It's A Wonderful Life. Suicide, homelessness, alcoholism, capitalist greed, even implied prostitution. Lots of hard subjects for a feel good Christmas movie. But it IS a feel good Christmas movie. I still get choked up every time.
Second place is that stupid stop-animation Rudolf movie, with the Abominable Snowman and the clearly gay elf who wants to be a dentist. Actually, Lush kinda reminds me of the Island of Misfit Toys. In good way. Really.
It has to be Its A Wonderful Life for me. Second for me is A Christmas Story. Who doesn't love Ralphie! It was filmed in Cleveland so it has the home town feel for me too.
My favorite Christmas story is A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote.
There have been a couple of TV movies made from the story that I know of. The first one is from 1966 and stars Geraldine Page. I've only seen it on you tube. This is part one of six.
I've read the short story from which it was based every year at Christmas since I was eleven or so.
My favorite Christmas movie, though, is A Christmas Story. I don't remember a Christmas when I didn't watch it, and it still makes me laugh.
[url]http://[/url] A Christmas Story. It reminds me of my childhood, both naughty and nice, even if it was set many years before my days as a boy. It just shows that kids be kids be kids, especially at Christmas time.
I also have a very weird soft spot for An American Christmas Carol. Something about The Fonz trying to act underneath three inches of latex rubber just warms my toes.
A Christmas Carol (the George C. Scott version), It's a Wonderful Life, and The Polar Express
It's a Wonderful Life was directed by Frank Capra, my favorite director ever. Donna Reed was SO beautiful in that movie. Jimmie Stewart was simply terrific as the lead actor. I've seen it maybe 50 times. Second might be Holiday Inn, the movie that introduced Bing Crosby singing White Christmas to the world.
The 1938 version A Christmas Carol , Rudolph the Red nosed reindeer , Frosty the Snowman ,Santa Clause is coming to town and A Charlie Brown Christmas
Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Wouldn't you rather have a nice cup of tea?
Die Hard!!!
Also, honorable mention goes to Gremlins.
Don't believe everything that you read.
Home Alone No. 53 and Carry On Nurse :s.
It’s a wonderful life
A Christmas story
White Christmas
Elf
The polar express
Scrooge with Albert Finney..
A wonderful life is number 1. And miracle on 34th street couldn’t have the Holliday’s without them
1. A Christmas Carol (1951 Alastair Sim) 2. It's a Wonderful Life 3. Love Actually