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Post by fatmenace on Nov 8, 2009 3:26:22 GMT -6
Top ten, or top five, whatever.
1. It's a Wonderful Life - I'm tired of people rolling their eyes when I say this. It's the best Christmas movie. Deal with it.
2. Home Alone - Gets better with each viewing. It feels like Christmas weather when it's on in December.
3. Scrooged - Don't know what Murray's best role is, but this is up there. Best adaptation of this story. Never gets old.
4. Planes Trains and Automobiles - My favorite comedy of all time. If this movie doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you have no soul.
5. Trapped in Paradise - Hard to imagine Jon Lovitz being in a classic, but he made it. Nic Cage took a time out from making crappy movies to make a good one.
6. Charlie Brown Christmas - The 80s versions, not these newfangled ones.
7. Any version of Rudolph/Frosty - Once again, the ones made in the 80s.
8. Elf - Yes, I said it. I know this movie got panned, but I find it hilarious. Might not hold up in twenty years, but for now it does.
9. The Santa Clause - A guilty pleasure for many people
10. Rocky 4 - How is this a Christmas movie? He beats Ivan Drago on Christmas day, plus ends communism. It's not just a Christmas movie, it's a patriotic Christmas movie.
I know I'm missing some, so I'll come back and revise as I feel the need to.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 8, 2009 3:27:35 GMT -6
Forgot The Family Man. I don't know Nick Cage is on this list twice, but he is. If you haven't seen this movie, then go see it.
Geez, how could I leave off the Muppet Christmas Carol?
You're gonna laugh, but Love Actually. Great great movie. Great Christmas movie.
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 8, 2009 3:31:30 GMT -6
Wow, got up to go to the kitchen, and it hit me like a force: Christmas Vacation. I'm honestly ashamed it wasn't in my top five. Should be up there. Top three maybe.
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Post by gk on Nov 8, 2009 10:51:29 GMT -6
Nope nope nope.
A Christmas Story is places 1-9. Then there's a 9-way tie for 10th place.
Here are the 9 movies vying for 10th place (in no particular order).
Nightmare Before Christmas National Lampoons X-mas Vacation Trapped in Paradise - excellent call on this one Chad. Very underrated. Muppets Christmas Carol How the Grinch Stole Christmas (not sure if a half-hour special counts as a Christmas movie, but since we put....) Charlie Brown Christmas The Ref Eight Crazy Nights (Hanukkah movies count, right?) Lethal Weapon/Die Hard
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Post by fatmenace on Nov 8, 2009 15:46:14 GMT -6
Shame on me for forgetting about the Grinch. I always see Die Hard listed. Great movie, but...
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Post by gk on Dec 23, 2009 10:28:17 GMT -6
Actually, I don't really think of this as a Christmas movie, but it ends temporally around Christmas time and it's definitely got some Christmas-themed messages:
Millions - Danny Boyle's first (i think) directorial effort.
It's one of my favorite movies, I think that's why I don't think of it as a Christmas movie, per se. But it should be. Feel free to remove Die Hard/Lethal Weapon.
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Post by finkle on Dec 23, 2009 18:07:49 GMT -6
I know this is really gonna chap a few buns, but I don't like A Christmas Story too much.
Cheesy 80s made for TV movie -- The Night They Saved Christmas...love it
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Post by gk on Dec 24, 2009 10:24:42 GMT -6
I know this is really gonna chap a few buns, but I don't like A Christmas Story too much. Blasphemy indeed.
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Post by gk on Dec 24, 2009 10:25:39 GMT -6
When Clark Griswold says, "MERRY CHRISTMAS! HOLY SH#T!!" in Christmas Vacation - well, that might be the funniest moment in movie history.
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Post by mayor on Dec 24, 2009 14:23:26 GMT -6
I have to recommend "A Christmas Tale," a french film from 2008. Certainly not your typical Christmas fare.
And it's available from Netflix now (for awhile it was a "Blockbuster Exclusive").
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