Favorite Christmas movie(s)?

We just watched Die Hard, a true holiday classic. Possibly Emmet Otter tomorrow. Or 1941. Better Off Dead?

What's on your list?

And some Emmet Otter outtakes just because. 

Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas.

Appleseed said:

Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas.

A few years ago, we saw it in the theater. It was like being 7 again. :)

The best Christmas movie is White Christmas./end

It's not exactly a movie and it's not for everyone but Liam O'brian's Night before Critmas has become a holiday tradition in my household.

Having kids here, ours tend to run  more towards the family movie genre, but they still have to be good. 
 

When they were younger, Polar Express was our go-to for watching yearly, but it has been replaced.
 

I'll recommend here the movie that I've been talking about all week. The Man Who Invented Christmas is about Charles Dickens' writing of A Christmas Carol. 
 

It's a great story, with a lot of historical accuracy. For example, Dickens had achieved great success with Oliver Twist, but had followed that with a series of flops. He had lost confidence as a writer, was suffering from "writer's block" and was going dangerously into debt. 
 

Christmas in the 1840s was considered, as described by one character, "a minor holiday." Dickens envisioned and described the holiday as a time of caring for each other, for sharing and giving.   He truly did change our perspective on Christmas. 
 

Besides the compelling story, the movie is a wonderful production. Christopher Plummer's portrayal of Scrooge is magnificent. The casting, acting, directing and photography are excellent, and the costuming is historically spot on and excellent (my wife is an expert with a critical eye).
 

Watching it this week for the fourth time in three years, I was still excited to appreciate details of the production that I hadn't previously noticed. 

Here's the trailer. 

Elf.

Family Man with Nicholas Cage

Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase

Die Hard

Die Hard.

Elf makes me want to slam my head against the wall until I am unconscious. I can't stand Will Farrell.

A Wish For Wings That Work

Muppets Christmas Carol

Christmas Story, Elf, Christmas Vacation, and Die Hard always get watched in our house over Christmas!

Emmet Otter for sure.

My wife says this is at the top. 
 

David S. Wallens said:

We just watched Die Hard, a true holiday classic.

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my inlaws watch this every year, and they love it.  I'm not offended by the film, but I don't find it particularly engaging.

Our Christmas tradition is building Lego sets while watching:

1. Die Hard
2. The Thing
3. Predator

We might add 'In Bruges' this year.

If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then so is Ronin.

Possibly The Hunt for Red October, although the movie may not have made a big deal about it being Christmas than the book did.  ("By God, if they were going to do something, now would be the time, wouldn't it?"  Probably hits too close to home right now)

Die hard

White Christmas

Holiday inn.

Donovan's Reef. A John Ford/John Wayne piece set in contemporary 1962 French Polynesian about navy vets. It has 2 John Wayne vs Lee Marvin fist fights. 

Probably because of my age, but it's always the Rankin/Bass stop motion puppet movies for me. They're a little odd, other than the standard Rudolph one, but I think that's why I enjoy them. 
And I just realized that I haven't watched any of them this year. Time to hit the streaming services to get them queued up for the day.

-Rob

other than the usual holiday fare:

Batman Returns

Life of Brian

somehow Star Wars makes its way in

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Lethal Weapon

It's a Wonderful Life.  (wifey thinks I have a crush on Donna Reed)

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. Its set on Christmas and its about peace on Earth. And giant robots. And philosophical discussions on what happens to those who only know how to fight wars when there are no more wars.

The Gundam franchise has a big thing about Christmas. The One Year War from the original series ends on Christmas. Gundam 0080: War In The Pocket is set at Christmas time. Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky is also set around Christmas.

Emmet Otter is on Prime.