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

22-10-2017 9:19am

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

MadDog76 · 22-10-2017 3:22pm

StripedBoxers wrote: »

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)

The Die Hard movies are not Christmas films ....... ok, the first two take place on Christmas Eve (but could have taken place at any time of the year without effecting the plot in any way whatsoever!) but Die Hard's 3, 4 and 5 have literally no connection to Christmas at all???

I do like some of the other movies on your list though!

DunnoKidz · 23-10-2017 3:47am

Wow, that's some list! well done!

Glitzgirl · 27-10-2017 6:21pm

I love this thread

We do a christmas movie each night from the first of December and our favourites are

Nightmare before Christmas
The santa clause (1-3)
Muppets christmas carol
Miracle on 34th street
Christmas with the kranks
The polar express
Jingle all the way
Arthur christmas
Deck the halls
Scrooged
The grinch
Elf
Fred clause
Home alone

Can't remember any more sorry ! May check our pile later !

odyssey06 · 27-10-2017 7:50pm

These are the 21 'Countdown to Christmas' movies that will be airing on Hallmark Channel USA:
https://www.tvinsider.com/580025/hallmark-channel-christmas-movies-2017/

I assume some of them will end up on True Xmas...

The cast of "The Christmas Train" - Dermot Mulroney, Danny Glover - suggests it could be worth a look.

Toto Wolfcastle · 28-10-2017 9:52am

I watched Twice Upon A Christmas yesterday on True Christmas. It was grand but there’s a song in it that’s still stuck in my head.

Toto Wolfcastle · 28-10-2017 9:42pm

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was on RTE earlier and Die Hard 2 is on now. Have we skipped November without me realising?

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 28-10-2017 9:55pm

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was on RTE earlier and Die Hard 2 is on now. Have we skipped November without me realising?

I’m watching Die Hard 2, perfect for a lazy Saturday night!

BorneTobyWilde · 28-10-2017 10:02pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNdplqmCcQ

Toto Wolfcastle · 29-10-2017 4:32pm

I’m watching A Wish For Christmas on Netflix. So cheesy! Perfect Sunday afternoon viewing.

matchthis · 30-10-2017 1:07am

Watch a Harry Potter movie every weekend from this weekend and it'll bring you up to the weekend just before the big day!

Glitzgirl · 30-10-2017 8:55am

Oh I forgot gone with the wind it's a tradition to watch it here every christmas :pac:

honeybear · 30-10-2017 11:38pm

The sound of music

honeybear · 30-10-2017 11:38pm

Casablanca

Jude13 · 05-11-2017 7:29am

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gNdplqmCcQ

Absolute corker of a movie.

As Halloween has just past and Christmas is a little bit away how about Christmas horrors to bridge the gap:
Black Christmas - as above
Silent Night Deadly night - meant to be pretty good, I will give it a watch this Friday.
Dead of Night
Krampus
Better watch out - A new one which is meant to be very good too

Cortina_MK_IV · 27-11-2017 1:31am

Sunday December 3rd, Aldi selling DVDs for €4.99 including Home Alone 1&2 twin pack, Elf, Fred Claus and Jingle all the Way. (Few others also.)

https://www.aldi.ie/c/2017-12-03?q=%3Apopular&page=1

odyssey06 · 27-11-2017 1:24pm

From Monday 4th, Channel 4 will be showing a Christmas movie weekdays just after lunch... I see lots of plotlines involving (a) childhood sweethearts on opposing sides of land deals and (b) impossibly cute dogs... so we're in Hallmark territory for those who don't have True Xmas!

DunnoKidz · 28-11-2017 12:29am

^ I may've seen a few of those yesterday, The Golden Christmas movies 1-2&3! too cute...
Snowmance and A Cinderella Christmas looks promising.

DunnoKidz · 28-11-2017 12:31am

I fell asleep during the first 20 mins of A Perfect Christmas List, hope it comes back around, the main stars are from old tv shows, looked really good.

DunnoKidz · 01-12-2017 8:58am

Just finished The Perfect Christmas List on youtube, for a light Christmas movie it was really good! ! !

branie2 · 12-12-2017 6:15pm

branie2 wrote: »

Skyfall is on RTE over Christmas

And Spectre is on Christmas Day

Christmas Movies

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