What Is The Best Christmas Movie?

[Dutchrudder 11247]

I was just told that Coming to America is a Christmas movie. That's news to me. Does anyone else consider it. 

[usmc0331horn 1000]

Watched the Holdovers last night. It's honestly one of the best christmas movies and I'm so glad they made it last year. Such a terrific film and its somewhat relatable being a history teacher myself. More movies like that please that take place in the 60s/70s.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2780]

No Krampus?  

[RPM 26675]

On 12/19/2024 at 8:57 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

I think the bracket has a recency bias problem. No Christmas in Connecticut or the original Miracle on 34th Steet is curious. No White Christmas is criminal.

I don’t really consider The Apartment or Meet Me in St Louis Christmas movies. Most of St Louis is set in the summer. 
 

Way under the radar Christmas classic: The Desk Set. Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn, and 1950’s office Christmas party shenanigans. 

It Happened on 5th Avenue, Three Godfathers, Holliday Inn (people confuse this with White Christmas), We're No Angels, Bachelor Mother

[mdmost 44110]

1 hour ago, RPM said:

Holliday Inn (people confuse this with White Christmas),

I always love some Bing in blackface for Christmas. Really gets the family in the holiday spirit!

[Knoxtnhorn 6312]

Damn.  Finally got around to watching the sequel to A Christmas Story.  Sure, it tries too hard at time, and it's never going to carry the magic of the first one.  That being said, it definitely got a tad dusty at times.  I liked it.

[Vic Mackey 48019]

58 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Damn.  Finally got around to watching the sequel to A Christmas Story.  Sure, it tries too hard at time, and it's never going to carry the magic of the first one.  That being said, it definitely got a tad dusty at times.  I liked it.

Is it on any of the streaming apps?

[Covri 6375]

3 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Is it on any of the streaming apps?

It’s on Max. Both are.

 

We just watched 8-bit Christmas on there, it’s a really solid new Christmas movie aimed at us 80s/90s kids who now have kids. It’s in the yearly rotation.

[Knoxtnhorn 6312]

2 hours ago, Covri said:

It’s on Max. Both are.

 

We just watched 8-bit Christmas on there, it’s a really solid new Christmas movie aimed at us 80s/90s kids who now have kids. It’s in the yearly rotation.

Thanks! Watching 8-bit now.  Pretty good.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19319]

Die Hard and Trading Places are the best Christmas movies.

[billfromlaketravis 11862]

8 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

I was just told that Coming to America is a Christmas movie. That's news to me. Does anyone else consider it. 

Trading Places is definitely more of a Christmas movie, but yeah I’d say Coming to America is Christmas adjacent. 

[billfromlaketravis 11862]

2 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Die Hard and Trading Places are the best Christmas movies.

Username checks out. 

[billfromlaketravis 11862]

8 hours ago, usmc0331horn said:

Watched the Holdovers last night. It's honestly one of the best christmas movies and I'm so glad they made it last year. Such a terrific film and it’s somewhat relatable being a history teacher myself. More movies like that please that take place in the 60s/70s.

Terrific film, but I don’t think it’ll make any Christmas classics lists. It’s kind of dark and confronts mental illness in a very direct way. It has some nice moments, but nobody should confuse it with Home Alone or A Christmas Story. 

[WhatTheBuck 28940]

“Eat it, Harvey!”

[After irth 1250]

Recent faves:

El Camino Christmas (with Tim Allen)

Last Christmas (with Emilia Clarke)

Almost Christmas (with Danny Glover)

 

[Rex Kramer 1540]

Christmas Vacation in a runaway landslide. Elf is great for an hour, but is (slightly) overrated. A Christmas Story is a great movie and anyone who hyperbolicly says it’s overrated is absolutely retarded. Love Actually is fucking outstanding and we watched tonight but I hadn’t seen in years and forgot about the porn actor scenes. My 12-yo daughter didn’t like that and my 14 yo son laughed his ass off. 

[Rex Kramer 1540]

7 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Die Hard and Trading Places are the best Christmas movies.

[Rex Kramer 1540]

5 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Username checks out. 

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19 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Christmas Vacation in a runaway landslide. Elf is great for an hour, but is (slightly) overrated. A Christmas Story is a great movie and anyone who hyperbolicly says it’s overrated is absolutely retarded. Love Actually is fucking outstanding and we watched tonight but I hadn’t seen in years and forgot about the porn actor scenes. My 12-yo daughter didn’t like that and my 14 yo son laughed his ass off. 

Porn actors?  You mean the people standing in for the actors to frame the shots and get the lighting right?  They’re not filming a porn they’re live action mannequins otherwise known as stand ins. 

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