Favorite Christmas movies

As with any holiday, Christmas has it's share of problems. It is a holiday that I liked a lot more when I was younger but is now just another holiday on the calendar. It's the same thing every year for me, which is a lot of busyness and living in Michigan we get a thing called snow which can be a pain. As with every holiday and any time of year, films help with the tough times. Here are my top Christmas films!

Everybody has totally forgotten about this foreign one called Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. Fun, flashy, original, very sappy and not made for the little ones.

 

Not officially credited as a Christmas film but it definitively works as one. Edward Scissorhands is a very dark film from Tim Burton that really got me into him more.

 

Another film from Tim Burton. He again utilizes an original concept using Halloween this time around and mixing it with Christmas. It is another dark film that has a cult following for a very good reason.

 

 

Also a good horror film, Gremlins still holds up no matter what time of year it is. It has a very fun concept and a good film to introduce horror movies to young ones if the right age.

Really along with some other critics' lists, this list would not be complete without this film. This film is a fun ride that made us look at our own families and one of last good films from Chevy Case before they all went downhill.

This one barely made the list but it is not all that bad. A good buddy/cop film from the late 80's that was fun and has some good Christmas vibes to it.

 

This one made the list easily. A very memorable film from the 80's that at times is absolutely hilarious. A very strange film from Bob Clark.

 

 

I've become really tired of this one lately due how much it's on television but this was fun in in the mid 2000's. This really got Will Ferrell to where he is now and it works with a really good cast. I have nice childhood memories of seeing in the theater.

From a reviewing standpoint, it is not a great point to make because it is so obvious but Home Alone is truly a special film. A fun family that is memorable for about a dozen reasons and a film that made people love young Macaulay Culkin.

This one also barely made the list and I didn't love it like some people did but this film still has a lot to it. Tim Burton again brings justice to the world with this and this is the last good Batman movie before Christopher Nolan came along like fifteen years later with Batman Begins.


Well that is my list. I know I missed some classic Christmas movies and some I didn't put on the list as I just have not seen them in a while. These stood out for me anyway.