Non-traditional holiday movies

Tokyo Godfathers - an anime movie by Satoshi Kon. On Christmas Eve, three homeless people find an abandoned baby girl and take it upon themselves to find her family before the New Year. It's a wonderful story about love and the meaning of family.

Strange Days (New Year's). SF noir thriller.

Gremlins-so many Christmas references.

Love Actually, Trading Places, It's a Wonderful Life, In Bruges, Lethal Weapon

When I was a kid, it was the second Batman movie with Michael Keaton. Set at Christmas, but hardly your traditional tree-trimming, fa-la-la-la-la fest.

(Also, another vote for Die Hard.)

Ju-On: White Ghost

The Thin Man
After the Thin Man
Airport (original with Dean Martin)
Gremlins
of course Die Hard 1 and 2

Another vote for Lethal Weapon.

Mixed Nuts, which is sorta Christmas adjacent but really just a sort of underrated Steve Martin thing (ok, it's not that good, but it's Steve Martin and also Madeline Kahn.

Four Christmases, which might sound like it's about Christmas, but it's really about watching Reese Witherspoon barely manage to keep a lid on the rage and revulsion she feels being within 10 feet of Vince Vaughn, which makes it unintentionally hilarious (the way they thought it was going to be funny it's not at all).

We did Die Hard last year. It is truly perfect, both as a Christmas movie and as an action film. The sequel ... eh, it's Christmassy, but it's just not as magical.

Die Hard, obviously.

I also have a weird love for The Long Kiss Goodnight. So pulpy yet so quotable.

be frank said:

I also have a weird love for The Long Kiss Goodnight. So pulpy yet so quotable.

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"Chefs do that."

One of my Top 10 Guilty Pleasure movies.

Zombie Fraggle said:

"Chefs do that."

One of my Top 10 Guilty Pleasure movies.

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i with ya on this one, frank and zombie. Geena Davis...i became a fan of her when this movie came out.

"This ain't no ham on rye, pal!"

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"This ain't no ham on rye, pal!"

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"I would have been here sooner, but I was thinkin' up that 'ham on rye' line."

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I'm so happy to see some Long Kiss love in here!

Been working really hard on getting this one going, and it's a stretch, but Snowpiercer. I know, I know. Also, because we do Robocop for Easter, I'm trying to figure out which Paul Verhoeven movie works best for Xmas. Maybe Starship Troopers, because it's the symbolic birth of Earth's future savior Johnny Rico? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

be frank said:

"I would have been here sooner, but I was thinkin' up that 'ham on rye' line."

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I'm so happy to see some Long Kiss love in here!

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lol i guess we should start a thread/fan club for LKG?

Franz Kafka's "It's a Wonderful Life". No, that wasn't a typo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6_zg1c61hg&t=120s

Marlys said:

Strange Days (New Year's). SF noir thriller.

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LOVED that movie.

The Thin Man is one of my personal Xmas traditions. Wonderful movie. I think there's Xmas in several of the sequels too. Better re-watch to check!

robeiae said:

For instance, there's Die Hard.

Got it?

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Not really. Die Hard is THE Christmas film, isn't it?

My favorite Christmas movie that’s always been a hard sell to my family is Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. Giant, skeletal Death in a Santa suit—what’s not to love?

“HO. HO. HO.”

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