Scrooge

Ebeneezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) contentedly meanders through his life as a cruel miser until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghosts. The spirits show him how his behavior has degenerated over the years as his heart has become colder. Using events from Scrooge's idealistic past, dreary present, and dismal future, the apparitions try their best to melt his steely soul. Will Scrooge see the error of his ways and learn the true meaning of Christmas.

This old telling of Dickens' famous Christmas tale is still probably the best version, with Alistair Sim's brilliant portrayal of the miser. Being a period setting, with little action, means that the film has not dated noticeably at all, it's age only being given away by the youth of the actors. Excellent Christmas family entertainment.