Movies for Christmas

Einhard

Hey, so I'm not looking for Christmas movies so much as great movies that can be watched one after another on Christmas Day. They're not mutually exclusive obviously, but I know all about Scrooged, Home Alone etc. There'll be a group of us, all adults, and some aul wans so nothing too out there!!

Films that I'd love to watch had I not already seen them are:

Die Hard trilogy
Catch Me if You Can
Home Alone
Now You See Me
The Life of Brian
Lethal Weapon trilogy
Stardust

All suggestions appreciated.

Hande hoche!

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Quite a good watch, a great turn from Val Kilmer.

FloatingVoter

Bad Santa needs to be watched. Preferably while you're getting drunk or stoned.

Triangla

Beerfest - It's got beer, Christmas has beer

mike65

Witchfinder General is on

krudler

Muppet Christmas Carol and Elf are two good all rounders, jokes for everyone

Sleepy

We love the Harry Potter movies at Christmas. Since they each take place over a school year you get a Christmas scene and some snowy scenes in pretty much every one of them and the majesty of the world of magic that JK Rowling created works perfectly at this time of year.

They're not everyone's cup of tea but if the first hour of The Philosophers Stone doesn't put a childish smile on your face you've become far too cynical.

Hrududu

Gremlins
The Goonies
Trading Places

krudler

Can't beat the Indiana Jones movies either, they're not in any way festive but it always feels like Christmas when you see them on tv, Temple of Doom especially for some reason.

Dozen Wicked Words

Its a Wonderful Life, MERRY CHRISTMAS BEDFORD FALLS!!!!!!!

Trapped in Paradise is a smaltzy comedy with added minor swearing. I actually quite like it, but don't think that was the general perception of it when it came out.

Just Friends is set around Christmas and quite funny.

The Terminal is a great feel good film too, love the ending.

syklops

The Great Escape. Time it just right so that yer Ma is putting the dinner on the table just before the sad ending.

The Bridge on the River Kwai is a great lazy Stephens Day flick.

Plus 1 for Muppet Christmas Carol.

Back to the Future trilogy are a great watch too.

iwantmydinner

I think The Sting and Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid are great films for a diverse audience, both very entertaining but safely within most people's comfort zones!

Nerdlingr

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Just Friends is set around Christmas and quite funny.

Ha ha, love that movie. Must watch it again this christmas!! Guilty Pleasure!

degrassinoel

A matter of Life and Death

Seen one Christmas a few years ago (at least a decade) and it's become "The" Christmas film for me, great film.

Dozen Wicked Words

degrassinoel wrote: »

A matter of Life and Death

Seen one Christmas a few years ago (at least a decade) and it's become "The" Christmas film for me, great film.

David Niven is brilliant in that film, haven't seen it in years, will definitely root it out its a great choice.

Remouad

The original star wars movies, especially The Return of the Jedi, always make me think of Christmas.

Remouad

There's another thread on this here

krudler

Gotta have at least one epic in there too, Lawrence of Arabia would be my choice, plus it's so long a few people might fall asleep leaving any uneaten sweets up for grabs.

Warper

Star Wars, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and Indiana Jones franchises never fail

ShagNastii

I'm a huge "Jingle All The Way" fan. Many see it as a stinker but I think it's great.

Drum.lad

Arthur Christmas is pretty damn spectacular.

Agent Coulson

Its a Wonderful Life.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
The original Miracle on 34th Street.

Those three are my have too watch to make it Christmas for me.

LuckyFinigan

Rare Exports
Gremlins

JoeA3

Can't beat an epically long '70's disaster flick! These 2 in particular:

The Poseidon Adventure
The towering Inferno

Patty O Furniture

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Its a Wonderful Life.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
The original Miracle on 34th Street.

Those three are my have too watch to make it Christmas for me.

I'm the only one watching Its a Wonderful Life every year, no one in my house likes it I think they were all adopted

I saw the original Miracle on 34th St. one year at some ungodly hour at 6.30am on RTE1, loved it!

Christmas Vacation
Home Alone
Scrooged
Elf

Bear in mind if its everyone's taste, as there was a survey out one year that there's always a barney at 4.20pm on christmas day over the remote, Well last year we had a Barney over & he was great craic in the mix

Tipsy McSwagger

For some reason Hook is a good film to watch at Xmas.

Hawkeye1

Elf
Scrooged
Jungle all the way
Home Alones
Bad Santa - fav

krudler

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

For some reason Hook is a good film to watch at Xmas.

It's set at Christmas in the beginning but isn't an overly Christmassy movie but yeah it's definitely something I'd watch around that time of year. It's flawed but Hoffman makes it worth watching.

tallaghtfornia

has to be Scrooged!

sandleman1979

Planes, Trains and Automobiles....

NIMAN

Warper wrote: »

Star Wars, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and Indiana Jones franchises never fail

Not quite true with some of the later ones in the series. Some poor films in there.

Hande hoche!

ShagNastii wrote: »

I'm a huge "Jingle All The Way" fan. Many see it as a stinker but I think it's great.

Any movie involving Arnie punching a reindeer has a certain charm.