Over the last 20 years, there have been plenty of holiday-themed movies, just as worthy as your Christmas classics like Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Story, and It’s A Wonderful Life.  Rotten Tomatoes released a list of the 25 best modern Christmas classics of all time.

 


As their website explains, “We compiled this list of modern Christmas classics using a very simple set of criteria: the movies had to be about Christmas or set firmly during the holiday; they had to have been released after the year 2000; and they had to have a Fresh score with a minimum of 20 reviews. Some are titles you will no doubt be familiar with, movies from the earlier years of the 21st Century that have already assumed the “classic” label in the ensuing years – we’re looking at you Elf and the ever-divisive Love Actually. Others are Certified Fresh gems that have gone totally under-appreciated in our opinions.”

 

See the top 25 below.

 

No. 25 / The Grinch (60%)

 

No. 24 / Love Actually (64%)

 

No. 23 / Krampus (66%)

 

No. 22 / The Christmas Chronicles (67%)

 

No. 21 / A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (68%)

 

No. 20 / The Night Before (68%)

 

No. 19 / The Best Man Holiday (71%)

 

No. 18 / Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (74%)

 

No. 17 / Happy Christmas (76%)

 

No. 16 / Anna and the Apocalypse (77%)

 

No. 15 / Get Santa (79%)

 

No. 14 / The Man Who Invented Christmas (79%)

 

No. 13 / Bad Santa (79%)

 

No. 12 / Ben Is Back (82%)

 

No. 11 / ELF (84%)

 

No. 10 / Un Conte De Noel (A Christmas Tale) (86%)

 

No. 9 / Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (86%)

 

No. 8 / Better Watch Out (89%)

 

No. 7 / Tokyo Godfathers (90%)

 

No. 6 / Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (90%)

 

No. 5 / Arthur Christmas (92%)

 

No. 4 / Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (90%)

 

No. 3 / Klaus (94%)

 

No. 2 / Carol (94%)

No. 1 / Tangerine (96%)

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