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1980s Christmas Movies

Public list by WPS with 25 movies or TV shows/series

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Die Hard(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 11min | Action, Thriller
3.9/5 (with 4,953 votes)

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

Rocky IV(1985)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 31min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1,868 votes)

Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.

Mickey's Christmas Carol(1983)

3.8/5 (with 382 votes)

Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.

Directed by Burny Mattinson

A Christmas Story(1983)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 536 votes)

The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.

A Christmas Carol(1984)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 41min | Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 141 votes)

A bitter old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.

Santa Claus: The Movie(1985)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 48min | Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure
3.2/5 (with 108 votes)

The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the head elf, strikes out on his own and falls in with an evil toy manufacturer who wants to corner the market and eliminate Santa Claus.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence(1983)

2h 4min | Drama, History, War
3.7/5 (with 186 votes)

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.

Fanny and Alexander(1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 3h 8min | Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
3.9/5 (with 327 votes)

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.

One Magic Christmas(1985)

2.9/5 (with 40 votes)

Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.

Vice Versa(1988)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 38min | Comedy, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 85 votes)

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

Trancers(1984)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 17min | Science Fiction, Crime
3.0/5 (with 76 votes)

Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the ancestors of the future's governing council.

Prancer(1989)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 39min | Kids & Family, Drama, Fantasy
3.0/5 (with 38 votes)

Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town. She hides the reindeer in her barn and feeds it cookies, until she can return it to Santa. Her father finds the reindeer an decides to sell it to the butcher, not for venison chops, but as an advertising display.

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Babes in Toyland(1986)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 20min | Kids & Family, Fantasy, Drama, TV Movie, Adventure, Music
2.9/5 (with 36 votes)

11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.

A Garfield Christmas Special(1987)

3.6/5 (with 29 votes)

Garfield, Jon and Odie go to Jon's family farm for Christmas, where Garfield finds a present for Grandma.

Directed by Phil Roman - With Lorenzo Music

He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special(1985)

3.5/5 (with 19 votes)

In this special Christmas episode of the He-Man and She-Ra cartoons, their sidekick Orko accidentally gets beamed to Earth during a test of a new spy satellite. Orko manages to get back Planet Eternia, but brings along two Earth children, Alisha and Manuel, with him. Since it's Christmastime on Earth, the kids are naturally filled with the holiday spirit, but this overflowing goodwill attracts the unwelcome attention of the Horde Prime and Skeletor. Will the combined power of He-Man, She-Ra and the spirit of Christmas be enough to stop them?

Nutcracker: The Motion Picture(1986)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 29min | Kids & Family, Fantasy, Music
3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children's story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story. A lavish, exciting and heart-warming celebration of dance, of music, and of life. Based upon the Pacific Northwest Ballet's original production.

Directed by Carroll Ballard

A Smoky Mountain Christmas(1986)

1h 34min | Music, Fantasy, TV Movie
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.

Directed by Henry Winkler - With Dolly Parton

Roots: The Gift(1988)

1h 33min | Drama, History, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.

Directed by Kevin Hooks - With LeVar Burton

Christmas Mountain(1981)

4.4/5 (with 2 votes)

A cowboy comes to a town at Christmas time. He eats at a cafe but was unable to pay for his meal, so the owner throws him in jail. The town wants to alleviate their guilt over a Mexican family, who has pregnant woman with them, who lives on top of a mountain called Christmas mountain. They bail out the cowboy and tells to bring some old clothes and food to them. While there the young boy of the family feels sorry for him and prays that god will send him some help. It comes in the form of an old friend of his who died years ago. He tells him that he is not exactly living a proper life but he has a chance to turn things around, first by telling the townsfolk that their so called charity towards the Mexicans is not enough.

Directed by Pierre De Moro - With Mark Miller, Slim Pickens

The Christmas Toy(1986)

3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

It's Christmas Eve and the playroom is alive with excitement for the new toys that will arrive the next day. Balthazar, the old and wise bear, explains to the other toys that they must welcome the newcomers even though each of them may be replaced as one of the children's new favorite toys.

The Man from Majorca(1984)

1h 47min | Thriller, Crime, Action
3.3/5 (with 14 votes)

In the aftermath of a daring post office robbery on Saint Lucy’s Day, two Stockholm vice cops venture into a world of corruption, cover-ups and murder stretching across all levels of society, from the streets to the government.

The Little Troll Prince(1987)

3.6/5 (with 11 votes)

A little troll prince escapes his kingdom, perched atop a tall mountain in Norway, for the human world, where a family teaches him the true meaning of Christmas.

Directed by Ray Patterson

Mr. Krueger's Christmas(1980)

3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

Willy Krueger, a lonely and aging widower, lives in a basement apartment with only his cat George for company. Finishing his work for the day as the custodian for the building, he ventures out on Christmas Eve to buy a tree and on the way, he imagines he is a well-dressed gentleman while peering at some fine tailoring in a shop window along the snowy street. Returning home, he falls asleep listening to an LP by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, dreaming that he is conducting them in carols of the season. Awakening to find some carollers outside his window, he beckons them to visit him offering hot chocolate, but they leave after only one song. In trimming the tree, he places upon it the mittens left behind by Clarissa, the youngest of the carolling group. Handling figures of the small nativity beneath his tree, Willy finds himself in the manger for the very first Christmas.

Directed by Kieth Merrill - With James Stewart

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear(1984)

1h 37min | TV Movie, Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

A man suddenly dies and makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas, to show his grandson what a real white Christmas in New York is like.

Directed by Peter H. Hunt - With Mickey Rooney

Unnikrishnante Adyathe Christmas(1988)

1h 34min | Drama

Sophia has an argument with her parents over her marriage and leaves the house. Her parents seek the help of her close friend, Unnikrishnan, in getting her back in the house.

Directed by Kamal - With Jayaram, Sumalata
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