Holiday Movies

Get in the holiday spirit with these films that are about, or take place at, Christmas.  Ho, Ho, Ho.

	3 Godfathers After robbing a bank in Arizona, three bandits take off across the desert with Sheriff Buck Sweet in pursuit. The bandits discover a dying woman about to give birth in an abandoned wagon, and they promise to take her baby to the town of New Jerusalem. Directed by John Ford. Starring John Wayne. NR
	All I Want for Christmas A young girl wants to reunite her divorced parents during the holidays. Determined to carry out her plan, she seeks out the Santa Claus at Macy's to tell him what she truly hopes for. Directed by Robert Lieberman. Starring Lauren Bacall, Leslie Nielsen, & Ethan Embry. G
	Babes in Toyland (1961) Santa Claus's incompetent assistants accidentally make some giant wooden soldiers, which come in useful when a villain tries to take over Toyland. Directed by Jack Donohue. Starring Annette Funicello, Ray Bolger, & Tommy Sands. NR
	Babes in Toyland (1997) It's two days before Christmas, and the Toyland Toy Factory has just received its biggest order ever. But the evil Barnaby, who doesn't believe in toys, has plans to shut the factory down and spoil the holiday for everyone. Now it's up to Toyland 's most recent arrivals, young Jack and his sister Jill, to help their newfound friends Tom Tailor, Mary Lamb, Humpty Dumpty and the rest of Toyland stop Barnaby's plot and save Christmas. Animated. Directed by Paul Sabella. Produced by MGM/UA. Animated. G
	The Bells of St. Mary's Parish priest Father O'Malley is sent to revive the financially ailing parochial school St . Mary's. The easy-going O'Malley is immediately at odds with no-nonsense Sister Benedict on how to educate children. Beyond their delightful battle of wits lies a bigger problem. The skinflint businessman next door wants St . Mary's condemned. Only a miracle can save it now. Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring Bing Crosby & Ingrid Bergman. Sequel to Going My Way. NR
	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever The Herdmans kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and are the nastiest, dirtiest kids you could ever meet. And they've just decided they belong in this year's Christmas pageant . But the town thinks they belong in the care of the local police. When the curtain finally goes up, a miracle begins - and it turns into the best Christmas pageant ever. Directed by Richard Crick & George Schaefer. Starring Loretta Switt & Jackson Davies. Based on the book The Best Christmas Pagaeant Ever by Barbara Robinson. NR
	Bishop's Wife, The Heavenly bells are ringing, jubilant choirs are singing and Christas joy is blanketing the world like freshly fallen snow. But the Yuletide spirit has yet to warm Bishop Henry Brougham's Victorian home. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his loving wife Julia, and now only divine intervention can save their marriage. But the powerful and handsome angel sent from above has a mind of his own - and teaching mortal Henry an immortal lesson in romance isn't all he's got planned. Directed by Henry Koster. Starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, & David Niven. NR
	Blackadder's Christmas Carol Pleasent Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants. Directed by Richard Boden. Starring Rowen Atkinson. Inspired by A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NR
	A Charlie Brown Christmas 'Tis the season to be jolly, but Charlie Brown , feeling that the Christmas message is lost amid all the seasonal glitter, has the blues. Psychiatrist Lucy suggests a cure: get involved with the Christmas play! Directed by Bill Melendez.  Produced by Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Productions. Animated. NR
	Christmas Carol, A (1938) On Christmas Eve, a despicable miser is visited by three spirits who show him visions of Christmases past, present, and future. He is totally changed by these experiences and becomes cheerful and benevolent. Directed by Edwin L. Marin. Starring Reginald Owen & Gene Lockhart. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NR
	A Christmas Carol AKA Scrooge (1951) On Christmas Eve, a despicable miser is visited by three spirits who show him visions of Christmases past, present, and future. He is totally changed by these experiences and becomes cheerful and benevolent. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Starring Alastair Sim. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NR
	A Christmas Carol (1972) Haunted by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, and seeing life through the perpetual kindness of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, Scrooge learns the true understanding and appreciation of Christmas , family, friendship and love to one and all. Directed by Richard Williams. Produced by Richard Williams Productions. Animated. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NR
	A Christmas Carol (1984) Made for television version of the Dickens classic. An old man who hates Christmas is taught the true meaning and spirit of the holiday by ghosts who show him his own past and present. He is also shown what the future holds for him if he does not change his ways. Directed by Clive Donner. Starring George C. Scott. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NR
	A Christmas Carol (1997) The miser Scrooge finds his view on Christmas changed after visits from three ghosts. Directed by Stan Phillips. Animated. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. PG
	A Christmas Carol (1999) Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. Patrick Stewart stars as Scrooge in this brilliant presentation of Charles Dickens' holiday classic the most heartwarming, compelling and powerful adaptation ever filmed. Directed by David Hugh Jones. Starring Patrick Stewart. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NR
	Christmas Carol: The Movie Scrooge is a cynical old man whose greatest concern is money. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner, who arranges for Scrooge to be visited by three spirits. Begins with a sequence set in 1857, the site of a live reading by the renowned Dickens. As he begins his story a woman screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points out that his story begins with a mouse. Dickens explains that the mouse, named Gabriel, carries a glimmer of hope amidst the glaring co-existence of rich and poor in the streets of London. Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami. Produced by Murakami/Wolf Productions. Animated. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. NR
	The Christmas Gift A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone belives in Santa Claus. Directed by Michael Pressman. Starring John Denver. NR
	Christmas in Connecticut (1945) In her popular column for "Smart Housekeeping," Elizabeth Lane provides the festive recipes America cooks, reveals the secret homemaking hints America follows. But there's one closely guarded secret Elizabeth could never reveal: she would need a recipe just to boil water. Elizabeth has no culinary expertise, no lush Connecticut farm, no adoring hubby and no baby-makes-three that her column so lavishly details. She better get them. Because Elizabeth's boss has invited himself and a recently returned war hero to her home for Christmas. Directed by Peter Godfrey. Starring Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan. NR
	Christmas in Connecticut (1992) A popular TV personality who is supposed to be an expert homemaker, is forced to entertain a hero for the holidays. Directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Starring Dyan Cannon & Kris Kristofferson. NR
	The Christmas Stallion When her grandfather dies right before Christmas , sixteen-year-old Gwen is left with only an estranged uncle and a stallion named Mabon. Directed by Peter Edwards. Starring Daniel J. Travanti, Lynette Davies, & Sian MacLean. NR
	A Christmas Story In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle. But when his gruff dad and doting mom respond with, "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale, hint-dropping, Santa-begging campaign. Directed by Bob Clark. Starring Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, & Peter Billingsley. Based on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd. PG
	Christmas Wife, The Recently widowed John Tanner, not wanting to spend Christmas alone, decides to seek companionship through a "social introductions" agency. He meets Iris who, though shy and reserved, agrees to join him. Soon a warm relationship develops, but there is a secret side to Iris that, when revealed, will change both their lifes forever. Directed by David Hugh Jones. Starring Jason Robards & Julie Harris. NR
	Die Hard Tough New York cop John McClane finds himself in a tight situation when an office building in Los Angeles is taken over by terrorists. Apart from himself, everyone else in the building - including his wife - is held at gunpoint while their captors spell out their demands. The FBI are called in to survey the situation, but McClane has other plans for the terrorists. Directed by John McTiernan. Starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, & Bonnie Bedelia. Based on the book Nothing Lasts Forever  by Roderick Thorpe. R
	Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) Every Who down in Who-ville liked Christmas a lot - but the Grinch who lived just north of Who-ville did not. So the "cuddly as a cactus" Grinch (with "termites in his smile" and "garlic in his soul") tries to wipe out Christmas for the cheerful Who-villians. Directed by Chuck Jones & Ben Washam. Produced by MGM Television. Animated. Based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. NR
	Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Kermit the Frog narrates this tale featuring lovable new Muppet characters and original music from Paul Williams. Struggling to make ends meet, Mrs. Otter and her son, Emmet , face yet another bleak Christmas until Emmet secretly decides to enter Frog Town Hollow's first annual talent contest on Christmas Eve. However, Emmet faces some hilarious and unexpectedly tough competition for the prize money. Directed by Jim Henson. Produced by CBC & Henson Associates. Based on Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas by Russell & Lillian Hoban. NR
	Father Christmas When Frosty the snowman is accidently brought to life, he has several adventures and must outwit the plans of an evil magician in order to find safety at the North Pole. Directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr. Produced by Blooming Productions. Based on the book Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs. NR
	Frosty the Snowman Exhausted from his annual exertions, Father Christmas decides to convert his sleigh to a camper and go on holiday. Directed by Dave Unwin. Produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. NR
	Ghostbusters II The Ghostbusters team regroup when the infant son of single mother Dana Barrett becomes the target of a demonic force. They must put a stop to an enormous underground river of slime ready to rot the roots of the Big Apple. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Starring Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd, Sigorney Weaver, & Harold Ramis. PG
	Going My Way When young Father O'Malley arrives to join the congregation at an old established church, things get complicated. St. Dominic's crusty old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of O'Malley or his ideas. These two priests simply can't agree. But when O'Malley's fresh methods succeed in reaching out to the neighborhood's toughest kids the community starts to change. The neighborhood becomes dearer to their souls. Directed by Leo McCarey. Starring Bing Crosby & Barry Fitzgerald. Sequel: The Bells of St. Mary's NR
	Heidi (1937) Story of a girl sent to live with her hermit grandfather in the Alps, where her influence reconciles her grandfather to the town. Then her aunt takes her away from the grandfather she has come to love, to live in Frankfurt as the companion of a crippled girl whom Heidi encourages to try walking again. Directed by Allan Dwan. Starring Shirley Temple & Jean Hersholt. Based on the book Heidi by Johanna Spyri. G
	Heidi (1952) The classic story of a little orphaned mountain girl living in the Alps with her grandfather. She is taken by her aunt into the city for a fine education and to be a playmate to her crippled cousin. A bit overwhelmed with it all, Heidi has a wonderful emotional adventure in growing up. Directed by Luigi Comencini. Starring Elsbeth Sigmund & Heinrich Gretler. Based on the book Heidi by Johanna Spyri. NR
	Heidi (1968) A Swiss orphan must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Directed by Delbert Mann. Starring Maximilian Schell & Jennifer Edwards. Based on the book Heidi by Johanna Spyri. NR
	Heidi (1993) After charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair. But the big city drains Heidi 's energy and spirit. Torn between her new friendship and her memory of life in the Alps, Heidi faces a difficult decision. And in time, she follows her heart and finds a miracle. Directed by Michael Ray Rhodes. Starring Jason Robards & Noley Thornton. Based on the book Heidi by Johanna Spyri. NR
	Holiday Affair Two very different suitors compete for the love of a young widow during the Christmas holiday season. Directed by Don Hartman. Starring Robert Mitchum, Janet Leigh, & Wendell Corey. NR
	Holiday Inn This is the film where audiences first heard the now classic song "White Christmas." The song is the climax of this amusing story is about two talented pals, a singer and a dancer, who find themselves competing for the affections of an attractive lady. Other delightful music includes "Be Careful, It's My Heart" and "Easter Parade." Directed by Mark Sandrich. Starring Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire. Related to White Christmas. NR
	Home Alone Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin McCallister gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them. Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, & Daniel Stern. PG
	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City - with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York, too, plotting a huge holiday heist. Kevin's ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget. Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, & Daniel Stern. PG
	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Why is the Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and the Grinch 's world upside down, inside out... and funny side up in her search for the true meaning of Christmas. Directed by Ron Howard. Starring Jim Carrey. Based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. PG
	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Eight-year-old Justin is in one of the top spots on Santa 's holidy gift list. He's a model student, sweet natured, and, unlike his buddy Bobby, impeccably mannered. What is he to make of a smooch-filled encounter between his mom and a red-suited fellow? He reports this indiscretion to Bobby, who advises him to change his goody two-shoes ways quick, before Santa kicks off his snow boots and tries to slip into his dad's shoes. Directed by John Shipphird. Starring Connie Sellecca & Corbin Bernsen. NR
	I'll Be Home for Christmas Jake Wilkinson a wheeling, dealing, self-centered college student, has one thing on his mind - get home for Christmas dinner or forfeit the vintage Porsche his father promised him. Just days before his deadline, Jake awakens in the California desert - stranded and penniless, wearing a Santa suit and a white beard glued to his face! Desperate to claim his gift, he flies, crawls, cons, races, bullies and even sleighs his way east. But his nonstop mission turns into a nonstop comedy of errors as a multitude of colorful and offbeat strangers look to "Santa" for help and kindness. The closer Jake gets to home , the closer he gets to the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of family. Directed by Arlene Sanford. Starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas. PG
	It's a Wonderful Life A man is prevented from committing suicide by an elderly angel who takes him back through his life to see what good he has done and how the world would be if he had not been born. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring James Stewart & Donna Reed. NR
	Jingle All the Way Howard Langston has promised his young son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas, unaware it's the season's hottest-selling toy. And so begins a frenzied quest that pits Howard against a stressed-out mailman, a sleazy Santa impersonator and every other harried parent in town. Directed by Brian Levant. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. PG
	Lemon Drop Kid, The A racetrack betting tipster at a Florida racetrack offers some "good advice" and lives to regret it. It's his money or his life when mobster Moose Moran gives him until Christmas to make up a $10,000 error. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Starring Bob Hope. NR
	The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus Long ago, a beautiful wood nymph found a baby abandoned at the edge of an enchanted forest. He grew up to be Santa Claus and discovered his life 's work of making children happy. See him overcome obstacles and evil and why toys, stockings, trees, reindeer and a sleigh are associated with Christmas. Directed by Glen Hill. Produced by Mike Young Productions. Animated. NR
	The Little Drummer Boy In this touching Christmas classic, a young, orphaned drummer boy is kidnapped by an evil man. After he escapes, he searches for his camel and finds him in the manger of the baby Jesus. Having no gift for the baby Jesus, he gives the only thing he has - a song on his drum. And yet, it is the only gift to which the baby Jesus responds. Directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr. Animated. Based upon "The Little Drummer Boy " by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone. NR
	The Little Drummer Boy Book II Another delightful tale about the title character of the classic Christmas song. Directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin. Produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. Animated. NR
	The Man Who Came to Dinner While on a lecture tour in the midwest, an acid-tongued radio celebrity and his secretary accept a dinner invitation from an ordinary, all-American family. Unfortunately, he breaks his hip and must move in to recuperate -- bringing his eccentric lifestye and oddball friends into their well-ordered lives. Directed by William Keighley. Starring Bette Davis & Ann Sheridan. Based on the play The Many Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart. NR
	Meet John Doe Reporter sends faked letter to newspaper, purportedly from man planning to commit suicide. When it creates a sensation, newspaper gets down-and-out fellow to pose as the letter-writer, and he becomes the flagbearer of the common man. Directed by Frank Capra. Starring Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck. NR
	Meet Me in St. Louis The entire Smith family is crushed to learn that father has accepted a transfer to New York City. Leaving friends and most of all missing the upcoming 1903 St . Louis World's Fair is painful. The ending makes an unforgettable, heartwarming movie. Songs in this musical include "The Trolley Song," "Boy Next Door," "Have Yourself a Merry Christmas." Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Starring Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, & Mary Astor. Based on the book by Sally Benson. NR
	Mickey's Christmas Carol Disney characters play all the parts in this version of the Christmas classic, with Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. Directed by Burny Mattinson. Produced by Walt Disney. Animated. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. G
	Mickey's Magical Christmas Snowed in at the Houst of Mouse When a huge snowstorm leaves everyone stranded, Mickey and all of his guests at the House Of Mouse, including Pooh, Piglet, Belle, Snow White, Ariel and many more of his old and new friends, break out the cookies and hot chocolate to help Donald mend his tattered Christmas spirit. The fun starts when Minnie pulls out their favorite holiday home movies and everyone starts to reminisce. As everybody lifts their voices in joyful song, they realize that the "Best Christmas Of All" is the one you share with all of your friends. Directed by Tony Craig & Robert Gannaway. Produced by Walt Disney. Animated. NR
	Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Mickey, Minnie, and their famous friends gather together to reminisce about love, magic and surprises in three wonder-filled stories of Christmas past. Featuring the entire case in a finale of merry, magical Christmas songs. Directed by Alex Mann & Jun Falkenstein. Produced by Walt Disney. Animated. NR
	A Midnight Clear Set in 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. Directed by Keith Gordon. Starring Peter Berg, Kevin Dillon, Arye Gross, & Gary Sinise. Based on the book by William Wharton. R
	Miracle of the Bells, The The death of a glamorous film star causes a small-town miracle and a nationwide publicity stunt. Directed by Irving Pichel. Starring Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, & Frank Sinatra. Based on the book by Russell Janney. NR
	Miracle on 34th Street (1947) In this Oscar-winning classic, a Macy's Department Store Santa who insists his name is Kris Kringle teaches everyone a lesson in love, faith and the value of imagination. Directed by George Seaton. Starring Maureen O'Hara, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood. NR
	Miracle on 34th Street (1994) Six-year-old Susan has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle - Santa Claus. But after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all- something to believe in. Directed by Les Mayfield. Starring Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, & Mara Wilson. PG
	Mixed Nuts A comic look at a strange group of people. Directed by Nora Ephron. Starring Steve Martin & Madeline Kahn. PG-13
	Mr. Krueger's Christmas Jimmy Stewart plays Willy Krueger, a widowed apartment janitor who daydreams to escape his lonely life. He muses about being a man of culture and means. He pictures himself as the conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and, in an especially moving scene, imagines himself in the stable with Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus. It's pure Christmas magic. Directed by Kieth Merrill. Starring James Stewart. NR
	Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) The nearsighted Mister Magoo (Ebenezer Scrooge) learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spectres who haunt him one Christmas Eve. Directed by Abe Levitow. Produced by UPA. Animated. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. G
	Mrs. Santa Claus Mrs . Santa Claus takes the sleigh to check a new route and must make an emergency landing in New York City, where she warms the hearts of New Yorkers. With Christmas Eve around the corner, Santa and the elves desperately want to get her back to the North Pole. Directed by Terry Hughes. Starring Angela Lansbury. G
	Muppet Christmas Carol The classic Christmas tale by Dickens gets a slightly skewed and humorous treatment when it involves the Muppets. Directed by Brian Henson. Produced by Jim Henson Productions & Walt Disney. Starring Michael Caine. Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. G
	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation It's Christmastime for the Griswolds. There are 25,000 lights on the rooftop, an exploding turkey on table and a dozen or so guests - and a SWAT team taking siege outside. Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, & Randy Quaid. PG-13
	Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey Although Nestor the donkey is mocked by everyone because of his long ears, two travelers choose him for a trip to a special manger near Bethlehem. Directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr. Produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. NR
	Night Before Christmas, The (1992) Dim the lights and gather around the freshly-trimmed tree for a magical Christmas Eve experience that will become a family tradition. With a heartfelt reading of the beloved poem from Clement C. Moore and stirring reditions of your favorite carols, this wonderful collection of holiday classics captures the true spirit of Christmas. Produced by Madacy Entertainment Group. Animated. Based on A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Moore. NR
	The Night Before Christmas and More Christmas Stories Four classic Christmas and snowy winter stories. First, Clement Clarke Moore's poem that begins with "the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that St. Nicholas soon weill be there." The second and third are animated Christmas stories about Rosemary Well's characters Max and Morris and their Christmas adventures. The fourth is the telling of Jane Yolen's "Owl moon," where a young girl and her father take a night -time walk in the snowy woods in search of the great horned owl. Produced by Weston Woods. NR
	The Night They Saved Christmas Santa Claus has a big problem. An oil company headed by Michael Baldwin is set to explode tons of dynamite right near North Pole City. Santa has only one solution: send Ed the Elf to bring the Baldwin family to his magical village so they can see for themselves the wondrous world they are about to destroy. The big day is drawing near, but will there be enough time to save Santa's magical home? Directed by Jackie Cooper. Starring Jaclyn Smith & Art Carney. NR
	The Nightmare Before Christmas Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, decides to spread Christmas joy to the world. But his well-meaning mission unwittingly puts Santa Claus in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere. Who will save Christmas? Directed by Tim Burton. Produced by Skellington Productions & Touchstone Pictures. PG
	The Nutcracker with Rudolf Nureyev (1969) Directed by John Vernon. Starring Rudolf Nureyev & Merle Park. Directed by Tony Charmoli. Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gelsey Kirkland. Based on Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite and the book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann. NR
	The Nutcracker (1977) On Christmas Eve, after a day of festivities, a young girl on the verge of growing up sleeps and dreams about the transformation of her toy soldier into a handsome prince, his battle and victory over a wicked Mouse King, beautiful puppets, a giant Christmas tree, and a kingdom of sweets. Directed by Tony Charmoli. Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gelsey Kirkland. Based on Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite and the book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann. NR
	The Nutcracker (1985) Videorecording of the television recording, of the Royal Ballet, originally broadcast by the BBC on January 30, 1985. Directed by John Vernon. Starring Lesley Collier & Anthony Dowell. Based on Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite and the book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann. NR
	George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (1993) A new movie version of a timeless Christmas fantasy set in motion when a young girl receives the gift of a nutcracker. Directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Macaulay Culkin & Darci Kistler. Based on Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite and the book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann. G
	The Nutcracker (1994) On Christmas Eve, after a day of festivities, a young girl sleeps and dreams about the transformation of her toy soldier into a handsome prince, beautiful puppets, a giant Christmas tree, a kingdom of sweets, and the prince's battle with a wicked mouse king. Directed by Derek Bailey. Based on Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite and the book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann. NR
	Nutcracker: A Fantasy on Ice (1983) Ice ballet based on Tchaikovsky's ballet adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"; hosted by Lorne Greene. Directed by Ron Meraska. Starring Dorothy Hamill, Robin Cousins, & Lorne Greene. Based on Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite and the book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann. NR