Favorite Unconventional Christmas Films

[bullet08]

Bambi Vs. Godzilla.. Sort of David Vs. Goliath, but much shorter and Bambi gets stepped on.

 

[agnosticpipe]

My wife and I used to watch Natural Born Killers by Oliver Stone. I'm not sure how we decided on this though...

 

[anotherbob]

As usual with @puff_not_snuff threads, the premise of the OP is difficult to interpret.

I'm assuming it means movies that at least have some element of Christmas in the story but not strictly a "Christmas movie". Given that as the criteria, the choice without question is Eyes Wide Shut.

I think he does that on purpose to see how we react.

 

[gubbyduffer]

Great shout with Trading Places.
How about...

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Or.....

 

[gubbyduffer]

Christmas movie Quiz Question
The set (see below) used as the fictional town of Kingston Falls in 1984's Grenlins was built for another film in the 40's. The same set was used as another fictional town in another smash hit film the following year. Name that film.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Christmas movie Quiz Question
The set (see below) used as the fictional town of Kingston Falls in 1984's Grenlins was built for another film in the 40's. The same set was used as another fictional town in another smash hit film the following year. Name that film.
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Apparently, the 1948 film, An Act of Murder, starting Fredric March, used the Courthouse Square set that was used in Gremlins and Back to the Future. I’ve never seen it, but, am curious now. Thanks for this interesting tidbit of trivia.

 

[gubbyduffer]

Apparently, the 1948 film, An Act of Murder, starting Fredric March, used the Courthouse Square set that was used in Gremlins and Back to the Future. I’ve never seen it, but, am curious now. Thanks for this interesting tidbit of trivia.

I was the same. Did t know it was built for a 1948 film. I thought it was built for Gremlins as well.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Apparently, the 1948 film, An Act of Murder, starting Fredric March, used the Courthouse Square set that was used in Gremlins and Back to the Future. I’ve never seen it, but, am curious now. Thanks for this interesting tidbit of trivia.

Correction: starring, not starting. Auto-correct is quite often Auto-mistake.

 

[AcesAndEights]

LOTR trilogy. It’s got elves. It counts!

 

[Peter Turbo]

Die Hard and Gremlins, I like to throw in Harry Potter as well, since they always seem to end on Christmas.

 

[filmguerilla]

Rare Exports

 

[KBaz]

Little Women

 

[orlandofurioso]

Rare Exports :

Terrifying cool.

 

[K.E. Powell]

Bad Santa. It's unrelenting debauchery and cynicism is an antidote to me for this ridiculous holiday.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

Bad Santa. It's unrelenting debauchery and cynicism is an antidote to me for this ridiculous holiday.

Before my child, Bad Santa was the movie I played during Thanksgiving to get the holidays started right.

 

[Cigarstopipes]

The Ref, classic Dennis Leary.

 

[Bassman65]

Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds in the fat suit. Cheesey but cracks me up.

 

[brian64]

 

[Briar Tuck]

LOTR trilogy. It’s got elves. It counts!

We usually watch them every year around Christmas, but this year our plasma TV finally died and the new TV won't be here until January.

 

[AJL67]

The Night the Reindeer Died. It’s an IBC Television network special staring Lee Majors as himself.