Tis The Season . . . Christmas Movie Favourites

[Tippaporn]

For me it's a toss up.  Though I must say the '51 version of A Christmas Carol is my favourite as Alastair Sim seems to have been born for the role of Scrooge.

Just a suggestion but posting of a movie clip is, IMHO, the best way to mark your choice(s).

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 2021 by Tippaporn

[pgrahmm]

This silly thing manages to find our house every year....

[RichardColeman]

I'd have to go with Scrooged.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

17 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

This silly thing manages to find our house every year....

I've got a nine y.o. daughter who is ready for this movie, LOL.

[Tippaporn]

Marking the 120th anniversary of the first known performance of Dickens' A Christmas Carol on film in 1901.
 

 

[pgrahmm]

12 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:

I've got a nine y.o. daughter who is ready for this movie, LOL.

Ours are now 21 & 14 but never seen to tire of it....

There's such an precociously ambivalent innocent Christmas spirit carried throughout the whole thing....

[thaibeachlovers]

My favourite Christmas movie is a romcom called "My Christmas Love".

[Tippaporn]

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

My favourite Christmas movie is a romcom called "My Christmas Love".

Is this it, TBL?  
 

 

[TheScience]

It's a Wonderful Life

 

Merry Christmas Charlie Brown

 

Select nuggets of Dr Seuss's The Grinch That stole Christmas

[HappyExpat57]

Bad Santa is a Christmas MUST, but perhaps not suitable for the nine year olds.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

6 minutes ago, TheScience said:

It's a Wonderful Life

 

Merry Christmas Charlie Brown

 

Select nuggets of Dr Seuss's The Grinch That stole Christmas

Jim Carrey was perfect in The Grinch from 2000.  That one is a yearly favourite.
 

 

[TheScience]

3 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

This silly thing manages to find our house every year....

This is pretty good tbh.

[TheScience]

This is audio but guaranteed to have you pissing your pants in laughter.

 

Do yourself a favor and locate the full monologue perhaps on TPB. Don't ruin it for yourself by just finding a short clip. The full version runs at least 25 and perhaps 40 minutes.

 

The Santaland Diaries

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/24/946791582/it-must-be-christmastime-david-sedaris-reads-santaland-diaries

Edited December 9, 2021 by TheScience

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

Is this it, TBL?  
 

 

Certainly is.

The leading lady is very easy on the eyes, and while the storyline is slight, one ends with an upbeat feeling, which is always nice given the world we live in.

Edited December 9, 2021 by thaibeachlovers

[Tippaporn]

The Bishop's Wife (1947).

 

 

[Tippaporn]

The Night Before Christmas, or Santa's Toys, a Silly Symphony animated short from '33.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Another Silly Symphony animated short, Santa's Workshop, from '32.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Christmas Comes But Once A Year from '36.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

The World's greatest animator has passed away (August 15, 2019). Rest In Peace Richard Williams. The excellent 1971 animated version of the Charles Dickens classic. Animated in the style of 1800s engravings by the great Richard Williams Studio. Featuring the voices of Alistair Sim Michael Redgrave and Michael Hordern reprising his 1951 performance as Marley's Ghost . Animation by Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, among others. Produced by Chuck Jones. This film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for 1972.

 

 

[Tippaporn]

Old movies are the best.  Old people are the best, too.  I'm not old . . . just aged.

 

Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
 

 

[BritManToo]

I like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.

[Tippaporn]

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.

That's why I like the old Christmas movies.  That was a time when the world was sane, LOL.

[newnative]

My favorite is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

[smccolley]

A Christmas Story

 

Make s me laugh every year as it rings pretty true to my childhood.

[soalbundy]

Any porn film where the girls wear a Santa costume.

[mrwebb8825]

8 hours ago, smccolley said:

A Christmas Story

 

Make s me laugh every year as it rings pretty true to my childhood.

Finally. I was beginning to lose hope in this thread. ????

[lazygourmet]

 

[Tippaporn]

White Christmas (1954)

 

 

[wwest5829]

I have begun watching on Christmas themed movie a night. Will finish up with the classics of "Its a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Carol" (my preference, George C. Scott). "Diehard I", "White Christmas", 'Miracle on 34th Street" ... Last night was "Love the Coopers", have "The Santa Clause" series, likewise "The Christmas Chronicles", "The Grinch" is in the mix, as is the "Home Alone" movies. About 16 in all will keep me busy ... a kid at age 74.

Edited December 12, 2021 by wwest5829

[HappyGoLuckyLife]

A list of the "best" Christmas movies per Good Housekeeping

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/g1315/best-christmas-movies/

 

A list of the "best" action movies taking place during Christmas

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/1158774-the-10-best-christmas-action-movies

 

A list of "best" Christmas horror movies

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/christmas-horror-movies-ranked-worst-to-best/