6 The Bells Of St. Mary’s (1945) - 7.3

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Starring the late, great classic Hollywood actors Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, The Bells of St. Mary’s is one of the most famous classics on the list and is arguably better known than it’s predecessor, Going My Way.

The movie follows a priest and a nun who are rapidly trying to keep their school from closing down. Though it’s seen as an inferior movie to Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary’s was much more successful and, adjusted for inflation, it’s one of the highest grossing movies of all time.

5 Christmas In Connecticut (1945) - 7.4

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Being another big hit from 1945, Christmas In Connecticut is a cheesy romance and comedy. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, the movie focuses on a magazine writer who is forced to cover her tracks after she lied to her boss about being a loving housewife.

As all movies from the 1940s seemingly do, Stanwyck ends up falling in love with a war hero, who has returned back to Connecticut for the holidays.

4 The Bishop’s Wife (1947) - 7.6

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This Cary Grant classic is very much in the same vein of It’s A Wonderful Life, as The Bishop’s Wife follows an angel who helps the bishop with his problems. The movie was nominated for a ton of Academy Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture.

Being such a classic, the movie was of course remade with the release of The Preacher’s Wife in 1996. However, sitting at a miserable 5.6 on IMDb, that version is considerably worse. Not even Denzel Washington could save it.

3 It Happened On Fifth Avenue (1947) - 7.7

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Being the first big budget movie produced by Monogram pictures, upon its release, It Happened On Fifth Avenue was one of the most well received Christmas movies yet.

The movie is an outright comedy and it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, but it lost to another Christmas movie.

2 Miracle On 34th Street (1947) - 7.9

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Winning a few Academy Awards in 1947, Miracle On 34th Street is one of the biggest hits from the 40s. Despite the movie being 73 years old, it’s still watched annually by millions of households.

The movie follows a mall Santa who claims to be the real Santa Claus. The 1994 version actually holds up as a great remake and is one that the public should watch at least once in their lifetime.