Best Christmas Movie - Boardsies Decide

quickbeam

Miracle on 34th Street through to the next round.

ZV Yoda

Wizard of Oz all the way. That film is 80 years old and is still streets ahead of most of today's blockbusters. It's got everything - witches, flying monkeys, a wizard (sort of).

It might be a tenuous Christmas link, but let's face it - most of us associate it with Christmas. It's not Christmas without the Wizard of Oz.

An out & out classic.

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Round 1, Match 25

Hook (1991)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102057/

When Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.

Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts



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Iron Man 3 (2013)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854/

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow

Ficheall

Hook, even if it isn't _that_ Christmassy..

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Hook because it's Bangerang! Rufio! Rufio! Rufio!

pc7

Hook gets my vote, loved it as a kid, but was always a little scared of it too.

Necro

Haha who the AF nominated Iron Man 3 :pac:

Abstain, neither are Christmas movies imo

Deja Boo

hook - julia roberts as tinker bell has seasonal depression







not punchin caps lock ever again

Neither seem very christmassy to me but I'll go for Hook, just because iron-man 3 is not as good as the first two ironman movies

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Necro wrote: »

Haha who the AF nominated Iron Man 3 :pac:

Abstain, neither are Christmas movies imo

In fairness, both are very much set at Christmas, so take your opinion and put it in your pocket...

Mam of 4

Hook .

Because it has Robin Williams in it , that's enough for me !

quickbeam

Hook baits a place in the second round.

Mehaffey1

Gotta go for Hook, very good film although again not strictly a Christmas movie but I've found the Ironman movies shocking rubbish.

quickbeam

Round 1, Match 26

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104940/

The Muppet characters tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.

Stars: Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire



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Jack Frost (1998)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141109/

A father who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son, before he is gone forever

Stars: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross

Er. Hmm. For me neither are Christmas movies but I will go with Hook because I've seen it.

Muppet Christmas Carol
Because it is one of my favourite Christmas movies

deconduo

Muppet Christmas Carol - it's a great Christmas movie, probably my favourite

Necro

Ugh.

Awful vs awful

Jack Frost cos the Muppets are over rated

banie01

A Muppet Xmas carol because it is quite brilliant and has Michael bloody Caine!

Pretzill

I turn my back for a second and rounds have passed me by

Muppet's. because they are puppets doing the best Christmas story ever written and it was fun. That other one, I always thought the snowman looked a bit sinister.

ArnoldJRimmer

Muppet Christmas Carol, what a joyful movie for all the family. Probably my favourite muppets movie too.

pc7

Muppets for me, Caine was a brilliant Scrooge

c.p.w.g.w

Muppets Xmas Carol...nominated it myself...Like to watch every Xmas Eve

quickbeam

In super quick speed, the Muppets head in to Round 2.

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Round 1, Match 27

It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039502/

A homeless New Yorker moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

Stars: Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles



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The Holiday (2006)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457939/

Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

Stars: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law

o thank god

also necro you could not be more wrong you could try but you would not be succesful

Toto Wolfcastle

The Holiday is as nice and predictable as they come (which I love) so it gets my vote.

o THE HOLIDAY its a great rom com

Necro

Oh God it's happening again

It Happened on 5th Avenue cos The Holiday is bloody terrible.

pc7

Holiday for me, perfect Christmas combo of cheese and feels

Mam of 4

It Happened On 5th Avenue .

Nothing like sitting curled up , in front of a fire with a good old b/W film .

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Can't believe I missed the Muppets - so glad they got through even without my vote.

It Happened on 5th Avenue, because it sounds like a lot of fun, and that other drivel looks woeful.

Pretzill

The Holiday is certainly Christmassy and Jude Law in a jumper - wins for me

ArnoldJRimmer

The Holiday as its absolute nonsense. A perfectly acceptable cheesefest around Christmas

Deja Boo

The Holiday - Jude Law is dreamy!

quickbeam

The Holiday canters in to the next round.

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Round 1, Match 28 (one of these plot summaries may sound familiar to those who have been paying attention )

It's A Wonderful Life (1946)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/

An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.

Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore



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The Bishop's Wife (1947)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039190/

An angel in human form enters the life of a bishop in order to help him build a new cathedral and repair his fractured marriage.

Stars: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven

ArnoldJRimmer

Its a Wonderful Life. Actually only saw it for the first time a few years ago, and holds up well

Hercule Poirot

It's A Wonderful Life - all day long, the ultimate Christmas film and I fully expect to see this in the final

Deja Boo

Bishop's Wife - cos Cary Grant!!! also, I have never been able to get thru the other film, after he pitches a fit at his wife! :mad:

Pretzill

It's a Wonderful Life has everything - heartbreaking and heartwarming - my top pick!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Its a Wonderful Life, because its hands down one of the greatest stories ever told.

banie01

It's a wonderful life, the prototypical schmaltzy heart string tugger.

Necro

Lol Bishops Wife
Preachers Wife

All derivative from the original classic

It's a Wonderful Life.

I don't particularly like it but theres no way it should be eliminated over a movie I've never even heard of

quickbeam

It's A Wonderful Life skips in to round 2.

honeybear

Bishop’s Wife because of Cary Grant

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Round 1, Match 29

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097958/

The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis



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The Grinch (2018)



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2709692/

A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Cameron Seely, Rashida Jones

Deja Boo

honeybear wrote: »

Bishop’s Wife because of Cary Grant

amen

pc7

It’s a Wonderful Life and if you mofo’s vote for any other movie over it as best Christmas movie ‘I will find you!’
It’s part of our Christmas, we get nice wine and cheese, watch it, I cry! Husband laughs at me crying but secretly I know he feels it. And then I keep ringing the bell on our tree so a few extra angels get their wings.

pc7

God rounds going to quick! Grinch for me as brought the smallies last year, they loved it.