Christmas Movies Mount Rushmore

In the ongoing action of combining the birth of Jesus with Americana, I bring you the Christmas Movies Mount Rushmore. As with most of these things, I look to create a foursome that will provide different perspectives on Christmas. It’s why a baseball Mount Rushmore could be Ruth, Bonds, Williams, and Aaron; this list would look to combine what I see as varied selections. Maybe more of a Final Four? And that gives me a chance to provide genre specific runners up.

With that in mind here we go:

RiffTrax: Christmas Circus! w/ Whizzo the Clown

The best of the best as far as the riffing of Christmas goes.

Honorable Mentions: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (both MST3K and Rifftrax), MST3K Santa Claus, Rifftrax Star Wars Holiday Special, Rifftrax Santa’s Summer Home

A Christmas Story

For the earnest list, light comedy, some drama, go with the classic

Honorable Mentions: It’s a Wonderful Life, The Man Who Invented Christmas, Polar Express, Miracle on 34th Street, Die Hard, Christmas in Rome,

Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever

The representative from the off-beat group.

Honorable Mentions: Surviving Christmas, Ernest Saves Christmas, A Very Murray Christmas, Santa with Muscles, Mixed Nuts (Le père Noël est une ordure), Trapped in Paradise,

Scrooged

From the straight up comedy group, the most competition - this is the SEC of the groupings.

Honorable Mentions: It’s a Fred Claus, Christmas Vacation, Klaus, elf, Deck the Halls,

Top Ten style:

A Christmas Story

RiffTrax: Christmas Circus! w/ Whizzo the Clown

Scrooged

Ernest Saves Christmas

MST3K Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

Klaus

Nation Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever

Surviving Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas