Top Five Christmas Movies (1 Viewer)

[davidHartzog]

A Christmas Carol, 1951Christmas in ConnecticutOn Her Majesty's Secret ServiceChristmas HolidayRed Light

 

[David Weicker]

This will be hard for me to keep it at five

Movies1) It's A Wonderful Life2) Miracle On 34th Street3) The Cheaters4) Love Actually5) Die Hard / Christmas Carol '38 / Holiday Inn (sorry, a tie "just because its Christmas")TV1) Charlie Brown Christmas2) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer3) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
4) Moonlighting: Twas The Episode Before Christmas
5) How The Grinch Stole Christmas / Dick Van Dyke: Alan Brady Presents (another tie)Sorry about the 'ties'. I also use to shake packages when no-one was around.

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

1) Christmas Vacation
2) Christmas Story
3) Home Alone
4) Elf
5) Die Hard

A Christmas Carol ('51) would have made my list but I've seen it too many times, been a family viewing tradition as far back as I remember. I only started watching Christmas Story a few years ago when I bought the DVD because a relative never liked it, Same reason why I don't watch It's a Wonderful Life, I'm going to buy that eventually.

 

[Mike Frezon]

My wife--who is a writer for Guideposts Magazine--tipped me off to this list which is currently appearing on Guideposts.org.

One man's list of six classic Christmas Movies (you might've missed).

Thought you folks might enjoy...

 

[Vic Pardo]

A Christmas Carol, 1951
Christmas in Connecticut
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Christmas Holiday
Red Light

What's RED LIGHT? The only film I know with that title is a 1949 gangster movie starring George Raft, Virginia Mayo and Raymond Burr, synopsized on IMDB, with no mention of Santa or Christmas, like this:

Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess...who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room. Meanwhile, Nick himself gets out with murder still in his heart. But another factor is in play that none of them (except the murdered Jess) had planned on.

 

[Alf S]

My only true must see movies/shows to see at Xmas are"

"It's a Wondwerful Life"
"Miracle on 34th Street ('47)"
"A Christmas Story"
"Christmas Vacation"

"A Charlie Brown Christmas"
"Grinch- Karloff version"
"Rudolph"
"Santa's Coming to Town"
"Frosty the Snowman"


There might be a random movie or show I see (kiddo loves the Godawful Grinch movie) but the above are my must see's.

 

[Rob_Ray]

Meet Me in St. Louis
Remember the Night
White Christmas
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th St

Honorable mention:
The Bishop's Wife
Scrooge

 

[Mike Frezon]

I guess there aren't any readily available DVD editions of The Shop Around the Corner or Holiday Affair?

Except maybe in some Christmas compilation-type sets?

 

[Joel Arndt]

Tough one, but I'd have to say:

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
White Christmas (1954)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Love the falling snowflakes on the site. Nice seasonal touch.

 

[davidmatychuk]

I guess there aren't any readily available DVD editions of The Shop Around the Corner or Holiday Affair?

Except maybe in some Christmas compilation-type sets?

"The Shop Around The Corner" was a bonus DVD in the Blu-Ray of "You've Got Mail", and if a DVD could scream, that one would. I bought the DVD when it was released in 2002. I've seen "Holiday Affair" in bargain bins all by itself, but I've never seen that DVD in a regular video retail store other than as part of the "Warner Home Video Classic Holiday DVD Collection Volume 2" box or in the later inexpensive version containing all four of the movies in that set in a $15 single-DVD-sized case (I actually saw this edition at HMV today, and have edited this post accordingly).I've also seen "It Happened On 5th Avenue", also from that collection, sold separately but only in bargain bins.

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[davidHartzog]

Red Light is the George Raft film noir, which, while it doesn't mention Santa or Christmas, does have a strong religious content which is what Christmas is supposed to be about. 24 hour service indeed.

 

[Ejanss]

"The Shop Around The Corner" was a bonus DVD in the Blu-Ray of "You've Got Mail", and if a DVD could scream, that one would.

I have no idea what that means , but isn't Shop Around the Corner public domain?

 

[davidmatychuk]

I have no idea what that means , but isn't Shop Around the Corner public domain?

No, it's from Warner Home Video, and very nice on DVD.

 

[Vic Pardo]

Red Light is the George Raft film noir, which, while it doesn't mention Santa or Christmas, does have a strong religious content which is what Christmas is supposed to be about. 24 hour service indeed.

George Raft gettin' religious?!

Does he at least get to shoot Raymond Burr first?

 

[Richard V]

It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story
Pocketful of Miracles
Die Hard
A Midnight Clear

 

[moviebuff75]

Theatrical:
1. It's A Wonderful Life
2. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
3. White Christmas
4. A Christmas Carol (1938)
5. Home Alone/A Christmas Story (tie)

Television:
1. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (tie)
2. Frosty The Snowman
3. A Charlie Brown Christmas
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
5. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

 

[davidmatychuk]

After watching the very nice new Blu-Ray of "Pocketful Of Miracles" twice last night, and really enjoying Shout Factory's very nice DVD of "The Lemon Drop Kid", I felt like sharing my top five alt-Christmas choices in a spirit of Runyon-esque gutter exuberance:

BAD SANTA
CHRISTMAS EVILCOOPER'S CHRISTMAS
THE HEBREW HAMMERTHE ICE HARVEST

These would be ideal for hipster Christmas scoffers while they're waiting to see what Santa brought them.

 

[Mike Frezon]

 

[joshEH]

1. Batman Returns
2. Die Hard
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
4. The Lord of the Rings
5. Eyes Wide Shut

And also:

6. Scrooged

(For some reason, the holidays always put me in the mood for screaming Orcs and Howard Shore.)

 

[Mike Frezon]

(For some reason, the holidays always put me in the mood for screaming Orcs and Howard Shore.)

Black Friday shoppers, maybe?!?