Movies by Lists - Best Non-Christmas Christmas Movies (43 [43]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Apartment, TheA Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue. | 1960 | Billy Wilder (*) | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 8.3 (175.7K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Batman ReturnsWhile Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta. | 1992 | Tim Burton (*) | Action, Crime, Fantasy | 7.0 (291.2K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Black ChristmasDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger. | 1974 | Bob Clark | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (39.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Black ChristmasA group of female students is stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy. | 2019 | Sophia Takal | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 3.4 (15.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Blast of SilenceA hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way. | 1961 | Allen Baron | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (4.4K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Cover UpAn insurance company investigator goes to a small town to probe into a case of supposed suicide. The natives are not very cooperative and some turn hostile, leading to suspicion of foul play. | 1949 | Alfred E. Green | Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.6 (970 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| CronosA mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. | 1993 | Guillermo del Toro (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 6.7 (29.4K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Die Hard I - Die HardAn NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. | 1988 | John McTiernan (*) | Action, Thriller | 8.2 (847.3K votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| Die Hard II - Die HarderJohn McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. | 1990 | Renny Harlin | Action, Thriller | 7.1 (354.2K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Donnie BrascoAn FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one. | 1997 | Mike Newell (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama | 7.7 (296.1K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Edward ScissorhandsAn artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world. | 1990 | Tim Burton (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.9 (471.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Eyes Wide ShutA Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing. | 1999 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (325.6K votes) | 159 | 20211228 |
| French Connection, TheA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. | 1971 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| GenerationsWith the help of long presumed dead Captain Kirk, Captain Picard must stop a deranged scientist willing to murder on a planetary scale in order to enter a space matrix. | 1994 | David Carson | Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.6 (80.3K votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| GoodfellasThe story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate. | 1990 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama | 8.7 (1.1M votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Green Knight, TheA fantasy retelling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. | 2021 | David Lowery | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 6.6 (111.7K votes) | 130 | 20220912 |
| GremlinsA young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. | 1984 | Joe Dante | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 7.3 (216.1K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Hateful Eight, TheIn the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. | 2015 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western | 7.8 (566.4K votes) | 168 | 20211228 |
| Holiday InnAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer. | 1942 | Mark Sandrich, Robert Allen | Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance | 7.4 (15.1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| In BrugesGuilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be. | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (409.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Iron Man 3When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. | 2013 | Shane Black | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (811.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Just FriendsWhile visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with -- a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer. | 2005 | Roger Kumble | Comedy, Romance | 6.2 (123.2K votes) | 96 | 20230806 |
| Kiss Kiss Bang BangAfter being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery. | 2005 | Shane Black | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (223.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| KrampusA boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home. | 2015 | Michael Dougherty | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 6.2 (71.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| L.A. ConfidentialAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. | 1997 | Curtis Hanson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (563.7K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
| Lady In The LakeThe lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder. | 1946 | Robert Montgomery | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (5.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Lady on a TrainIn New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder. | 1945 | Charles David | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.8 (2.1K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Lethal WeaponTwo newly paired cops who are complete opposites must put aside their differences in order to catch a gang of drug smugglers. | 1987 | Richard Donner | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.6 (251.1K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Long Kiss Goodnight, TheSamantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past. | 1996 | Renny Harlin | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (78.2K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Love ActuallyFollows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. | 2003 | Richard Curtis | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.6 (471K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Meet Me in St LouisYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family. | 1944 | Vincente Minnelli (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance | 7.6 (23.7K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceJames Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the world. | 1969 | Peter R. Hunt | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 6.7 (88.6K votes) | 142 | 20211228 |
| Ref, TheA cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve. | 1994 | Ted Demme | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 6.9 (24.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Reindeer GamesAfter assuming his dead cell-mate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-convict finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist. | 2000 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.8 (39.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Rocky IVRocky 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. | 1985 | Sylvester Stallone | Drama, Sport | 6.9 (198.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Shining, TheA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Drama, Horror | 8.4 (968K votes) | 146 | 20211228 |
| Stalag 17After two Americans are killed while escaping from a German P.O.W. camp in World War II, the barracks black marketeer, J.J. Sefton, is suspected of being an informer. | 1953 | Billy Wilder (*) | Comedy, Drama, War | 8.0 (54.8K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Steel MagnoliasA young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold. | 1989 | Herbert Ross | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (52.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Three Days of the CondorA bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. | 1975 | Sydney Pollack (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (53.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| Trading PlacesA snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires. | 1983 | John Landis (*) | Comedy | 7.5 (147.7K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Trapped in ParadiseResidents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve. | 1994 | George Gallo | Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance | 5.9 (14.9K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| While You Were SleepingA hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient. | 1995 | Jon Turteltaub | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (99.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| You've Got MailBook superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business. | 1998 | Nora Ephron | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (207.1K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |