Here are the ten best Christmas movies with great acting, ranked.

The Muppets present their own touching rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale.

Miracle on 34th Streetis also a great romantic comedy, as the chemistry betweenMaureen OHaraandJohn Payneis simply palpable.

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Its even more impressive to remember thatDie Hardwas actually Rickmans first screen role.

He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for.

Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages – but him.

Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister sitting at the top of the stairs in Home Alone (1990)

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A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife’s admission of unfulfilled longing.

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An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas eve.

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While 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.

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The Muppets present their own touching rendition of Charles Dickens' classic tale.

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Jimmy Stewart’s George Bailey pointing at Lionel Barrymore’s Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life

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An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

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Bob, Betty and Phil, played by actors Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Danny Kaye, perform a song and dance number in White Christmas.

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Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) sits in an office chair in ‘Die Hard’

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New York City policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) is visiting his estranged wife (Bonnie Bedelia) and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages – but him.

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A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.

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Mel (Kevin Dillon) standing in a battlefield in ‘A Midnight Clear’

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During the winter of 1944 in France, an American intelligence unit discovers a German platoon seeking to surrender rather than continue fighting in the final stages of World War II. Amidst their precarious situation, both groups forge an uneasy camaraderie, momentarily setting aside their conflict to share a peaceful Christmas.

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Tom Cruise as Dr. Bill Harford looking confused in ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

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A Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife’s admission of unfulfilled longing.

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