Ideas for feel-good Xmas films, suited to adults more than DCs...

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So DD isn't really into films (any films - even Disney...), so DH and I tend to try and watch one once DD has gone to bed on Xmas Eve (or before). So I'm looking for ideas... These ones we already have:

The Holiday (love it)
Love Actually (love it)
The Nativity (1) (love it)
A Dog for Christmas (love it)
Elf (meh - not wonderful)
Scrooge (the Musical version - favourite Xmas film ever - reserved for Present wrapping night!!)
Scrooged (don't like this one though...)
A Christmas Carol (Disney version with Jim Carrey - like this one)
White Christmas (wasn't overly keen...)

I think that's all. So you can tell that I like the 'Scrooge/A Christmas Carol' story and I like Rom Coms.

Any suggestions?

TIA

Poundland actually have quite a big selection of Christmas dvds in now.

You'll find them down the Christmas aisle with all the decorations and stuff, rather than with all their other dvds.

A good soppy/cheesy one that I watch every year is Serendipity with Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack. If you like The Holiday you will love it.

Also not set at Christmas but Groundhog Day is fab.

No one has mentioned Miracle on 34th street (old one or remake are both good).

Sort of Christmassyish...
Bridget Jones
Narnia
When Harry Met Sally
Catch me if you Can

I agree with Tig, Bad Santa always makes me laugh. It's my favourite Christmas film that and Dr Zhivago, I know Dr Zhivago isn't really a Christmas film but all that snow makes it seem Christmassy

We always watch Elf at some point, because the dds (now 18 and 16!) insist on it. And dd2 is crazy about Home Alone. Dp and I tend to go for Gremlins. :)

This is a list made on Mumsnet about two years ago on this thread

The updated votes so far, in alphabetical order:
'Y' is a vote in favour and 'N' is a vote against:

A Christmas Carol/Scrooge (1951, Alistair Sim) - YYY
A Christmas Carol (1977, Michael Horden BBC) - Y
A Christmas Carol (1984, George C Scott, Edward Woodward) - YY
A Christmas Carol (1999, Patrick Stewart, Richard E Grant) - YY
A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman) - YYY
A Christmas Romance () - Y
All I Want for Christmas () - Y
the Amazing Mr Blunden () - Y
Bad Santa () - YYY
Bernard and the Genie () - YYY
the Box of Delights () - YY
Christmas Vacation () - Y
Christmas with the Kranks () - Y
Die Hard () - YY
Die Hard 2 () - YY
Dinner For One () - YY
DinnerLadies specials - Y
Elf () - YYYYY,YY
Father Christmas () - YY
the Family Stone () - Y
Falling in Love (Meryl Streep, Robert de Niro) - Y
Flint Street Nativity () - YYY
Fred Claus () - YYY
Gavin and Stacey special () - Y
The Grinch (Jim Carrey) - YYY
The Holiday () - YYY - NN
Holiday Inn () - Y
Home Alone () - YYYYY
It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Jimmy Stewart) - YYYYY,YYYYY,YYY - N
Jingle All the Way () - Y
Joyeux Noel/"Happy Christmas" (2005, about the Xmas ceasefire in the trenches in WWI) - Y
Laurel and Hardy () - Y
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - YY
LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY (1980, Alec Guiness) - Y
Love Actually () - YYYYY,YY - NNN
Meet Me in St Louis () - YY
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Y
Miracle on 34th Street (1994, Dickie Attenbrough) - YYYY
the Muppet Christmas Carol () - YYYYY,YYYYY
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation () - YY
Nativity! () - YYYY
the Nightmare Before Christmas () - YY
Polar Express () - YYYYY - NN
Prep and Landing () - Y
Royle Family specials () - Y
Santa Paws () - Y
Santa Claus (1985, Dudley Moore) - YYYYY -
The Santa Clause () - YYY - N
Scrooged () - YY
Sleepless in Seattle () - Y
the Snowman (1982, Raymond Briggs) - YYYYY,YYY
Tweenies Christmas special () - YY
While you were sleeping (1995) - Y
White Christmas () - YYY - N

We always watch Family Man with Nicolas Cage - it's a sort of modern day 'It's a Wonderful Life' - and we love it.

Hostile hostages (was called the ref in the us)
Brilliant film

I love watching Home Alone at Christmas. And I love Elf.

It's A Wonderful Life is fab, seen it loads of times, am going to get dcs to watch it this year.

Not a film but I happened to watch Friends the other day, Phoebe's wedding one - made me feel really festive.

Has anyone seen New Years Eve, and what is it like?

Crap. Don't even think about it.
It's an awful love actually.

I would second Nativity 2 as dire. Not a patch on the first one. DS made me download it. I was visibly wincing - stealing a baby and whitewater rafting with it in a scarf nappy.

I would agree with loads on here though:

Die Hard & Die Hard 2 are our wrapping presents movies.
A Christmas Carol
It's A Wonderful Life if you can bear it.
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Deck the Halls
Nativity - the first one!
The Holiday or Love Actually if you can stomach them.
About a Boy - Christmas theme to it.

How about some Christmas Specials op?

The Office (UK and US)
Royle Family
Vicar of Dibley
Blackadder
Father Ted.

Loads more but all great for a night in cuddled up.

DD and I really love "Lost Christmas" (Eddie Izzard)
We watched it on Sunday morning (and it's always a weepy moment with the little girl and the firemen)

Thanks poor will give it a miss on your review alone

SnowGlobe
Christmas in Boston
Christmas do-over
Christmas on Chestnut street
Flint St Nativity
The town that cancelled christmas
Christmas mail

Fred Claus
Four Christmases
Surviving Christmas

It's A Wonderful Life
Love Actually
Christmas With The Kranks
Jingle All The Way
A Muppet Christmas Carol
Home Alone series (my favourite is Home Alone 2)
Rise Of The Guardians - kids film, but OH and I watched it and loved it.
Deck The Halls
Four Christmases
Fred Claus
Nativity! (the one about the schoolkids)