Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer"

1. Moneyball (2011)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 465,585 | Gross: $75.61M

2. Red Notice (2021)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

An Interpol agent successfully tracks down the world's most wanted art thief with help from a rival thief. But nothing is as it seems as a series of double-crosses ensues.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya

Votes: 318,634 | Gross: $0.18M

3. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama

Charlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.

Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd

Votes: 548,753 | Gross: $17.74M

4. Escape Room (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Six strangers find themselves in a maze of deadly mystery rooms and must use their wits to survive.

Director: Adam Robitel | Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine

Votes: 142,220 | Gross: $57.01M

5. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

PG | 76 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.

Director: Henry Selick | Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey

Votes: 375,562 | Gross: $75.08M

6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

PG | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Kelley, Jeffrey Tambor

Votes: 291,756 | Gross: $260.04M

7. Violent Night (2022)

R | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

An elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone hostage. However, they aren't prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he's about to show why this Nick is no saint.

Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D'Angelo, Alex Hassell

Votes: 99,310 | Gross: $50.06M

8. The Grinch (2018)

PG | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.

Directors: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams

Votes: 91,263 | Gross: $270.62M

9. The Secrets We Keep (I) (2020)

R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

In post-WWII America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.

Director: Yuval Adler | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman, Chris Messina, Jackson Dean Vincent

Votes: 7,306

10. Candy Cane Lane (I) (2023)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A man is determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest. He makes a pact with an elf to help him win--and the elf casts a spell that brings the 12 days of Christmas to life, which brings unexpected chaos to town.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Genneya Walton

Votes: 20,132

11. Krampus (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.

Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman

Votes: 84,144 | Gross: $42.59M

12. Love the Coopers (2015)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

The intertwined stories of four generations of Coopers unfold right before the annual family reunion on Christmas Eve. Can they survive the most beautiful time of the year?

Director: Jessie Nelson | Stars: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Ed Helms

Votes: 26,792 | Gross: $26.28M

13. Hanging Up (2000)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.

Director: Diane Keaton | Stars: Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau

Votes: 13,181 | Gross: $36.05M

14. Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012 TV Movie)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

Finn Baxter sets up booby traps to catch the ghost of his new home's former occupant, then discovers that he must protect the house and his sister from three bumbling art thieves.

Director: Peter Hewitt | Stars: Christian Martyn, Eddie Steeples, Jodelle Ferland, Doug Murray

Votes: 12,575

15. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 TV Movie)

TV-G | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees

Votes: 17,524

16. A Merry Christmas Match (2019 TV Movie)

TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Corey who works in her mom's antique shop, puts on a Christmas pageant in honor of her late father. When a man named Ryder visits her store, she wonders if she should have left town to follow her dream of becoming a theater director.

Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Ashley Newbrough, Kyle Dean Massey, Lindsey Gort, John DeLuca

Votes: 1,418

17. Christmas Mail (2010)

TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

In this holiday romantic comedy, a mysterious woman who works at the post office answering Santa's mail captures the heart of a disillusioned postal carrier

Director: John Murlowski | Stars: Ashley Scott, A.J. Buckley, Lochlyn Munro, Rolonda Watts

Votes: 1,952

18. Christmas Again (2021 TV Movie)

94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

After a disastrous celebration, 12-year-old Rowena makes a wish and unexpectedly finds herself reliving Christmas Day over and over again.

Director: Andy Fickman | Stars: Scarlett Estevez, Alexis Carra, Beth Lacke, Ashlyn Jade Lopez

Votes: 1,255

19. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014 TV Movie)

G | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Grumpy Cat is an Internet meme sensation with over 6 million Facebook friends, who has graced the cover of New York Magazine, is the spokescat for Friskies, appeared on American Idol and the MTV Movie Awards.

Director: Tim Hill | Stars: Grumpy Cat, Megan Charpentier, Daniel Roebuck, Russell Peters

Votes: 2,666

20. On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After they are caught in the act, a by-the-book department store security guard is assigned as the custodian of a pickpocketing duo.

Director: James Frawley | Stars: Mary Stuart Masterson, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Pratt, David Hewlett

Votes: 909

21. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977 TV Movie)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Drama, Family

An outcast donkey in Roman era Judea with overlong ears finds his destiny on the way to Bethlehem.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Roger Miller, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Frees, Don Messick

Votes: 2,450

22. Will You Merry Me? (2008 TV Movie)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Rebecca and Hank are ready to marry, and must now meet each others families who couldn't be more different. Set during two important religious holidays, the couple must go through the anxiety-filled process of meeting the in-laws.

Director: Nisha Ganatra | Stars: Wendie Malick, Cynthia Stevenson, Vikki Krinsky, Tommy Lioutas

Votes: 821

23. Christmas in the City (2013 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her 5-year-old daughter travel to the big city in the hope of making enough money to save it.

Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Ashley Williams, Ashanti, Jon Prescott, Shanola Hampton

Votes: 1,666

24. Homage (1995)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In New Mexico, the widow and former teacher Katherine Samuel reluctantly hires the lonely mathematician and genius Archie Landrum to be her gardener and soon they become good friends. When ... See full summary »

Director: Ross Kagan Marks | Stars: Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley, Sheryl Lee, Danny Nucci

Votes: 236

25. Cesar Millan: The Real Story (2012)

45 min | Documentary, Biography

The rise of Cesar Millan from impoverished illegal immigrant to celebrity dog trainer and international superstar.

Director: Doug Shultz | Stars: Jahira Dar, Lou Dimovitch, Tara King, Calvin Millan

Votes: 98

26. A Man Is Mostly Water (2000)

110 min | Comedy, Music

The lives of two unambitious duplex neighbors, divorced father, hot-tempered, blues-obsessed documentarian Roper and wealthy golf-playing wastrel Andy, are compared. Both have loved ones who want them to do something with their lives.

Director: Fred Parnes | Stars: Fred Parnes, Christopher Rydell, Mark Curry, Paulina Mielech

Votes: 67

27. Goosebumps: SlappyWorld - The Ghost of Slappy (2018 Video)

Fantasy, Horror

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Stars: Joe Fria, Austin Rising

28. Life in the Snow (2016 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Family

Gordon Buchanan travels to Norway and Austria to search for animals that live in snowy conditions and have adapted to survive in cold weather. He also takes a look at the lives of animals associated with Christmas.

Directors: Sally Thomson, Mark Wheeler | Star: Gordon Buchanan

Votes: 42

29. Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary

The history of Christmas and the traditions that make the holidays the most wonderful time of the year.

Stars: Harry Smith, Forrest Church, A.W. Purdue, Elaine Pagels

Votes: 140

30. Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode: A Vision of Sugar Plums (1964)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

When an orphan visits the Stevens' for Christmas who doesn't believe in Santa Claus, Samantha takes him to the North Pole to visit the man himself.

Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Alice Pearce

Votes: 487

31. Happy Days (1974–1984)
Episode: A Mind of His Own (1976)

TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family, Music

A psychologist's unusual recommendation to help the Fonz control his compulsion to street-fight turns out to be strictly for the birds.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Anson Williams

Votes: 124

32. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: All I Want for Christmas (1980)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

While playing Santa Claus at the Help Center, George promises to get ten-year-old orphan Billy his desired Christmas present: a pair of parents.

Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 84

33. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: The Christmas Wedding (1976)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy

Lionel and Jenny plan to get married on Christmas, even though the minister they choose doesn't meet George's criteria for religious denomination or skin color.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 112

34. Kojak (1973–1978)
Episode: On the Edge (1976)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An aging detective with a troubled home life is hard-driven to crack one last headline-grabbing case, even if it means breaking the rules to get it done.

Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas

Votes: 134

35. Lizzie McGuire (2001–2004)
Episode: Xtreme Xmas (2002)

TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Lizzie fervently hopes to win the grand prize in the Christmas parade with her idea for a "Rock & Roll Christmas" float. The rest of the McGuire family are there, and they are charmed by an... See full summary »

Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: Hilary Duff, Lalaine, Adam Lamberg, Jake Thomas

Votes: 95

36. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode: Santa Claus (1993)

Unrated | 93 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Mike and the bots watch Santa Claus mess around with a devil while trying to deliver gifts and then sing politically correct holiday songs.

Director: Jim Mallon | Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy

Votes: 739

37. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode: Space Mutiny (1997)

TV-14 | 92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Mike and the 'bots learn the 80s were worse than they thought as they endure the putrid sci-fi epic, Space Mutiny (1988).

Director: Kevin Murphy | Stars: Bill Corbett, Patrick Brantseg, Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy

Votes: 1,181

38. Saved by the Bell (1989–1992)
Episode: Cream for a Day (1989)

Unrated | 22 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

When Screech accidentally invents a seemingly miraculous zit cream, Zack sells it at school. However, it soon becomes clear that the cream has an alarming side effect.

Director: Don Barnhart | Stars: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Tiffani Thiessen

Votes: 391

39. Wings (1990–1997)
Episode: Happy Holidays (1993)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama

Antonio has the Christmas blues and Faye is hosting the children's Christmas party.

Director: Andy Ackerman | Stars: Tim Daly, Steven Weber, Crystal Bernard, Thomas Haden Church

Votes: 121

40. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: A Very Merry Red Green Christmas (1999)

TV-G | 45 min | Comedy

Harold returns home for Christmas.

Director: William G. Elliott | Stars: Patrick McKenna, Rick Green, Bob Bainborough, Peter Keleghan

Votes: 13

41. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: A Lot Like Christmas (2002)

TV-G | 23 min | Comedy

Trouble arises at the Lodge when the guys prepare for the Santa Claus Parade.

Stars: Steve Smith, Bob Bainborough, Jeff Lumby, Patrick McKenna

Votes: 11

42. The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008)
Episode: Summer of Our Discontent (2007)

G | 22 min | Comedy, Family

Zack has to attend summer school; London dates someone she believes to be rich, only to discover he is not.

Director: Richard Correll | Stars: Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Brenda Song, Ashley Tisdale

Votes: 179

43. Hawkeye (2021)
Episode: Ronin (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A fallout nearly derails their partnership, but Kate makes a discovery that changes everything.

Directors: Bertie Ellwood, Amber Templemore | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga, Tony Dalton

Votes: 11,376

44. Rick and Morty (2013– )
Episode: Never Ricking Morty (2020)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An anthology episode that follows Rick and Morty on a train with people who don't like Rick. They have to find their way out but they bump into unexpected situations along the way.

Directors: Erica Hayes, Wesley Archer | Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke

Votes: 12,558

45. ASL Nook (2013– )
Episode: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (2015)

Family

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Director: Sheena McFeely | Star: Shaylee Mansfield

46. The Resident (2018–2023)
Episode: Peking Duck Day (2019)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama

Upon dubbing Thanksgiving "the most dangerous day of the year," Devon and Irving are inundated with patients in the ER. When an A-list celebrity enters the hospital after swallowing a wish ... See full summary »

Director: David Crabtree | Stars: Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp, Manish Dayal, Shaunette Renée Wilson

Votes: 324

47. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– )
Adam Curry (2020 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 182 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Adam Curry is a podcaster, announcer, internet entrepreneur and media personality, known for his stint as VJ on MTV and being one of the first celebrities personally to create and administer Web sites. His podcast is called "No Agenda".

Stars: Joe Rogan, Adam Curry

Votes: 7

48. OutKick the Coverage (2017– )
Episode: Election Disaster, ESPN Cuts Jobs, CFB Picks, Washington-Cal canceled, FL/GA, Clemson-Notre Dame (2020)

Sport, Talk-Show

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Stars: David Chao, Danny G., Club Pro Guy, Clay Travis

49. Nostalgia Critic (2007– )
Episode: Krampus (2020)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

Whether you love it or hate, this holiday horror film is becoming more and more popular. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at why the film is catching on over the holiday season. Let's start Christmas off right with Krampus.

Director: Doug Walker | Stars: Buster, Doug Walker

Votes: 28

50. Walker (2021– )
Episode: They Started It (2021)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Walker realizes his life is at risk and confronts Captain James who confesses to him the real reason Micki went undercover. The Davidsons' return home sets Abeline on edge as there is dark history between the two families.

Director: Steve Robin | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Lindsey Morgan, Molly Hagan, Keegan Allen

Votes: 1,850