Time to mark the calendars, here is a list of the best movies on telly over Christmas

Ah, the holidays.

The one time of the year where it is totally acceptable to eat chocolate in your PJs while watching movies first thing in the morning. Between December 21 and January 3, there are some amazing movies headed to the telly - and we've rounded up some of our favourites. Tuck into your selection box and feast your eyes on some of these delights.

December 21

The Santa Clause 2 at 6.35pm on RTÉ One Christmas With The Coopers at 10.35pm on RTÉ One American Sniper at 9pm on RTÉ 2 Kisses at 9.45pm on TG4 Circle of Friends at 10.30pm on Virgin Media One Shrek at 4.50pm on UTV Casino Royal at 8.10pm on UTV Basic Instinct at 11.10pm on UTV Firewall at 9pm on Virgin Media Two A Dog Named Christmas at 5pm on Virgin Media Three November Christmas at 7pm on Virgin Media Three Looper at 12.25 am on BBC One Newsies: The Broadway Musical at 9.50am on BBC Two Swallows and Amazons at 5.15pm on BBC Two Behind The Candelabra at 11.35pm on BBC Two Capture The Flag at 7.10am on Channel 4 Two By Two at 12pm on Channel 4 Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties at 1.40pm on Channel 4 Madagascar at 3.15pm on Channel 4 Men In Black at 7.30pm on Channel 4 Daddy's Home 2 at 9.20pm on Channel 4 The Inbetweeners Movie at 11.15pm on Channel 4 Transformers at 9pm on Sky One Star Trek at 9pm on E4 Philomena at 10.55pm on BBC 4 The Goonies at 1pm on Channel 5 Jack Frost at 2.30pm on ITv2 Liar Liar at 4.35pm on ITV2 Four Christmases at 6.25pm on ITV2 The Holiday at 8.10pm on ITV 2

December 22

Big Business at 1.40pm on RTÉ One Home at 3.30pm on RTÉ One Spectre at 9.30pm on RTÉ One Ernest Saves Christmas at 1.35pm on RTÉ 2 Office Christmas Party at 9pm on RTÉ 2 Patrick's Day at 12am on RTÉ 2 The Way We Were at 12.20pm on TG4 Ice Cold  In Alex at 4.40pm on TG4 Outrage at 9pm on Virgin Media One Quantum of Solace at 9pm on UTV Furious 7 at 9pm on Virgin Media Two November Christmas at 2pm on Virgin Media Two Toy Story at 1.50pm on BBC One Penguins of Madagascar at 3.05pm on BBC One The BFG at 5.15pm on BBC One Finding Neverland at 3.40pm on BBC Two Freaky Friday at 6.05am on Channel 4 The Borrowers at 3.25pm on Channel 4 Paddington at 7.15pm on Channel 4 Office Christmas Party at 10pm on Channel 4 Pacific Rim at 9pm on Sky One Father of the Bride at 12.50pm on Channel 5 Sister Act at 3pm on Channel 5 The Santa Clause 2 at 3pm on ITV2 Elf at 5.10pm on ITV2 Uncle Buck at 7pm on ITV2 Love Actually at 9pm on ITV2 The Break Up at 2.35am on ITV2 Scrooged at 11.10am on Comedy Central John Tucker Must Die at 7.05pm on Comedy Central Along Came Polly at 9pm on Comedy Central

December 23

The Vikings at 7.25 am on RTÉ One Gandhi at 9.30am on RTÉ One Jewel of the Nile at 3.45pm on RTÉ One Love Actually at 9.30pm on RTÉ One Ballerina at 10.30am on RTÉ 2 The Princess Bride at 3.15pm on RTÉ 2 Casino Royale at 9pm on RTÉ 2 Around the World in 80 Days at 1pm on TG4 Happy Feet Two at 5.20pm on TG4 Angels & Demons at 9.30pm on TG4 A Dog Named Christmas at 9am on Virgin Media One The Mummy Returns at 11.25am on UTV The Santa Clause at 2.15pm on UTV Gremlins at 10.45pm on UTV Christmas Rush at 2pm on Virgin Media Two Three Kings at 11.30pm on Virgin Media Two Daughter of the Bride at 8pm on Virgin Media Three The Croods at 9am on BBC One Kung Fu Panda at 10.30am on BBC One Toy Story 2 at 1.25pm on BBC One Brave at 2.55pm on BBC One The Greatest Story Ever Told at 9.35am on BBC Two Entrapment at 2.15pm on BBC Two The Manchurian Candidate at 12.25am on BBC Two The Rugrats Movie at 7.20am on Channel 4 White Christmas at 1.35pm on Channel 4 The Inbetweeners 2 at 11pm on Channel 4 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs at 5p on Sky One The Princess Bride at 10am on E4 Spy Kids at 10.25am on ITV 2 How The Grinch Stole Christmas at 4.10pm on ITV2 The Secret Life of Pets at 6.15pm on ITV 2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at 8pm on ITV2 The Five Year Engagement at 2.10am on ITV2

December 24

Despicable Me 2 at 2.05pm on RTÉ One Home Alone at 3.50pm on RTÉ One Strange Magic at 12.10pm on RTÉ 2 Madeline at 2.20pm on RTÉ 2 Get Santa at 4.25pm on RTÉ 2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens at 6.20pm on RTÉ 2 The Guard at 10.25pm on RTÉ 2 Trainwreck at 12.10am on RTÉ 2 Dr Seuss' The Lorax at 5.20pm on TG4 Dirty Dancing at 11pm on TG4 One Christmas Eve at 9.20am on Virgin Media One Ice Age; The Meltdown at 4.15pm on Virgin Media One Dire Hard 4.0 at 9pm on Virgin Media One How The Grinch Stole Christmas at 12.40pm on UTV Elf at 5.15pm on UTV Casino Royale at 12.45am on UTV The Pursuit of Happyness at 9pm on Virgin Media Two Kung Fu Panda 3 at 10.40am on BBC One Toy Story 3 at 1.25pm on BBC One Frozen at 3pm on BBC One Beauty and the Beast at 5.30pm on BBC One Murder on the Orient Express at 11.40am on BBC Two Death on the Nile at 1.45pm on BBC Two Rugrats in Paris at 6.20am on Channel 4 Hotel For Dogs at 9.05am on Channel 4 Home Alone at 5.30pm on Channel 4 The Lego Movie at 4.30pm on Sky One Planes, Trains & Automobiles at 9pm on Sky One Doctor Dolittle at 10.20am on E4 The Twilight Saga; Breaking Dawn Part 2 at 9.45pm The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause at 10.45am on ITV2 Peter Pan at 3pm on ITV 2 Four Christmases at 6.15pm on ITV2 The Holiday at 8pm on ITV2 Pulp Fiction at 9.30pm on W Scrooged at 12pm on Comedy Central

December 25 

Matilda at 8.30am on RTÉ One Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory at 1.20pm on RTÉ One Home Alone 2: Lost In New York at 2.55pm on RTÉ One Beauty and the Beast at 4.45pm on RTÉ One Paddington 2 at 7pm on RTÉ One The Young Offenders at 10.40pm on RTÉ One The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at 12.05am on RTÉ One Madagascar Escape 2 Africa at 9.55am on RTÉ 2 Some Like It Hot at 2.05pm on RTÉ 2 The Magnificent Seven at 4.05pm on RTÉ 2 Raiders of the Lost Ark at 6.10pm on RTÉ 2 Jurassic World at 8.05pm on RTÉ 2 The Hangover at 11pm on RTÉ 2 The Great Gatsby at 12.45am on RTÉ 2 Scooby Doo at 12.55pm on TG4 Shrek at 5.30pm on TG4 Into the West at 6.55pm on TG4 Oliver Twist at 10.25am on Virgin Media One The Wizard of Oz at 4.45pm on Virgin Media One Daughter of the Bride at 10pm on Virgin Media One Four Christmases at 11.40m on UTV Moana at 12.55pm on BBC One Finding Dory at 3.10pm on BBC One The Rise of the Guardians at 7.15am on BBC Two Scrooge at 2.30pm on BBC Two Rugrats Go Wild at 6.15am on Channel 4 Back To the Future at 2.35pm on Channel 4 Home Alone 2: Lost In New York at 4.55pm on Channel 4 Gremlins 2: The New Batch at 1pm on Comedy Central My Best Friend's Wedding at 9.30pm on W How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World at 6pm on Sky One Home Alone 3 at 7.55pm on E4 How To Tain Your Dragon at 6pm on E4 Dr Dolittle 2 at 10.20am on E4 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause at 7.35am on ITV2 Peter Pan at 10.50am on ITV 2 How the Grinch Stole Christmas at 2pm on ITV2 Elf at 4.10pm on ITV2

December 26

Cool Runnings at 10am on RTÉ One Smurfs: The Lost Village at 12.40pm on RTÉ One Storks at 2.10pm on RTÉ One Alice Through the Looking Glass at 3.45pm on RTÉ One Bridget Jones's Baby at 9.25pm on RTÉ One The Help at 12.40am on RTÉ One Kubo and the Two Strings at 11.10am on RTÉ 2 Goldfinger at 3.25pm on RTÉ 2 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at 5.55pm on RTÉ 2 Skyfall at 9pm on RTÉ 2 The Drummer and the Keeper at 11.35pm on RTÉ 2 Two By Two at 10am on TG4 Babe at 5.15pm on TG4 As Good As It Gets at 10.40pm on TG4 The Snapper at 9pm on Virgin Media One Skyfall at 8.30pm on UTV Oliver Twist at 2pm on Virgin Media Two The Good Dinosaur at 9am on BBC One Wreck It Ralph at 10.25am on BBC One The Jungle Book at 3.45pm on BBC One Paddington 2 at 7.20pm on BBC One Florence Foster Jenkins at 11pm on BBC Two Ratatouille at 5pm on Channel 4 Men In Black 3 at 7.10pm on Channel 4 The Wolf of Wall Street at 11.05pm on Channel 4 The Shawshank Redemption at 9pm on Sky One The Simpsons Movie at 7.15pm on E4 Paddington at 9pm on E4 The Woman In Black at 10.55pm on Channel 5 The Secret Life of Pets at 4.40pm on ITV2 Jurassic Park at 6.25pm on ITV2 Bridesmaids at 9pm on ITV2 Love Actually at 1.55am on ITV2 Ella Enchanted at 3pm on W Kill Bill Vol 1 at 10pm on W The Addams Family at 3pm on Comedy Central

December 27

National Treasure: Book of Secrets at 3.30pm on RTÉ One Thunderball at 3.25pm on RTÉ 2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at 5.45pm on RTÉ 2 Fifty Shades of Grey at 9.30pm on RTÉ 2 Funny Girl at 1.05pm on TG4 Akeelah and the Bee at 4.55pm on TG4 Cardboard Gangsters at 10pm on Virgin Media One The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor at 11.25am on UTV Man from UNCLE at 9pm on Virgin Media Two How To Train Your Dragon 2 at 9.40am on BBC One Raiders of the Lost Ark at 1.25pm on BBC One Zootropolis at 3.15pm on BBC One Ant-Man at 11pm on BBC One The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 at 12.25am on Channel 4 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs at 1pm on Sky One Bend It Like Beckham at 8pm on E4 Sicario at 9pm on More4 The Goonies at 4.30pm on Comedy Central Kill Bill Vol 2 at 10pm on W

December 28

Despicable Me 3 at 6.30pm on RTÉ One Damo & Ivor: The Movie at 9.45pm on RTÉ One Man With a Golden Gun at 3.35pm on RTÉ 2 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull at 5.55pm on RTÉ 2 The Legend of Tarzan at 9.20pm on RTÉ 2 Hart's War at 11.25pm on RTÉ 2 Rear Window at 1.20pm on TG4 Fargo at 10.20pm on TG4 John Wick at 9pm on Virgin Media Two Furious 7 at 11.05pm on Virgin Media Two Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 at 8.30pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at 1.10pm on BBC One Inside Out at 3pm on BBC One Alice Through The Looking Glass at BBC One Snow White and the Huntsman at 6.40pm on Channel 4 Baywatch at 9pm on Channel 4 The Green Mile at 11.20pm on Channel 4 The Hunger Games at 9pm on W Along Came Polly at 10.10pm on Comedy Central John Tucker Must Die at 7pm on Comedy Central The Queen at 5pm on ITV3 The Hangover Part II  at 9pm on ITV2 The Filnstones in Viva Rock Vegas at 3.20pm on ITV2 Jurassic Park III at 7.10pm on nITV2 Babe at 11.35am on Channel 5 Calendar Girls at 10.15pm on Channel 5 Home Alone 3 at 7pm on E4

December 29

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at 9am on RTÉ One Grumpier Old Men at 2.55pm on RTÉ One The Spy Who Loved Me at 3.35pm on RTÉ 2 The Angry Birds Movie at 6.15pm on RTÉ 2 Float Like a Butterfly at 9.40pm on RTÉ 2 A Date For Mad Mary at 9pm on Virgin Media One Knocked Up at 10.45pm on UTV Lethal Weapon 3 at 9pm on Virgin Media Two Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at 1.50pm on BBC One Monsters University at 3.50pm on BBC One Saving Mr. Banks at 3pm on BBC Two Hulk at 12.30pm on Channel 4 Eddie The Eagle at 8pm on Channel 4 The Addams Family at 10am on Comedy Central The Goonies at 6.30pm on Comedy Central Ella Enchanted at 1.25pm on W My Best Friend's Wedding at 7.20pm on W Pulp Fiction at 9.30m on W Lego Movie at 6pm on Sky One The Princess Bride at 8.25am on E4 Paddington at 5.15pm on E4 The Simpsons Movie at 7pm on E4 Fast & Furious 8 at 9pm on ITV2 Despicable Me 2 at 6.55pm on ITV2

December 30

Back To The Future at 3.40pm on RTÉ One The World Is Not Enough at 5.35pm on RTÉ 2 Horrible Bosses 2 at 9.45pm on RTÉ 2 Twisted at 12.45pm on UTV The Holiday at 10.15pm on UTV Rush Hour 2 at 9pm on Virgin Media Two The Pursuit of Happyness at 12.30am on Virgin Media Two Shrek 2 at 3.20pm on BBC One Edward Scissorhands at 12.20pm on Channel 4 Little Fockers at 10.05pm on Channel 4 The Shawshank Redemption at 10pm on Sky One Pitch Perfect at 9pm on ITV2 Kill Bill Vol 1 at 9pm on W

December 31

A Cinderella Story at 11.05am on RTÉ One Back To The Future II at 3.50pm on RTÉ One The Intern at 12.30pm on RTÉ One Lie And Let Die at 4.10pm on RTÉ 2 Mrs Doubtfire at 6.35pm on RTÉ 2 San Andreas at 9.45pm on RTÉ 2 Due Date at 11.5om on RTÉ 2 Shrek at 5.25pm on TG4 The Taking Of Phelam 123 at 9.30pm The Queen at 12.45pm on UTV The Longest Yard at 9.20pm on Virgin Media Two Chicken Run at 9.30am on BBC One Shrek The Third at 3.10pm on BBC One Billy Elliot at 9pm on BBC Two Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story at 1am on Channel 4 How To Train Your Dragon at 5pm on E4 The Inbetweeners Movie at 9.20pm on E4 Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory at 10.25am on ITV3 The Filnstones in Viva Rock Vegas at 2.55pm on ITV2 Space Jam at 4.45pm on ITV2 Jurassic Park at 6.25pm on ITV2 Bridesmaids at 9pm on ITV2 Mamma Mia at 2.50pm on Channel 5

January 1

The Secret Scripture at 9.30pm on RTÉ One The Borrowers at 4.35pm on RTÉ 2 Quantum now Solace at 9pm on RTÉ 2 Chicken Run at 3.30pm on Virgin Media One Kung Fu Panda at 5.15pm on Virign Media One The Hangover at 10.35pm on UTV The Sound of Music at 2.30pm on BBC One The Thomas Crown Affair at 12.45pm on BBC Two The Parent Trap at 7.45am on Channel 4 Shark Tale at 1.50pm on Channel 4 Back To The Future Part II at 3.40pm on Channel 4 The Lion King at 6pm on Channel 4 Mission Impossible: Fallout at 9pm on Channel.4 Red 2 at 11.50pm on Channel 4 The Night Before at 10.20pm on Comedy Central The Hunger Games at 9pm on W The Wizard of Oz at 10.15am on ITV3 The Secret Garden at 8.10am on ITV3 Bridget Jones's Diary at 9pm on Channel 5 Jumanji at 3.45pm on Channel 5 Jurassic World at 6.35pm on ITV2 Fast & Furious 8 at 9pm on ITV2 Pitch Perfect 2 at 7.50pm on E4 Ferris Beuller's Day Off at 9pm on Sky One