The year’s almost nearing to an end and Christmas is right at the door. With plenty of plans and activities planned out, you’ll probably be on a schedule too tight to let go and just lay back on the couch. Here’s the thing though, you do need some real quality time in Christmas with your loved ones and one of the best things you can do for that is this - Sit down with them and go over this list of top 20 Christmas movies and pick out the best Christmas movies that suit your interests. You’ll have a really wonderful time worth looking back on in the years to come.

We have picked these out on the basis of the list of movies most frequently mentioned on the web by google. They’re sorted out according to the IMDb rating they received.

Movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Released Year: (2005)
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime
Duration: 103 min
Director: Shane Black
Writers: Brett Halliday (novel), Shane Black (screen story)
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan
Synopsis: A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor.

Movie: Love Actually
Released Year: (2003)
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Duration: 135 min
Director: Richard Curtis
Writer: Richard Curtis
Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson
Synopsis: Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Movie: Bad Santa
Released Year: (2003)
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama
Duration: 91 min
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Writers: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham
Synopsis: A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.

Movie: Arthur Christmas
Released Year: (2011)
IMDb Rating: 7.1/10
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Drama
Duration: 97 min
Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Writers: Peter Baynham (screenplay), Sarah Smith (screenplay)
Stars: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy
Synopsis: Santa's clumsy son Arthur gets put on a mission with St. Nick's father to give out a present they misplaced to a young girl in less than 2 hours.

Movie: The Holiday
Released Year: (2006)
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Duration: 138 min
Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law
Synopsis: Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

Movie: Elf
Released Year: (2003)
IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Duration: 97 min
Director: Jon Favreau
Writer: David Berenbaum
Stars: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart
Synopsis: After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity.

Movie: A Christmas Carol
Released Year: (2009)
IMDb Rating: 6.8/10
Genre: Animation | Drama | Family
Duration: 96 min
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Charles Dickens (novel), Robert Zemeckis (screenplay)
Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Synopsis: An animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.

Movie: Rare Exports
Released Year: (2010)
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Adventure | Fantasy | Horror
Duration: 84 min
Director: Jalmari Helander
Writers: Jalmari Helander, Jalmari Helander (based on the original idea by)
Stars: Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila
Synopsis: In the depths of the Korvatunturi Mountains, 486 metres deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up! This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.

Movie: The Family Man
Released Year: (2000)
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Duration: 125 min
Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: David Diamond, David Weissman
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle
Synopsis: A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and wife.

Movie: The Polar Express
Released Year: (2004)
IMDb Rating: 6.6/10
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Family
Duration: 100 min
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Chris Van Allsburg (book), Robert Zemeckis (screenplay)
Stars: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter
Synopsis: On Christmas Eve, a doubting boy boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus' home.

Movie: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Released Year: (2011)
IMDb Rating: 6.3/10
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 90 min
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Writers: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Stars: Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris
Synopsis: Six years after their Guantanamo Bay adventure, stoner buds Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down Harold's father-in-law's prize Christmas tree.

Movie: This Christmas
Released Year: (2007)
IMDb Rating: 6.1/10
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Duration: 117 min
Director: Preston A. Whitmore II
Writer: Preston A. Whitmore II
Stars: Regina King, Columbus Short, Delroy Lindo
Synopsis: A Christmastime drama centered on the Whitfield family's first holiday together in four years.

Movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Released Year: (2000)
IMDb Rating: 6.0/10
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy Duration: 104 min
Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Dr. Seuss (book), Jeffrey Price (screenplay)
Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley
Synopsis: A creature is intent on stealing Christmas.

Movie: Four Christmases
Released Year: (2008)
IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance Duration: 88 min
Director: Seth Gordon
Writers: Matt Allen (screenplay), Caleb Wilson (screenplay)
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Mary Steenburgen
Synopsis: A couple struggles to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.

Movie: Fred Claus
Released Year: (2007)
IMDb Rating: 5.6/10
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Duration: 116 min
Director: David Dobkin
Writers: Dan Fogelman (screenplay), Jessie Nelson (story)
Stars: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks
Synopsis: Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is for
ced to move to the North Pole.

Movie: The Santa Clause 2
Released Year: (2002)
IMDb Rating: 5.5/10
Genre: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Duration: 104 min
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writers: Don Rhymer (screenplay), Cinco Paul (screenplay)
Stars: Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Elizabeth Mitchell
Synopsis: Scott Calvin has been a humble Santa Claus for nearly ten years, but it might come to an end if he doesn't find a Mrs. Claus.

Movie: Surviving Christmas
Released Year: (2004)
IMDb Rating: 5.2/10
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Duration: 91 min
Director: Mike Mitchell
Writers: Deborah Kaplan (story), Harry Elfont (story)
Stars: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini
Synopsis: A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.

Movie: Christmas with the Kranks
Released Year: (2004)
IMDb Rating: 5.1/10
Genre: Comedy | Family
Duration: 99 min
Director: Joe Roth
Writers: John Grisham (novel), Chris Columbus (screenplay)
Stars: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
Synopsis: With their daughter away, the Kranks decide to skip Christmas altogether until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate the holiday at the last minute.

Movie: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Released Year: (2006)
IMDb Rating: 4.6/10
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Family
Duration: 97 min
Director: Michael Lembeck
Writers: Ed Decter, John J. Strauss
Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell
Santa, aka Scott Calvin, is faced with double-duty: how to keep his new family happy, and how to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

Movie: A Madea Christmas
Released Year: (2013)
IMDb Rating: 4.3/10
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Duration: 100 min
Director: Tyler Perry
Writers: Tyler Perry (screenplay), Tyler Perry (based on the stage play "A Madea Christmas" written by)
Stars: Tyler Perry, Chad Michael Murray, Tika Sumpter
Synopsis: Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas.

This Christmas movies list will make a sit-and-watch worth a memory in Christmas. You’ll find drama, comedy, adventure, romance, fantasy and more to make the holidays a time which marks the year off with a smile!