Christmas Movies

StripedBoxers · 10-10-2017 6:51pm #1

Hi all,

So I'm on a bit of a roll with movies at the moment and I'd love some recommendations.

I love romantics (unusual for me

) and comedies, but I am open to all recommendations and suggestions

So far I've seen A Very Merry Mix-Up and Love at the Christmas Table.

Would love your suggestions for some other movies to watch. Not a fan of Home Alone (

).

Thought a thread like this would be nice for those of us who'd like some ideas on different movies, maybe different from movies we usually watch at Xmas time

odyssey06 · 10-10-2017 7:00pm

Classics... Christmas in Conneticut:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_Connecticut

Nostalgia... The Box of Delights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_of_Delights#BBC_Television_1984

If you have True Movies on Digital... scan the listings for a plot you like the sounds of - Borrowed Hearts has a pretty good cast for a TV Movie:
https://www.truechannels.tv/

I quite like the ITV murder mysteries that are set around Christmas e.g. Midsomer Murders, Poirot.

If you can track down a copy of this, I remember it as very funny:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_and_the_Genie

Posy · 11-10-2017 12:19am

StripedBoxers wrote: »

So far I've seen A Very Merry Mix-Up

Was it on TV? I seen you discussing it here, and I've never heard of it before.

StripedBoxers · 11-10-2017 12:30am

Posy wrote: »

Was it on TV? I seen you discussing it here, and I've never heard of it before.

I downloaded it, never heard of it until I saw it mentioned somewhere, so Googled it and thought it was worth a watch.

I also watched Love At The Chrismas table which was okay, alright to watch once. This is on True Christmas tomorrow at 9.30pm.

OU812 · 11-10-2017 12:32am

Die hard 1 & 2. That's all you need.

Maybe Love Actually also.

Jude13 · 11-10-2017 7:40am

I am the only one in my house who loves the snowman, introduction by David Bowie. It's a classic that I watch alone. So beautiful. To temper that I also watch Harold and Kummar Christmas movie.

odyssey06 · 11-10-2017 8:17am

Rare Exports... that is a very different christmas film, if you can tolerate subtitles and the occasional bloody corpse.

I like both the Patrick Stewart version of A Christmas Carol, and the Muppet one with Michael Caine.

Peatys · 11-10-2017 8:22am

Scrooged is all you need.
Maybe Die Hard

and Polar Express..

Elf.

Disney's Christmas Carol.

That's it.

Jude13 · 12-10-2017 7:11am

Planes trains and automobiles, a thanksgiving movie so its okay to watch this far from christmas

SusieBlue · 12-10-2017 10:20am

I love watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this time of year

baby and crumble · 12-10-2017 10:49am

A Muppet Christmas Carol

Elf

The Holiday

Love Actually

Nightmare Before Christmas

The Grinch (the original animation from 1966)

Carol (it's not a "Christmas movie" per say but it's set in 1950's New York at Christmas and it's beautiful).

StripedBoxers · 14-10-2017 12:31am

Some great suggestions in this thread.

Here's what I have downloaded so far.

8 Femmes (2002)
A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
A Christmas Story (1983)
A Christmas Tale (2008)
A Very Merry Mix-Up
All I Want for Christmas (1991)
Annie
Babes in Toyland (1986)
Bad Santa (2003)
Bad Santa (2016)
Christmas with the Kranks
Die Hard 1-5
Elf
Frosty the Snowman
Home Alone 1-5
Home for Christmas (2010)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
In Bruges (2008)
It Happened On 5th Avenue (1947)
Jack Frost
Joyeux Noel
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2008)
Love Actually
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Miracle On 34th Street
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Office Christmas Party (2016)
Rare Exports a Christmas Tale (2010)
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Scrooge (aka A Christmas Carol 1951)
Serendipity (2001)
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984)
The Best Man (1999)
The Best Man Holiday (2013)
The Holiday
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
The Polar Express
The Santa Clause 1- 3
The Snowman (1982)
The Unholy Three (1925)
Trading Places (1983)

DunnoKidz · 14-10-2017 5:53am

I am a rom-com girl, but haven't seen A Very Merry Mix-Up and Love at the Christmas Table. They sound great.

Watched a few pleasant made for tv movies (some Hallmark flicks are on youtube)...

One Special Night
Borrowed Hearts
The Christmas Card
Angel in the Family
If You Believe
A Heavenly Christmas
The Road to Christmas
A Gift Wrapped Christmas
A Holiday to Remember

Some of my fave holidayish cinema flicks...

Serendipity
The Preachers Wife
While You Were Sleeping
Last Holiday
The Holiday

odyssey06 · 14-10-2017 7:24pm

A Christmas Wedding Date is on True Movies tomorrow, it's a cheesy Christmas romcom meets Groundhog Day:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2334090/

It's one of the better Christmas TVMs, although a one more round in the writing studio and filming in somewhere that actually gets snow in Christmas would have improved it I think

Skip unless you think either Marla Sokoloff or Chris Carmack are cute, as per your preference!

Miss Sokoloff must be on some sort of annual retainer because she also pops up at 7pm in "Christmas in Boston" ... conveniently filmed in Canada... so maybe they will get some real snow.

Dog lovers should check out A Golden Christmas starting 5pm Monday 16th October:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489248/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

StripedBoxers · 14-10-2017 7:58pm

Thank you for those movies.

I've just downloaded most of them. I want to down these but cannot find them anywhere.

I'll keep looking though.

Angel in the Family
If You Believe 1999
One Special Night
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
The Preacher's Wife

mdwexford · 14-10-2017 10:48pm

Four Christmases
Fred Claus
Scrooged
Jingle All The Way

Jude13 · 15-10-2017 4:57am

I have itunes but hate it. Need to update my Chrimbo movies.

freshpopcorn · 15-10-2017 2:58pm

For me it has to be Love Actually. I like the story/music/reminds me of my childhood and I love the way it counts down the weeks to Christmas!

matchthis · 16-10-2017 5:42am

“Jingle all the way” and “deck the halls” have been added to the 80’s and 90’s list with the kids taking the reigns. National lampoons Christmas vacation is first place though for me with it’s a wonderful life (B&w) version for when it’s just me and the wifey

Jude13 · 16-10-2017 5:47am

Still never seen its a wonderful life, have to this year. National Lampoons is the one and only for me

Tipsy McSwagger · 16-10-2017 8:38am

Am I the only person who hates Love Actually? Anyway the best Xmas movie will always be Home Alone by far. I might watch Arthur Christmas again this year which was a pleasant surprise for me last Xmas.

waxmelts2000 · 16-10-2017 8:45am

My favorite Christmas Movies are as follows

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
ELF
It's a wonderful Life
WIzard of OZ
Home alone !
Miracle on 34th Street Original
Christmas With the Kranks
The Christmas Shoes
The Santa Clause

With today being a WFH day maybe I will start watching some of these today (assuming we still have power)

DvB · 17-10-2017 5:17pm

Its a wonderful life & Christmas Vacation are my two mainstays no matter what. After that its the likes of home alone & scrooged with the kids.

But one film I also like to watch in the run up is 'The Family Man' with Nicholas Cage & Tea Leoni. Not really an out & out christmas film but it starts & ends at Christmas & there's something really nice about it & how basically having kids can completely change your life... definitely worth a look IMO.

DunnoKidz · 20-10-2017 4:08am

The Bishops Wife is good

I don't know how to download movies, some of these m4tv full movies are on youtube...

12 Men of Christmas
Love at the Christmas Table
Eat, Play, Love

These look ok, but haven't seen them yet:

The Wish List
Fallen Angel
Harvest Love

Not A Christmas movie, but there is alot of snow (and it's very cute!), if you haven't seen it yet, Snow Dogs with Cuba Gooding Jr is delightful.

StripedBoxers · 20-10-2017 5:55am

Thanks so much for your suggestions. I will download those when I have broadband. Hopefully it won't be too long more.

odyssey06 · 21-10-2017 7:01pm

True Xmas will be showing 1980s TV movie "I'll be Home for Christmas" this week on Tuesday 24th & Saturday 28th.

The film is set during World War II and the cast list includes a young Courtney Cox.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095347/

It's rather different in tone to the usual Hallmark movies, while still evoking Christmas time.

StripedBoxers · 22-10-2017 7:19am

I watched about half of A Wedding Date last night. Awful movie. Couldn't watch the rest.

Going to watch another one tonight. No idea what one though.

nailer54321 · 22-10-2017 7:50am

I see jigsaw is back, cant wait to see it, not exactly a vhristmad movie but like them

gmisk · 22-10-2017 8:15am

Krampus is a fun Christmas film if you like horror.
There is one coming out this year called better watch out....excellent twisted little horror film set at Christmas.

My favourite is and always will be national lampoon's Christmas vacation

Jude13 · 22-10-2017 8:18am

Went to see the snowman last night, christmassy as its snowy. Weak weak film though

[Deleted User] · 22-10-2017 9:19am

Die hard was on rte 2 last night - it's never too early!

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