20 best Christmas movies for adults and children

Soviet Christmas movies

1. Irony of Fate or Enjoy Your Bath

• Romance, comedy.
• USSR, 1975.
• Duration: 184 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,3.

The film pulled in the quotes, and the New Year without "Twist of Fate" is not the New Year. Every December 31 Muscovite Yevgeny Lukashin with friends go to the bathhouse. This time after her drunken protagonist flies to Leningrad instead of a comrade. Waking up in the Leningrad airport, Lukashin takes a taxi and goes on his Moscow address. It turns out that in the northern capital has the same street, the same house and keys Lukashina perfectly suited to the front door. Therefore, the real mistress of the home will be very surprised to find on his couch unexpected guest.

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2. magicians

• Musical, science fiction, romance, comedy.
• USSR, 1982.
• Duration: 160 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

This Christmas kinoskazki filmed on the script Strugatsky brothers and overlaps with their book, "Monday begins on Saturday".

The main action takes place in Kitezhgrad, the Scientific Institute of the extraordinary universal service provider (Nuin). Scientists have completed to develop a magic wand and get ready for its presentation before a special commission. A member of the University Alain Sanin was going to marry Ivan Pukhov of Moscow. But in love with her Nuin deputy director does not want to let go of the girl and weaves intrigue. Alain falls under the evil spell, which could win only true love.

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3. Carnival Night

• Musical, romance, comedy.
• USSR, 1956.
• Duration: 78 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,6.

House of Culture Workers are preparing for the New Year carnival, but also. about. director of the institution offers its concert program consisting of classical music performances and lectures. The heroes have to come up with different tricks to not give up the fun.

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4. This cheerful planet

• Comedy, musical, fantasy.
• USSR, 1973.
• Duration: 94 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

The aliens arrive on Earth and come to celebrate the New Year in one of the research organizations. Aliens nobody notices, because all the participants party dressed in fancy costumes. While the aliens are trying to assert their existence, humans are taught to feel them, to grieve, to love.

5. old New Year

• Comedy.
• USSR, 1980.
• Duration: 138 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,2.

Intellectual Peter Poluorlov disillusioned with life. He understands that a new apartment and wealth - not for the sake of what it cost to live. With similar experiences faced his neighbor, a representative of the working class, Peter Sebeykin. Tired of life will unite the main characters, and together they will decide how to live.

6. zigzag of luck

• Comedy.
• USSR, 1968.
• Duration: 88 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

Photo shop employee Vladimir Oreshnikov wins the loan of 10 thousand rubles. This amount should be enough for a dream come true. But his colleagues also claim to be part of winning, because the money for the purchase of bonds took Oreshnikov of mutual aid. Reconcile a shop employees can only New Year's miracle.

Modern Christmas movies

7. Happy New Year, Mom!

• Comedy.
• Russia, 2012.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

The film consists of five short stories that show the relationship between the characters with mothers. These tapes usually do not claim to be the masterwork. Sentimental stories, famous people in the frame, including Alain Delon, right-set emotional accents is not upside down world of the viewer, but will give the opportunity to have a good time.

8. orphan Kazan

• Romance, comedy.
• Russia, 1997.
• Duration: 82 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,0.

Nastya teacher is not familiar with his father. All that she knows about it, - the name. It publishes in the newspaper the letter which her mother wrote the beloved, but not sent. And on the eve of the New Year to come to her three candidates for the role of her father.

9. Come Look at Me

• Romance, comedy.
• Russia, 2000.
• Duration: 101 min.
• IMDb: 7,4.

Before the New Year elderly Sophia Ivanovna says his only daughter, Tanya alone, that he was going to die. The last 10 years she spent in a wheelchair, and she blames herself that the daughter should take care of it and can not build a private fortune.

Tanya goes on a desperate ploy to please his mother, and in an apartment begin to happen strange things.

10. poor Sasha

• Comedy.
• Russia, 1997.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Burglar Berezkin losing money, which carries on behalf of the mafia boss. To save and restore the missing sum, it penetrates into the apartment a rich banker, where he met with her daughter Sasha. The girl offers him a deal more profitable to rob my mother's bank. As a result, Berezkin get the money, and Sasha return to the family of his mother. So everything should go according to plan. But, of course, the events will unfold is not quite the way it was intended.

11. To me that's what happens

• Drama.
• Russia, 2012.
• Duration: 72 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,3.

Independent film director Victor Shamirova most likely not give a magical New Year's mood, but is suitable for those who want Philosophy reflections on life.

Two brothers - provincial Valentin and successful Muscovite Artem - New Year's Eve they will know that their father is terminally ill. Valentin tries to fly home, as promised to spend the holiday with his family. Artyom is getting ready for corporate Vocal Competition, to impress the boss and move up the career ladder. But the situation gets out of control.

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12. What Men Still Talk About

• Romance, comedy.
• Russia, 2011.
• Duration: 95 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

On the eve of the New Year the company of men is trapped in an office. The friends talking about love, family, and infidelity, male friendship and life problems. In parallel, in the apartment of one of the heroes are preparing for the New Year meeting of their wives, and these scenes you can find out what women say.

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13. Firs

• Comedy.
• Russia, 2010.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,4.

Events of the film take place in 11 cities of Russia. Heroes of eight short stories connected by six degrees of separation, and because of this they are able to create more miracles.

In 2010, it did not promise that the film will turn into an endless franchise with not always successful parts. "Firs" to cope with the problem of the New Year skit, so, if you approach the film without high expectations, you are waiting for 90 minutes the modern Christmas tales.

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14. Family man

• Drama, romance, comedy.
• United States, 2000.
• Duration: 125 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

Bach and big businessman Jack Campbell Christmas Morning finds himself the father of a family, with two children and a dog. His wife - a girl, which he left in his youth, to go up the corporate ladder. Campbell can assess what would have happened if he had not made this decision a long time ago. Christmas and New Year with his family make him rethink his life.

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15. The Holiday

• Romance, comedy.
• United States, 2006.
• Duration: 138 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,9.

Englishwoman Iris Simpkins and American Amanda Woods swap houses on the Christmas and New Year holidays. Iris of the snowy English countryside fall into the warm Southern California, Amanda will be watching not palm trees and snowdrifts. But the vacation will change not only the scenery outside their windows, but also their lives.

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Christmas movies for kids

16. Jack Frost

• Romance, Comedy, Fantasy.
• USSR, 1964.
• Duration: 84 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,0.

Evil stepmother sends her stepdaughter Nastya in the winter forest. So she hopes to get rid of the girl. In the forest meets Nastya old Jack Frost. He rescues her and brings to his tower. At this time the girl is looking for her fiancé, Ivan. Lover to go through many trials to meet again.

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17. Twelve months

• Fantasy.
• USSR, 1973.
• Duration: 135 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,2.

Stepmother before the New Year sends stepdaughter of snowdrops in the woods, to get a reward for the flowers from the capricious queen. Wandering through the snow-covered forest in severe blizzard, stepdaughter saw flame fire, which was brought together 12 months. They decide to help the girl.

18. New Adventures of Masha and Viti

• Fantasy.
• USSR, 1975.
• Duration: 71 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Soviet schoolboy Vitya believes only in scientific and technological progress. His girlfriend Masha believes that miracles happen. Check out their theory they can, when I went to save Snow White from Koshchey Immortal.

19. Snow Fairy tale

• Fantasy.
• USSR, 1959.
• Duration: 68 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,1.

Schoolboy Mitya tells his classmates that he has a magic clock, supposedly they can liven up a snowman and a stop time on the planet. Friends believe Mitya liar, but a fantasy come true: snowman Lolyu turns into a girl, and the clock starts to hunt the old year, which does not want to give his place to the new year.

20. The Snow Queen

• Fantasy.
• USSR, 1966.
• Duration: 85 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,2.

Snow Queen kidnaps the boy Kay and turns his heart to ice. Gerda goes in search of a missing friend. She is waiting for a lot of adventures, fun and dangerous encounters. Though in a fairy tale, and no mention of the New Year, it creates a magical winter atmosphere and tells us that true friendship, courage, and love can be the most important wonders of the world.