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Movies for the holidays. Comedies, tragicomedies, satire, comedies of the absurd, musical cinema.

by yu-73431 • Created 5 years ago • Modified 1 year ago
Movies that are good to watch on holidays.Films of different years, different countries. Romantic comedies, tragicomedies, satire, Comedy of the absurd,musical film.

The best movies I've watched, with my rating from 10 to 7 points.
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  • Will Smith, Stockard Channing, and Donald Sutherland in Six Degrees of Separation (1993)

    1. Six Degrees of Separation

    19931h 52mR72Metascore
    6.8 (24K)
    An affluent New York City couple finds their lives touched, intruded upon, and compelled by a mysterious young black man who is never quite who he says he is.
    DirectorFred SchepisiStarsWill SmithStockard ChanningDonald Sutherland
  • Romain Duris in Molière (2007)

    2. Molière

    20072hPG-1359Metascore
    7.1 (6.7K)
    To satisfy his creditors, a witty actor reinvents himself as a satirical playwright, with uproarious, yet bittersweet, results.
    DirectorLaurent TirardStarsRomain DurisFabrice LuchiniLaura Morante
  • Wag the Dog (1997)

    3. Wag the Dog

    19971h 37mR74Metascore
    7.1 (91K)
    Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanRobert De NiroAnne Heche
  • It Happened at the Inn (1943)

    4. It Happened at the Inn

    19431h 36mR
    7.5 (1.1K)
    In a lost French village, an old woman is killed and her savings stolen. Several members of her family, all called "Goupi", are suspected.
    DirectorJacques BeckerStarsFernand LedouxGeorges RollinBlanchette Brunoy
  • Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)

    5. Welcome to the Dollhouse

    19951h 28mR83Metascore
    7.3 (39K)
    An awkward seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish class-mates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey.
    DirectorTodd SolondzStarsHeather MatarazzoChristina BrucatoVictoria Davis
  • Metropolitan (1990)

    6. Metropolitan

    19901h 38mPG-1377Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
    DirectorWhit StillmanStarsCarolyn FarinaEdward ClementsChris Eigeman
  • A cavallo della tigre (1961)

    7. A cavallo della tigre

    19611h 49m
    7.1 (610)
    An inept thief wants to escape prison and return to his family, but two of his prison mates also want out.
    DirectorLuigi ComenciniStarsNino ManfrediMario AdorfValeria Moriconi
  • Lonely Hearts (1982)

    8. Lonely Hearts

    19821h 46mR
    6.9 (394)
    In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker.
    DirectorPaul CoxStarsWendy HughesNorman KayeJon Finlayson
  • Oliver Masucci in Look Who's Back (2015)

    9. Look Who's Back

    20151h 56mNot Rated
    7.0 (52K)
    Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.
    DirectorDavid WnendtStarsOliver MasucciThomas M. KöpplMarc-Marvin Israel
  • Zelyonyy ogonyok (1964)

    10. Zelyonyy ogonyok

    19641h 14m
    7.1 (97)
    A film comedy about the everyday life of a never-dull young taxi driver, Sergei Nikitin, who, having gone to work in a taxi fleet, receives a "Moskvich" written off due to its unsuitability as a "test" and goes on his first trip around his favorite city; about his readiness to always come to the aid of people.
    DirectorVillen AzarovStarsAleksei KuznetsovSvetlana SavyolovaAnatoliy Papanov
  • Skvernyy anekdot (1966)

    11. Skvernyy anekdot

    19661h 27m
    7.1 (232)
    A high ranking official in St. Petersburg accidentally attends a wedding of one of his subordinates, embarrassing himself and the entire wedding party. Based on a novel by F. M. Dostoyevsky.
    DirectorsAleksandr AlovVladimir NaumovStarsEvgeniy EvstigneevViktor SergachyovGeorgiy Georgiu
  • Luis Brandoni and Guillermo Francella in My Masterpiece (2018)

    12. My Masterpiece

    20181h 44m
    7.1 (8K)
    Arturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and Renzo his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend. Willing to risk it all, they develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.
    DirectorGastón DupratStarsGuillermo FrancellaLuis BrandoniRaúl Arévalo
  • Lina Carstens in Lina Braake (1975)

    13. Lina Braake

    19751h 25m
    6.7 (219)
    After the death of the owner of the house Lina Braake is living in, the house is accrued to the bank. During the complete refurbishment of the building, the 81-year old woman is thrown out of her flat and is put in an old peoples home.
    DirectorBernhard SinkelStarsLina CarstensFritz RaspHerbert Bötticher
  • Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, and Michael Schoeffling in Sixteen Candles (1984)

    14. Sixteen Candles

    19841h 33mPG61Metascore
    7.0 (133K)
    A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.
    DirectorJohn HughesStarsMolly RingwaldAnthony Michael HallJustin Henry
  • Selena Gomez and Timothée Chalamet in A Rainy Day in New York (2019)

    15. A Rainy Day in New York

    20191h 32mPG-1338Metascore
    6.4 (56K)
    A young couple arrives in New York for a weekend and meet with bad weather and a series of adventures.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsTimothée ChalametElle FanningLiev Schreiber
  • Peter O'Toole, Nina Sosanya, and David Tennant in Casanova (2005)

    16. Casanova

    20053 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.7 (5.7K)
    After a life spent seeking pleasure and decadence, Casanova seeks his one true love, Henriette.
    StarsRose ByrneDavid TennantPeter O'Toole
  • Imelda Staunton, Paddy Considine, Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Dominic West, George MacKay, Ben Schnetzer, and Faye Marsay in Pride (2014)

    17. Pride

    20141h 59mR79Metascore
    7.8 (64K)
    U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
    DirectorMatthew WarchusStarsBill NighyImelda StauntonDominic West
  • Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Eve (1941)

    18. The Lady Eve

    19411h 34mApproved96Metascore
    7.7 (25K)
    A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.
    DirectorPreston SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckHenry FondaCharles Coburn
  • Irma la Douce (1963)

    19. Irma la Douce

    19632h 27mApproved63Metascore
    7.3 (23K)
    When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute in Paris, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will become her only customer.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineLou Jacobi
  • Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels (1941)

    20. Sullivan's Travels

    19411h 30mApproved89Metascore
    7.9 (30K)
    Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
    DirectorPreston SturgesStarsJoel McCreaVeronica LakeRobert Warwick
  • Four Friends (1981)

    21. Four Friends

    19811h 54mR
    7.0 (2.1K)
    A group of four friends form strong bonds while in high school in the early 1960s, then desperately cling to that love during the turbulent counterculture movement and social upheavals that marked the end of the decade.
    DirectorArthur PennStarsCraig WassonJodi ThelenMichael Huddleston
  • The Land of Oz (2015)

    22. The Land of Oz

    20151h 40m
    6.9 (1.9K)
    New Year in Russian - controlled and ruthless element. While residents preparing for a major national holiday, Lenka Shabadinova works at kiosk till midnight. She does not even know that New Year's Eve has prepared a crazy scenario for her.
    DirectorVasiliy SigarevStarsYana TroyanovaGosha KutsenkoAndrey Ilenkov
  • Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis in The Out of Towners (1970)

    23. The Out of Towners

    19701h 41mG72Metascore
    7.0 (9.8K)
    Ohio sales executive George Kellerman accepts a higher position within the company and travels to New York City with his wife Gwen for his job interview. But things start badly and only grow worse in Neil Simon's dark urban comedy.
    DirectorArthur HillerStarsJack LemmonSandy DennisSandy Baron
  • Carole Lombard and William Powell in My Man Godfrey (1936)

    24. My Man Godfrey

    19361h 34mApproved82Metascore
    7.9 (28K)
    A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
    DirectorGregory La CavaStarsWilliam PowellCarole LombardAlice Brady
  • Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Danny Green, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker, and Jack Warner in The Ladykillers (1955)

    25. The Ladykillers

    19551h 31mNot Rated91Metascore
    7.6 (33K)
    Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
    DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsAlec GuinnessPeter SellersCecil Parker

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