Whats your favorite Christmas movie?

freshpopcorn

Well I loved the Santa Clause movie when I was younger and still do.
I also really like Love Actually because it has a countdown to Christmas and it shows the up's and downs people can have in different circumstances. The best part is how everyone's story ends up connecting together at the end at the concert.
So, whats your favorite Christmas movie?

Pang

I love the Santa Claus movie too. I love the innocence and magic of it. It makes me pine for the days of believing in Santa and the magic of Christmas Eve.

I always enjoy Elf too for some reason.

vicwatson

African Queen

Twoandahalfmen

Santa clause.
The Grinch
Miracle in 34th street
Home alone 1+2
Elf
The Polar Express

Fred clause ( me and my brothers new Christmas Eve tradition is to watch this and drink coke)

Home Alone (the original)
Elf
The Grinch
The Grinch Stole Christmas - cartoon
Mickey's Christmas Carol - cartoon

DH the dork - Surviving Christmas - imagine....

washiskin

:eek: OP ! How can you ask that?! It's like asking people to pick between Quality Street & Roses!

freedominacup

Hostile Hostages. Denis Leary at his best. Great ensemble cast also.

endacl

Close Encounters.

Lamina

Home Alone would have to be my favourite I think

An Riabhach

Prancer. (Both the original and "the return")

Was my favourite film as a kid and the only one I bothered to watch last xmas

Dude111

I would say ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE which im grateful to have IN ANALOGUE!!

Love2love

I've great pride my my Christmas DVD collection here's a few....

I love Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, the Muppets Christmas Carol, Love Actually, Miracle on 34th St (original and newer version) Jingle all the way (for the kids ) Home Alone (both) Elf, The Santa Clause, Santa Claus the movie, Die Hard (not a Christmas film but its on the Christmas shelf) the Grinch, Scrooge (the musical)

Urge to watch one is killing me here with the weather so dark and dank!!

Lelantos

Die Hard I is my favourite followed by elf

Uriel.

My own favourites would be

Santa Clause the Movie (the one with Dudley Moore, in case I have the title wrong)

It's a Wonderful Life (sad and happy at the same time)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (hybrid Halloween and Christmas movie I guess)

The Muppet's Christmas Carol (hilarious and one of my fave versions of the story)

greentea is just wrong

Home Alone hands down!! You're such a disease Kevin!

Loughc

Scrooged - Bill Murray gives one hell of a performance here

The Muppets Christmas Carol - Everything is brilliant, the humour, the in-jokes, the songs and of course Michael Caine.

Disney's recent animated Christmas Carol (the one with Jim Carey) is pretty good as well.

Love2love

Loughc wrote: »

Disney's recent animated Christmas Carol (the one with Jim Carey) is pretty good as well.

Ashamed to say that I haven't seen it yet

Thanks for reminding me though, I'm about to order it online I don't have the courage to go into a shop in August and by it

Dude111

Why??

Why do you care what others think??

SusieBlue

I love loads of the ones already mentioned, especially The Santa Clause, Elf, and The Grinch. Surviving Christmas is another favourite, I love Ben Affleck!

I also always seem to end up watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both versions) around Christmas. The older one reminds me of being small

baby and crumble

Every Christmas Eve I watch The Muppets Christmas Carol. I also really like The Holiday. I think I need to expand my Christmas movie reptoire though, there's piles of stuff I haven't ever seen!

bellinter

Has to be Home Alone

Christmas Vacation, Wonderful Life good too.

When I look at these lists from America, "A Christmas Story" is nearly always around the top spot... its rubbish though

r3nu4l

I've quite a few faves

It's a Wonderful Life
The Santa Clause
Elf
Love Actually
Scrooged
A Christmas Carol (1999, staring Patrick Stewart amongst others)

Not quite Christmas movies but amongst my favourites to watch at Christmas:

Planes, Trains and Automobiles. It's only when you realise Del Griffith's true situation at the end of the movie that you can piece together everything that went before it.

Groundhog day: Another stellar Bill Murray performance

Scarinae

The Snowman, I absolutely adore it

Tipsy McSwagger

greentea is just wrong wrote: »

Home Alone hands down!! You're such a disease Kevin!

It's 'Kevin you're such a disease':)

A V A

mine has to be the holiday and die hard 2

ChewChew

I think it has to be home alone I watched elf last night though so that's way up there too

Star Lord

Hmmm... Probably:

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Clarke Griswold at his very best (And worst!)
Muppet's Christmas Carol
Elf
Scrooged
Die Hard / Die Hard 2
and for that good old child-at-christmas magic, Santa Clause The Movie.

chasmcb

Nobody has mentioned Bad Santa!!!

Zaph

Bad Santa
Gremlins
Die Hard/Die Hard 2

Pumpkinseeds

It's a Wonderful Life
Scrooged(I love when she slaps him around):D
Bad Santa
Muppet Christmas Carol
Polar Express
Jack Frost
Christmas with the Kranks

I like most versions of a Christmas Carol.

Myrddin

In no particular order:

1) Planes, Trains & Automobiles
2) A Christmas Carol {recent Disney one}
3) Saving Private Ryan*
4) The original Star Wars trilogy
5) Home Alone 1
6) Uncle Buck
7) Cool Runnings
8) Full Metal Jacket*
9) Castaway*
10) Die Hard {original trilogy}

*not Xmas films, but for some bizarre reason I just associate them with Xmas!

Posy

I always associate The Sound of Music and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Christmas because they were always shown Christmas week. Both aren't seasonal at all though, they just make me think of the festive season!

Myrddin

Posy wrote: »

I always associate The Sound of Music and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Christmas because they were always shown Christmas week. Both aren't seasonal at all though, they just make me think of the festive season!

Ugh, how could I forget Willy Wonka?! Vintage Xmas material right there. I havn't seen the remake yet, not particularly inclined on watching it either...

Posy

Yuk! Cannot believe they dared to remake that. I've never seen it either and don't intend to. :mad:

Pang

The remake is dire. Never watch it.

I love watching Dr Zhivago as well as Oliver at Christmas. I just associate them with that time of year.

Uriel.

I'd be the same... I have lots of actual Christmas movies that are faves, but also ones that I just associate with Christmas such as Die Hard 1, the original Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder is brilliant) and a few others.

God I love Christmas... Can't wait!!!!!!!!

The Pheasant2

Home alone 1 and 2
Micky's Christmas carol
Blackadder's Christmas carol
Harry Potter 1 (Not a christmas movie but it makes me feel Christmassy!)
Die Hard
The Mighty Ducks 1 and 2
The Santa clause

TommieBoy

I haven't seen many on everyone's lists... The Santa Clause was fun. I can't remember seeing Love Actually or not, so it's on my must-watch list!

Someday I'd like to see Christmas in Connecticut, White Christmas, and Miracle on 34th Street (new and old versions)
...but I've never had a desire to watch It's a Wonderful Like.

Holiday romances are my fave watch-overs: A Holiday to Remember, If You Believe, The Bishops Wife and The Preachers Wife.

My fave films set in the season are The Holiday, Last Holiday, Bed of Roses, and While You Were Sleeping.

xzanti

National Lampoons and Santa Claus the Movie

Tipsy McSwagger

My favourites are the usual, Home Alone 1&2, Die Hard 1&2, Muppets Christmas Carol. One film I like watching at Christmas is Hook. It's a really flawed film but for some reason it's brilliant and a bit magical to view at Christmas.

canadianwoman

A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim.

danceash

The Santa Claus and the Home Alone movies.

touts

These are the ones I'll be putting an X beside on the Christmas RTE guide.

Willie Wonka (it may not be set at Christmas but it IS christmas)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Scrooged
The Polar Express
A Christmas Carol (the Patrick Stewart one)
The Snowman
The Gruffalo (and since last year The Gruffalo's Child)
Christmas with the Kranks
The last 5 minutes of Die Hard.
10 minutes in the middle of Harry Potter

Ms.Sunshine

The Polar Express! It is so magical!

Littlehorny

xzanti wrote: »

National Lampoons and Santa Claus the Movie

My two favs too!

Grid.

The Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka always remind me of Christmas!:)

canadianwoman

Grid. wrote: »

The Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka always remind me of Christmas!:)

It's all the sparkling shining colors and the candy.

Princess Peach

I love white Christmas and Holiday Inn. Love musicals!

And it's a wonderful life. I'm mad for classics

Moonbeam

I love "The Snowman" my kids do now too:)

realgirl

Elf

Eeden

It's a Wonderful Life (goes without saying).

My very favourite non-Christmas Christmas movie is Some Like it Hot.