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101+ Holiday-themed Films...

by LlllPppp • Created 11 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
Holiday-themed films [mostly Christmas], and a few films with notable holiday scenes...

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  • Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in Groundhog Day (1993)

    1. Groundhog Day

    19931h 41mPG72Metascore
    8.0 (719K)
    A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
    DirectorHarold RamisStarsBill MurrayAndie MacDowellChris Elliott
  • Will Ferrell in Elf (2003)

    2. Elf

    20031h 37mPG66Metascore
    7.1 (330K)
    Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
    DirectorJon FavreauStarsWill FerrellJames CaanBob Newhart
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, and Christopher Walken in Batman Returns (1992)

    3. Batman Returns

    19922h 6mPG-1368Metascore
    7.1 (341K)
    While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin wreaking havoc across Gotham with the help of a cruel businessman, a female employee of the latter becomes the Catwoman with her own vendetta.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsMichael KeatonDanny DeVitoMichelle Pfeiffer
  • Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

    4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles

    19871h 33mR72Metascore
    7.6 (171K)
    A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
    DirectorJohn HughesStarsSteve MartinJohn CandyLaila Robins
  • The Thin Man (1934)

    5. The Thin Man

    19341h 31mTV-PG86Metascore
    7.9 (34K)
    Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'Sullivan
  • Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black in The Holiday (2006)

    6. The Holiday

    20062h 16mPG-1352Metascore
    7.0 (350K)
    Amanda lives in LA and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey and is a journalist. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both trying to forget their troubled love lives, until love finds them anyways.
    DirectorNancy MeyersStarsKate WinsletCameron DiazJude Law
  • Independence Day (1996)

    7. Independence Day

    19962h 25mPG-1359Metascore
    7.0 (628K)
    The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff Goldblum
  • Amy Adams and Matthew Goode in Leap Year (2010)

    8. Leap Year

    20101h 40mPG33Metascore
    6.4 (114K)
    Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy on February 29, leap day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it.
    DirectorAnand TuckerStarsAmy AdamsMatthew GoodeAdam Scott
  • Bill Murray in Scrooged (1988)

    9. Scrooged

    19881h 41mPG-1338Metascore
    6.9 (124K)
    A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsBill MurrayKaren AllenJohn Forsythe
  • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)

    10. Love Actually

    20032h 15mR55Metascore
    7.6 (559K)
    Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
    DirectorRichard CurtisStarsHugh GrantMartine McCutcheonLiam Neeson
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)

    11. Die Hard

    19882h 12mR72Metascore
    8.2 (992K)
    A New York City cop, John McClane, tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas Eve party at the Nakatomi Plaza Skyscraper in Los Angeles, California.
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie Bedelia
  • Rare Exports (2010)

    12. Rare Exports

    20101h 24mR71Metascore
    6.6 (34K)
    In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
    DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaOnni TommilaPeeter Jakobi
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)

    13. Die Hard 2

    19902h 4mR67Metascore
    7.1 (397K)
    John McClane attempts to avert disaster as rogue military operatives seize control of the systems at Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. threatening to crash planes if an international drug lord is not freed in time.
    DirectorRenny HarlinStarsBruce WillisWilliam AthertonBonnie Bedelia
  • Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Jake Milkovich, Ryan Milkovich, and Makenzie Vega in The Family Man (2000)

    14. The Family Man

    20002h 5mPG-1342Metascore
    6.8 (126K)
    Offered the opportunity to see how the other half lives, a fast-lane investment broker, wakes up to find that his sports car and girlfriend have become a mini-van and a wife.
    DirectorBrett RatnerStarsNicolas CageTéa LeoniDon Cheadle
  • Halloween (1978)

    15. Halloween

    19781h 31mR90Metascore
    7.7 (324K)
    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
  • Henry Thomas and Pat Welsh in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

    16. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    19821h 55mPG92Metascore
    7.9 (455K)
    A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter Coyote
  • The Ice Harvest (2005)

    17. The Ice Harvest

    20051h 32mR62Metascore
    6.2 (25K)
    A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
    DirectorHarold RamisStarsJohn CusackBilly Bob ThorntonConnie Nielsen
  • Danny Elfman and Chris Sarandon in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

    18. The Nightmare Before Christmas

    19931h 16mPG82Metascore
    7.9 (396K)
    Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
    DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'Hara
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    19. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (529K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
  • Zach Galligan and Howie Mandel in Gremlins (1984)

    20. Gremlins

    19841h 46mPG70Metascore
    7.3 (263K)
    After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
    DirectorJoe DanteStarsZach GalliganPhoebe CatesHoyt Axton
  • Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Edmund Gwenn, and John Payne in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

    21. Miracle on 34th Street

    19471h 36mApproved88Metascore
    7.9 (58K)
    After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
    DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn Payne
  • Michael Keaton and Kelly Preston in Jack Frost (1998)

    22. Jack Frost

    19981h 41mPG40Metascore
    5.5 (43K)
    A father who can't keep his promises is killed in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
    DirectorTroy MillerStarsMichael KeatonKelly PrestonJoseph Cross
  • Billie Mae Richards in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

    23. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    196447mTV-GTV Movie
    8.0 (40K)
    A young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
    DirectorLarry RoemerStarsBillie Mae RichardsBurl IvesLarry D. Mann
  • Michael Caine, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, and Steve Whitmire in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

    24. The Muppet Christmas Carol

    19921h 25mG64Metascore
    7.8 (76K)
    The Muppets put their spin on the tale of an elder, Christmas-hating miser who is visited by spirits who foretell his future and share secrets from his past and present, which helps change his view on life.
    DirectorBrian HensonStarsMichael CaineDave GoelzSteve Whitmire
  • Jayne Meadows, Robert Montgomery, and Audrey Totter in Lady in the Lake (1946)

    25. Lady in the Lake

    19461h 45mApproved
    6.5 (6.7K)
    The female editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
    DirectorRobert MontgomeryStarsRobert MontgomeryAudrey TotterLloyd Nolan

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