Exciting Christmas Movies 2024

Another exciting season of Christmas is around the corner. Has the festive vibe hit you already? The jingle bells, decorations, parties, sugar candies and gifts… isn’t the mood of the holiday season so amazing? Without watching one or two Christmas movies, the festive ambiance won’t be complete. If you have not thought about which movie to watch, here are a few Christmas movies suggestions. When you are spending a quiet evening with your family, watching one of these Christmas movies would be a lovely idea.

That Christmas

Year: 2024
Duration: 1h 36m
Language: English
Director: Simon Otto
Imdb: 6.8
Genre: Animated

‘Christmas is a bit like an emotional magnifying glass. If you feel loved and happy, Christmas will make you feel even happier and more loved. But if you feel alone and unloved, the magnifier gets to work and makes all those things bigger and worse’. Thus, the Santa’s monologue goes on even as the story develops in his narration. It is all about the town of Wellington in England and its people. The young and old alike, everyone is gearing up for a great time during Christmas. It is December 24^th. Everyone thinks things are clearing up and as expected there is no blizzard hitting them. But bad news awaits them. There are dark clouds on the horizon. The big blizzard is heading South and it is getting worse. Unaware of what is going to hit them, the townsfolks are busy with Christmas preparations. Santa, Danny, Sam, Charlie and everyone have plans, just that…

Merry Christmas

Year: 2024
Duration: 2h 25m
Language: Tamil and Hindi
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Katrina Kaif, Radhika Apte and others
Imdb: 6.9

Story of Albert and Maria unwrap in Mumbai when it was called Bombay. On a Christmas eve, Albert is faced with a strange request by a stranger in a restaurant. He obliges and communicates the message by the stranger to Maria and that is how they meet. They meet again the same night in a movie theatre. Their interaction reveals a little bit about each of them. More of it is talked about when Albert is invited over to Maria’s home. Later that night, the favour is returned and Maria is invited over to Albert’s home. Either of them enjoys each other’s company and seems to have gone on a happy time travelling. It is almost time for Santa to come. Hence, Maria welcomes Albert to wait a little longer to see him together. But reaching back her flat, they have an unpleasant surprise. Behind the scenes of Christmas, twists and surprises await Albert who himself has a shadowy past. If you are looking for one of the suspense-wrapped Christmas movies, here it is.

An Almost Christmas Story

Year: 2024
Duration: 2h 25m
Language: English
Director: David Lowery
Imdb: 7.1
Genre: Animated

Have you ever wondered what makes a Christmas story a Christmas story? This story begins in a forest. Moon, a young owl, is ambushed by a predator. His papa comes to his aid and asks him to stay put in a tree. Unfortunately for Moon, the tree is felled and transported to Rockefeller Plaza in New Year. For Moon it is a new kind of ‘forest’. Lost and wanting to return home for Christmas, he comes across three pigeons, Peaky, Punt, and Pat and Dave the dog. Luna, a lost girl in the city also becomes friendly with Moon. The pigeons being city birds try to scare Moon away initially. That is when he meets Luna again at a subway where she is lost. Thus, two unlikely friends meet and explore the city with each other’s company. Soon enough, the pigeons also join them with an offer to help. And both Moon and Luna reach where they want to.

Red One

Year: 2024
Duration: 2h 25m
Language: English
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans and others
Imdb: 6.8

Tradition, sentiments, spirit of Christmas, animation, action, deception and peace, it is all packed in Red One. Prologue of the movie shows an unassuming Jack hacking into information pertaining to Santa. In today’s world, there is so much bad behaviour as noticed by Callum, Head of Sant’s security details. However, Sants is optimistic and they want to do a last ride this Christmas for kids. But the night is different at North Pole’s secret location. Santa, the Red One is kidnapped on the Christmas eve. Without much delay Jack is traced and captured. Soon, Jack realizes Santa and his MORA team are not a story. In turn, the security team director Zoe learns, Jack is skilled enough to locate anything in the world. Now, they have little option other than to team up with him to locate Santa. Initially reluctant, but Callum joins forces with Jack to find the Red One. It is almost Christmas day and they have just hours left to complete the action-packed, fun-filled task.

Tikdam

Year: 2024
Duration: 1h 57m
Language: Hindi
Director: Vivek Anchalia
Cast: Aarohi, Arisht, Divyansh and others
Imdb: 7.8

It is the story of little Cheeni who wonders why people leave small, beautiful villages to cities. Such information is fed to her by Bhanu, her brother Samay’s best friend. The three are always together. Samay and Cheeni’s family consists of their father Prakash, a simpleton, and their grandparents. Their mom passed away. Like many from their village, Prakash also plans to move to Mumbai when he gets a big offer. Now, that means, Samay and Cheeni can get new shoes and toys and even go for school picnic. Nonetheless, without papa in the house, Cheeni is always sad. For any problems in their lives, it is always Bhanu who helps them with ideas. Now they want him to find an idea to stop their papa from leaving them to go to the city. With a dose of family and social values, friendship, lessons on honesty and simplicity, it is a movie that can be added to your Christmas movies list.

It is a short list of Christmas movies. You are welcome to add more to the list and enjoy a beautiful season of Christmas. The Norwegian movie, Snow Sister, the Italian movie, Ten minutes, Spanish movie, La Casa or the Icelandic movie, Odd Fish can be a few other options.

Merry Christmas!