Christmas Movie List #2

Have a craving to celebrate this month? Well, don't worry you are not alone. Here are more movies to get you into the Christmas Spirit....



1) Holiday Inn
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The music's the thing.

Director: Mark Sandrich
Writers: Claude Binyon (screenplay), Elmer Rice(adaptation), 5 more credits »
Stars: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1942



2) A Charlie Brown Christmas
When Charlie Brown complains about the overwhelming materialism that he sees amongst everyone during the Christmas season, Lucy suggests that he become director of the school Christmas paegent. Charlie Brown accepts, but it proves to be a frustrating struggle. When an attempt to restore the proper spirit with a forlorn little fir Christmas tree fails, he needs Linus' help to learn what the real meaning of Christmas is.

Director: Bill Melendez
Writer: Charles M. Schulz
Stars: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1965



3) Bad Santa
Willie T. Stokes is a convicted con man who's led a miserable life. He drinks heavily and constantly embarrasses himself publicly. He only works once a year dressed as Santa. But then come Christmas Eve, he and his pint-sized helper dwarf Marcus stage elaborate robberies and take their department stores for everything they got. This year, they hit a mall in suburban Phoenix, Arizona. This time around, Willie gets distracted by having sex with large women, a bartender who is attracted to Santas, and a kid who's convinced he's the real deal. However, this time around Marcus must once again put up with Willie's heavy drinking and a series of incidents that constantly shoot themselves in the foot. Not to mention a nosy department store security guard who's onto them and wants his cut of the loot. Will Willie and Marcus make it to next Christmas? Or will this be the year the dynamic duo finally face justice?

Director: Terry Zwigoff
Writers: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2003



4) The Polar Express
This is the story of a young hero boy on Christmas Eve who boards on a powerful magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home. What unfolds is an an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Chris Van Allsburg (book), Robert Zemeckis(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2004



5) The Santa Clause 2
Scott Calvin has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa's got problems (he's even mysteriously losing weight) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year's "naughty" list. Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice, putting Christmas at risk, it's up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas.

Director: Michael Lembeck
Writers: Don Rhymer (screenplay), Cinco Paul(screenplay), 7 more credits »
Stars: Tim Allen, Spencer Breslin, Elizabeth Mitchell |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2002



6) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Connor Mead, a successful fashion photographer and a Lothario keen on casual sex, goes to his younger brother's wedding to convince him not to marry. He arrives at his dead uncle's estate during the rehearsal the night before the wedding; he starts in, taking his brother aside, trashing marriage. Later in the men's room, his uncle, who taught Connor all he knows about women, appears to him, confesses to have been wrong, and tells Connor that three ghosts will visit him that night: the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future. Connor has already set the breakup in motion. Can he learn anything from his life and fix what he's broken?

Director: Mark Waters
Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Emma Stone | See full cast and crew »
Released: 2009



7) Jingle All the Way
Meet Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company is constantly busy at his job, and he also constantly disappoints his son, after he misses his son's karate exposition, he tries hard to come up with a way to make it up to him, this is when his son tells Howard that he wants for Christmas is an action figure of his son's television hero, Turbo Man. Unfotunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man figures, now Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else including a mail man named Myron to find a Turbo Man action figure, and to make it to the Wintertainment parade which will feature Turbo Man.

Director: Brian Levant
Writer: Randy Kornfield
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1996