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Post by drystyx on Nov 13, 2021 22:24:42 GMT
Since DIE HARD, a 9/10 film isn't a Christmas movie, it doesn't qualify, right? Right. Glad you agree. And so that makes it OFFICIAL.
Now, the top ten Christmas movies:
1. SCROOGE 1970. Simply perfect, thank you very much, thank you very much. That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me.
2. IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE 1947
3. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1984
4. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1938
5. WHITE CHRISTMAS 1954 (Stupid story line about a general being poor, but Danny Kaye makes this a classic)
6. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS 1966
7. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 1965
8. MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS 1934
9. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1951
10. HOLIDAY INN 1942
Entertaining the idea of THE WIZARD OF OZ being a Christmas film. I don't consider it one, but that's debatable. It has a Christmas attitude. Unfortunately for DIE HARD, there is no possible argument for contending it belongs in the Christmas movie category. That's the OFFICIAL ruling, so any objections should have been made before the OFFICIAL ruling. (OFFICIAL is in caps, so it is OFFICIAL).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2021 22:38:27 GMT
1. Die Hard
2. Die Hard
3. Die Hard
4. Die Hard
5. Die Hard
6. Die Hard
7. Die Hard
8. Die Hard
9. A Christmas Story
10. Die Hard
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Nov 13, 2021 22:44:02 GMT
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Post by Catman on Nov 13, 2021 22:47:29 GMT
How could you omit Anna and the Apocalypse?
But you are right about Scrooge.
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Post by spooner5020 on Nov 14, 2021 0:05:23 GMT
Black Christmas and Silent Night Deadly Night!!!!
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Post by teleadm on Nov 14, 2021 2:00:36 GMT
Not too fond of Christmas movies, since they have a tendency to be too sugary for my taste Listed by year:  Big Business 1929 short, Laurel and Hardy as Christmas tree sales men, what could possibly go wrong...  The Thin Man 1934, a little crime solving around Yuletide with Nick and Nora Charles and dog named Asta  The Man Who Came to Dinner 1942, faking an injury a celebrity radio host takes over a household with his eccentric ideas, and Bette Davis actually plays a nice character here.  Christmas in Connecticut 1945, Stanwyck could be funny and touching too, it could have need a better leading man than Dennis Morgan though, or maybe it worked better since he was a weak choice...  Miracle on 34th Street 1947, a little bit of magic, but is he the real Santa...  Holiday Affair 1949, Robert Mitchum could play a nice guys too, Seasons among the not too privileged and out of work, but not too poor.  The Rocking Horse Winner 1949, a very dark Christmas movie from Britain  Scrooge 1970 "thank you very much" is an infectious tune, The Muppet version with Michael Caine wasn't that bad either. I'm one of those few who still haven't seen the Alastair Sim version.  Trading Places 1983, economy takes no holidays, so for a bet, trade and replace a snob with a xxxx, and see what happens...during the seasons.  Love, Actually 2003, multiple stories that sometimes intervenes, funny but dares to tell tragic and touching small stories too. And if you didn't know, in Wisconsin that's were the girl lives who falls for English accents, so a little magic was there too. I think that was 10 movies.
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Post by alittlebirdie on Nov 14, 2021 14:32:25 GMT
Since DIE HARD, a 9/10 film isn't a Christmas movie, it doesn't qualify, right? Right. Glad you agree. And so that makes it OFFICIAL. Now, the top ten Christmas movies: 1. SCROOGE 1970. Simply perfect, thank you very much, thank you very much. That's the nicest thing that anyone's ever done for me. 2. IT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AVENUE 1947 3. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1984 4. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1938 5. WHITE CHRISTMAS 1954 (Stupid story line about a general being poor, but Danny Kaye makes this a classic) 6. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS 1966 7. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 1965 8. MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS 1934 9. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1951 10. HOLIDAY INN 1942 Entertaining the idea of THE WIZARD OF OZ being a Christmas film. I don't consider it one, but that's debatable. It has a Christmas attitude. Unfortunately for DIE HARD, there is no possible argument for contending it belongs in the Christmas movie category. That's the OFFICIAL ruling, so any objections should have been made before the OFFICIAL ruling. (OFFICIAL is in caps, so it is OFFICIAL). A Christmas Carol 1951 and Elf. I agree, Die Hard is not a Christmas film. Scrooge 1970 is your number one? I didn't like it the first time around. Ok, I'll give it another try. I loved Groundhog Day!
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Post by politicidal on Nov 14, 2021 14:53:42 GMT
Die Hard
Elf
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
A Christmas Story
Black Christmas
The Santa Clause
Gremlins
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Batman Returns
Home Alone
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 15, 2021 22:12:34 GMT
OK, so Die Hard, then!
Other than that, no particular order:
The Shop Around the Corner
Christmas in Connecticut
It’s a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Mickey’s Christmas Carol
Batman Returns
Eloise at Christmastime
Cash on Demand
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
That’s 10, right? I don’t really consider the Laurel and Hardy March of the Wooden Soldiers a Christmas movie—it’s much less Christmassy than, oh, Die Hard—though it’s a great movie. Remember the Night and Miracle on 34th Street ’47 may end up making my list. And The Thin Man would of course make my list if I thought of it as a Christmas movie.
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 15, 2021 22:22:01 GMT
Big Business / James W. Horne and Leo McCarey (1929)
Christmas Holiday / Robert Siodmak (1944)
Lady On A Train / Charles David (1945)
The Apartment / Billy Wilder (1960)
Cash on Demand / Quentin Lawrence (1961).
A Christmas Story / Bob Clark (1983)
Rare Exports / Jalmari Helander (2010).
A Christmas Carol / "Doctor Who" Christmas Special (2010).
Last Christmas / "Doctor Who" Christmas Special (2014).
There are only 9 because Die Hard slipped away and I can't find it anywhere.
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Post by mgmarshall on Nov 15, 2021 22:31:24 GMT
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Nov 15, 2021 22:33:14 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 23, 2021 16:38:54 GMT
Rewatched the original Miracle on 34th Street the other day. I’m not sure it would make my Top 10, but if not it’s pretty darn close.
One of the things I love about it is how hard-nosed it is: John Payne’s lawyer isn’t converted to believing in the existence of Santa Claus, as he would be in, oh, every other Christmas movie, but instead says he is to drum up publicity. (Also, Payne is so good in this. Too bad he didn’t get starring roles more often.) Mr. Macy says he believes to make money; the judge says he believes so that he doesn’t lose the upcoming election. Etc.
Yet none of it comes off as cynical, just as real. The movie is one of the most realistic fantasies ever, not just in setting and location work but also in that the characters respond to the fantastical element as real people would. And we’re never told that Kris really is Santa, the movie just has that as the final joke. Compare with all the other versions, film and stage, of the story, which go overboard with fantasy and sentimentality.
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 23, 2021 17:09:52 GMT
Any little-known Christmas movies that people here like a lot? I saw The Cheaters (1945, dir. Joseph Kane) last year, and while I didn’t love it I sort of recommend it just for how truly bizarre it is. It’s so weird, it comes off like a surrealist art project made to look like a ’40s Christmas movie. Any others? |
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Post by drystyx on Nov 25, 2021 2:57:51 GMT
You're all too late. It's already OFFICIAL.
SCROOGE 1970 is OFFICIALLY the greatest Christmas film ever, and anyone who doesn't like it, that person hates Christmas and says "Bah Humbug" to Christmas.
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Post by rudeboy on Nov 26, 2021 4:13:17 GMT
Die Hard ending with 'Let it Snow' pretty much seals it as a Christmas movie, but not one of my top ten.
1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
2. A Christmas Carol (1951)
3. The Ref
4. A Christmas Tale
5. Gremlins
6. Carol
7. A Christmas Story
8. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
9. A Christmas Carol (1984)
10. The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 26, 2021 4:59:57 GMT
Any little-known Christmas movies that people here like a lot? I saw The Cheaters (1945, dir. Joseph Kane) last year, and while I didn’t love it I sort of recommend it just for how truly bizarre it is. It’s so weird, it comes off like a surrealist art project made to look like a ’40s Christmas movie. Any others? There are a few little-known movies in my own list earlier on this thread. Check 'em out.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Nov 26, 2021 6:10:46 GMT
Batman Returns
Home Alone
Muppet Christmas Carol
The Santa Clause
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Krampus
Scrooged
Black Christmas
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Christmas Chronicles
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Post by MCDemuth on Nov 26, 2021 8:11:11 GMT
Most of these are not in any particular order... 1.) Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)A Christmas Story (1983) Trapped in Paradise (1994) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) Home Alone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York The Santa Clause (1994) Scrooged (1988) Gremlins (1984) That's 11... And I could add more to that list... Probably Many more... without ever having to settle for "Die Hard"... I wouldn't consider it anyway since I don't consider "Die Hard" to be a Christmas movie. |
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Post by MCDemuth on Dec 7, 2021 17:27:59 GMT
Most of these are not in any particular order... 1.) Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)A Christmas Story (1983) Trapped in Paradise (1994) It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) Home Alone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York The Santa Clause (1994) Scrooged (1988) Gremlins (1984) That's 11... And I could add more to that list... Probably Many more... without ever having to settle for "Die Hard"... I wouldn't consider it anyway since I don't consider "Die Hard" to be a Christmas movie. Not sure why I didn't think of these two when I wrote my list... But I would also watch these during the Christmas, before I would ever watch Die Hard. "The Polar Express" (2004) AND... It's extremely disturbing that some people living back in 1944, were far better human beings, than some of the people living today, who post to these boards. If more people would watch movies like this one, where enemies during an actual war are able to put aside their differences to celebrate the TRUE meaning of Christmas... Instead of watching movies where villains take hostages to steal money and murder anyone who gets in their way, and at the end of the film, they still haven't learned their lesson and the TRUE meaning of Christmas... Maybe our world would be a better place. Shouldn't we all be better, than they were?
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