What films do you enjoy watching, or seeing on TV around Christmas time? They don't necessarily have to be Christmas related, but one of those "typical" films that you could imagine being shown around Christmas.

Elf
Mary Poppins
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

...are the ones that stand out to me

 

Home Alone!

 

Muppet Christmas carol
Love actually

 

Trading Places

 

I've watched Scrooged! every christmas eve since I can remember. Love that film.

 

Bad Santa allways makes me laugh.

 

home alone
bad santa
fred claus
santa claus the movie
the snowman
national lampoons christmas vacation
ernest saves christmas
james bond

 

Our house Christmas films are......

Elf.
Home Alone 1 & 2
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Polar Express.

For me and the Mrs only, Bad Santa, and I always watch the snowman with my daughter.
Nik.

 

Which is the film where the boy builds a snowman and it comes to life? That's a good one!

 

hhmmm thinks its called the snowman but im not sure

 

Elf
Trading places
Home Alone
And Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

 

the nightmare before christmas is good aswell,cant get over the fact its nearly 20 years old aswell

 

Star Wars

 

Love all the Xmas films they are all great!

It's the god damn music that winds me up

If I ever meet Noddy Holder I swear I will lose control

 

Escape to Victory........

seriously, Its A Wonderful Life is a great film.

 

Jack Frost

 

The Great Escape

 

Its a wonderful life
Elf
Scrooged
Polar Express

 

Some like it hot.

 

Bloody Christmas.

 

Nightmare Before Christmas

It's A Wonderful Life

Rare Exports

 

Do you know, I can still remember my Dad sitting me and my sister down to watch that when it was first aired on TV Just checked and it was 1982 on channel 4, I would have been a month away from my 6th birthday. It's amazing to think that something like that was a sit down and watch family event back then. It's nice to have actually had those experiences back then, bit like the Thriller video coming out, can still remember sitting down to watch that.

As for the christmas film, National Lampoon's christmas vacation! I'd watch it every day in December if it was on! Also, quite fond of the original Gremlins movie around christmas.

Edited to add..

I'll happily have Home Alone on in the background too.

One in recent years I think will be a future classic is Elf. First time I saw it I was a little underwhelmed. It does seem to get better the more you see it though and when my son watched it and was wetting himself at the 'angry elf' midget bit, it took on new life for me. He loves the film so I'll happily watch it now.

I'm a bit funny with films though, some I can literally watch over and over. Not on dvd but when they're on TV I'll have to watch, my mrs is like.. "how many times have you seen this!" Predator, Tremors, Gremlins, any National Lampoon... I'd take them on loop lol.

 

- "Isn't it a bit early for guns and war?"

- "Ee's a modorzycle movieee."


From which film? ^^^

 

If Carlsberg made films then they would have made this
It is probably THE best Christmas film ever!

Tony

PS, Gremlins comes a close second

 

Die Hard...

 

house of 1000 corpses

 

Hostel

Hostel II

Inglourious Basterds

 

Thankyou, that's the one- such a great film.

 

Groundhog Day is kind of that time of year...

 

Not Groundhog day, AGAIN