| Title
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Year
|
Description
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| 12 Monkeys |
1995 |
Man is sent back in time to try and prevent an apocalyptic plague outbreak. Film includes scenes set during the Christmas season.
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| 1941 |
1979 |
Comic chaos ensues when Southern Californians panic following the Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941. The film's extended cut includes a scene at a Christmas-tree farm and another featuring a gun-toting Santa Claus.
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| 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance |
1994 |
Film depicts people and events leading up to a Christmas Eve mass killing in 1993 Vienna.
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| About a Boy |
2002 |
A bachelor enjoys a life of ease thanks to the royalties from a Christmas song his father composed.
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| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad |
1949 |
In the Wind in the Willows segment, Cyril Proudbottom visits the imprisoned J. Thaddeus Toad on Christmas Eve (disguised as Toad's grandmother) and assists him in escaping.
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| All Fall Down |
1962 |
Self-centered, womanizing young drifter returns home to his dysfunctional family. Film includes Christmas scenes.
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| All Mine to Give |
1957 |
A Scottish family comes to Wisconsin and do well until tragedy hits as Christmas nears.
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| All That Heaven Allows |
1955 |
A lonely suburban widow seeks love with a younger gardener in the face of her adult children's disapproval. Includes a Christmas scene.
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| Alvin and the Chipmunks |
2007 |
Songwriter Dave Seville takes in three chipmunks, who can sing, during the Christmas season.
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| The American President |
1995 |
A widowed Chief Executive enters a romantic relationship with a lobbyist. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| American Psycho |
2000 |
Serial killer Patrick Bateman takes a break from his reign of terror to attend a Christmas party given by his fiancée.
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| Annie Hall |
1977 |
Alvy Singer is forced to attend a Christmas party in Hollywood and breaks up with the title character during the holidays.
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| Are We There Yet? |
2005 |
Complications ensue when a man drives his girlfriend's kids from Portland to Vancouver on New Year's Eve. Film begins with a Christmas scene.
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| Arthur |
1981 |
Drunken millionaire playboy, on the brink of an arranged marriage, risks his inheritance by falling in love with waitress. Film takes place during or just prior to Christmas season in New York.
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| Arthur 2: On the Rocks |
1988 |
Having lost his inheritance, the now-married Arthur attempts to find a job and adopt a baby. Film takes place during Christmas season in New York.
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| The Associate |
1996 |
A black woman makes it on Wall Street by creating (and then impersonating) a fictional white male partner. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Auntie Mame |
1958 |
One segment has free-spirited eccentric Mame Dennis attempting to support herself as a Macy's sales clerk during the holidays.
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| Autumn in New York |
2000 |
A middle-aged restaurateur falls in love with free-spirited but terminally ill younger woman. Includes a Christmas scene.
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| Avalon |
1990 |
A family of Jewish immigrants copes with generational conflict and cultural change in 1950s Baltimore. Part of the film takes place around Christmas.
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| Babe |
1995 |
The segment "Pork is a Nice Sweet Meat" takes place on Christmas Day.
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| Backfire |
1950 |
While recovering at a VA hospital, a WW2 veteran learns his friend has disappeared and is accused of murdering a gambler; after his release he attempts to locate the friend and clear his name. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| Bad Teacher |
2011 |
Has several scenes that take place around Christmas break.
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| Battleground |
1949 |
U.S. soldiers endure the Siege of Bastogne during WW2. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Beat Street |
1984 |
takes place during the holidays with "Santas' Rap" performed by The Treacherous Three.
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| Bell, Book and Candle |
1958 |
Modern-day witch tries to woo unsuspecting publisher. The first part of the film takes place at Christmas.
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| The Bells of St. Mary's |
1945 |
An easygoing priest and a no-nonsense nun try to save their run-down school. Scenes include a Christmas pageant.
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| Ben-Hur |
1925 |
Jewish prince turned slave seeks revenge against former friend. Film was remade in 1959; both versions depict Christ's Nativity in the prologue.
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| Better Off Dead |
1985 |
A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier during the holiday season.
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| Big Business |
1929 |
Door-to-door Christmas tree salesman (Laurel and Hardy) get into a mutually-destructive feud with a would-be customer in this short silent comedy.
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| Blast of Silence |
1961 |
Hitman plans mob murder during Christmas season in New York.
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| Blue Christmas |
1978 |
After Christmastime close encounters with UFOs, witnesses' blood turns blue, prompting panic and scapegoating.
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| The Boat That Rocked |
2009 |
Government official tries to shut down pirate radio station in 1960s Britain. Includes a Christmas scene.
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| Boogie Nights |
1997 |
A segment near the end of the film (involving characters Dirk Diggler, Jack Horner, Rollergirl and Buck Swope each in their own violent situations) takes place around Christmas time.
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| Das Boot |
1981 |
German U-boat makes a perilous mission during World War II. Includes a Christmastime scene aboard a supply ship.
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| The Bourne Identity |
2002 |
Late in the film, the protagonist stays overnight at a friend's house which has been decorated for Christmas.
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| Boys Town |
1938 |
Features a Christmas sequence in the middle.
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| Breakfast with Scot |
2007 |
Closeted gay ex-hockey player and boyfriend take custody of 11-year-old boy. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| The Bride Wore Boots |
1946 |
Marital conflict erupts between a horse-farm owner and her Civil War historian husband. Film begins on Christmas Eve.
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| Bridget Jones's Diary |
2001 |
The title character is introduced to her primary love interest at her parents' Christmas party, among several holiday-themed scenes.
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| Bright Eyes |
1934 |
Young girl becomes center of custody battle after being orphaned on Christmas morning.
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| The Brighton Strangler |
1945 |
A blow to the head causes a London actor to believe he really is the serial killer he's playing on stage. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Carol |
2015 |
A department store clerk enters a lesbian relationship with a married older woman in 1952 New York. Film begins around Christmas.
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| Cast Away |
2000 |
A man is stranded on a tropical island for several years. The main character's family Christmas party is interrupted when he is summoned away on business, but his plane crashes.
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| Catch Me If You Can |
2002 |
An FBI agent pursues an identity-changing con artist over a period of several years. A number of scenes take place on different Christmases.
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| Cheaper by the Dozen |
2003 |
With his wife doing a book tour, a father of twelve must handle a new job and his unstable brood. The movie ends on Christmas Day.
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| Christmas in Boston |
2005 |
A boy and a girl have been pen pals for 13 years and now will have the chance to meet. Both used their best friends pictures to send to each other and now will let their friends meet.
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| The Christmas Tree (L'Arbre de Noël) |
1969 |
Widower and his young sun witness a plane crash during the holidays, only to discover that it was containing a nuclear weapon whose radiation will soon kill the son.
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
2005 |
C.S. Lewis tale, in which the return of Christmas to the frozen fantasy world of Narnia is the first sign of its liberation.
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| Citizen Kane |
1941 |
An early scene shows the young Charles Foster Kane receiving a sled as a Christmas gift from his guardian, Mr. Thatcher.
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| The City of Lost Children (La Cité des Enfants Perdus) |
1995 |
Monstrous scientist kidnaps children to steal their dreams using a machine. Film opens with a Christmas Eve dream sequence.
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| Cobra |
1986 |
A LAPD detective must protect a witness from a serial killer and his psychopathic followers. References to the Christmas season include decorations at a supermarket & a Christmas Toys-R-Us commercial seen on TV.
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| The Color Purple |
1985 |
Sophia comes home for Christmas after years of not seeing them and Miss Millie doesn't allow her to stay.
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| Come to the Stable |
1949 |
Two French nuns come to the New England town of Bethlehem to stay with a struggling artist of Christmas scenes for greeting cards. They want to build a children's hospital but soon run afoul of a local gangster, a popular composer and the diocesan bishop.
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| Cosmopolitan |
2003 |
An unexpected romance blossoms over the holidays, and undergoes shifts on Christmas and New Years.
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| Cover Up |
1949 |
Insurance agent investigates apparent small-town suicide that may be murder. Film takes place at Christmas.
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| Cronos |
1993 |
Mexican horror film is set during Christmastime and New Year's Eve.
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| The Crowd |
1928 |
Young man and wife face challenges making a living and establishing a family in an impersonal, competitive New York City. Film includes a Christmas Eve scene.
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| The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady |
1950 |
Widower struggles to raise three daughters in 1890s New York City. Musical film ends at Christmas.
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| The Dead |
1987 |
A dinner party hosted by two elderly spinsters leads to unexpected discoveries. Adaptation of James Joyce's story is set shortly after Christmas during the Feast of the Epiphany.
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| Dead End |
2003 |
Family takes a fatal shortcut en route to Christmas dinner at grandmother's house.
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| Dead of Night |
1945 |
One of the segments in this British horror anthology involves a young girl befriending a frightened little boy she encounters while playing hide-and-seek at a Christmas party, only to discover that he might be the ghost of a murder victim.
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| The Dead Zone |
1983 |
A man emerges from a coma with psychic abilities. Film includes a scene set around Christmas.
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| Deadly Little Christmas |
2009 |
A mental patient's escape at Christmas coincides with a string of brutal murders.
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| Decalogue III |
1988 |
A woman tricks a former lover, now married, into spending Christmas Eve with her.
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| Desk Set |
1957 |
TV network researcher and computer expert clash, then find romance. Film includes a Christmas party scene.
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| The Devil Makes Three |
1952 |
U.S. pilot uncovers Nazi revival movement in post-WW2 Munich. Film includes Christmas scenes.
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| Diner |
1982 |
Old childhood friends, now grown, get together during the holidays in 1959 Baltimore.
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| Doctor Zhivago |
1965 |
Includes scene of Lara shooting Komarovsky in the arm at a Christmas party after he rapes her.
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| Donnie Brasco |
1997 |
FBI agent infiltrates 1970s crime family. A scene has characters celebrating Christmas by exchanging cards stuffed with hundred-dollar bills.
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| Donovan's Reef |
1963 |
Comedy about three war veterans' life on a French Polynesian island, the plot takes place in the month of December and includes an amusing Christmas pageant at the local Catholic church, with a unique set of three kings.
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| A Dry White Season |
1989 |
An Afrikaner teacher uncovers government corruption while investigating the death of his black gardener's son in apartheid-era South Africa. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Eastern Promises |
2007 |
Midwife searches for family of newborn baby whose teenaged mother died in childbirth, uncovers dark secrets in Russian gang. Thriller takes place during Christmas season.
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| Edward Scissorhands |
1990 |
A man with scissors for hands adjusts to life in suburbia after the death of his creator, and later he sees the Christmas holiday season.
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| Eight Crazy Nights |
2002 |
Davey Stone, with the help of Whitey Duvall, remembers the joys of the holiday season in the eight days leading up to Hanukkah and Christmas.
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| Enemy of the State |
1998 |
A man is pursued by rogue agents, after he unknowingly obtains incriminating evidence on them, while shopping for Christmas gifts for his family.
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| The English Patient |
1996 |
After being badly burned in a plane crash during World War II, a Hungarian cartographer relates his past to a nurse via flashbacks. Includes a Christmas party scene.
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| Everybody's Fine |
2009 |
A widower travels around the country to visit each of his alienated grown children. Film ends at Christmas.
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| Everyone Says I Love You |
1996 |
Characters attend a Paris Christmas party where everyone is dressed like Groucho Marx.
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| Expendables 2 |
2012 |
The heroes' aircraft has Santa painted on the front. During first water scene Stallone's character asks to "wake up Santa".
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| Eyes Wide Shut |
1999 |
Around Christmas, a man goes on a sexual odyssey that leads to a mysterious orgy and possibly murder.
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| The Fabulous Baker Boys |
1989 |
Lounge pianist brothers find their act, and relationship, transformed by new female singer. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| The Facts of Life |
1960 |
Two people, each married to someone else, enter into an affair. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Falling In Love |
1984 |
Married strangers meet while Christmas shopping and begin a friendship that gradually blossoms into love.
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| Fanny and Alexander |
1982 |
Swedish children try to deal with cruel stepfather. Opening scenes take place at Christmas.
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| The FBI Story |
1959 |
An FBI agent recounts his career with the Bureau through the decades. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Female Trouble |
1974 |
Dark comedy chronicles young woman's journey from juvenile delinquency to mass murder. Film begins at Christmas 1960.
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| The Fighting Sullivans |
1944 |
Biopic of the five brothers who served (and died) together in World War II includes a brief Christmas scene.
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| First Blood |
1982 |
There are Christmas decorations hung up in the town that John Rambo visits, thus implying that the film takes place during the holiday season.
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| Fools Rush In |
1997 |
Unexpected romance develops after a one-night stand leads to pregnancy. Film begins at Christmas time.
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| For Love of the Game |
1999 |
An aging pitcher recalls his past while throwing a perfect game. Includes a flashback scene where he celebrates Christmas with his girlfriend and her teenaged daughter.
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| The French Connection |
1971 |
NYC police detective Popeye Doyle attempts to intercept massive heroin shipment from France. We first see Doyle dressed as a sidewalk Santa Claus during a stakeout.
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| Full Metal Jacket |
1987 |
One scene has a drill instructor leading his Marine boot camp recruits in a chorus of "Happy Birthday" to Jesus on Christmas Day.
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| Funny Farm |
1988 |
A couple buys their dream farmhouse in the country, but a series of disasters lead them to plan a divorce. They attempt to sell their farmhouse by bribing the local townspeople to create the perfect fantasy Christmas to impress prospective buyers.
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| Futurama: Bender's Big Score |
2007 |
Nudist aliens take over the world, and the Planet Express crew are made homeless at Christmas. Also, Santa Claus helps in the final battle.
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| The Ghost and the Darkness |
1996 |
Railroad workers are stalked by two lions in 1898 Kenya. At one point one character says to another, "Oh, and Merry Christmas, I forgot this is the month."
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| Ghostbusters II |
1989 |
The film is set in December during Christmas and New Years season in New York City, and a Christmas tree is visible during at least one scene.
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| Giant |
1956 |
Saga of a Texas ranching family from the 1920s to the 1950s. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Girl in Gold Boots |
1968 |
Crime drama of go-go dancing and drug dealing includes a scene where characters drive around Los Angeles at Christmastime while the song "Cowboy Santa" plays on the soundtrack.
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| The Glenn Miller Story |
1954 |
Portrait of the bandleader's life and career ends with a Christmas Eve scene shortly after his death in a December 1944 plane crash.
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| The Godfather |
1972 |
Christmastime in 1945 forms the backdrop for several murders and two attempts on Don Corleone's life.
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| Going My Way |
1944 |
Young priest is mentored by his aging predecessor in urban parish. Film concludes with a Christmas Eve scene.
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| Good Sam |
1948 |
Compulsive do-gooder nearly drives his family to bankruptcy while helping others. Film climaxes at Christmas time.
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| Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
1939 |
Retired English schoolteacher and headmaster recalls his career. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Goodfellas |
1990 |
A scene has the mobster protagonists celebrating Christmas after pulling off the Lufthansa heist in December 1978.
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| The Gospel According to St. Matthew |
1964 |
Account of Christ's life and ministry includes a depiction of the Nativity.
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| The Great Mr. Nobody |
1941 |
A newspaper reporter selflessly sacrifices to help others, which keeps delaying his plans to quit his job and join his friend in sailing around the world. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| The Great Ziegfeld |
1936 |
A scene has the Broadway impresario lavishing his family with Christmas presents.
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| The Greatest Story Ever Told |
1965 |
Account of Christ's life and ministry includes a depiction of the Nativity.
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| Greed |
1924 |
Lottery winnings prove the undoing of a dentist, his wife, and their former friend. Film includes a scene of the dentist murdering his wife on Christmas Eve.
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| Grumpy Old Men |
1993 |
Elderly bachelors vie for the affections of a widow. Film has some Christmas Eve scenes.
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| Harry Potter series |
2001–2011 |
Several of the films have scenes that take place during Christmastime, with the characters exchanging gifts.
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| Heatwave |
1982 |
Conflict over a planned housing development comes to a boil during a brutally hot Christmas season in Sydney, Australia.
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| Holiday |
1938 |
Man engaged to wealthy girl finds himself attracted to her free-spirited sister. Film begins on Christmas Day.
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| Home Before Dark |
1958 |
A recovering mental patient is released from an institution and struggles to readjust to life with her husband and stepsister. Film includes a Christmas Eve scene.
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| Hot Rods to Hell |
1967 |
Man recovering from Christmas Eve car accident finds himself and family harassed by teenage punks en route to new job as motel owner.
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| The Hudsucker Proxy |
1994 |
Naive mail clerk is installed as president of a New York manufacturing company and invents the hula hoop. The film is set in December 1958.
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| I Am Legend |
2007 |
A viral outbreak occurs on Christmas Eve 2009, and quickly spreads across the entire planet.
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| I, the Jury |
1953 |
Hard-boiled PI Mike Hammer investigates the murder of a war buddy during Christmas season.
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| Imitation of Life |
1959 |
White actress and black housekeeper share a household and struggle to raise their respective daughters. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| In Bruges |
2008 |
Two Irish hit-men hide out in Belgium during the holiday season.
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| In the Good Old Summertime |
1949 |
A musical remake of The Shop Around the Corner, set in turn-of-the-century Chicago. Despite its title, the film includes several Christmas scenes and introduces the song "Merry Christmas".
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| In Name Only |
1939 |
Man trapped in a loveless marriage falls in love with a widow. Film includes a Christmas Eve scene.
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| Inside (À l'intérieur) |
2007 |
On Christmas Eve, a widowed expectant mother is stalked by a murderous woman who wants her unborn child.
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| Inside Daisy Clover |
1965 |
A tomboy turned film star weathers personal heartbreak in 1930s Hollywood. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Invasion USA |
1985 |
A federal agent must stop a group of Communist-backed terrorists who are invading the United States during the Christmas season.
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| Iron Man 3 |
2013 |
The film takes place in December at Christmastime as Tony Stark deals with the threat of The Mandarin.
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| Jaws: The Revenge |
1987 |
Killer shark follows dead policeman's family to the Bahamas. Film begins at Christmas time.
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| Jurassic World |
2015 |
At the airport the song "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" can be heard playing.
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| Just Friends |
2005 |
A once-overweight young man returns to his hometown for Christmas looking better than ever and tries to win the heart of the female friend he had a crush on in high school.
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| King of Kings |
1961 |
Account of Christ's life and ministry includes a depiction of the Nativity.
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| Kingsman: The Secret Service |
2015 |
A scene near the start of the film, in which Galahad/Harry Hart meets a very young Gary "Eggsy" Unwin for the first time, takes place around Christmas time; decorations can be seen in the background.
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| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang |
2005 |
A crook poses as an actor and gets tangled up in a crime during a Christmas setting.
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| Kiss of Death |
1947 |
An ex-convict finds that he and his family are endangered after the psychotic killer he testified against is acquitted. Film begins on Christmas Eve.
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| Kotch |
1971 |
An elderly man befriends, and takes in, a pregnant teenage runaway. Film includes a Christmas Eve scene.
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| Kramer vs. Kramer |
1979 |
Trying to secure a new job in order to obtain legal custody of his son, Ted Kramer interviews for one (and gets it) during an office Christmas party.
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| L.A. Confidential |
1997 |
The opening of the film takes place around Christmas and fictionalizes the real-life Bloody Christmas incident, which took place in 1951.
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| The L-Shaped Room |
1962 |
Has a significant scene taking place at Christmas in which the cast sings
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| Lady and the Tramp |
1955 |
The film opens and closes around Christmas.
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| Lady for a Day |
1933 |
Broadway panhandler Apple Annie needs a Christmas miracle when her convent-bred daughter returns from Spain with the son of a count as her fiance. Remade in 1961 as Pocketful of Miracles.
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| Larceny, Inc. |
1942 |
Crooks buy a luggage shop in order to tunnel to (and rob) the bank next door, then decide to "go straight" when the store is unexpectedly successful. Film climaxes on Christmas Eve.
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| Lassie |
2005 |
Collie dog embarks on a long journey home after being sold by her destitute family. Remake of Lassie Come Home; climaxes on Christmas Eve.
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| Last Ounce of Courage |
2012 |
After the death of his son Thomas, Mayor Bob Revere (Teague) has to deal with politicians removing Christmas and starts a controversial protest.
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| The Last Picture Show |
1971 |
Small-town teenagers come of age in 1951 Texas. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Legion |
2010 |
God loses faith in humankind and sends his angels to slaughter them all on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day, Charlie's baby is born, and is deemed the new savior of mankind.
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| The Lemon Drop Kid |
1951 |
A small time con artist has until Christmas to raise money he owes to a gangster. The song "Silver Bells" made its debut in this film.
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| Less Than Zero |
1987 |
A college freshman from a wealthy family goes home on Christmas break and finds his best friend has become a drug addict.
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| Lethal Weapon |
1987 |
A young suicidal cop is partnered with a veteran officer to solve a murder during the holidays.
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| Little Fockers |
2010 |
Comic complications and misunderstandings abound in this sequel to Meet the Parents (2000) and Meet the Fockers (2004). Part of the film takes place at Christmas.
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| Little Women |
1933 |
Includes scenes of the March family at Christmastime. Remade in 1949, 1978, and 1994.
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| The Long Kiss Goodnight |
1996 |
An amnesia victim accidentally re-discovers her previous persona during pre-Christmas holiday events and preparations.
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| Look Who's Talking Now |
1993 |
The Ubriacco family struggles to be together for Christmas.
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| Love Actually |
2003 |
Inter-twined stories set in the weeks counting down to Christmas.
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| Love Affair |
1939 |
Lovers are parted after a planned liaison is thwarted by a car accident. Film climaxes at Christmas. Remade in 1957 (as An Affair to Remember) and 1994.
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| Love Story |
1970 |
Romance blossoms between wealthy law student and doomed schoolteacher. A scene has the young man raising money by selling Christmas trees.
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| Make Way for Tomorrow |
1937 |
Having lost their home to foreclosure, an elderly married couple are forced to separate and live with different children. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Mame |
1974 |
Musical version of Auntie Mame. Includes the song "We Need a Little Christmas".
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| The Man from Majorca |
1984 |
Stockholm police uncover political corruption while investigating a bank robbery. Film takes place during the Christmas season.
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| The Manchurian Candidate |
1962 |
Political scion is turned assassin by Communist brainwashing. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| The Matador |
2005 |
Businessman and hit man strike up an odd friendship. The second half of the film takes place during the Christmas season.
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| Mean Girls |
2004 |
Teenage outsider infiltrates school clique. Includes a scene where schoolgirls sing and dance to "Jingle Bell Rock".
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| Meet John Doe |
1941 |
A newspaper reporter turns a bum into a national hero, but the man threatens to commit suicide by leaping from the town hall after he's exposed as a fraud. The climax takes place on Christmas Eve.
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| Meet Me in St. Louis |
1944 |
A Missouri family prepares for the 1904 World's Fair. Film includes Christmas scenes, and introduces the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
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| Melvin and Howard |
1980 |
A down-on-his-luck working man lends assistance to a stranger who claims to be Howard Hughes. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence |
1983 |
Relationships among men in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. A key scene takes place on Christmas Eve.
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| Metropolitan |
1990 |
Young upper-class collegians attend holiday balls and bond during Christmas break in Manhattan.
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| A Midnight Clear |
1992 |
American and German soldiers spend an uneasy Christmas together in WW2 France.
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| Midnight and the Garden of Good and Evil |
1997 |
A magazine reporter, in Savannah to cover a local millionaire's Christmas party, instead finds himself covering the man's trial for the murder of his lover.
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| A Midwinter's Tale |
1995 |
Acting troupe attempts to save a church by mounting a Christmastime production of Hamlet.
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| Millions |
2004 |
Two young British brothers, one very religious, clash over how to spend a chance acquisition of £229,520 (later revealed as stolen) before the fictional conversion to the Euro takes place on or near Christmas Day.
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| The Minus Man |
1999 |
Serial-killer thriller takes place during the Christmas season.
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| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
1944 |
Small-town girl finds herself pregnant after marrying a departing soldier while intoxicated. Film climaxes on Christmas Eve.
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| Mitchell |
1975 |
Slovenly LAPD detective gets mixed up with a wealthy murderer and Mob-connected drug trafficker. Film takes place during Christmas.
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| Mon oncle Antoine |
1971 |
Boy comes of age in Quebec mining town in the late 1940s. Much of the film takes place on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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| Money Train |
1995 |
Takes place during the Christmas season and New Year's Eve.
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| Monty Python's Life of Brian |
1979 |
Comedic account of ancient Israelite whose life parallels Christ's. Opening scene takes place during (and parodies) the Nativity.
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| Monty Python's the Meaning of Life |
1983 |
A collection of comedic vignettes illustrating the various stages of man's life. One scene depicts Heaven as a place where it is Christmas every day.
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| Moonstruck |
1987 |
Romantic comedy-drama takes place during, or just prior to, the holiday season.
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| Morvern Callar |
2002 |
Young woman awakens on Christmas morning to discover her writer boyfriend has committed suicide, then plagiarizes his unpublished manuscript.
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| The Mothman Prophecies |
2002 |
A newspaper reporter investigates strange phenomena is a West Virginia town. Film begins and ends during Christmas season.
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| Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
1941 |
Man and woman discover their marriage was not legal. Film takes place in or around the holiday season.
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| Mr. Soft Touch |
1949 |
Returning WW2 hero robs mobsters who've taken over his nightclub, then hides out in a settlement house under an assumed name. Film takes place just before Christmas.
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| Mrs. Parkington |
1944 |
On Christmas Eve, a woman reminisces about her climb from hotel maid to wealthy society matron.
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| Mutiny on the Bounty |
1935 |
British seamen rebel against their tyrannical captain during 1789 expedition to Tahiti. Includes a Christmas scene.
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| My Night at Maud's |
1969 |
Catholic engineer engages in philosophical conversation with atheist professor friend and seductive divorcee during Christmas season.
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| My Reputation |
1946 |
A recently widowed woman begins romance with an Army officer over family objections. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| My Side of the Mountain |
1969 |
A 12-year-old boy decides to emulate Thoreau by living alone in the wilderness for a year. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
1935 |
Mystery surrounds a young man's disappearance during a Christmas Eve storm. Remade in 1993.
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| Never Say Goodbye |
1946 |
Artist attempts to win back his ex-wife as Christmas approaches.
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| The New Year |
2010 |
A girl whose life has been sidelined by her dad's cancer runs into a high school friend back in town for the Christmas season.
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| The Night of the Hunter |
1955 |
The final scenes of the film have the children enjoying Christmas since the capture of their pursuer.
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| Nobody's Fool |
1994 |
Aging construction worker fights his employer and reconnects with his estranged family. Film takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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| Noise |
2007 |
Australian police constable suffers from tinnitus while investigating a brutal mass murder on a suburban commuter train. Film ends on Christmas Eve.
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| The Odessa File |
1974 |
Political thriller is set around Christmas, and has "Christmas Dream" as its theme song.
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| On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
1969 |
James Bond works to thwart biological-warfare threat. Part of the film takes place in Switzerland during the Christmas season.
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| On Moonlight Bay |
1951 |
Tomboy falls for boy next door in 1910s Indiana town. Musical film, includes Christmas scenes and song "Christmas Story".
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| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
1975 |
Includes a scene where McMurphy throws an illicit Christmas party for the mental ward.
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| One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
1961 |
The last scene takes place around Christmas where the Dalmatians arrive back home.
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| One Nite In Mongkok |
2004 |
Hong Kong crime drama that takes place on Christmas Eve, includes a prologue on 23 December.
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| Ordinary People |
1980 |
Affluent suburban family struggles with the aftermath of one son's death and the other's attempted suicide. Includes some Christmas scenes.
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| The Other Sister |
1999 |
Mentally challenged young woman seeks independence from her overprotective mother and falls in love. Film includes a Christmas party scene.
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| Our Vines Have Tender Grapes |
1945 |
Norwegian immigrant farm family in rural Wisconsin. Film includes Christmas scenes.
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| P2 |
2007 |
A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.
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| The Pact |
2012 |
As a woman struggles to come to grips with her past in the wake of her mother's death, an unsettling presence emerges in her childhood home. The home is decorated with Christmas items.
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| Pandora's Box |
1929 |
Seductive young woman brings ruin to herself and those who love her, culminating in her death at the hands of Jack the Ripper on Christmas Eve.
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| Penny Serenade |
1941 |
Tearjerker includes a child's Christmas pageant scene.
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| Pippi Goes on Board |
1969 |
The last portion takes place at Christmas.
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| Pocketful of Miracles |
1961 |
Frank Capra remake of his own Lady for a Day (q.v.).
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| Precious |
2009 |
Inner-city teen mother struggles to overcome poverty and parental abuse. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Pride of the Marines |
1945 |
U.S. Marine undergoes rehabilitation after being blinded in an enemy attack during WW2. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Prometheus |
2012 |
Spaceship crew seeks humanity's origins and discovers a grave threat on a distant planet. A scene takes place on Christmas Day in 2093.
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| Promised Land |
1987 |
High-school acquaintances find themselves back in their hometown two years after graduation, each unhappy with the direction his life has taken. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| The Proposition |
2005 |
In 1880s Australia, a captured outlaw is given until Christmas Day to find and kill his murderous older brother.
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| Psycho |
1960 |
Bank secretary Marion Crane goes on the lam with embezzled money and has a fatal encounter with disturbed motel manager Norman Bates. Christmas decorations are visible in downtown Phoenix in an early scene.
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| Rabbit Test |
1978 |
A man gets pregnant and spoofs the Nativity.
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| Racing with the Moon |
1984 |
Two young men from small-town California search for romance prior to shipping out with the Marines during World War II. Film begins at Christmas 1942.
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| The Railway Children |
1970 |
After their father is suddenly taken away, three children and their mother build a new life in Edwardian Yorkshire. Film begins at Christmas.
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| The Reckless Moment |
1949 |
A middle-class housewife is targeted by blackmailers after the death of her daughter's sleazy boyfriend. Noir film takes place just prior to Christmas.
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| The Ref |
1994 |
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.
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| Remember the Day |
1941 |
An elderly schoolteacher reflects on her life and career while waiting to meet a former student, now a Presidential nominee. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Rent |
2005 |
The first half of the film takes place on Christmas Eve and the days leading up to the new year. The second half of the film shows the events of the next year, with the film ending on Christmas Eve.
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| Rick |
2003 |
Adaptation of Verdi's opera Rigoletto, set in the Manhattan corporate world during the Christmas season.
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| Rocky |
1976 |
Small-time boxer is given a shot at the heavyweight championship in a New Year's bout. Film includes a couple of Christmas scenes.
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| Rocky IV |
1985 |
An epic boxing match between the USSR's Captain Ivan Drago and the USA's Rocky Balboa on Christmas Day.
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| Roger & Me |
1989 |
Documentary about General Motors plant closures in Flint, Michigan climaxes with filmmaker Michael Moore confronting GM chairman Roger Smith at a company Christmas Eve party.
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| Ronin |
1998 |
Espionage thriller features an outdoor Joyeaux Noel celebration scene in the south of France.
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| Rosemary's Baby |
1968 |
A young pregnant woman comes to believe that occultists have made plans for her unborn child. Film includes a scene where the title character goes Christmas shopping.
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| Roughly Speaking |
1945 |
Woman endures various hardships while raising a family over the first half of the 20th century. One scene takes place at Christmas of 1928.
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| Running Scared |
1986 |
Lethal Weapon-style cop/buddy comedy takes place largely around Christmas.
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| Sakura Wars: The Movie |
2001 |
The film is set in during Christmas and New Years season in Japan as the Imperial Troupe Flower Division must deal with the arrival of a new member, Ratchet Altair, and the threat of the Douglas-Stewart corporation, who plan to make the Kobus that the Flower Division use obsolete.
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| Santa Claws |
1996 |
Horror-film actress is stalked by a fan while shooting a Christmas-themed film.
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| Saved! |
2004 |
Teenager Mary Cummings (Jena Malone), who has "been born again her whole life," is about to enter her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School near Baltimore.
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| Serendipity |
2001 |
Opening scene set to Cool Yule at Bloomingdale's during the Christmas rush. John and Sara meet when they both reach for the same pair of gloves, which they are buying to be Christmas presents.
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| The Seven Little Foys |
1955 |
Biographical account of vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy and family. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| Shadowlands |
1993 |
Writers C.S. Lewis and Joy Gresham meet and enter a relationship in 1950s England. Semi-biographical film includes Christmas scene.
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| Showgirls |
1995 |
A young woman fights her way to the top as a Las Vegas showgirl. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| The Silent Partner |
1978 |
Bank teller plays cat-and-mouse with mall Santa-turned-holdup man over money from robbery.
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| Since You Went Away |
1944 |
WW2 homefront drama climaxes on Christmas Eve.
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| Sister Mary Explains It All |
2001 |
A tyrannical nun learns of the trouble she has caused through her strict and bigoted teachings, when former students confront her at a lecture on Christmas Eve.
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| The Sisters |
1938 |
Three sisters endure unhappy marriages shortly after the turn of the century. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Six Weeks |
1982 |
Wealthy cosmetics tycoon and her dying daughter strike up a friendship with a politician and visit New York City for the holiday season.
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| Sleepless in Seattle |
1993 |
Woman responds to plea from lonely widower on Christmas Eve radio program.
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| Soldier |
1998 |
Includes a Christmas party among the settlers before Todd's exile.
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| Some Girls |
1988 |
College student gets more than he bargained for when he visits his girlfriend's family in Quebec for Christmas.
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| Splendor in the Grass |
1961 |
Young love, repression, and mental collapse in late-1920s Kansas. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Stalag 17 |
1953 |
American POWs fight among themselves a few days before Christmas.
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| Star Trek Generations |
1994 |
When Jean-Luc Picard is in The Nexus, he has a family and it is Christmas.
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| Steel Magnolias |
1989 |
Exploring the intersecting lives of several women in small-town Louisiana. One scene takes place at Christmas.
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| Stella Dallas |
1937 |
Working-class woman struggles to better herself and her daughter. Remade in 1990 as Stella; both versions include a Christmas scene.
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| Step Brothers |
2008 |
Immature, combative 40-somethings become stepbrothers and attempt to go into business together. Film includes a Christmas Eve scene.
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| Stepmom |
1998 |
A terminally ill mother Susan Sarandon has to settle on the new woman Julia Roberts in her former husband's life who will be the stepmother to her two children. The film leads up to Christmas and ends on Christmas Day.
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| The Story of G.I. Joe |
1945 |
World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle accompanies an infantry company through combat in Tunisia and Italy. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Stowaway |
1936 |
Chinese orphan (Shirley Temple) stows away on a ship and is cared for by an American couple. Temple sings "That's What I Want for Christmas" in the final scene.
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| A Summer Place |
1959 |
Adultery, divorce, and teen romance between two families who meet at a Maine island resort. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Sun Valley Serenade |
1941 |
Musician falls in love with Norwegian refugee during holiday gig at Idaho ski resort.
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| The Sure Thing |
1985 |
Hostility turns to romance as college students travel cross-country during Christmas break.
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| Tales from the Crypt |
1972 |
The first segment in this horror anthology is about a woman who kills her husband in their house on Christmas Eve, and is thus unable to call the police when a madman in a Santa costume is outside of the house.
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| The Thin Man |
1934 |
Comic murder mystery includes several Christmas scenes.
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| This Is 40 |
2012 |
Pete and Debbie deal with middle age, children, jobs, and each other in this sequel to Knocked Up. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| This Sporting Life |
1963 |
Rugby player looks back while recovering from getting his teeth knocked out in a Christmas Eve match.
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| Three Days of the Condor |
1975 |
Espionage thriller takes place during the holiday season.
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| To Find a Man |
1972 |
A pregnant teenager tries to procure an abortion with help from a childhood friend over Christmas break.
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| Tokyo Godfathers |
2003 |
A homeless trio (an alcoholic ex-athlete, a teenaged runaway, and an aging drag queen) are redeemed when they discover an abandoned infant at Christmas.
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| Tom & Thomas (The Christmas Twins) |
2002 |
Long-separated identical twins reunite, fight child-trafficking ring. Film takes place during Christmas season.
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| Tomorrow Is Forever |
1946 |
A disfigured World War I veteran encounters his wife, who'd thought him dead and remarried, years later. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Torch Song Trilogy |
1988 |
A gay female impersonator struggles to find love and acceptance in 1970s New York. Part of the film takes place at Christmastime in 1973.
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| Toy Story |
1995 |
The final scene takes place on Christmas Day.
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| Toys |
1992 |
Man battles his war-loving brother for control of their dead father's toy factory. Film begins at Christmas.
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| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
1945 |
Memoir of a girl's coming of age in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn includes some Christmas Eve scenes.
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| The Trouble with Angels |
1966 |
Teenage girls get into mischief at a Catholic boarding school. Film includes a Christmas scene.
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| Two Family House |
2000 |
Blue-collar worker dreams of singing career and serves as landlord to a young Irish mother in 1950s Staten Island. Film ends on Christmas Eve.
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| L'ultimo treno della notte |
1975 |
Young women are terrorized by criminal thugs on Christmastime train ride from Germany to Italy
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| The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
1964 |
Young romance is thwarted by war and arranged marriage in this musical film. Final scene takes place on Christmas Eve.
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| The Unholy Three |
1925 |
Circus sideshow performers enter a criminal alliance that leads to murder. Silent film remade as a sound film in 1930; both versions have Christmas Eve/Christmas scenes.
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| Vice Versa |
1988 |
A magical skull transfers a business executive and his 11-year-old son into each other's bodies. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| The Victors |
1963 |
World War II drama includes a scene in which a soldier is executed for desertion on Christmas Eve, accompanied by carols on the soundtrack.
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| The Voice of the Turtle |
1947 |
Romantic comedy begins at Christmastime.
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| The War of the Roses |
1989 |
Includes several Christmas scenes.
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| The Way of All Flesh |
1927 |
Bank clerk and family man is driven to destitution and "death" after being robbed while delivering money to another city. Silent film, now lost, remade as a sound film in 1940; both versions end with a Christmas scene.
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| Welcome to L.A. |
1976 |
Depicts relationships, sexual and otherwise, among a group of alienated young Los Angelinos. Film includes some Christmas scenes.
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| We're Not Married! |
1952 |
Several different couples are wed on Christmas Eve by a justice of the peace, but later discover that the marriages aren't legally valid.
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| When Harry Met Sally |
1989 |
Includes several Christmas and New Year's-related scenes.
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| The Wiggles Movie |
1997 |
The Wiggles mention this holiday when they tell Dorothy the Dinosaur what special day it is.
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| The World of Henry Orient |
1964 |
Two prep-school girls follow philandering concert pianist around Manhattan. Film includes several Christmas scenes.
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| Yours, Mine and Ours |
1968 |
Follows the lives of two families joined into one, all 22 of them. Includes a scene on Christmas morning with the ensuing confusion of 19 children opening presents.
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| You've Got Mail |
1998 |
Internet-era update of The Shop Around the Corner includes Christmas– and Thanksgiving-related scenes.
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Category: Christmas films