RIP Bernie Mac & John Ritter - both were in top form in Bad Santa (as were all the other actors in it tbh)
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
The sequel is a fuckin shame
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
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10. DIE HARDJohn McTiernan, USA, 2003(388 points, 7 votes, 1 first-place vote)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
METHINKS YOU POSTED THIS TO THE WRONG LIST SIR
― Simon H., Monday, 23 December 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
Well, I'm glad we finally solved that.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
Hans... BUBBE
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:54 (four years ago) link
lol I was a bit taken aback when “die hard is a Christmas movie lolol” and attendant backlash became a thing, because it just clearly and organically is, the same way a bunch of these are. I posted this the last time it came up I think but I watched half of it’s a wonderful life and there was like no Xmas content at all except a vague ripoff of ACC. The rules don’t even need to be very porous for die hard to count! I also really like it, one of my fave action movies
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
Ice Harvest is also better than Bad Santa
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
It's set at Christmastime and it has Run-D.M.C.'s "Christmas in Hollis," so I count it.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
(xp)
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:58 (four years ago) link
And it feels Christmassy and is on tv every Christmas and everyone likes it and a guy says hohoho and half the soundtrack is Christmas songs qed but I guess “bacon people” also say so, making it untrue
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Monday, 23 December 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
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09. THE APARTMENTBilly Wilder, USA, 1960(390 points, 7 votes, 2 first-place votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
die hard literally full of nonstop Christmas images and signifiers, way more Christmas content than many films on this list, incl the likely #1
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
I dunno. I liked it (and to this day I still have lingering John Cusack feels). It does feel notably mature (if not tragic) compared to its contemporaries. But IH comes across too much as producers trying to replicate the BS phenomenon. Not as blatantly as certain other titles, but....
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
Literally never heard of ice harvest
― Baby yoda laid an egg (wins), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Legit forgot to vote for The Apartment.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
Starting to feel like The Silent Partner's not going to make it lol
― Simon H., Monday, 23 December 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
The Apartment too low
― insecurity bear (sic), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
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08. A CHRISTMAS STORYBob Clark, USA, 1983(391 points, 7 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
somehow I've never seen this either, but mad respect to Bob Clark, the true winner of this poll
― Simon H., Monday, 23 December 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
If only Deathdream were set at Christmas...
― Simon H., Monday, 23 December 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
due to extreme cable TV overexposure i don't know if i could ever enjoy watching this again, but voted for it nonetheless
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
This poll resolves for me that I would much rather spend my holidays with Bob Clark than Todd Haynes.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
i just realized that ive been confusing the ice harvest with the ice storm all this time, was pretty baffled at the bad santa comparisons for a minute there
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 December 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
I'm shocked Bad Santa placed so low. Thought it would win in a landslide.
― Fetchboy, Monday, 23 December 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
Bad Santa is overrated tbh
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 December 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
mad respect to Bob Clark, the true winner of this poll
Well...
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07. PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILESJohn Hughes, USA, 1987(396 points, 7 votes, 1 first-place vote)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
Flirted with giving Eyes Wide Shut my #1 vote for awhile. Still not convinced I shouldn't have.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
Candy reading that book is such a great gag, I love it
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 December 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
This is the only Hughes I still like
― Simon H., Monday, 23 December 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
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06. MEET ME IN ST. LOUISVincente Minnelli, USA, 1944(414 points, 7 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
Another movie where most of it has nothing to do with Christmas, but when it does, blows everything else out of the water.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
Taking a break before running down the top 5 this evening.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 23 December 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
Adore PT&A but didn't vote for it for the simple reason that, as a Canadian, Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Christmas for me.
Had never seen MMiSL until last year, but its already one of those I can imagine watching every year.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 23 December 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link
am a considerable fan of Martin and Candy but have never seen PT&A cuz Hughes irritates me
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 December 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
PT&A is pretty much the best Hughes movie, as definitive as his teen movies are, they all have a significant flaw (with 16 Candles, the racism; with Ferris Bueller, refusing to make him the villain; with Breakfast Club, the makeover; with Pretty in Pink, pairing the protagonist with the asshole), whereas this one is all gold.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 December 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
my #1!
― Legacy of Banality (Pillbox), Monday, 23 December 2019 22:48 (four years ago) link
Morbs I can’t really hang with a lot of Hughes either but you might enjoy pt&a, a lot of the humor is pretty pitch black & it’s a pretty great showcase for Candy, he has a lot of perfect little performance moments in it.
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Monday, 23 December 2019 23:53 (four years ago) link
those snowmen in st. louis are so hollywood.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 00:04 (four years ago) link
Despite seeing it several times I remember almost nothing about Meet Me in St. Louis, except that I thought it was surreal and wonderful.
― tangenttangent, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 00:26 (four years ago) link
it's a Halloween movie too!
― Josefa, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
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― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
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05. SCROOGEDRichard Donner, USA, 1988(430 points, 8 votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:20 (four years ago) link
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04. GREMLINSRichard Donner, USA, 1988(495.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first-place vote)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:34 (four years ago) link
i love scrooged so much. Karen Allen is a joy and a wonder. gremlins is good but i have never rly embraced it as a christmas movie
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:42 (four years ago) link
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― rb (soda), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:52 (four years ago) link
damn, Richard Donner the MVP of this poll
― insecurity bear (sic), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link
Wow double-Donnered!
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
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03. THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNERJohn Carpenter, Taiwan, 1915(530 points, 9 votes, 3 first-place votes)
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 03:24 (four years ago) link
Michael O'Donoghue curses you Scrooged fans (and Bill Murray) from biker heaven
Lubitsch's position and his cigar look kind of obscene there
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 03:29 (four years ago) link