I'll start by nominating Home Alone and the Peanuts Christmas special.
Scrooged and Nightmare Before Christmas are my two current favorites...
"It's A Wonderful Life" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
The Ref, Nightmare Before Christmas, and the ORIGINAL How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
You don't like the bastardi...I mean newer version?
The Muppet Christmas Carol (George C. Scott one was good too).
Fozziwig: Here is my Christmas speech. "Thank you all, and Merry Christmas."
Robert Marley: That was the speech?
Jacob Marley: It was dumb.
Robert Marley: It was obvious.
Jacob Marley: It was pointless.
Robert Marley: It was... short.
Jacob Marley, Robert Marley: I loved it.
You know what? I liked Elf, with Will Ferrell.
And I second The Nightmare Before Christmas.
A Christmas Story. "You'll shoot your eye out!"
And if we're talking animated specials: A Garfield Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Year Without a Santa Claus Heat Miser and Snow Miser, oh my!
Let me throw in a wild card and suggest Vanessa Williams' Diva's Christmas Carol be included in the list.
Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
Gremlins
That's just silly.
Die Hard is far better than lethal weapon.
I wasn't thinking about which were better just what were really good christmas movies.
I'd also like to add Bill Murray's Scrooged.
I have 3...
The Lion In Winter
Henry II is at Christmas at Chignon with Elinor of Aquataine (to whom my wife is related) and his boys, Richard, Geoffrey, and John. Henry's time is running out and he must establish his successor now that his first son, Henry, is dead.
Terrific movie. Brilliant. How this lost to Oliver! for Best Pic in '68 is beyond me.
The dialog is sheer poetry. I've watched it both times it was aired, sans commercials, this past weekend.
A Christmas Story
Ralphie and his Red Rider BB Gun with a stock and a compass and a thing that tells time.
It's A Wonderful Life
George Bailey, The Everyman. The Everyman can make a difference.
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and the ORIGINAL How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Not formally a movie.
True, but Jeremy started this thread by naming the Peanuts Christmas Special, so I named the Grinch...
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and the ORIGINAL How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Not formally a movie.
There has been no guidelines seperating cinematically released movies and TV specials/movies. As mod of this forum, I approve the nomination as well as add Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer because we can't have enough stop motion animation.
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There has been no guidelines seperating cinematically released movies and TV specials/movies.
OK. I was just taking "movie" at its literal meaning. No problem.
Have you not heard of a Made for TV movie?
I'll add The Santa Clause to the list. I still enjoy watching that movie. Especially Tim Allen's facial expressions when the cops have him in the interrogation room.
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Have you not heard of a Made for TV movie?
Sure.
Neither the Peanuts Xmas special nor the Grinch were Made for TV movies.
I thought that film about Pete Townshend writing a book was pretty good.
Oh sorry,it never came out,just like Petes book!
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as well as add Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer because we can't have enough stop motion animation.
In that case I nominate Frosty the Snowman and the Santa cartoons.
A Christmas Story and Gremlins and It's a wonderfull life and um, well, I love Christmas and most Christmas movies and specials.
The Bishop's Wife (Not the remake with Eddy Murphy)
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Scrooged
Home Alone II
A Muppet Christmas Carol
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (old AND new versions)
The Santa Clause II
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Elf
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (George C. Scott one was good too).
Fozziwig: Here is my Christmas speech. "Thank you all, and Merry Christmas."
Robert Marley: That was the speech?
Jacob Marley: It was dumb.
Robert Marley: It was obvious.
Jacob Marley: It was pointless.
Robert Marley: It was... short.
Jacob Marley, Robert Marley: I loved it.
Very Good. I approve.
My favorite is the Star Wars Christmas Special.