Is your favorite holiday movie tradition one of Hillsboro’s favorites?

More than 400 Hillsboro community members ranked their favorite holiday films on the City’s Engage Hillsboro website in November.

Now, the results are in!

Here are Hillsboro’s Top 5 Holiday Movies as ranked on Engage Hillsboro:

1. Elf
   
2. Home Alone  
3. It’s a Wonderful Life
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. A Christmas Story

From nostalgic classics to modern favorites, these movies spark memories, mark traditions, and bring people together year after year. 

Thank you for casting your votes, sharing your holiday movie traditions, and helping us discover which movies shine the brightest during the holidays.

See the full list of holiday movie favorites and voting results below!

More Movies to Choose

Whether or not your holiday favorites made Hillsboro’s top 5 list, we hope you discover a new favorite and have time to celebrate the joy, humor, warmth, and magic of the season.

Hillsboro Public Library has tens of thousands of movies for you to watch during the holidays – and all year long.

• Use our free Kanopy service to stream movies instantly from the comfort of home – or on your electronic device.
• Search the WCCLS library catalog to find exactly the movie you’re looking for.
• Stop by Brookwood or Shute Park libraries in person to browse the movie section, explore new titles, and look for favorites.
• Listen to our Holiday Movie Madness Podcast 2024 for a discussion of holiday favorites featuring Hillsboro Public Library staff.

The Complete List of Hillsboro’s Favorite Holiday Movies

Ranked in Order of Community Voting on Engage Hillsboro

1. Elf
2. Home Alone
3. It’s a Wonderful Life
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. A Christmas Story
6. White Christmas
7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original)
8. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
9. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
10. Die Hard
    
    
11. The Santa Clause
12. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
13. A Christmas Carol (original)
14. Muppets Christmas Carol
15. Love Actually
16. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (featuring Jim Carrey)
17. The Polar Express
18. Frosty the Snowman
19. The Grinch
20. A Nightmare Before Christmas
    
    
21. Home Alone 2
22. Bad Santa
23. Jingle All the Way
24. Scrooged
25. A Christmas Carol (Disney version)
26. The Family Stone
27. Edward Scissorhands
28. Mickey’s Christmas Carol
29. The Bishop’s Wife  —  Streaming on Kanopy
30. Gremlins
    
    
31. Christmas in Connecticut
32. Arthur Christmas
33. A Claymation Christmas Celebration
34. Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
35. The Bells of St. Mary’s
36. Babes in Toyland (multiple versions)
37. Jack Frost
38. Krampus
39. The Preacher’s Wife
40. Last Christmas
41. Star Wars Christmas Special
    
    

• See more holiday movies streaming on Kanopy