Santa Claus Movies

Movies and specials that feature the actual character of Santa Claus or Father Christmas as a main character

Animated

• Santa’s Workshop (1932)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
• Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1970)
• The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
• The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
• Father Christmas (1991)
• Santa Claus and the Magic Drum (1996)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998)
• The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (2000)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Rise of the Guardians (2012)
• Saving Santa (2013)
• Klaus (2019)

Live Action

• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Santa Claus (1959)
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
• Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)
• Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
• Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• The Santa Clause (1994)
• Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
• Santa Who? (2000)
• The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
• Elf (2003)
• Santa Baby (2006)
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
• The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
• Fred Claus (2007)
• Rare Exports (2010)
• The Christmas Dragon (2014)
• Get Santa (2014)
• Northpole (2014)
• A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
• Santa’s Boot Camp (2016)
• The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
• Noelle (2019)
• The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
• The Claus Family (2020)
• Fatman (2020)
• A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
• The Claus Family 2 (2021)
• The Claus Family 3 (2022)
• Santa Camp (2022)
• The Santa Clauses (2022)
• Violent Night (2022)