Favorite Christmas Movies

[drpaladin]

There have been a plethora of Christmas movies made over the years. Some of them are good and have become instant classics and some of them are so bad you have to wonder what they were thinking when they were made. I love the old classic movies. There are four I try to watch every year.

 

• The Man Who Came to Dinner

 

 

It's fortunate Monty Wooley was able to preserve his Broadway performance of the curmudgeonly bon vivant and wit, Sheridan Whiteside on film for future generations. It is his finest work. He is supported by a stellar cast, which includes Bette Davis, Jimmy Durante, Billie Burke,  and Jane Withes.

 

 

Miracle on 34th Street

 

Edmund Gwenn is Kris Kringle, a man hired  to be Macy's Santa Claus, who may or may not be the real Santa Claus. There is a wonderful supporting cast with Natalie Wood as a little girl who has been taught to be practical and not believe in childish fantasies.

 

 

In my opinion, no list of Christmas movies can't be complete without Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Two versions make my list.

 

• A Christmas Carol (1938)

 

 

 

 

Reginald Owen does a good turn as Scrooge in this one, but it's Terry Kilburn I always remember as Tiny Tim. To me he is the one  and only Tiny Tim. 'God bless us every one." This film also gives us the Lockhart's as the Cratchit's, with their own daughter June playing one of the children.

 

 

• A Christmas Carol (1951)

 

 

Alastair Sim is the best of all the Scrooge's. He is stern and miserly as the unrepentant Scrooge and full of joy and positively giddy as the reformed man.

 

 

This is my must see Christmas movie list. What movies are on your list?

[Headstall]

Those are my favorites too, Dr. P. I would add White Christmas to the list... it came out the year I was born. I like musicals... oh... Holiday Inn is another good one.   As far as more recent movies, I liked one called The Family Stone. It got trashed by some critics, but I liked it. Will Ferrell's Elf makes me laugh. Jeez... there are so many....

[Headstall]

Thinking about old movies made me think of one in particular... it's not a Christmas movie, but it's a perfect one to watch during the holidays if you like older movies (1939). The movie is called The Little Princess and stars Shirley Temple. I recall watching it one night as a little gaffer, with my mother and siblings, and the Christmas tree was lit. It's a fond memory.  

[TetRefine]

[Reader1810]

Miracle on 34th Street (the 1947 version) is my absolute favourite Christmas movie. 

[Daddydavek]

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) 
 100%

#2

 

Synopsis: Sally Benson's short stories about the turn-of-the-century Smith family of St. Louis were tackled by a battalion of MGM screenwriters,... [More]

Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor

Directed By: Vincente Minnelli

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[blake_logan]

Nothing like a Griswold Christmas, but last year I did a double feature with Home Alone & Home Alone 2.

 

 

[Thorn Wilde]

Three Wishes for Cinderella. It's a Czech version of the classic fairytale, from 1973, and it's been on TV here in Norway every Christmas for decades. It really is very beautiful, and the music is gorgeous. Christmas isn't quite the same without it.

[drpaladin]

4 hours ago, Headstall said:

Thinking about old movies made me think of one in particular... it's not a Christmas movie, but it's a perfect one to watch during the holidays if you like older movies (1939). The movie is called The Little Princess and stars Shirley Temple. I recall watching it one night as a little gaffer, with my mother and siblings, and the Christmas tree was lit. It's a fond memory.  

 

I liked that one too, but I'm always a hopeless sucker when it comes to Shirley Temple movies. "Oh my goodness."

[Wesley8890]

I don't care if you don't agree, talking to you Bruce Willis,

DIE HARD!!!!!!!!

A close second is Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas. I did watch the original It's a Wonderful Life for the first time last year

[D.K. Daniels]

Personal favorites: 

 

1. Fluke - Fluke is about a dog finding its way home to his family. Can't have Christmas without a dog movie.

2. Love Actually - revolves around nine separate stories; all of which showcase the complexities of love.

3. Home Alone - need I say more, what more entertaining than a kid putting house buglers in the hospital.

4. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - everything that can go wrong at Christmas will go wrong.

5. The Grinch 2000 - watching Jim Carrey parade around defying Christmas with wit and sarcasm is gold.

6. Jack Frost - and what would be Christmas without a few tears.

[Headstall]

31 minutes ago, D.K. Daniels said:

Personal favorites: 

 

1. Fluke - Fluke is about a dog finding its way home to his family. Can't have Christmas without a dog movie.

2. Love Actually - revolves around nine separate stories; all of which showcase the complexities of love.

3. Home Alone - need I say more, what more entertaining than a kid putting house buglers in the hospital.

4. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - everything that can go wrong at Christmas will go wrong.

5. The Grinch 2000 - watching Jim Carrey parade around defying Christmas with wit and sarcasm is gold.

6. Jack Frost - and what would be Christmas without a few tears.

I like all these... Love Actually was awesome.

[D.K. Daniels]

11 minutes ago, Headstall said:

I like all these... Love Actually was awesome.

Agreed lol, I watch the movie once a year, and that is every Christmas Eve. That is my go-to movie for that night, only 3 days to go lol.

[Brayon]

The Snoopy Christmas show.

The Snoopy vs the Red Baron.

Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer Holiday Special.

[Headstall]

13 hours ago, Wesley8890 said:

I don't care if you don't agree, talking to you Bruce Willis,

DIE HARD!!!!!!!!

A close second is Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas. I did watch the original It's a Wonderful Life for the first time last year

A Nightmare Before Christmas was brilliant!