[grant80]

What are some movies not widely regarded as "Christmas movies" but have Christmas as a component and you consider them Christmas movies?

For example:

The Shop Around The Corner (1940). Events lead up to Christmas Eve.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (animated, 1961). Ends on Christmas.
Die Hard (1988). Takes place on Christmas Eve.
The Bishop's Wife (1947). Ends on Christmas Eve.
Edward Scissorhands (1990). Story takes place during Christmas.
Lethal Weapon (1987). Ends on Christmas.
MST3K version of Santa Claus Vs. The Martians (1991). Most of the film was shot in an abandoned aircraft hangar and it's Pia Zadora's film debut... that pretty much tells you all you need to know about it. :

Note: this is not about the usual Christmas movies like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Holiday Inn, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Scrooged, etc.

 

[Darthmuerte]

The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight and Love Actually

 

[Charlie26]

Die Hard
The Harry Potter movies, at least the first three anyways

 

[Justme11]

Home Alone

 

[6471]

Bad Santa with my man Billy Bob. . . . .

Greatest film of all time. Has it all, intrigue, romance, . . . you name it !

 

[wldwsel]

Uh................

White Christmas???

I'm a dinosaur.

WW

shoot straight - stay safe

 

[petergunn]

^ Holiday Inn, White Christmas premiered in the movie and was such a hit it got it's own movie.

 

[kokosmom2]

I think Holiday Inn and White Christmas are considered Christmas movies by everyone. So not what the OP was looking for. Try again

 

[Altarboy]

The Homecoming. It was the Waltons debut.

Lol at Santa Clause vs the Martians...."this man has powers we'll never know!".
Oh, and my wife watches Family Stone every year. Rachael McAdams and Claire Danes are quite fetching.

 

[petergunn]

I think Holiday Inn and White Christmas are considered Christmas movies by everyone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Inn_(film)
Plot

Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby), Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire), and Lila Dixon (Virginia Dale) have a musical act popular in the New York City nightlife scene. On Christmas Eve, Jim prepares to give his last performance as part of the act before marrying Lila and retiring with her to a farm in Connecticut. At the last minute, Lila decides she is not ready to stop performing, and that she has fallen in love with Ted. She tells Jim that she will stay on as Ted's dancing partner. While heartbroken, Jim follows through with his plan and bids the act goodbye.

One year later on Christmas Eve, Jim is back in New York City. Farm life has proven difficult and he plans to turn his farm into an entertainment venue called "Holiday Inn", which will only be open on public holidays.

So this is more "Christmas" than Home Alone?

 

[Mekros]

Gremlins, best Christmas movie.

First Blood... I think it happens near Christmas?

 

[Justme11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Inn_(film)
Plot


So this is more "Christmas" than Home Alone?

I don't know a lot of movies, so probably was too on the nose with my guess as well.

How about ***PATTON*** ?

They have a battle around Christmas I think. It was cold at least.

 

[gateaux01]

Christmas Vacation


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[JDH]

If Die Hard is on the list then Lethal Weapon has to be.

 

[Justme11]

The Star Wars Holiday Special movie 1978.
Watched the first couple minutes. Looks horrible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_mmWCuYS0o

"David Hofstede, author of What Were They Thinking?: The 100 Dumbest Events in Television History, ranked the holiday special at number one, calling it "the worst two hours of television ever."[7] Shepard Smith, a news anchor for the Fox News Channel, referred to it as a "'70s train wreck, combining the worst of Star Wars with the utter worst of variety television."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special


-Enjoy.

 

[Zuriss]

Kiss kiss bang bang
12 monkeys
American psycho

 

[Rikken]

Bad Santa with my man Billy Bob. . . . .

Greatest film of all time. Has it all, intrigue, romance, . . . you name it !

Ha! You stole my movie. I like that movie. I'll be watching it on Christmas.:thumb:

In case you (or anyone else) wasn't aware, there is now a Bad Santa 2! It was released on Nov 23, 2016. I haven't seen it so I'm not sure how it compares. Hopefully, they didn't ruin it.

 

[Jojo]

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - 1983
David Bowie as a prisoner and interpreter in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in 1942.
I consider this one of the most underrated war films and Christmas films of all time.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085933/?ref_=nv_sr_2

 

[240Geezer]

I don't know a lot of movies, so probably was too on the nose with my guess as well.

How about ***PATTON*** ?

They have a battle around Christmas I think. It was cold at least.

Battle of the Bulge.

 

[kokosmom2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Inn_(film)
Plot


So this is more "Christmas" than Home Alone?

What?

The OP wanted Christmas movies that AREN'T considered Christmas movies by everyone. Holiday Inn and White Christmas ARE considered Christmas movies by everyone. I don't think the story line is relevant to the discussion.

Everyone doesn't think Home Alone is a Christmas movie but they should IMO,