Christmas Eve
1986, English. Directed by Stuart Cooper.
Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers her time with children, who learns she has an incurable illness and wants desperately to reunite her three grown grand children (who are scattered across the U.S. living their own lives), with their estranged father, her son. She hires a private detective to search for them so as to try to get everyone together on Christmas Eve.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 22 December 1986
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Laurence Stallings, Richard H. Landau, Arch Oboler
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Christmas Eve runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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Christmas Eve isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Christmas Eve?
Christmas Eve (1986) was directed by Stuart Cooper and stars Loretta Young, Arthur Hill, Ron Leibman.