A Christmas Carol

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is so...

Runtime

1h 29m

Director

Brian Levant

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided pl...

Runtime

1h 16m

Director

Henry Selick

Cast

Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

John Pasquin

Cast

Tim Allen, Wendy Crewson, Judge Reinhold

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

George Seaton

Cast

Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn

When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee – the unsuspecting, blithesome James – his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Tom Ropelewski

Cast

John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Olympia Dukakis