Decent Christmas films for grown-ups

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I wanted to watch a Christmassy film last night but not a kids one. No Elf, or Arthur Christmas or whatever.

The only option seemed to be Love Actually (watched to death) or dire-looking Netflix ‘Christmas Prince’ offerings.

I’ve just remembered Bernard and the Genie which is surely the best Christmas film ever, but there must be other good Christmassy films out there?

The Bishops Wife, Cary Grant and David Niven

A Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim. In black-and- white (NOT the colorised nonsense).

Office christmas party is quite funny. We also love Bad Santa 1 and 2.

Daddy’s Home 2 - it’s on Netflix

And The Night Before

It's a Wonderful Life is just brilliant. I love watching it on Christmas Eve if I can find the time.

The Man Who Invented Christmas was a surprise hit last year

The Family Stone and The Bishops Wife

Dh always watches national lampoon's vacation at Xmas!

Die Hard isn’t Christmassy!

Are you on glue?

It takes place during a Christmas party. McLean writes ho, ho, ho on a dead body. At the end he's reconciled with his wife for Christmas.

Die hard is the best Christmas film.

It's a Wonderful Life. I always watch it on Christmas Eve.

Will look out for the family stone

Thanks for thread op

Love Actually, Bad Santa

A Christmas Story. The film which introduces the Leg Lamp, once seen, never forgotten.

That one with Nicholas Cage a remake of It's a wonderful Life is great - ah yes Family Man.

the family stone
Bridget jones ( the first one )

But my favourite has to be while you were sleeping. Love it, watch it every christmas

@Glentherednosedbattleostrich is correct, Gremlins is definitely the best Christmas movie (excellent name too!)

I watched Scrooged last night while wrapping some things. Have also watched Bad Santa and Die Hard this year.

I don't know why Die Hard keeps turning up as a 'Christmas' film. It's set at Christmas but has bugger all to do with 'the Spirit of Christmas' - though, not being a Christian, I may easily have missed the verses where the Baby Jesus wearing a grubby swaddling cloth crawls around the manger's airducts killing people.

Slaughter of the Innocents 2 : Baby Jesus is back! And this time HE's giving out the presents!

(Hmmm. I may just register this with the screenwriters guild of America before the ink is dry on this post. And the threequel Slaughter of the Innocents 3 : Jesusnado!)

Other (real) non Christmassy Christmas films:

The Silent Partner
www.imdb.com/title/tt0078269/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_161
'Psychopath bank robber stalks bank teller when a heist goes wrong.'

or the current Black Christmas?
www.imdb.com/title/tt10481868/?ref_=kw_li_tt
'A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break.'

Bad santa.The perfect totally adult anti xmas film.

Bad Santa 2 is on netflix

@TheSandman

Thanks for all these suggestions, I’ll start working through them at the weekend!