11-22-2021, 05:53 PM | #1 |
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Christmas (kinda, sorta) movies
I know there’s a thread buried here about favorite Christmas movies, but that’s not exactly what I’m looking for. I’m interested in movies that are set at least partially during Christmas and where Christmas plays a role, but not movies explicitly about Christmas. Like Die Hard. Or Bridget Jones’ Diary. You catch my drift. Christmas matters, but it’s not a Christmas story like Christmas Carol or It’s a Wonderful Life. I’ve got a personal short list and I revisit those favorites every year, but I’d love to augment it. My main reason is that I think explicitly Christmas movies tend to the lugubrious and who needs that? Sometimes I wish Jimmy Stewart would just jump off that bridge before Clarence so I could move on to something less dreary. |
11-22-2021, 06:31 PM | #2 |
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Gremlins
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11-22-2021, 06:54 PM | #3 |
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Three Days of the Condor?
The Thin Man? |
11-22-2021, 07:55 PM | #4 |
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Home Alone is set during the holiday season.
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11-22-2021, 09:57 PM | #5 |
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Holiday Inn Beyond Christmas, an old 1940s movie |
11-22-2021, 10:01 PM | #6 |
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Harry Potter movies.
A keyword search brings up these keywords... https://www.themoviedb.org/search/ke...uery=christmas Click on one and you should find "regular" movies in amongst the specific Christmas movies. |
11-25-2021, 11:09 PM | #7 |
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There is a nice list in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films Some movies that I have seen and have liked:
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11-26-2021, 10:52 AM | #8 |
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Psycho's opening sequence indicates that the date is December 11, which puts the subsequent events squarely in the Christmas season. Is that non-lugubrious enough for you?
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11-30-2021, 03:53 PM | #9 |
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The final scene of Jumanji takes place at a Christmas party.
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