Christmas movies

HOLIDAY INN

Directed by: 

Mark Sandrich

Starring: 

Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel

Country: 

USA

• opening credits
• “The End”

CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT

Directed by: 

Peter Godfrey

Starring: 

Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet

Studio: 

Warner Bros. Pictures

Country: 

USA

• opening credits
• “The End”

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Directed by: 

Frank Capra

Starring: 

James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell

Studio: 

Liberty Films

Country: 

USA

• opening credits
• “The End”

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET

Directed by: 

George Seaton

Starring: 

Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood

Studio: 

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Country: 

USA

• opening credits
• “The End”
• trailer typography

SCROOGE

Directed by: 

Brian Desmond Hurst

Starring: 

Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns

Country: 

UK

• opening credits
• “The End”

WHITE CHRISTMAS

Directed by: 

Michael Curtiz

Starring: 

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney

Studio: 

Paramount Pictures

Country: 

USA

• opening credits
• “The End”

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

Directed by: 

Larry Roemer

Starring: 

Burl Ives, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Soles

Studio: 

Rankin/Bass Productions

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!

Directed by: 

Chuck Jones

Starring: 

Boris Karloff

Studio: 

The Cat in the Hat Productions

Country: 

USA

SCROOGE

Directed by: 

Ronald Neame

Starring: 

Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Michael Medwin

Country: 

UK

• opening credits

Title design: 

Ronald Searle

BLACK CHRISTMAS

Directed by: 

Bob Clark

Starring: 

Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS

Directed by: 

Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

Starring: 

Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn

Studio: 

Rankin/Bass Productions

Country: 

USA

LE PÈRE NOËL EST UNE ORDURE

Directed by: 

Jean-Marie Poiré

Starring: 

Anémone, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte

Country: 

France

• opening credits

Title design: 

Euro-titres

A CHRISTMAS STORY

Directed by: 

Bob Clark

Starring: 

Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Scott Schwartz

Studio: 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

Title design: 

Film Opticals Canada

SANTA CLAUS

Directed by: 

Jeannot Szwarc

Starring: 

Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith, Judy Cornwell

Country: 

UK, USA

• opening credits

SCROOGED

Directed by: 

Richard Donner

Starring: 

Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Robert Mitchum

Studio: 

Paramount Pictures, Mirage Productions

Country: 

USA

• opening credits
• trailer title

Title design: 

Anthony Goldschmidt

Fonts used: 

Egyptienne

CHRISTMAS VACATION

Directed by: 

Jeremiah S. Chechik

Starring: 

Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Randy Quaid

Studio: 

Warner Bros. Pictures

Country: 

USA

Title design: 

Ralph Eggleston

HOME ALONE

Directed by: 

Chris Columbus

Starring: 

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, John Candy

Studio: 

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

Title design: 

R/Greenberg Associates

THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

Directed by: 

Brian Henson

Starring: 

Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire

Studio: 

Walt Disney Pictures

Country: 

USA

• opening credits
• “The End”

Title design: 

Burke Mattsson

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Directed by: 

Henry Selick

Starring: 

Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara

Studio: 

Touchstone Pictures

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

Title design: 

Burke Mattsson

THE SANTA CLAUSE

Directed by: 

John Pasquin

Starring: 

Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Peter Boyle

Studio: 

Walt Disney Pictures

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

Title design: 

Deborah Ross

Fonts used: 

Murray Hill

JINGLE ALL THE WAY

Directed by: 

Brian Levant

Starring: 

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, James Belushi

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

Title design: 

Nina Saxon

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS

Directed by: 

Ron Howard

Starring: 

Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor

Studio: 

Universal Pictures

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

Title design: 

Anthony Goldschmidt

BAD SANTA

Directed by: 

Terry Zwigoff

Starring: 

Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly

Studio: 

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Country: 

USA

Title design: 

Deborah Ross

Fonts used: 

Bodega Sans

ELF

Directed by: 

Jon Favreau

Starring: 

Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Edward Asner

Country: 

USA

• title sequence
• “The End”

Title design: 

Chiodo Brothers Productions, Inc.

Fonts used: 

Curlz

FRED CLAUS

Directed by: 

David Dobkin

Starring: 

Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Rachel Weisz, Kevin Spacey

Studio: 

Warner Bros. Pictures

Country: 

USA

Title design: 

Prologue Films

Fonts used: 

Futura

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Directed by: 

Robert Zemeckis

Starring: 

Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright, Bob Hoskins

Studio: 

Walt Disney Pictures

Country: 

USA

• opening credits

RARE EXPORTS

Directed by: 

Jalmari Helander

Starring: 

Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Tommi Korpela

Studio: 

Filmpool Nord

Country: 

Finland

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

Directed by: 

Sarah Smith, Barry Cook

Starring: 

James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Eva Longoria, Michael Palin, Joan Cusack

Studio: 

Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation

Country: 

USA

Title design: 

Matt Curtis

A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS

Directed by: 

Todd Strauss-Schulson

Starring: 

Patton Oswalt, Isabella Gielniak, Kal Penn

Studio: 

New Line Cinema

Country: 

USA

THE NIGHT BEFORE

Directed by: 

Jonathan Levine

Starring: 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Shannon

Country: 

USA

• opening credits