What's the best Christmas movie?

[DinoLast]

I have just seen the trailer to Four Christmases and it does not look that good so I was wondering what's the best.
I think the remake of a miracle on 34th street is a great Christmas movie and better than the original.
I love Elf and a Nightmare before Christmas. I tried to do a poll but I ran out of time.

 

[IrishJedi]

You really think the remake of "Miracle..." is not only good, but better than the original? Whoa.

Best Christmas films:

1. It's A Wonderful Life
2. A Miracle on 34th Street (the 1947 original)
3. A Christmas Story
4. Christmas Vacation
5. A Christmas Carol (1951)
6. White Christmas
7. Babes In Toyland
8. Scrooged

Not technically "Christmas" movies, but I'd count them:

9. Die Hard
10. The Ref


Someone will also surely say Home Alone, but I hate those ^^^^ing movies with a passion. The Polar Express has a chance to crack the list someday if it holds up. Elf has a shot, too. I love Bad Santa, but it doesn't have the spirit of a true Christmas film to me. And I've always personally considered A Nightmare Before Christmas more of a Halloween movie.

 

[El Skutto]

A Christmas Story is a modern-day classic. Other than that, there are all the animated/stop-motion holiday classics like a Charlie Brown Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, etc...

Hmmm, does Die Hard qualify?

 

[Malice]

Nightmare before Christmas
alien's 9 disc set

 

[JonnyReedie]

jingle all the way!!!

 

[MaulFan]

Depends on what you're looking for in a Christmas movie. As far as comedic Christmas movies, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is and likely will be my all time favorite Christmas movie. No matter how many times I see it, i laugh my ass off every time and I quote it all the time. My company hired a new employee named Russ recently, we always make Griswald jokes now, "Can't see the lines can you Russ?"

 

[Blackhole]

The Muppets Christmas Carol...
Every xmas I watch it...

 

[BadMoon]

Rudolph (Hey it's a classic!)
A Christmas Story
Christmas Vacation
Lethal Weapon (It was at least Christmas time.)
Scrooged
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
A (Oh you get the point.....)

And pretty much everything else on Irish Jedi's list.

 

[IrishJedi]

You want to know a very guilty pleasure I have? Every Holiday season, usually late at night on December 23rd (never on Christmas Eve or Christmas itself) I watch SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT. It's a tradition I've carried on for about 15 straight years now.

"Christmas Eve is the scariest damn night of the year!... If you see Santa Claus, you better run boy! You better run for your life!!!!"

And I also watch as much of the A CHRISTMAS STORY marathon as I can. That film never gets old at all and in encapsulates Christmas perfectly.

 

[occulum]

Elf became an instant classic in my house.
Wife watches it about 3 times every Christmas season now ...

 

[DinoLast]

I know A Christmas story is very popular in America. When I lived over there I remember one station repeated it all day. Over here in the UK most people have never heard of it.
With a miracle on 34th street remake the part with little deaf girl gets me every time. I also like National Lampoon's Christmas vacation.

 

[Shropt]

Scrooged
Love Actually
Home Alone 1&2

I'm really not much for the traditional Christmas movies and I especially despise Christmas Story.

 

[IrishJedi]

I'm really not much for the traditional Christmas movies and I especially despise Christmas Story.

 

[DinoLast]

Scrooged
Love Actually
Home Alone 1&2

I'm really not much for the traditional Christmas movies and I especially despise Christmas Story.

My wife loves Love Actually and watches it evey Christmas.
The first Santa Clause was pretty good.
l always watch Lord of the rings at Christmas. Not christmas movies I know, but it's become a tradition in my house.

 

[Agent23]

'It's a Wonderful Life' is a good choice for # 1.

I also like 'A Christmas Story', 'Scrooge', 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', more...

 

[IrishJedi]

Well, Charlie Brown, Rudolf, Frosty and all of the other classic Rankin/Bass Christmas specials are all immortal as well. I just classify them more as TV Shows than movies.

Also a Christmas classic in my house: Emmit Otter's Jug Band Christmas.

 

[316what]

Greed with Michael Douglas....it encompasses the capitalistic nature of Christmas perfectly.

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation gets my vote.

 

[The Ween]

My wife loves Love Actually and watches it evey Christmas.
The first Santa Clause was pretty good.
l always watch Lord of the rings at Christmas. Not christmas movies I know, but it's become a tradition in my house.

They used to show Wizard of Oz around Christmas time every year but they switched to Christmas Story.

I love Christmas Story, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas Vacation, Elf. I don't care much for the mushier stuff anymore.

 

[IrishJedi]

They still show WIZARD OF OZ on some channels on Christmas, but it's also become somewhat of a Thanksgiving tradition now as well.

 

[uscmhicks]

end up watching cartoons all day with stuff like this ...

usually watch this from when its been out..

and always watch this..