I love watching 'some like it hot', its on every xmas,

very funny film with tony curtis and jack lemmon:hihi::hihi::hihi:

'It's a Wonderful Life' - It's simply perfect in all possible ways.

'Scrooged' - Bill Murray plays, well, Bill Murray really in this update of 'A Christmas Carol'.

'The Long Kiss Goodnight' - Not a Christmas film, but it's set at Christmas and it does have lots of Christmas imagery. Plus Geena Davis is my role model and Samuel L Jackson is just a god.

'Ghostbusters' and 'Ghostbusters II' - Not sure about the first one, but the second one is set at Christmas and New Year. And it's that man again too.

home alone is a good film set around xmas,

never get tired of seeing that one :)

I must admit to rather liking the first two 'Die Hard' films too - they're set at Christmas. Plus the first one has the added bonus of Alan Rickman as the bad guy.

I usually watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at Christmas too; that's the one where Donald O'Connor does that fantastic running up the wall thing (during 'Make 'em Laugh') that the bloke couldn't quite manage in 'The Full Monty'.

It's a wonderful life, every Christmas eve afternoon and also I still love to watch the wizard of Oz and it upsets me if it's not on.

I like "Miracle on 34th Street" 1947, with Edmund Gwenn as Kris Cringle, who actually won an Oscar for it, and there are some lovely sentiments in the film from Maureen O Hara, and Natalie Wood. Its a real family feel good film.

Oliver! is for life, not just for Christmas.

my favourite film of all time - It's A Wonderful Life (and soon to be seen at the cinema for a one day special too....I can't wait!)

It's a Wonderful Life
Scrooged
Singing in the Rain
Some Like it Hot
The Great Escape

A Christmas Carol...I think one of the greatest stories ever, and the finest version of this story ever filmed is the George C.Scott one. I watch it every year. Bah humbug!

definately home alone for me, i love those films.
iv seen them over a hundred times and still never get bored..:D

The Nightmare Before Christmas always comes soon in my house! Love that film!

The snowman, im going to get in on dvd this year i think

The snowman, im going to get in on dvd this year i think

Got to agree, been a favourite for over 20 years now, my grandkids will be seeing this year, they'll love it.

:):)

Mmmm.....Right then.....
Home Alone
Prancer Returns
A Christmas Carol
Wizard of Oz!
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (animated with voices supplied by Whoopi Goldberg as 'Evil ice queen' Stormella and John Goodman as Santa!)
Santa Claus 1 & 2
The Snowman
And there's another one i've seen a few times with Jon Boy out of the Waltons....Can't remember the name of the film but it's a really good christmas family film about him proving that reindeer can fly and ends up getting transported to the North Pole! :help: Need name or it'll bug me!!!:mad:

You just have to watch a Bond film on boxing day.......its tradition !

Got to be wizard of oz!:hihi:, a favourite since 1939 or something, well not me personally but still!:hihi:

Does anybody know where to get a copy of 'Disneys - Mickey's Christmas Carol'? I've tried to get hold of it last Xmas for the youngsters in a kids club but without any luck.

I think it's one of the few really good Xmas films along with Home Alone, Wizard of Oz, The Snowman, The lion the witch and the wardrobe, Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Clause and any of the disney cartoons.

I think it's one of the few really good Xmas films along with Home Alone, Wizard of Oz, The Snowman, The lion the witch and the wardrobe, Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Clause and any of the disney cartoons.

Love this...the cartoon version. So sad when Aslan dies.:(

The snowman, im going to get in on dvd this year i think

Love this too..and so sad when the snowman dies as well. Why does there have to be so much pain!

Love this...the cartoon version. So sad when Aslan dies.:(

I know, I remember watching it as a kid ( the cartoon version ) and I so wanted to visit that old mansion, also the bit when Aslan dies was heartbreaking! I know what you mean:(;)

No contest.
The original Miracle on 34th Street and
Wonderful life.
I never tire of them

Harry Potter.. OK I know it's not really Christmassy but it's better than endless repeats of 40 year old James Bond tosh IMO.

Hark back to the late 80s though when they'd repeat the original Star Wars trilogy every year! Now THAT was classic!

Elf
Wizard of oz.
All the Hitchcocks that tend to be repeated at this time of year.

"Scrooged" has become a perennial favourite - Bill Murray is wonderful in it, as always, and I LOVE ex-New York Dolls' singer David Johanssen's turn as the cabbie!

Or "The Sound of Music" - I've lost count of how many times I've seen it

StarSparkle

The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Muppets Christmas Carol
Santa claus 1&2:D

Santa Claus: the movie. oh makes me feel warm and fuzzy. Home alone is also luvverly, and its nearly time for Love Actually again!

The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Muppets Christmas Carol
Santa claus 1&2:D

oh YES! muppet xmas carol, how could i forget, come to think of it, my mates still got my copy on video...the thieving madame!

"Scrooged" has become a perennial favourite - Bill Murray is wonderful in it, as always, and I LOVE ex-New York Dolls' singer David Johanssen's turn as the cabbie!

Or "The Sound of Music" - I've lost count of how many times I've seen it

StarSparkle

Yes, I think I know not only all the words, to every song- I also know the exact pauses between each line, and the precise pronunciation of Julie Andrews in every word...although I'd never admit to it, in public. People would think I was mad.

Anyone know what films the BBC are planning to dazzle us with this year? Any premieres planned? I'm hoping for the terrestrial TV premiere of Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars Episode 3), it's definitely old enough and has been out on DVD ages and on Sky several times!

- The Muppet's Christmas Carol
- The Grinch
- Home Alone 1 & 2
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Snowman
- Elf!

The Great Escape.

The Great Escape.

Chicken Run!

Apparently it was based on Great Escape!

The Muppets Christmas Carol... COS CHRISTMAS MAKES MUPPETS OUT OF US ALL...:o

Love Actually! makes me cry every time! :(

I used to enjoy watching all the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers films in the afternoons with my sons, they have quite a good background history of the old filmstars now

Airplane, Mary Poppins and Bedknobs and Broomsticks :D

Snowmans another classic, used to cry at end though.:D

Has got to be 'It's a Wonderful Life'.

On the day I put the tree up, wrap the pressies, get a glass of wine and put the film on.

Wonderful!!

It's a Wonderful Life, Love Actually

Mmmm.....Right then.....
Home Alone
Prancer Returns
A Christmas Carol
Wizard of Oz!
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer (animated with voices supplied by Whoopi Goldberg as 'Evil ice queen' Stormella and John Goodman as Santa!)
Santa Claus 1 & 2
The Snowman
And there's another one i've seen a few times with Jon Boy out of the Waltons....Can't remember the name of the film but it's a really good christmas family film about him proving that reindeer can fly and ends up getting transported to the North Pole! :help: Need name or it'll bug me!!!:mad: The title of the film was "The Christmas Secret"...AKA,"Flight of the Reindeer",International English title UK. Richard Thomas (Johnboy), and Beau Bridges also starred. :)

Not a film, but I have to dig out The Box Of Delights. Wonderful early 80s kids' series that I remember from when it was first televised, so not only is it magical and Christmassy but it has added nostalgia :)

Theres a Jim Henson film called the Christmas Toy, which i recorded off sky as a kid, it was brilliant, but I dont have a clue what happened to the video, i'll scrabble around for it at home when i go back for xmas week. But i dont have a vcr, and i've looked it up on amazon, and it was £25 or some such nonsense! I really want to see it again. Has anyone else seen this masterpiece?! It was kind of like Toy Story I guess but with muppets/puppets.

I must admit to rather liking the first two 'Die Hard' films too - they're set at Christmas. Plus the first one has the added bonus of Alan Rickman as the bad guy.

I'd have to agree with you, they're Christmas films as far as I'm concerned :)

Oliver! is for life, not just for Christmas.

Ditto. I like watching Home Alone aswel :)

It's a Wonderful Life.
70s cartoon version of "A Christmas Carol".
Something really scary like "The Innocents".

Another vote for "It's a Wonderful Life" although I think it is the weakest of all of the US populist film movement (have a look at "Mr. Smith goes to Washington").

I know this next film isn't an Xmas film but I always seem to see it on at that time and that's "Batteries Not Included"

Childhood nostalgia, ahhhhh, they'll be bringing back Wispas next... er...

Oh right :hihi:

I would have to say A Nightmare Before Christmas or Muppets Christmas Carol. I'm a big child really :hihi:

Evil Dead 2 and Hawk the Slayer

wonderful life
a christmas carol
miracle on 34th street

Evil Dead 2

Class film, more actors need big chins. :hihi:

nearly everyone on here has posted 'a wonderful life' as one of their faves,

I hate to confess i have never watched it (shame on me),

I am definately going to watch this year, its sure to be on.:)

nearly everyone on here has posted 'a wonderful life' as one of their faves,

I hate to confess i have never watched it (shame on me),

I am definately going to watch this year, its sure to be on.:)

me neither...we bought it for my nan one year, as she's 91 and all alone, and is always complaining about the garb on telly. so one night i went round, and at a loss for stuff to do, i put that on, but just as i got into it, she confessed she was bored and wanted to watch the garb on telly instead! can't win! and i never got to see the rest! I've watched that many shows about movies (100 greatest....) that i think i've seen enough clips to put it together as one!

The title of the film was "The Christmas Secret"...AKA,"Flight of the Reindeer",International English title UK. Richard Thomas (Johnboy), and Beau Bridges also starred. :)

Oh nice one Myrtle! Flight of the Reindeer! 'Feel good' festive christmas film!

Theres a Jim Henson film called the Christmas Toy, which i recorded off sky as a kid, it was brilliant, but I dont have a clue what happened to the video, i'll scrabble around for it at home when i go back for xmas week. But i dont have a vcr, and i've looked it up on amazon, and it was £25 or some such nonsense! I really want to see it again. Has anyone else seen this masterpiece?! It was kind of like Toy Story I guess but with muppets/puppets.

I've just remembered this one! With the tiger and little mouse and the evil doll, it was so good!
I loved it when I was little, but my mum threw all my tapes away a few years ago, boo hoo:(
I don't think I'll be replacing it though, £40 on amazon!!

I always watch Home Alone 1 & 2, Jingle All The Way (Arnie's best film ever,surely?) and also like the Indiana Jones films and The Goonies as Xmas films-why are these films never on TV at Xmas anymore??

wow, someone else is heard of it! i bet theyre playing bloody harry potter this year on xmas day- bleugh!

I always watch "Bell, Book & Candle" with Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart -- it opens on Christmas Eve.

Two other favorites no one has yet mentioned: "A Christmas Story" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation".


"The Great Escape" is on my Top Five list of favorite movies but I'm curious as to why several people on here like it at Christmas.

Saw3 ;)


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Gremlins! :D

Well, the main hero does get Gizmo for Christmas in it!

has to be scrooge or scrooged..

Ditto. I like watching Home Alone aswel :)

Ooooh yeah, me too! :D

I love them all. I have to admit I keep going back to 'It's a wonderful life' and 'Miracle on 34th Street', 1947 version.

Another one I really think deserves a mention on here is 'The Lemon Drop Kid' starring Bob Hope - absolute classic, full of howlers.

ANY version of CHRISTMAS CAROL but especially the one with :love:Patrick Stewart:love:, and even though I've seen it a gazillion and one times I luv it when he sticks his head out of the window and asks the boy what day it is, and the boy says, WHY its CHRISTMAS DAY!!!!! and the eyes still well up at the end when he pops his head round the door and says he's come to dinner....CAN'T WAIT!!!!!:D

ANY version of CHRISTMAS CAROL but especially the one with :love:Patrick Stewart:love:...
I love this adaptation. Patrick Stewart is marvellous as Scrooge. I would have loved to have seen his one man stage version.

Someone's just guessed my favourite on another thread. It took them a while, mind... ;)

Scrooge with Alistair Sim - the definitive version.....although the Muppets version does come close

Bleak House.

I know its not a christmas film but james cagney in 'angels with dirty faces' always seems to be on at christmas and I always enjoy watching it, even though it is a sad ending.

home alone is a good film set around xmas,

never get tired of seeing that one :)

This is great for Christmas! I like ET, a Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street, and any good Christmassy films really inc Disney/Pixar!

im gutted, just scoured tv times for Its a Wonderful life, and its not on,
I was going to watch for the first time this year after all the raves about it,

Also no Snowman this year on c4,

Whats happened, christmas wont be the same :(:(

im gutted, just scoured tv times for Its a Wonderful life, and its not on,
I was going to watch for the first time this year after all the raves about it,



It'll be on: on Channel Forum. Watch this space... ;)

I hope that either:-

'' A Hill In Korea''
or
'' The Odd Angry Shot''
will be on, but I doubt it.

Oliver! is for life, not just for Christmas.

Definitely!

I once took a party of kids (from the children's home where I worked at the time) to see Oliver on Boxing Day. I was bit taken aback when two 14 year old lads (both with criminal convictions) started crying during the film. When I asked what was the matter, one of the 'toughies' said that they didn't want to end up like Fagin!

I never tire of seeing this film.

Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz and the Back to the Future films for me - never tire of seeing any of them.

Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz and the Back to the Future films for me - never tire of seeing any of them.

Yep :)

And Miracle on 34th street and Scrooged :)

I used to love Yogi's first christmas :blush:

Miracle on 34th street is great, I love most seasonal films.....how sad am I?:hihi:

I used to love Yogi's first christmas :blush:



Oh dear :roll:

Oh dear :roll:

:hihi:

I was only 1....... bout 9ish :blush:

I watched (everybody watched) the Sound of Music every year when I was a kid. Then I didn't see it for years, until i was grown up. When I was a kid, I didn't fully understand all the stuff about the Austrian aspect of the politics (of course I knew the Nazis were Bad People). When I saw it as an adult, I suddenly *got* a whole other side of the film. The bit where Christopher Plummer sings Eidelweiss at the concert and the whole audience joins in as an act of solidarity had me a blubbering wreck on the carpet.

It's amazing how you can go back to films you think you know back to front and see something brand new in them.

:hihi:

I was only 1....... bout 9ish :blush:

Yeah, oreyt :roll:

:hihi:

Yeah, oreyt :roll:

:hihi:

Ok maybe a little older....not much tho.... :blush: :D :hihi:

I watched (everybody watched) the Sound of Music every year when I was a kid. Then I didn't see it for years, until i was grown up. When I was a kid, I didn't fully understand all the stuff about the Austrian aspect of the politics (of course I knew the Nazis were Bad People). When I saw it as an adult, I suddenly *got* a whole other side of the film. The bit where Christopher Plummer sings Eidelweiss at the concert and the whole audience joins in as an act of solidarity had me a blubbering wreck on the carpet.

It's amazing how you can go back to films you think you know back to front and see something brand new in them.


Thats the same for me, I first saw it when i was 5 and didnt understand the story at all, just loved the music and the fact there were kids in it.

When i saw it years later all grown up, it took on a different meaning, the love story, the nazis thing, the scenery, such a fabulous film, you havent lived if you havent seen The Sound Of Music :bigsmile:

I watched (everybody watched) the Sound of Music every year when I was a kid. Then I didn't see it for years, until i was grown up. When I was a kid, I didn't fully understand all the stuff about the Austrian aspect of the politics (of course I knew the Nazis were Bad People). When I saw it as an adult, I suddenly *got* a whole other side of the film. The bit where Christopher Plummer sings Eidelweiss at the concert and the whole audience joins in as an act of solidarity had me a blubbering wreck on the carpet.

It's amazing how you can go back to films you think you know back to front and see something brand new in them.

Christopher Plummer was my first crush... :blush:

To revive an old and out-of-season thread, prettydaisy and i just got together to watch the christmas toy, i found the old video when i was at home at xmas time. its awesome, but its price on amazon has skyrocketed to £49.72.

also watched home alone the other night, which was awesome too. i think i migh tjust watch an xmas film every week, to keep the festive feeling alive. wine helps.