you and your pond
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:15 (six years ago)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang36.15 Pere NoelRare ExportsThe RefA Very Harold & Kumr 3-D Christmas
Kumr is an app Kal Penn was developing at the White House iirc
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:16 (six years ago)
Definitely voting in this to make sure Scrooged gets the highest possible placing.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:18 (six years ago)
The Last Waltz
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:20 (six years ago)
Merry Christmas, Mr. LawrenceErnest Saves ChristmasCall Me by Your NameThe Grinch (2018)
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:20 (six years ago)
Planes Trains and AutomobilesThe various Home Alones
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:21 (six years ago)
Phantom Thread (Christmas and New Year's)
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:28 (six years ago)
"Toy Tinkers" link"Pluto's Christmas Tree" link
The only eligible Looney Tunes short is "Gift Wrapped", correct?
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:29 (six years ago)
The Jazz Singer
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:31 (six years ago)
not nominating the movie, but a good scene:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2YTR8NgogI
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:40 (six years ago)
wait are shorts being counted? 1993 storms in with
A Junky's Christmas (dir. Nick Donkin & Melodie McDaniel, p. Francis Ford Coppola)
Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life (w/d. Peter Capaldi, s. Richard E. Grant, winner of best short at BAFTA Scotland 1993, Atlantic Film Award 1993, BAFTA 1994 and Oscar 1995)
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 21:56 (six years ago)
I don’t object to shorts as long as it’s not to railroad in TV specials.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 23:27 (six years ago)
The Alastair Sim A Christmas Carol--growing up, on equal footing with It's a Wonderful Life in my family.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 00:20 (six years ago)
Adding a few more (some obvious):
The Family StoneThe Bishop's WifeChristmas in ConnecticutMetropolitanRemember the NightMiracle on 34th StreetHoliday Inn
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 01:36 (six years ago)
Metropolitan is a movie I've been wanting to watch again
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 01:39 (six years ago)
A Junky's Christmas in a decent rip on youtube
Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life in a fairly murky TV -> VHS -> computer rip on youtube
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 03:00 (six years ago)
Pieces of April
Irony of Fate/Enjoy Your Bath!
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:04 (six years ago)
Joyeux Noël2046
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:05 (six years ago)
2046 " follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair with Su Li-zhen in 1960s Hong Kong but also includes some science fiction elements and makes frequent references to the date of December 24 or Christmas Eve, on which many significant events in the film occur.”
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 04:28 (six years ago)
Addams Family Values
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 05:33 (six years ago)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 06:26 (six years ago)
The Ice Storm
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 06:32 (six years ago)
that film meant a lot to me
― Dan S, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 06:39 (six years ago)
Le Père Noël est une ordure (Father Christmas Is a Shit)
^this was remade as the Steve Martin-Adam Sandler vehicle Mixed Nuts
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 12:03 (six years ago)
Mon oncle Antoine
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 12:36 (six years ago)
Thirding the hard-nomming for Scrooged. I was so 'ehh' about that movie for the longest time but at some point it clicked and then it clicked hard and now I kinda can't get through the season without watching it. I think 'asshole Bill Murray finding redemption via mystical means' might be my favorite microgenre.
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 12:44 (six years ago)
The Insect's Christmas (1913)
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 13:36 (six years ago)
All added.
(And added joke nominee New Year's Eve too because, hey, it actually counts!)
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:06 (six years ago)
Technical question: are TV movies acceptable or are they gonna fall under the purview of next year's poll of holiday specials?
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:15 (six years ago)
The Christmas Tree aka When Wolves Cry
😎
― Joe Kulak 😎 (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:31 (six years ago)
If it's feature length, go ahead. Or if it's a short that was primarily first played in theaters.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:41 (six years ago)
Okay then:
The Best Christmas Pageant EverThe House Without a Christmas Tree
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:49 (six years ago)
And unless I'm forgetting some obvious examples, those two 50-year-old entries might comprise the entire corpus of worthwhile feature-length made-for-TV xmas movies.
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 14:55 (six years ago)
Probably true.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 15:25 (six years ago)
Someone paste in the whole Lifetime and Hallmark oeuvres.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 16:00 (six years ago)
AKA cinematic xanax
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 16:03 (six years ago)
Edward Scissorhands
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 16:06 (six years ago)
I keep trying to think of movies to add to the nomination list and it seems we've already covered most of the important ones, and there aren't even 100 nominations yet.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:53 (six years ago)
So, yeah, if you have specific Hallmark channel favorites, have at it
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 November 2019 13:54 (six years ago)
Norte: The End of History
― devvvine, Thursday, 7 November 2019 14:02 (six years ago)
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:40 (six years ago)
Santa Claus (1959)Santa Claus Conquers the MartiansThe Santa ClauseMiracle on 34th Street (1994)Tokyo GodfathersSanta Buddies
How about some Oscar winners?
Cavalcade (1933) starts and ends on New Year'sBen-Hur (1959)The Godfather Part IIGreen Book
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:47 (six years ago)
okay, a couple of corny ones i enjoyed:
The Holiday Calendar (the two leads are very cute)Last Holiday (queen latifah!)
― lxy, Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:51 (six years ago)
Haven't seen them but know that they're appreciate in some quarters:
Jingle All the WayHome for the Holidays
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:59 (six years ago)
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake CountyBlood Freak
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 November 2019 18:01 (six years ago)
I'm glad that Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever and The Godfather Part II are in the same genre.
― jmm, Thursday, 7 November 2019 18:03 (six years ago)
Krisha
― Chris L, Thursday, 7 November 2019 18:07 (six years ago)
xpost I don't know that I'd call 'films where Robert DeNiro portrays a younger iteration of the titular protagonist' a genre per se.
― I'm scared my but won't fit in it. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 November 2019 18:08 (six years ago)
you got me, i looked it up
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 7 November 2019 18:14 (six years ago)
exclude everything where ppl said "I am not recommending this"
― insecurity bear (sic), Sunday, 24 November 2019 21:42 (six years ago)
Did anyone say that explicitly?
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Sunday, 24 November 2019 21:49 (six years ago)
(I probably did exclude in any case.)
VOTE: The POLLy and the Ivy ... It's the ILX Holiday Movies Poll Campaigning/Voting Thread (Voting Ends: Dec. 11)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Sunday, 24 November 2019 22:27 (six years ago)
id have unironically nominated carreys grinch
we're no angels
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Monday, 25 November 2019 01:07 (six years ago)
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/12/christmas-movies-hallmark-romantic-comedy/621045/
― Blue Suede Q*bert (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 December 2021 23:01 (four years ago)