Silliness Christmas (kinda, sorta) movies

issybird · 11-22-2021, 05:53 PM

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.

Hemmi · 11-22-2021, 06:31 PM

Gremlins

DNSB · 11-22-2021, 06:54 PM

Three Days of the Condor?

The Thin Man?

cromag · 11-22-2021, 07:55 PM

Home Alone is set during the holiday season.

OtinG · 11-22-2021, 09:57 PM

Trading Places

Holiday Inn

Beyond Christmas, an old 1940s movie

Karellen · 11-22-2021, 10:01 PM

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.

guanaco · 11-25-2021, 11:09 PM

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:

Batman Returns (1992)
Jingle All the Way (1996)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
The Family Man (2000)
Reindeer Games (2000)
Jurassic World (2015)

Catlady · 11-26-2021, 10:52 AM

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?

cromag · 11-30-2021, 03:53 PM

The final scene of Jumanji takes place at a Christmas party.

tubemonkey · 12-04-2021, 10:15 PM

Cast Away (2000) starring Tom Hanks and Wilson the volleyball.

Lots of Christmas songs.

11-22-2021, 05:53 PM	#1
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,229 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	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.

11-25-2021, 11:09 PM	#7
guanaco Recovering reader Posts: 222 Karma: 8008008 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: México Device: iPad	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: Batman Returns (1992) Jingle All the Way (1996) Donnie Brasco (1997) The Family Man (2000) Reindeer Games (2000) Jurassic World (2015)

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