The definitive Christmas film list!

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Inspired by the Christmas traditions thread I wondered if there was any Christmas films I could add to my watch-list to share with the DCs this year.

So far I have
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Santa Claus The Movie
Polar Express

Any recommendations?

Wow, thanks, some I haven't heard of and some classics I'd forgotten about.
Think DS1 would love Home Alone.

Elf, Arthur Christmas and it's a wonderful life.
I also have Christmas 24 on all the time over Christmas - I have a love for cheesy, predictable, cheaply made Christmas movies - you know the ones where the two main characters find true love through a series of Christmas related mishaps usually involving a cute kid and the real father Christmas and everyone discovers the true meaning of Christmas and it starts to snow at the end.

Meet Me In St. Louis
Annie
Bad Santa

Oh Meet Me in St Louis! Such a lovely film.

Saw Bad Santa some years ago - laughed like a drain! Saw it last year.... yeah, not so funny plus it has Lorelai Gilmore in it taking it up the rear

A Christmas Carol b/w version is great. I want to say Alastair Sim...?

Elf
Home alone
Love the coopers - it has a gorgeous soundtrack
Arthur Christmas
Miracle on 34th street
Polar express
Flight of the reindeer
Nativity - love all of them!
Barbie - A perfect Christmas
Elf on shelf movie
The snowman
Father Christmas movie
The grinch- my absolute favourite

Wizard of Oz
Sound of Music
Home Alone
Bad Santa

(Bad Santa 2 can fuck off)

I discovered Arthur Christmas with then 2yo dd last year and we love it. Do not watch Holiday Inn!

Our favourites are;

Arthur Christmas
Love actually
All 3 Santa Clause movies
The Santa Claus (Dudley Moore)
Deck the halls
Christmas with the kranks
One magic Christmas
Miracle on 34th street (Attenborough will always be my Father Christmas)
Father Christmas
The snowman
Christmas in a day (only found on YouTube so far though)

Christmas isn't Christmas in our house without

Prancer

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm69dRGRLiI

And, A Christmas Story

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeJXYhdfR6Q

Bliss

Muppet Christmas Carol!

Olive the other reindeer

Elf
The santa clause
Nativity
Arthur Christmas
Miracle on 34th street
Home alone
Rise of the guardians
The grinch
Polar express
Meet me in St. Louis
Love actually, but not for children!

While You Were Sleeping

The muppet Christmas Carol is essential, but Christmas isn't Christmas now without a Julia Donaldson cartoon and The Sound of Music.

Ohhhhh I am SOOOOO EXCITED!!! DS2 will be a wee newborn and I'm excited to have him sleep on me while I watch movies. DS1 is 2 and doesn't have the attention span but I'm sure we'll try and force some of these onto him.

The Family Stone
The Holiday

Seconding the holiday and while you were sleeping and the Christmas card

The Christmas shoes
A very merry mix up
Paper angels
The Christmas shepherd
The Christmas heart
The Christmas secret

Home Alone
A Christmas Carol
Love Actually
The Family Stone

Enjoy!

Elf!! My absolute favourite. Nobody's mentioned my second favourite either.
Santa Who?
Love them both.
Also Home Alone but I see that as more a watch any time of year one!
Muppets Christmas Carol and The Snowman too.

Oh, and someone mentioned Bad Santa. Good film, but you mention watching Christmas films with the dcs. Definitely not one for the kids!

I've just printed all these suggestions off, we're going to work our way through and find some new favourites :)

Can't believe no-one has mentioned Muppet Christmas Carol yet??

Also, anyone know if you can get this Christmas24 shebang on YouView or AppleTV? We've just quit Sky for YouView, and now DH thinking of switching to Apple TV as YouView is crap... this may be the deciding factor for me

Oh, someone did mention Muppets

When harry met sally

Gremlins!