Baumer's 50 Best Christmas movies of all time

[baumer]

I found Krampus to be just a funny movie. Nothing too memorable nothing offensive nothing really scary nothing really great about it but definitely enjoyable and something I would certainly watch again if it came on TV.

[RandomCat]

I enjoyed Krampus, though the ending was very odd and not sure it felt right.

[grey ghost]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

I too am a Christmas loony - so many favorites (from conventional to warped)

 

It's A Wonderful Life

The Miracle on 34th St

A Christmas Story

A Christmas Carol (1951 then 1938 and the Finney one. It's hard to screw up)

The Apartment

The Bishop's Wife

Arthur Christmas

Meet Me In St. Louis

A Pocket Full of Miracles

We're No Angels

Babes In Toyland

 

Remember the Night

Christmas In Connecticut

The Dead

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Nat'l Lampoon Christmas

The Man Who Came To Dinner

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

The Ref

The Matador

Die Hard

Trading Places

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Iron Man 3

Edward Scissorhands

Gremlins

Brazil

 

TV

The Little Drummer Boy

The Grinch Who Stole X-Mas

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

The Year Without A Santa Clause

Rudolph The Red nose Reindeer

Frosty The Snowman

Charlie Brown's Christmas

Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol

The Waltons The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

A Child's Christmas in Wales

A Christmas Memory

 

Filmed stage work:

The Nutcracker (Baryshnikov)

Tru (Robert Morse)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dammit!

 

I forgot to put Trading Places and The Long Kiss Goodnight on my list! 

[baumer]

Alright well I guess I will have time to do at least the first 3 films. Im off to see a movie this afternoon at around 1:30 p.m. which is around three hours from now. So I'm just finishing walking my dog and I will head home and get started on at least the first 3.

[RandomCat]

Trading Places did take place around Christmas, didn't it. Hm...

 

I know movies like Die Hard take place at Christmas, but I never put them as Christmas Movies.

[baumer]

Unfortunately Talisman I have not seen all of those movies so I can't put them all on my list.

[Plain Old Tele]

Can I dogpile on POLAR EXPRESS? What a weird, chilly, and offputting movie. Yuck. 

[filmlover]

Just now, Grand Moff Tele said:

Can I dogpile on POLAR EXPRESS? What a weird, chilly, and offputting movie. Yuck. 

Screw you.

[baumer]

1 minute ago, Grand Moff Tele said:

Can I dogpile on POLAR EXPRESS? What a weird, chilly, and offputting movie. Yuck. 

 

What an absolute shock! TELE and his soul sucking disposition rears its ugly head once again LOL

[filmlover]

Tele laughed at the end of Marley & Me. No joke.

[Plain Old Tele]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Screw you.

 

It's the cinematic equivalent of being waterboarded with rancid eggnog by soulless Christmas zombies.  

[Eric Duncan]

GOAT Christmas Movies:

Batman Returns

Die Hard

It's A Wonderful Life

Elf

Nightmare Before Christmas

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Christmas Vacation

A Muppet Christmas Carol

Lethal Weapon

Edward Scissorhands

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Home Alone

Harry Potter 1

 

Before anyone objects, if a movie has some sort of Christmas scene or scenes to it, it counts as a Christmas movie, so your face.

[filmlover]

Just now, Grand Moff Tele said:

 

It's the cinematic equivalent of being waterboarded with rancid eggnog by soulless Christmas zombies.  

In that case it should be right up your ally!

[grey ghost]

1 minute ago, RandomJC said:

Trading Places did take place around Christmas, didn't it. Hm...

 

I know movies like Die Hard take place at Christmas, but I never put them as Christmas Movies.

 

Some of the best scenes are centered around Christmas.

 

Trading Places has drunk Dan Aykroyd Santa Cause and Die Hard has "now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho".

[Eric Duncan]

4 minutes ago, Grand Moff Tele said:

Can I dogpile on POLAR EXPRESS? What a weird, chilly, and offputting movie. Yuck. 

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS

[RandomCat]

Just now, grey ghost said:

 

Some of the best scenes are centered around Christmas.

 

Trading Places has drunk Dan Aykroyd Santa Cause and Die Hard has "now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho".

 

Yeah, but I'd describe them as movies that take place at Christmas, rather than a Christmas Movie, which would be something, for me, that embodies the feeling, message, hopes, of Christmas.

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, Grand Moff Tele said:

Can I dogpile on POLAR EXPRESS? What a weird, chilly, and offputting movie. Yuck. 

 

It's so cold and creepy - all those dead eyed children in put in peril .

 

3 minutes ago, Christmas Baumer said:

Unfortunately Talisman I have not seen all of those movies so I can't put them all on my list.

 

I know most are out of you wheelhouse (pre 1970) but Baumer as a lover of Christmas you should get around to most of them, I don't think you'd be disappointed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[baumer]

I can't confirm this but there's a very strong possibility that Lethal Weapon will be making my list as well.

[filmlover]

Tele's favorite Christmas movie is The Night Before. How can you not love Seth Rogen accidentally taking Mindy Kaling's phone and finding it out when he gets a bunch of sexts and dick pics from James Franco? Or a random Miley Cyrus cameo? Or Michael Shannon at his most Michael Shannon?

[Jake Gittes]

Just now, TalismanRing said:

 

The Apartment

The Shop Around the Corner

Remember the Night

The Dead

Die Hard

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Edward Scissorhands

Gremlins

 

you're the best. Love Remember the Night and The Dead in particular so much. I made the latter the last film I watched last year and I'm thinking of making it a tradition.