Holiday Movie Club 2016

October 27, 2016 8:26 AM

With November fast approaching, let's plan for the 2016 Holiday Movie Club!

In the past, we've watched movies from about American Thanksgiving (24 NOV) to New Years Day (1 JAN), at the pace of about 2 a week.
Movies can deal with holiday themes, be set at the holidays, or generally be holiday traditions for you and yours.
Please propose movies to include, or rewatch from previous years (especially if watching a movie again is a tradition!)


Proposed Movies:

Ernest Saves Christmas
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Home Alone 2
Eyes Wide Shut
Bad Santa
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
The Family Stone
Die Hard 2
Iron Man 3
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Home Alone
Gremlins
Edward Scissorhands
While You Were Sleeping
The Hudsucker Proxy
Lethal Weapon
A Very Harold And Kumar Christmas
Emmit the Otter's Jugband Christmas
About a Boy
The Ref
The Bishop's Wife
The Preacher's Wife
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Mystery Science Theater 3000: “Santa Claus”
Santa's Slay
Ghostbuster's 2
Rocky 4
Brazil
Less than Zero
Things to Come
Monty Python's Life of Brian
The Shining
Black Christmas
Cronos
L.A. Confidential
Cthulhu
Caligula
Mixed Nuts
Home for the Holidays
While You Were Sleeping
In Bruges
A Wish for Wings That Work
Tokyo Godfathers
Silent Night
The Apartment
A Christmas Tale
Holidays On Ice
Eight Crazy Nights
The Great Santa Clause Switch
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 3
An American Christmas Carol

posted by the man of twists and turns (24 comments total)

I mean, I hate to suggest the obvious one, but: A Christmas Story? I'm assuming it was left off for a reason, but I'll propose it anyway. I think it's a genuinely great movie, not just a sentimental favorite.
posted by holborne at 8:35 AM on October 27, 2016 [2 favorites]

We should rewatch it! Maybe on 25 DEC for the marathon with our eyes peeled.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 8:39 AM on October 27, 2016 [2 favorites]

Yay! The Ref! One of my very favorite Christmas movies!
posted by cooker girl at 8:42 AM on October 27, 2016 [4 favorites]

Let's make it as Shane Black as possible. Lethal Weapon - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Iron Man 3 - The Nice Guys.
posted by everybody had matching towels at 8:44 AM on October 27, 2016 [4 favorites]

You can add movies as "Events" to the club, here
posted by the man of twists and turns at 8:48 AM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

Diner
Rent
posted by the man of twists and turns at 9:03 AM on October 27, 2016

Metropolitan. (It's set during the Christmas season debutante balls.)

And I would second "A Christmas Tale" (I assume this is referring to the 2008 French movie with Catherine Deneuve), if only because I'm the only one I know who's seen it, and I'm never quite sure what I think about it.
posted by dnash at 11:12 AM on October 27, 2016 [2 favorites]

I would love the chance to discuss Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas.
posted by drezdn at 11:44 AM on October 27, 2016

Meet Me in St. Louis!
posted by superlibby at 12:11 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

The Nice Guys
posted by the man of twists and turns at 12:11 PM on October 27, 2016

Swell idea!
posted by theora55 at 1:48 PM on October 27, 2016

Christmas In Connecticut? Holiday Affair?
posted by fixedgear at 3:05 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

No holiday season goes by in our house without Scrooge (1951, Alistair Sims, B&W only) and Its a Wonderful Life (B&W only.) Please add!
posted by bearwife at 4:56 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

And what about the best Christmas Carol, The MUPPET Christmas Carol?
posted by Malla at 5:03 PM on October 27, 2016 [5 favorites]

If we wanted a FanFare/IRL Holiday Extravaganza Mashup, Central Cinema in Seattle is running a number of these films in December, including Home Alone, Die Hard, The Muppet Christmas Carol, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Elf.
posted by MoonOrb at 8:48 PM on October 27, 2016 [1 favorite]

These are all great ideas!
You can and should add them to the "Upcoming Events" in the Holiday Movie Club. Just pick a date!
posted by the man of twists and turns at 9:24 PM on October 27, 2016

Could there be a thread for Hallmark movies this year?
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:14 AM on October 28, 2016

Inception.
posted by Oyéah at 6:12 PM on November 2, 2016

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think when the crew of Alien wakes from hypersleep, Parker is decorating a Christmas tree...
posted by ikahime at 10:06 AM on November 5, 2016 [1 favorite]

If we're doing that sort of thing, "The Godfather" would make sense too.
posted by drezdn at 11:04 AM on November 5, 2016

Pieces of April
The House Of Yes
posted by the man of twists and turns at 5:13 PM on November 25, 2016 [1 favorite]

In the vein of films with a prominent scene set at Christmas, I submit Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander (5 hour version).
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:57 AM on December 1, 2016

I think I'm going to catch Die Hard this weekend at Central Cinema in Seattle--it's paired with Home Alone, which is more or less the same movie. Yippee ki yi yay, ya filthy animal.
posted by MoonOrb at 8:56 PM on December 1, 2016

We will be joining the Strange Club for THE BOX by Richard Kelly on Monday.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 10:27 PM on December 16, 2016