Christmas movies worth watching at least once in a lifetime

It’s that time of the year when all channels are playing the classic Christmas movies after one another. It is guaranteed that you get in the Christmas spirit after watching them. Tvgo.hu collected a few of them from black & white movies to modern romantic comedies.

It’s a Wonderful Life

It is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, in an inexpressibly heart-stirring and touching way. An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would have been like, if he never existed. Thanks to James Stewart’s amazing performance we get to like the main character just like everyone else does.

Home Alone

There is no Christmas without Kevin! The movie is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes. An 8-year old troublemaker must protect his home from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation. Most of us know at least one saying from the movie and we cannot get tired of the adventures of Kevin played by Macaulay Culkin.

Christmas Vacation

It is a 1989 Christmas comedy film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and is the third instalment in National Lampoon’s Vacation film series. It is Christmastime and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark’s continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests. Still, he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

Elf

Elf is a 2003 American Christmas comedy film directed by Jon Favreau. After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search for his true identity. He is surely the one on the list who always feels the Christmas spirit.

The Nightmare before Christmas

It is a 1993 American stop motion dark fantasy musical film produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a character from “Halloween Town” who opens a portal to “Christmas Town” and decides to celebrate the holiday, with some dastardly and comical consequences. This might be less of a sweet movie, with its many horror features at least.

Love Actually

When it comes to Christmastime romantic comedies, the perfect choice is Love Actually written and directed by Richard Curtis. The plot follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. You’ll find a favourite scene for sure and sing along to ‘Christmas is All Around’.