- A very Harold & Kumar Christmas, director, Todd Strauss-Schulson ; screenplay, Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg ; producer, Greg Shapiro
- Black Christmas, Universal Pictures presents ; a BH production in association with Divide/Conquer ; produced by Jason Blum, Ben Cosgrove, Adam Hendricks, Brigitte Bergman ; written by Sophia Takal, April Wolfe ; directed by Sophia Takal
- A Christmas story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Bob Clark film ; screenplay by Jean Shepherd & Leigh Brown & Bob Clark ; produced by Rene Dupont and Bob Clark ; directed by Bob Clark
- The Grinch, Universal Pictures presents ; produced by Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy ; screenplay by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow ; directed by Scott Mosier, Yarrow Cheney
- The nightmare before Christmas, Walt Disney Pictures presents ; screenplay by Caroline Thompson ; directed by Henry Selick
- The man who invented Christmas, Bleeker Street presents ; a Parallel Films, Rhombus Media production ; in association with Mystic Point Productions, the Mob Film Company and the Mazur/Kaplan Company ; directed by Bharat Nalluri ; written by Susan Coyne ; produced by Robert Mickelson, Ian Sharples, Susan Mullen, Niv Fichman, Vadim Jean
- Joyeux Noël, Merry Christmas, Sony Pictures Classics; Nord-Ouest présente ; scénario original et dialogues, Christian Carion ; produit par Christophe Rossignon ; écrit et réalisé par Christian Carion
- Alpha and omega 2, a howl-iday adventure, Lionsgate presents in association with Crest Animation a Crest Animation/Lionsgate production ; directed by Richard Rich ; produced by Richard Rich, Ken Katsumoto, Susan Gelb, Daniel Engelhardt ; written by Tom Kane ; screenplay based on characters created by Steve Moore
- The nightmare before Christmas, Walt Disney Pictures presents ; directed by Henry Selick ; produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi ; adaptation by Michael McDowell ; screenplay by Caroline Thompson ; a Burton/DiNovi production
- Almost Christmas, Universal Pictures presents ; in association with Perfect World Pictures ; a Will Packer Productions production ; a David E. Talbert film ; produced by Will Packer ; written and directed by David E. Talbert