What are your favorite holiday movies?

[redqueen]

I have a favorite Thanksgiving movie: Avalon. I hope it comes on this year. If it did last year I missed it.

My favorite Christmas movies are Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story. There are lots more that I enjoy but those are my two favorites I think.

[Flaxbee]

1. I like "Love, Actually" - Bravo ran it last weekend, and it

really is a fun movie, even if it is sappy and drags on and on and on in places...

[jobycom]

14. I watch that blasted film probably once a month, and more at Christmas.

Cry every damn time, at different story lines. The one with Liam Neeson and the kid gets me every time, though.

Hmm. About time I watched it again, come to think of it.

[rcrush]

2. Bad Santa.

[IndianaJones]

4. thats a good one. nt.

[redqueen]

7. I've never seen Love, Actually *or* Bad Santa.

I want to see Bad Santa... I never knew Love, Actually was a holiday movie. :shrug:

I've seen Die Hard though. Are you *sure* you're not a troll? :P

[IndianaJones]

9. Die Hard is an xmas movie...as is Lethal Weapon. nt.

[redqueen]

12. Okay

I knew Die Hard was a Christmas movie.

Lethal Weapon, I did not.

[IndianaJones]

3. Die Hard. nt.

[ok_cpu]

5. You've already nailed the fave Christmas flicks

For Thanksgiving, I love "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"

[Swede]

6. Trains,Planes & Automobiles - John Candy at his finest.

[IndianaJones]

10. excellent. nt.

[AlCzervik]

8. Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Christmas Vacation and The Goonies which is

usually on every Thanksgiving.

[jpgray]

11. Lion in Winter. Great "home for the holidays" film

[redqueen]

23. I've been sitting here trying to figure out

how that's a holiday movie... but I think I've just realized that that it might be due to the family strife, yes? Not quite sarcasm, but... something.

Anyway, I think I figured it out! :woohoo:

[jpgray]

25. It takes place during Christmas.

There's even a tree and presents in there somewhere, I think. :)

[redqueen]

26. Dammit!

I've never seen the whole thing.

Dunno how I managed to miss the time it takes place, but I had my hands full just trying to follow the dialogue. :blush:

[Felix Mala]

32. Henry lets Kathryn out of prison for Christmas with their sons and his girlfriend...

She gets busy trying to get one of her three sons to kill Henry. At the end, it's back to prison for her. Two of their sons did end up becoming king at different times. Richard became Richard the Lionhearted and John is the Prince John in the Robin Hood legend.

[redqueen]

34. Figures...

that's even one of the parts I've actually SEEN.

:rofl:

:dunce:

[Felix Mala]

35. Meet me in St. Louis has my favorite movie Christmas song...

Judy Garland singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." It's like warm egg nog...

[Shell Beau]

13. Christmas Vacation and even Home Alone!

I love Bad Santa but it doesn't make me feel all Christmas-y!!

[redqueen]

31. Yes, Home Alone

I like that one more than my kids do, which is kinda embarrassing. :P

[DS1]

15. T-Day seems like a good day to watch Lord of the Rings

on a big fucking television near a fire. A controlled fire, of course.

[jobycom]

17. That would be the best day to watch it.

With the turkey and wine, you'd be asleep in no time, so much less actual suffering.

[DS1]

19. moviedouchesnob

:P

[jobycom]

21. The opposite of snob.

I am sticking up for the little guy who would be bored to death by that over-directed monstrosity but would feel intimidated to admit it. :)

[redqueen]

20. That does sound nice...

I wonder if it'll be cold enough for a fire here on Thursday. Hm.

[jobycom]

16. "Prancer," and "The Ice Harvest."

"Prancer" is like slicing onions to me. Cry from front to back.

"The Ice Harvest" really just sucks, but no one had mentioned it yet. And it's funny, despite its suckiesque qualities.

[redqueen]

22. Is The Ice Harvest the one

where there's a big speech / argument at the table, and it's supposed to be really funny?

I haven't seen that... but I want to.

[jobycom]

27. I don't remember a big speech around a table

It's a dark mystery with John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton about a selfish petty lawyer who neglects his children and tries to con his friends--and he's the good guy. It's one of those post-modern pseudo-noir Cohen-wannabee films. It's a clever script, and not really that bad. Just not very Christmas-y.

[Critters2]

18. For Thanksgiving, "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles".

For Christmas, "A Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol" (I usually cry at the part where he's singing about being lonely), and "White Christmas".

[Zomby Woof]

24. "Alice's Restaurant"

and "The Last Waltz" for Thanksgiving.

The former directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Arlo Guthrie as himself (and incidentally, Officer Obie as himself), fleshing out Arlo's 18 minute classic talking blues about how a Thanksgiving sojourn to the City Dump got him out of the draft.

The latter, filmed by Martin Scorsese on Thanksgiving Day 1976, documenting The Band's farewell concert at the Winterland Palace in San Francisco. Plenty of legendary musical guests help them along.

For Christmas, "A Christmas Story", which strikes the perfect balance of salty and sweet, and "A Charlie Brown Christmas", which has the best music of any holiday special, and Charlie Brown gets sweet vindication, lol.

[kentauros]

28. For Christmas, it's Trading Places

:D

Louis: My God! The Dukes are going to corner the entire frozen orange juice market!
Ophelia: Unless somebody stops them...
Coleman: ...or *beats* them to it.
{all turn and look at him}
Coleman: Egg-nog?

[Zomby Woof]

29. That's a good one!

It even features (hopefully still) future U.S. Senator Al Franken! :D

[kentauros]

38. Yep! "Franken & Davis" as "dockworkers"

or whatever they're called for trains ;)

Even Bigger Black Guy: It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving.


Beeks: Hey. Back off! I'll rip out your eyes and piss on your brain.

:rofl:

[redqueen]

30. Oh yes, that's a great one.

I hope I can catch it this year, it's been a while since I've seen it. :)

[NewJeffCT]

36. Most famous for

the Jamie Lee Curtis topless scene...

great movie overall, though.

[NewJeffCT]

33. Believe it or not

Probably Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Rudolph's Shiny New Year (the one with Heat Miser & Snow Miser)

Never really got into the ones for grown-ups.

[redqueen]

37. Oh yeah... my favorite Rankin and Bass

is the one with the Heat Miser and Snow Miser. :D

[Iggo]

39. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.

The rest can blow.

[kentauros]

40. Almost forgot this one: Edward Scissorhands

Can't forget Edward


Officer Allen: Will he be OK, Doc?
Psychologist: The years spent in isolation have not equipped him with the tools necessary to judge right from wrong. He's had no context. He's been completely without guidance. Furthermore, his work - the garden sculptures, hairstyles and so forth - indicate that he's a highly imaginative... uh... character. It seems clear that his awareness of what we call reality is radically underdeveloped.
Officer Allen: But will he be all right out there?
Psychologist: Oh yeah, he'll be fine.

[redqueen]

41. OMG... and The Nightmare Before Christmas, too!

That's right up there at the top, that one is. We start watching that around Halloween though. :D

[kentauros]

43. I thought of "The Nightmare Before Christmas"

but wanted to see who else remembered it :D

[redqueen]

44. I can't believe I didn't mention it in the OP.

:spank:

I'm spanking myself.

[kentauros]

45. Sounds like fun.

Can we watch? :P


Oh yeah, one other:

Olive, the Other Reindeer

:D

[lost-in-nj]

42. for Thanksgiving its March of the Wooden Soldiers

and Christmas

A Christmas Carol ONLY with Alistair Sims

maybe in a pinch the one with George C. Scott


:hi:


lost

[Bake]

46. A Christmas Story!!!

You'll put your eye out!!!

Bake

[peacefreak]

47. Home for the Holidays for Thanksgiving

For Christmas? It's almost time to pull out Scrooged. Love, Actually is one I watch all year long, too.