Best Christmas movies?

[Abby Normal]

Mine:

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
A Christmas Story
Its a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Carol (1951)

Yours?

[Limehouse]

A Christmas carol for me too!

[lynn cates]

Minter

Hello Abby. Limehouse. That's the George Minter version with Alaistair Sim, Mike Hordern, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley? Ah, yes. I have a copy--watch it twice a year before Christmas.

You both have impeccable taste.

Cheers.
LC

[Magpie]

It ain't Xmas 'til I've seen Trading Places.

[Robert]

Night Of The Demon.

[mariab]

Night Of The Demon.

LOL. A couple years ago we had Xmas dinner watching Anaconda (with Jon Voight as the bad guy and Jennifer Lopez as the tough chick who survives) running on German TV. :-)
For the connoisseurs, there are 2 Buffy, the vampire slayer episodes which are cool watching on Xmas, Amends (from season 3) and Pangs (from season 4).

[lynn cates]

bills

Hello Robert. No, that's when all the bills come due.

Cheers.
LC

[sdreid]

Black Christmas (the original) aka Stranger In the House

[Tom_Wescott]

A Christmas Story
Black Christmas (original)

Same director.

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

P.S. Plus the Rudolph and Frosty animated shows.

[Wickerman]

It wouldn't be christmas without watching Alastair Sim, still the best version by far.
Funny enough I also liked, One Magic Christmas. Harry Dean Stanton's get-up as "Gideon", looks more like Jack the Ripper. I mean, would you walk up to a guy dressed like that in the middle of the night?

[Phil Carter]

Hello all,

The Snowman, with Bernard Cribbins voice over.

Perfect Christmas every time.

Seasons best wishes

Phil

[Mrs. Fiddymont]

Oh wow---so many favorites, so little time!

A Christmas Carol--definitely. Any version really!

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation--makes me laugh hysterically! In fact I just bought the DVD so I would be sure not to miss it this year!

Home Alone--seen it a million times but the acting is sooo good! Also funny!

Miracle on 34th Street--original version with Natalie Wood. A classic!!!

[kensei]

Tim Burton's "Batman Returns." Takes place at Christmas.

The fighting is over, the snow is gently falling, Danny Devito's Penguin is dead, Michelle Pheiffer's Catwoman is presumed dead, Bruce Wayne/Batman (Michael Keaton) is injured and being driven home by Alfred the butler (Michael Gough). And they share my favorite lines in the movie at the very end:

Alfred: "Well, come what may... Merry Christmas, Mr. Wayne!"
Bruce: "Merry Christmas, Alfred. Good will toward men." (Raises eyebrows, smiles, has afterthought.) "And women."

[c.d.]

White Christmas and Miracle on 34th Street.

I love the scene in It's a Wonderful Life where Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed share the phone. They haven't seen each other for some time and when the scene starts there is zero chemistry between them. They couldn't be further apart. Yet, in the space of about two minutes, they are now ready for a lifetime together. Pure genius on the part of Capra.

I also like the scene where he searches for Zuzu's petals and can't find them. You can tell by the look on his face that he is now starting to take this seriously.

c.d.

[sleekviper]

Doctor Who Christmas Carol.