Boards.ie Favourite Christmas Movie Nominations Thread

Loughc · 03-12-2018 11:09am #1

So in similar fashion to the TV and Song thread it's time to nominate for your favourite Christmas movie, max of 3 nominations each and the poll will go live next Monday.

odyssey06 · 03-12-2018 2:34pm

Three variations on a Christmas Carol...

Scrooged starring Bill Murray
A Muppet Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol - the 1999 Patrick Stewart version which is a more faithful adaptation of the Dickens book.

Caranica · 03-12-2018 2:48pm

A Muppet Family Christmas... Way better than a Muppet Christmas Carol imo.

Muppets, Fraggles and Sesame Street gang, what's not to love.

BoroMan32 · 03-12-2018 3:39pm

Home Alone

Jingle all the way

Christmas on Division Street

tweek84 · 03-12-2018 3:58pm

Die Hard 1
Die Hard 2
Home Alone

Loughc · 03-12-2018 4:03pm

My own ones are;

Scrooged
A Muppet Christmas Carol
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

The Christmas Carol theme is very popular and very well executed throughout alot of the popular Christmas Movies.

jellybear · 03-12-2018 4:26pm

Home Alone
Love Actually
Polar Express

Cienciano · 03-12-2018 6:33pm

Elf
Trading Places
Frosty the Snowman

Nomination for worst: Christmas Eve (with Patrick steward). Not just worst Christmas movie, worst movie of all time.

Pidae.m · 03-12-2018 6:35pm

Home alone 2
Die hard 2
Love actually

weadick · 03-12-2018 6:36pm

Black Christmas.

Necro · 03-12-2018 6:40pm

Die Hard
Love Actually
Bad Santa

For me anyways

Toto Wolfcastle · 03-12-2018 6:48pm

Elf
Home Alone
Arthur Christmas

Zaph · 04-12-2018 12:09am

Die Hard
Gremlins
Bad Santa

04-12-2018 1:05am

Love Actually
Elf
The Nightmare before Christmas

Purple Mountain · 04-12-2018 1:31am

Love Actually
Home Alone

Gravelly · 04-12-2018 1:34am

It’s a wonderful life
National lampoons Christmas vacation
Home alone

aj89 · 04-12-2018 10:05am

Couldn't rush my 100th post:

1) Elf
2) Gremlins
3) The Santa Clause

DvB · 04-12-2018 4:06pm

National Lampoon Christmas Vacation
Its a wonderful life
Home Alone

amdublin · 04-12-2018 4:25pm

The Family Stone
The Holiday
Love Actually
Meet me in St Louis

Deja Boo · 04-12-2018 8:34pm

Love Actually
The Santa Clause
The Holiday

Toots · 04-12-2018 8:36pm

Die Hard
Home Alone
Polar Express
Nightmare Before Christmas
Elf

CheerLouth · 05-12-2018 10:54am

The Muppets Christmas Carol
Mary Poppins (I know it's technically not a Christmas film but I always watch it at Christmas)
Die Hard

razorblunt · 05-12-2018 10:56am

I don't think The Family Man has been mentioned yet, but I love that movie, it was on Channel 5 last weekend but I missed it, hoping it gets a repeat soon.

Mam of 4 · 05-12-2018 11:00am

Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory ,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ,
Mary Poppins .

Memories of watching them myself , then watching them with my children , and now introducing them to my grandchildren

DvB · 05-12-2018 11:41am

razorblunt wrote: »

I don't think The Family Man has been mentioned yet, but I love that movie, it was on Channel 5 last weekend but I missed it, hoping it gets a repeat soon.

Love it.
I've mentioned it in the movies thread a couple of times, I know its not really a christmas movie but starts & ends at christmas & is a lovely story. Its a definite watch for us every year in the build up.

gmisk · 05-12-2018 11:48am

One I like that doesnt seem to get any love is The Ref.

My top 5 (dont make me pick an order!)
Home Alone
Muppets Christmas Carol
Die Hard
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Gremlins

TRS30 · 05-12-2018 3:03pm

Muppets Christmas Carol
Die Hard 1 or 2
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Home Alone 1

no particular order

The Rape of Lucretia · 05-12-2018 8:09pm

Elf.
Will Ferrell makes it.

Bad Santa.
Can believe this one isnt trending more. Not one for the kids, but its Billy Bobs finest movie apart from The Man Who Wasnt There, and does have a real Christmas ending to it.

Love Actually
Presumably only a movie for the men, but any movie that has all the women behave as brainless sex objects (apart from the fine Emma Thompson scene which cuts against the grain so much), and the men do indeed 'get' them, all, while reprehensible, is allowable as a once off as part of the magic of Christmas.

Sorry, but Die Hard and Gremlins, despite their general merits, just arent Christmas movies.

Autosport · 05-12-2018 11:18pm

Home Alone
Die Hard
Love Actually

So many more to add as I’m addicted to Christmas 24 and True Christmas but they are the most popular

js35 · 06-12-2018 12:18am

Trading places
Home alone
National lampoons Christmas vacation

Slim Charles · 06-12-2018 8:13am

The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 3
Home Alone

gmisk · 06-12-2018 9:57am

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Sorry, but Die Hard and Gremlins, despite their general merits, just arent Christmas movies.

How so? What exactly makes you think they arent christmas films?

Die hard, its his wifes christmas party, on christmas eve, there are at least 3 christmas songs on the soundtrack lots more things.

gremlins - pretty much the whole film takes place at christmas, its a wonderful life is on the tv, people walk about singing and listening to christmas songs, there are christmas decorations all over the place, there are carolers (including gremlins).

newmem · 13-12-2018 2:59pm

Muppet Family Christmas is a must see
Elf
Home Alone
While you were sleeping
Arthur Christmas

tunguska · 13-12-2018 7:51pm

Gremlins - Saw this as a very young kid but to this day Im still madly in love with Phoebe Cates

Die Hard II - They had the good sense to set the sequel at christmas as well.

National Lampoons Christmas vacation - I think I like this just because of the Griswald house and how its decorated.

Edit: The Muppet Christmas carol -Have to put this in aswell. Saw it last year in the lighthouse cinema with a screen full of adults and kids and it was magical. Not ashamed to admit that I did shed a tear or two.

Although I do think that "Fred Clause" with Vince Vaughan is massively underrated.

Loughc · 03-01-2019 9:36am

I completely forgot to do the poll for this!

That's just a testament to how busy work was just before Christmas, although it's not much better this month :P

Noms can continue until Sunday and I will open the poll Monday Morning, something to look forward to for after the decorations come down for everyone.

Posy · 03-01-2019 10:05am

Loughc wrote: »

I completely forgot to do the poll for this!

I didn't even notice! #badmod :pac:

Deja Boo · 13-01-2019 5:38am

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Sorry, but Die Hard and Gremlins, despite their general merits, just arent Christmas movies.

I wholeheartedly agree

Posy · 13-01-2019 2:28pm

Oh no, let's not start the Die Hard debate again!

Loughc · 13-01-2019 3:39pm

Posy wrote: »

Oh no, let's not start the Die Hard debate again!

No let’s :pac:

Posy · 13-01-2019 7:10pm

Okay fine!

It's a Christmas film.
It's set on Christmas eve at a Christmas party about a man visiting his family for Christmas... it's a no brainer!

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