When we were kids, the best part of Christmas was always unwrapping the gifts. But as adults, the best part might come a bit later. Because when the seemingly neverending family parties are finally over, it’s time to go home, cozy up on the couch, break out the Christmas cookies and let the Christmas movie marathon commence. Then you can stay up all night watching Christmas movies with cookie crumbs on your mouth and shirt, lean back and say – Merry Christmas!
Lots of Action, Comedy and a Bit of Horror
Do you do this, too? During the holidays, we say no to Netflix and streaming, and instead turn on network TV to catuch one of our many favorite nostalgic Christmas movies. Little Lord Fauntleroy? Nope, not for me. Home Alone? Yaaawn! We went out to find the coolest Christmas classics for you with plenty of action for long winter nights and exciting holidays. Here come our Christmas movies for a festive home cinema this holiday season.
Bad Santa
Forget about Christmas movies that are saccharine sweet. This Santa is different. Hilarious crime comedy Bad Santa stars Billy Bob Thornton as petty criminal Willie T. Stokes. Tanking booze, smoking like a chimney, and even yelling at children – perhaps Willie wasn’t cut out to be a mall Santa. And rightly so, because he always has his eye out for the next big department-store heist. Everything is going well until he meets Thurman, an elf actor who cracks his hard exterior and shows him the true meaning of Christmas. This anti-hero’s journey sees Thornton develop from bad-mannered criminal into lovable softie, and is absolutely worth a watch. If you really love it, there is also a sequel!
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Die Hard
Yippee-ki-yay, motherfxxker! If there’s one thing no Christmas should be without, it is this certified classic from the one and only Bruce Willis. Almost no matter where you live, this is sure to come up somewhere on your TV schedule during the Christmas season. How you rate the subsequent 4 John McClane vehicles notwithstanding, once you’ve seen this movie, you’ll never want to ring in the holidays without it again.
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Nightmare Before Christmas
Another oddball, but always worth seeing, is the Christmas story by producer Tim Burton. The main character of this stop-motion gothic musical is the lovable Jack Skeleton, resident of Halloweentown and organizer of the creepiest of all scary Halloween parties. By chance, the living skeleton discovers a whole new world: Christmas. Wooow! Jack is enchanted and wishes for nothing more than to celebrate Christmas. But the rest of Halloweentown’s inhabitants are not at all enthusiastic about peace, joy and contemplation and stick to their chamber of horrors. An enchanting Christmas fairy tale of a different kind.
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Jingle All the Way
Jingle bells, jingle bells… This Christmas comedy has achieved near legendary status. Action king Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the unreliable dad, who has once again forgotten to buy a present for his son this year. There’s nothing he wants more than a Turbo Man action figure. However, hunting one down proves harder than Arnold could have imagined. Sound boring? Quite the opposite. In addition to being super funny, it also has plenty of chaos and cool gags.
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Silent Night
If you love watching bloody horror movies at Christmas, look no further than Silent Night. That’s not snow falling, it’s blood! The plot is as simple as it is brilliant: While a small American town is making the final preparations for a quiet Christmas day, a mass murderer dressed as Santa Claus is up to mischief. Even though at first glance it looks as if the bloodthirsty Santa Claus is slaughtering everything in his path, this villain knows exactly what he’s doing. A classic yet thrilling police manhunt film.
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Gremlins
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Oh, how cute! That’s what young Billy thought when he got one of the fluffy mogwai, but the little beasts that flicker across the screens every Christmas are not what you think. If they come into contact with daylight or water or are fed at night, the horror begins. Because then the fluffy little animals turn into nasty gremlins, destroying everything that gets in their way and terrorizing the city. Cult horror-comedy at its best!
Christmas movie classics at home
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If you have any movies you’d like to add to our list, feel free to leave a comment. We love nothing more than hearing from our fans!
