realizes that he will never truly fit in at the North Pole. This holiday season, Buddy goes looking for his true place in the world--in New York City. Buddy finds his workaholic father…who's on Santa's "naughty" list, a new mother and a 10-year-old brother who doesn't believe in Santa Claus or elves. Here, now, Buddy discovers his destiny…to save Christmas for New York and the world! Starring Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominee Will Ferrell ("Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," TV's "Saturday Night Live"), Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominee James Caan ("The Godfather," "Funny Lady"), Golden Globe-winner and Emmy Award-nominee Bob Newhart (TV's "Newhart," "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde"), Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Edward Asner (TV's "Lou Grant," "JFK"), Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Mary Steenburgen ("The Brave One," "Melvin and Howard") and Zooey Deschanel ("Almost Famous," "Failure to Launch").
Top 2: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: December 1, 1989
iTunes Rental Price: $2.99
iTunes Purchase Price: $14.99
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Movie Summary
The comic misadventures of the beleaguered Griswold family continue in this latest "Vacation" outing, the third and most successful of the series. (Over $71,000,000!) This time America's most dedicated dad (Chevy Chase) is determined to stay at home to create "the most fun-filled old fashioned family Christmas ever" -- but life has a particular way of throwing wet logs on Clark Griswold's fire. Look for Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus (TV's "Seinfeld") in a supporting role. Written by John Hughes ("Home Alone" series).
Top 3: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Director: Ron Howard
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: November 17, 2000
iTunes Rental Price: $2.99
iTunes Purchase Price: $14.99
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie Summary
Discover the magic of the Mean One this holiday season! Oscar-winning director Ron Howard and Oscar®-winning producer Brian Grazer bring Christmas' best-loved grump to life with the help of the irrepressible Jim Carrey as The Grinch. The Grinch is a celebration of the holiday spirit no home should be without! Why is The Grinch (Carrey) such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen) takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and The Grinch's world upside down, inside out…and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas.
Top 4: Home Alone
Director: Chris Columbus
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: November 16, 1990
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Home Alone Movie Summary
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!
Top 5: The Polar Express
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Kids & Family
Release Date: November 10, 2004
iTunes Rental Price: $2.99
iTunes Purchase Price: $7.99
The Polar Express Movie Summary
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
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Top 6: A Christmas Story
Director: Bob Clark
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: November 18, 1983
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iTunes Purchase Price: $9.99
A Christmas Story Movie Summary
Destined to become a holiday classic, this family comedy follows an Indiana schoolboy whose obsession with getting a Red Ryder air rifle for Christmas leads to hilarious consequences. Co-starring Emmy-winner Darren McGavin ("Kolchak: The Night Stalker"). Based upon a true story.
Top 7: The Santa Clause
Director: John Pasquin
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: November 11, 1994
iTunes Rental Price: $2.99
iTunes Purchase Price: $17.99
The Santa Clause Movie Summary
Scott Calvin, is a divorced father whose strained relationship with his son Charlie, begins to mend only after a bizarre twist of fate transforms him into the new Santa. When the current Mr. Claus falls off the roof on Christmas eve, Scott dons Santa's suit, and he and his son are whisked off to the North Pole. There he meets Bernard the head elf, who tells him about the clause, a contract stating that whoever puts on the santa suit must also take on all the responsibilities that go with the position. Scott isn't too thrilled about his sudden career change. Charlie, however, is overjoyed. Over the next 12 months Scott gains an enormous amount of weight and sprouts a full white beard. Though he fights the inevitable, when Christmas eve arrives Scott and Charlie, eight reindeer and the Elf Swat Team strive to make believers of all of us, and in the events that follow, it becomes clear that Scott indeed is the real Santa.
Top 8: It's a Wonderful Life
Director: Frank Capra
Genre: Drama
Release Date: January 7, 1947
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It's a Wonderful Life Movie Summary
George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all – and it’s Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn’t been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?
Top 9: Scrooged
Director: Richard Donner
Genre: Holiday
Release Date: November 23, 1988
iTunes Rental Price: $2.99
iTunes Purchase Price: $9.99
Scrooged Movie Summary
A network TV president is perhaps the most cold-hearted man ever, but his holiday spirit is given a painful booster shot by three vengeful ghosts. In this darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic "A Christmas Carol," Bill Murray portrays Frank Cross, an evil, crass, executive who caters to the lowest-of-the-lowest common denominators, firing people whenever he wants to and for the flimsiest of reasons. Therefore, to change his cruel and tasteless ways, Cross is taken on a trip through his past to his future, accompanied by ghosts David Johansen and Carol Kane, so that he can achieve redemption.
Top 10: Arthur Christmas
Director: Sarah Smith
Genre: Kids & Family
Release Date: November 11, 2011
iTunes Rental Price: $2.99
iTunes Purchase Price: $12.99
Arthur Christmas Movie Summary
Santa and his elite elf team use spy-like stunts to deliver billions of presents to all the world's children in one incredible night. So what does it mean if only one child gets left without a present? Everything! Now it is up to Santa's youngest son Arthur to fix this slip up and make good on the promise of Christmas. With the help of retired Grandsanta and a rebellious young elf, Arthur's on a last-second ride to give the final gift and bring wonder back to the holiday season. Deck the halls with thrills, excitement and fun in this instant Christmas classic!
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