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Best - 'A Smoky Mountain Christmas'

A musical fairy tale about a country singer whose quiet Christmas holiday in her beloved home in the Smoky Mountains turns into an adventure. Starring Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Dan Aykroyd, and directed by "The Fonz." (Photo:CBS/Fox)

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Best - 'A Smoky ... A musical fairy tale about a country singer whose quiet Christmas holiday in her beloved home in the Smoky Mountains turns into an adventure. Starring Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Dan Aykroyd, and directed by "The Fonz." (Photo:CBS/Fox)
Best - 'Christma... The publisher (Sydney Greenstreet) of a women's magazine has his best columnist (Barbara Stanwyck) play holiday host to a Navy hero (Dennis Morgan). (Photo: Warner Brothers)
Best - 'White Ch... Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye star in the follow-up to “Holiday Inn” where they make a memorable performance of “Sisters” while dressed in drag. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)
Best - 'Scrooged... A hilarious re-telling of the Dickens classic; "Scrooged" stars Bill Murray as a ruthless television executive. (Photo: Paramount)
Best - 'Home Alo... Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Best - 'Gremlins... Billy gets quite a surprise on Christmas, when his dad brings home a small cute furry creature called a mogwai. "Don't expose him to bright light. Don't ever get him wet. And don't ever, ever feed him after midnight." (Photo: Warner Brothers)
Best - 'The Mupp... The Muppets remake a Christmas classic. (Photo: MPTV)
Best - 'Love Act... This British rom-com takes place during the holidays in several cities around the world. Stories of couples who have found love or are struggling to hold on to it are told with the help of a funny prime minister played by Hugh Grant. (Photo: Universal)
Best - 'Tim Burt... The Pumpkin King gives the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an animated tale. (Photo: Disney)
Best - 'National... The Griswold family skewers the Christmas holiday. (Photo: Warner Brothers)
Best - 'Dr. Seus... In this crazy holiday cartoon, the curmudgeonly Grinch tries to steal Christmas from the tiny town of Whoville. (Photo: ABC)
Best - 'Bad Sant... Extremely naughty and none-too-nice, two con men try to take Christmas for everything it's worth. (Photo: Buena Vista)
Best - 'Rudolph,... This cuddly, classic Christmas tale tells the story of Rudolph’s early years. (CBS)
Best - 'Miracle ... A kindly, bearded old man tries to prove to a little girl that Santa does exist. (20th Century Fox)
Best - 'Meet Me ... Judy Garland gives a heart-wrenching performance of the classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." (Photo: MGM)
Best - 'A Christ... “Bah Humbug!” Alastair Sim creates the classic Scrooge. (United Artists)
Best - 'Elf' A misfit adopted elf sets out on a quest to find his father in the big city. (New Line Cinema)
Best - 'Die Hard... This is the action-packed Christmas season thriller that never stops giving. John McClain knows who's been naughty and rewards them with more than a few "lumps" to the head. (20th Century Fox)
Best - 'It's a W... With a little help from an angel looking to get his wings, George Bailey sees how different life would have been if he had never been born. (RKO)
Best - 'A Christ... There’s really no better Christmas gift than a Red Ryder BB gun! (Even if you do shoot your eye out!) (TBS)
And Now for the ... Keep clicking to see our picks for the worst Holiday films.
Worst - 'Babes i... Re-released as “March of the Wooden Soldiers,” this almost surreal and very hard to follow fairy tale doesn't translate for modern viewers. (MGM)
Worst - 'Holiday... Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in Irving Berlin’s “Holiday Inn” as a popular nightclub song-and-dance team. While the highlights of the film include Astaire’s fancy footwork and the much beloved holiday ballad “White Christmas,” they can't compensate for a confusing plot line and a disturbing number performed in blackface. (Paramount)
Worst - 'Fred Cl... No one wants to see a stressed-out Santa or his obnoxious younger brother. (Photo: Warner Brothers)
Worst - 'Jack Fr... No, this is not the holiday horror movie " Jack Frost," but Michael Keaton's portrayal of Dad-turned-snowman is almost as scary. (Photo: Warner Brothers)
Worst - 'The San... Tim Allen gives "tool time" new meaning in this movie about an adman who takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas. (Photo: Walt Disney Films)
'The Polar Expre... Zemeckis takes what could be a charming animated winter tale and with the help of his magic performance capture technology digital fairy dust makes it into an overworked and unwatchable 3D experience. Even the lovable Tom hanks is repellent. (Photo: Warner Brothers)
Worst - 'Home Al... We all hate them, but sometimes a child leash is actually a good idea. The first time was cute, but when will his family learn to hold this kid's hand? (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Worst - 'Ernest ... You know, Earnest doesn't get enough credit. He's saved a lot of people on his many travels. Too bad he couldn't save this movie. (Photo: Buena Vista)
Worst - 'One Mag... In this movie a down-on-their-luck family is looking for a miracle. The only miracle we can find is that Harry Dean Stanton was cast in the part of an angel.(Photo: Buena Vista Pictures)
Worst - 'Deck th... Matthew Broderick vs. Danny DeVito. It's a bumbling and neurotic holiday mess. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Worst - 'Jingle ... Santa the Barbarian? Arnold Schwarzenegger was obviously hoping for a box office miracle when he made this movie. (Photo: 20th Century Fox)
Worst - 'Black C... This remake of the 1974 cult favorite follows a psychotic serial killer who has come home for Christmas. The slicker modern version lacks all of the gritty "charm" of the original. (Photo: Dimension Films)
Worst - 'Reindee... Christmas is a time for new beginnings. In this case, ex-con Rudy (get it?) Duncan gets a new identity. Unfortunately, his freedom delivers some unwanted surprises. (Photo: Dimension Films)
Worst - 'How the... Jim Carey took everyone's favorite holiday scrooge and made him downright disturbing in this live-action version of the cartoon classic. (Photo: Universal)
Worst - 'Christm... Tim Allen strikes again in the hokey Holiday tale about a couple whose plan to skip Christmas backfires. (Photo: Columbia)
Worst - 'Santa C... The kids on Mars want presents too. And they'll do anything to get them. (Photo: Jalor Productions)
Worst - 'Santa w... Hulk Hogan plays a muscle-bound St. Nick who pile-drives an evil orphanage owner into submission. (Photo: Cabin Fever Entertainment Inc)
Worst - 'Survivi... Forget surviving Christmas, you'll be lucky if you survive two hours of James Gandolfini. (Photo: USA)
Worst - 'Just Fr... A plane malfunction lands Chris Brande (Ryan Reynolds) back in his hometown and back in touch with his high school sweetheart. In between dodging his current flame and several barely believable Klumps-esque fat suit flashbacks, he tries to win her heart. (Photo: New Line)
Worst - 'Adam Sa... Adam Sandler does his best to ruin Hanukkah for everyone in the small New England town of Dukesberry and in the movie theater. (Photo: Columbia)
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