As Christmas approaches one of the best family activities to do is to watch family Christmas movies together. Nothing beats snuggling up under a blanket with a big tub of popcorn while a Chritsmas movie reminds you of all the things you love about Christmas.
There are so many great Christmas movies to choose from, and the list grows every year as film companies know just how much we all love a Christmas movie.
But, if you’re here at Elf By Stealth then we know you must really love Christmas elves (who doesn’t, they’re the best, right?) so we’ve come up with this great list of Christmas movies about elves.
Christmas Films About Elves
Let’s start with the obvious. You can’t talk about Christmas movies about elves without mentioning Elf!
The story of Buddy the Elf (played hilariously by Will Ferrell) who discovers he’s actually a human is an absolute classic and must be included in any list of comedy Christmas movies.
It’s hard to imagine that there’s anyone out there who hasn’t already seen this classic Christmas film, but, if by chance that’s you, we highly recommend adding it to your watchlist.
If you’ve already seen it you probably still want to schedule it in for a rewatch before Christmas!
Narrated by Harry Connick Jr., can the Happy Elf save Christmas for the residents of Bluesville?
An Elf’s Story
The full story about the ever popular elf on the shelf (and how they will come and spy on your family at Christmas time!).
Based on the classic story of the shoemaker and the elves, only these elves want to work for Santa Claus!
When Santa decides to retire as he hasn’t received any letters, a determined elf decides to find the missing messages and save Christmas.
Christmas Movies With Elves In Them
So how does Santa manage to deliver all those gifts in one night? With the help of elves of course! This movie is up there with the best of them as one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time – a definite must see!
A Christmas comedy about a taxi driver who helps Santa to save Christmas.
This film is set to be released soon in 2019 – so we haven’t seen it yet. From what we can tell so far it looks as though the plot includes some elves so we’ve included it here in our list of Christmas movies that have elves in them.
A British-American film that explores the mysteries of Santa Claus – how does he fit down chimneys?
Hilarious classic Christmas movie starring Tim Allen. It was so popular the franchise now includes two sequels – The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.
Click here to watch The Santa Clause on Amazon.
Click here to watch The Santa Clause 2 on Amazon.
Click here to watch The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause on Amazon.
Discover the secrets of the small town called Hollyville in this intriguing Christmas movie.
Two children find a bagful of counterfeit money in a shopping mall and have some fun with it. There’s not many elves in this movie but watch closely and you might spot a couple through the magic door!
A Christmas movie all about puppies? What’s not to love?! Of course it’s up to an elf to save the day!
Another Christmas movie all about dogs – and elves of course!
The Santa Suit
What will it take to make a businessman see Christmas as something other than just a way to make more money? Maybe a Santa suit?
This time it’s an elf causing the problem(!) and a dog to the rescue!
Part of the “Fairly Odd” franchise, can Timmy and his fairy godparents save Christmas?!
The sequel to The Search for Santa Paws – puppies, Christmas and elves – it’s got everything you could want in a Christmas movie!
Is this the true story of how Santa Claus came to live with the elves and give out toys? Narrated by Fred Astaire this is a true Christmas classic.
Can Mrs Claus and the elves convince Santa not to skip Christmas?
A doubting boy heads to the North Pole on a magical train – what will he discover?
Click here to watch it on Amazon.
So, there you have it, our official list of movies about elves and movies with elves in them. There’s no excuses now not to snuggle up and watch a classic christmas movie about elves.
1 thought on “Christmas Movies About Elves”
Wow! Great list, I’ve got a lot of movies to watch before Christmas now