 miniMo  | 29 Oct 2023 3:01 p.m. PST |
As the title says, what is your favourited unconventional Christmas movie? (It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, etc. not eligible.)
Here are my top 5 to get started, if your favourite unconventional one isn't listed, please nominate. Not looking for every one ever made, just your own favourites please!
Batman Returns (1992)
Die Hard (1988)
Gremlins (1984)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Rare Exports (2010) |
 Parzival | 29 Oct 2023 3:20 p.m. PST |
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)
The Crossing (2000) |
 Mister Tibbles | 29 Oct 2023 3:37 p.m. PST |
Battle of the Bulge (1965) |
| Glengarry5 | 29 Oct 2023 3:44 p.m. PST |
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| Major Mike | 29 Oct 2023 3:46 p.m. PST |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Nightmare Before Christmas |
| jfleisher | 29 Oct 2023 3:51 p.m. PST |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
| dilettante | 29 Oct 2023 4:32 p.m. PST |
Second Nightmare Before Christmas! |
| Hey You | 29 Oct 2023 4:41 p.m. PST |
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) |
| Buck215 | 29 Oct 2023 5:40 p.m. PST |
Gremlins, Fat Man, and Reindeer Games. |
| Schogun | 29 Oct 2023 6:06 p.m. PST |
The Long Kiss Goodnight Samuel L. Jackson is great! |
| smithsco | 29 Oct 2023 6:36 p.m. PST |
LOTR trilogy is definitely a Christmas movie series. Otherwise Die Hard |
| Zephyr1 | 29 Oct 2023 7:23 p.m. PST |
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Titchmonster  | 29 Oct 2023 7:29 p.m. PST |
Violent Night is new but an immediate classic in my book! |
 StoneMtnMinis | 29 Oct 2023 7:43 p.m. PST |
The Ref. A very funny movie. |
 Old Contemptible | 29 Oct 2023 7:51 p.m. PST |
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| Ssendam | 30 Oct 2023 1:07 a.m. PST |
Where Eagles Dare It has snow in it :-) |
| witteridderludo | 30 Oct 2023 1:36 a.m. PST |
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| ZULUPAUL | 30 Oct 2023 2:28 a.m. PST |
2nd for Ernest saves Christmas! |
| Deucey | 30 Oct 2023 4:44 a.m. PST |
3rd for Ernest! (But I'll probably vote ‘This is Ridiculous') |
| Frederick | 30 Oct 2023 5:52 a.m. PST |
Die Hard and I agree with Titchmaster – Violent Night is set up to be a great "not Christmas Christmas movie" classic |
| Lascaris | 30 Oct 2023 6:49 a.m. PST |
Joyeux Noel, and it's wargaming appropriate. |
| farnox | 30 Oct 2023 8:22 a.m. PST |
Krampus Be good this year! |
| Dagwood | 30 Oct 2023 1:29 p.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 30 Oct 2023 2:01 p.m. PST |
All Christmas movies are unconventional. Sadly, there are no Christmas movies about conventions--or conventions about Christmas, come to that. We could do it, guys! Trenton and Bulge scenarios filmed by Little Wars TV--just what we'd all like to unwrap on the day. |
| pvernon | 30 Oct 2023 4:52 p.m. PST |
"Robin and the Seven Hoods" My kids tell me it is a Christmas movie. |
| miniMo | 30 Oct 2023 6:41 p.m. PST |
"Robin and the Seven Hoods" My kids tell me it is a Christmas movie. Sure is — right up there with Larceny, Inc. : 3 |
| Choctaw | 31 Oct 2023 7:30 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 31 Oct 2023 2:11 p.m. PST |
Battleground
Gremlins
Die Hard |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 01 Nov 2023 6:20 p.m. PST |
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| Zephyr1 | 02 Nov 2023 8:02 p.m. PST |
Don't forget Scrooged (with the movie-within-a-movie 'The Night the Reindeer Died'… ;-) |
ponders nirvana.