Christmas Movies

baby and crumble · 15-10-2018 4:27pm

1) A Muppet Christmas Carol
2) The Holiday
3) Love Actually
4) Elf
5) How The Grinch Stole Christmas (the original animation from the 60's)

Honorable mentions: Carol (mostly because of it's STUNNING vintage cinematography and seeing 1950's New York at Christmas, it's DELISH); The Family Stone; Nativity!.

otnomart · 15-10-2018 5:27pm

It's a Wonderful Life
Nightmare before Christmas
Then I always get a warm fuzzy feeling from 80s - 90s movies that have some kind of
Christmas/NYE scene in them:
Moonstruck
Hannah and her sisters
Sleepless in Seattle

honeybear · 15-10-2018 9:03pm

otnomart wrote: »

It's a Wonderful Life
Nightmare before Christmas
Then I always get a warm fuzzy feeling from 80s - 90s movies that have some kind of
Christmas/NYE scene in them:
Moonstruck
Hannah and her sisters
Sleepless in Seattle

I LOVE Moonstruck! Nicholas Cage ... mmmm

Mam of 4 · 15-10-2018 9:10pm

Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory ,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ,
Mary Poppins ,
The Harry Potter films ,

Not technically Christmas films , but they're the ones I without fail sit down and watch over the Christmas holidays

Zaph · 16-10-2018 12:02am

Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Gremlins
Bad Santa
The Great Escape (a staple of Christmas Day/Stephen's Day afternoons when I was growing up, nobody ever shows it any more)

Deja Boo · 16-10-2018 5:53am

Love Actually
The Bishops Wife
The Holiday
The Preachers Wife
The Santa Clause

Jude13 · 16-10-2018 8:31am

Need to amend my list and add Black Christmas. Its brilliant. I loved when Scream etc came out and love the original Halloweens. Guys you have to see this, slasher/Christmas movie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(1974_film)

MadDog76 · 20-10-2018 9:19pm

Elf
Polar Express
Home Alone
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Arthur Christmas

Cork Lass · 21-10-2018 6:35am

The Santa Clause
The Grinch
Elf
Polar Express
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Loughc · 21-10-2018 2:59pm

Sky cinema Christmas channel starts on November 7th.

razorblunt · 21-10-2018 10:14pm

The Chronicles of Christmas is coming to Netflix soon, their own movie with Kurt Russell, the trailer is up now.
It looks very enjoyable.

Jude13 · 22-10-2018 4:51am

I have expat TV here so for the first time in my ten years away I will have the Late Late Toy show and Sky cinema to watch Christmas movies.

I would try the Hallmark ones but as another poster stated, I think it was Toto Wolfcastle, that they're a bit brain washie, the leader is good the leader is great type stuff about the US of A. Stars and stripes in every shot.

Toto Wolfcastle · 22-10-2018 9:28am

The Hallmark ones are always incredibly cheesy and predictable (they’re basically all the same script) but I love them! I even watched the entire ‘thanks for your service, Cody’ military propaganda one and kind of enjoyed it.

Loughc · 22-10-2018 9:41am

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

The Hallmark ones are always incredibly cheesy and predictable (they’re basically all the same script) but I love them! I even watched the entire ‘thanks for your service, Cody’ military propaganda one and kind of enjoyed it.

I've never seen a Hallmark Christmas movie... :eek:

Toto Wolfcastle · 22-10-2018 9:49am

Loughc wrote: »

I've never seen a Hallmark Christmas movie... :eek:

If you’ve watched a movie on Christmas 24 with any of the following, chances are you have:

Woman trapped with mean boss because of snow. They fall in love.

Woman trapped with ex boyfriend because of snow. They fall in love.

Woman visits hometown for first time in years. Helps plan Christmas event. Burly local tree surgeon helps. They fall in love.

Woman sits next to cranky stranger on plane. Flight is diverted because of snow. They end up in same B&B. They fall in love.

Woman enters Christmas themed competition usually involving baking or ice sculpture. Local hottie helps. They fall in love.

And finally, anything starting the PenaVegas, Lacey Chabert or Candace Cameron-Bure, particularly if they fall in love with someone.

I could go on and on but I have a job. :pac:

Loughc · 22-10-2018 9:54am

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

If you’ve watched a movie on Christmas 24 with any of the following, chances are you have:

I've never watched anything on Christmas 24 either :eek:

Toto Wolfcastle · 22-10-2018 10:06am

Loughc wrote: »

I've never watched anything on Christmas 24 either :eek:

Hand in your Christmas forum modship immediately. :eek:

Jude13 · 22-10-2018 10:07am

Loughc wrote: »

I've never seen a Hallmark Christmas movie... :eek:

They have a word for you Hallmark movies 'commie'. Just kidding. Some are so bad that they are good. Like the remake of the wickerman with Nick cage.

Loughc · 22-10-2018 10:08am

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Hand in your Christmas forum modship immediately. :eek:

I’m keeping the gun....

Toto Wolfcastle · 22-10-2018 10:11am

Jude13 wrote: »

They have a word for you Hallmark movies 'commie'. Just kidding. Some are so bad that they are good. Like the remake of the wickerman with Nick cage.

Some of them are like the first Sharknado. Others are like the 5th Sharknado.

odyssey06 · 22-10-2018 10:12am

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

If you’ve watched a movie on Christmas 24 with any of the following, chances are you have:

You forgot...
* Cute dog
* Vineyard \ business \ plot of land which the lead actress has inherited that needs the lead actor's local knowledge \ own plot of land \ business acumen etc to make work

annaboniface55 · 22-10-2018 10:47am

In no particular order

Home Alone
Elf
Jingle all the way
Die Hard
A Nightmare Before Christmas

donegal_man · 22-10-2018 11:32am

Bad Santa (2003)
It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
Scrooged (1988)
Big Business (1929)
Deck The Halls (2006)

burgershack · 26-10-2018 9:18pm

The most wonderful time of the year. One of the better hallmark Christmas films. It's pretty funny
Trapped in paradise with Nicholas Cage
Gremlins
The ref with Denis Leary
National lampoons Christmas vacation

The dead. John Hustons last film Based on the James Joyce story of the same name. Another one of my favourites though it is set on the feast of the ephinany

28-10-2018 4:29pm

1.Elf
2.Love Actually
3.The Nightmare before Christmas
4.Miracle on 34th Street
5.Any cheesy romantic Hallmark Christmas movie

Marty Bird · 31-10-2018 2:34pm

1.Trains, Planes and Automobiles (not a Xmas movie but I always watch it on Xmas eve)
2.Santa Claus The Movie.
3.The Polar Express.
4.Trading Places.
5.Home Alone.

Jude13 · 01-11-2018 6:32am

I love planes, trains and automobiles. It's very reminiscent of my trips home for Chrimbo

freida · 02-11-2018 6:19pm

Watched my first Christmas movie today doing the ironing ðŸ™‚

https://youtu.be/8bJs45o_OyY

Deja Boo · 02-11-2018 9:29pm

watching this one now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LJLFvUf-e0

Galwayguy35 · 02-11-2018 10:00pm

A Christmas Carol.

The one starring Patrick Stewart.

honeybear · 02-11-2018 10:04pm

Deja Boo wrote: »

watching this one now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LJLFvUf-e0

Just started it...pure cheese. PERFECT

honeybear · 03-11-2018 10:59pm

Deja Boo...what have you started!!! Watched my second Christmas Movie “A Wish For Christmas”. As cheesy as the first one. PERFECT

mloc123 · 03-11-2018 11:10pm

Loughc wrote: »

Sky cinema Christmas channel starts on November 7th.

E4/Channel 4 had home alone on a few weeks back... I wonder was this some rights issue (they can show it before November?) as IIRC Sky have the rights to that and everything else now.

Deja Boo · 03-11-2018 11:54pm

honeybear wrote: »

Deja Boo...what have you started!!! Watched my second Christmas Movie “A Wish For Christmas”. As cheesy as the first one. PERFECT

Ooooh, now I'm gonna have to watch it too, honeybear!

yay for cheese!

appledrop · 04-11-2018 12:17am

Love Actually-l always watch this twice in run up to Christmas. Once a few weeks out + second on Christmas Eve!
Die Hard- 'Yippee Ki yay Mother F##cker'
Home Alone-'Keep the change you filthy animal'
The Santa Clause-The one with Tim Allen
It's a Wonderful Life-Still makes me cry every year

appledrop · 04-11-2018 12:20am

Don't like Gremlins. Think it's because it was always on when I was a child at Christmas and I usually hid behind sofa! Creepy!

honeybear · 04-11-2018 12:21am

Never seen It’s a Wonderful Life-should I be banned from the Christmas Forum?

appledrop · 04-11-2018 12:26am

You really should watch it. Now need to keep in mind it's not a light hearted film so you would need to be in right mood to watch it. Also old black + white film so not for everyone. Story though very relevant for today's times.

Toto Wolfcastle · 04-11-2018 12:46am

appledrop wrote: »

Don't like Gremlins. Think it's because it was always on when I was a child at Christmas and I usually hid behind sofa! Creepy!

I’m with you there. Don’t like it at all. My husband loves it but I didn’t find that out until after the wedding so I didn’t have a chance to call it off.

appledrop · 04-11-2018 12:50am

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

I’m with you there. Don’t like it at all. My husband loves it but I didn’t find that out until after the wedding so I didn’t have a chance to call it off.

The big test will be if you have children will they or won't they be allowed to watch it?

Tom Mann Centuria · 04-11-2018 12:56am

It's a Wonderful Life.
Elf.
Arthur Christmas.
The Shop Around the Corner.
The Bishop's Wife.

Lots of the others people have suggested would also be on my yearly viewing list.

Jude13 · 04-11-2018 8:19am

I watched lethal weapon last night, it has loads of Christmas imagery and music.

Jimbob1977 · 04-11-2018 8:39am

While it's really a Thanksgiving movie, Planes Trains and Automobiles is a festive season classic.

It's incredibly funny and poignant

h7nlrp2v0g5u48 · 04-11-2018 2:04pm

Polar Express with Tom Hanks doing the voice over.

An old one but a great Chrismas movie Santa Clays The Movie with Dudley Moore.

Deck The Halls. Clssic Danny De Viteo

Home Alone,

Miracle On 34th Street both the old and new versions.

Jack Frost with Michael Keathing.

Some of my favourite Christmas movies.

Jude13 · 07-11-2018 7:12am

So there are 48 days till the big day. I have done the below list of movies and tv shows in my possession, there are 37 of them. Add on 10 cheesy Netflix/hallmark films, that makes 47 things to watch without taking in to account any new releases. I have to start watching them now as Im away on work trips quite a bit so I'll miss a few days.

Kind of Festive
1. Die Hard 1
2. Die Hard 2
3. In Bruges
4. Trading Places
5. The Holiday
6. West Wing Christmas Episodes
7. Potter Films
Festive
8. Santa Clause 1
9. Santa Clause 2
10. Santa Clause 3
11. Black Christmas
12. Scrooged
13. White Christmas
14. Christmas with the Kranks
15. Deck the Halls
16. The Snowman (maybe for Christmas eve)
17. The Grinch Animated version
18. Santa Clause the Movie -
19. A Miracle on 34th Street
20. Kurt Doulas Christmas series
21. Love Actually
22. A Muppet Christmas Carol
23. It’s a Wonderful Life (never seen it)
24. Christmas vacation
25. Home Alone 1
26. Home Alone 2
27. Harold and Kumar
28. Polar Express
29. I’ll be home for Christmas (Human one)
30. I’ll be home for Christmas (German Shepherd) - Netflix
31. Four Christmas’s
32. Elf
33. Extras Christmas special
34. Gavin and Stacey
35. Soooo many cheesy Netflix Christmas movies
36. Bad Santa
37. Batman Returns

Posy · 07-11-2018 9:12am

What a great list! I'm definitely going to use it for inspiration.

If you're going to watch White Christmas, you should watch Holiday Inn- it's the film where the song White Christmas actually comes from, confusingly enough!

DvB · 07-11-2018 10:05am

Jude, definitely watch 'Its a wonderful life' ... its a genuine classic. I hold off until christmas eve every year to watch it after the kids are tucked up in bed as I want to savour it to the max when christmas is at its peak.

FTR, do try & see the original black & white version, the later colourised one doesn't have the same 'charm' for me.

Posy · 07-11-2018 2:18pm

I watched It's a Wonderful Life a few years ago and didn't think much of it. I'll have to give it another shot this year.

Loughc · 07-11-2018 3:10pm

Posy wrote: »

I watched It's a Wonderful Life a few years ago and didn't think much of it. I'll have to give it another shot this year.

I still haven't watched it, the storyline is too bleak for me.

Deja Boo · 07-11-2018 6:34pm

Loughc wrote: »

I still haven't watched it, the storyline is too bleak for me.

Same reason I've never watched more than a few minutes of it. Plus that violent family scene put me off ENTIRELY.

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