Your Favorite Christmas Movies
A Christmas Story
Gremlins
Bateman Returns
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
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I didn't like it when it first came out, but in the last few years I've really grown to appreciate One Magic Christmas.
shareNot very many of these can hold a candle to "It's A Wonderful Life." It's the "Shawshank" of its day -- a crowd pleaser as big, corny, and obvious as its reputation would have you believe. And while the aforementioned drawbacks, as well as Clarence and its religious overtones, can be annoying as hell, the poignant, gritty story of George Bailey, a decent man who finds himself in Fate's crosshairs, packs an existential punch that transcends its hoary holiday roots.
share"It's a Wonderful Life" is my sister's all time favorite. Actually it was not originally a Christmas movie. It wasn't even a big box office success. It gained popularity when it was shown many years later on TV.
A long time ago I saw the Marlo Thomas remake called , "It Happened One Christmas." In it she plays the Jimmy Stewart role, only she is Mary Bailey who marries George Hatch. I really enjoyed it, but it hasn't been aired in years.
The scenes of Bailey seeing the world without him are some of the most exceptional horror filmmaking I've ever encountered.
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