Practically the whole of your childhood is dead (including the Powerpuff Girls), bigotry has entered the White House, we are about to face similar problems for the same reason, and Pokémon have taken people out of reality and off of cliffs. It's no wonder I go to the cinema so many goddamn times. However, with all these disinteresting sequels and "original" concepts, I don't see that happening nearly as much as 2016.
As far as I know, there's no farting corpses, very little hot dogs, hardly any seagulls, no chance of cute 3D redheads and a bunch of gems I've already witnessed first at a festival. Until another festival can surprise me, be it Flare, Sundance, LFF or even the LIAF, the most notable experience I can think of as of yet is seeing who else will attend the My Little Pony movie.
One thing's for sure - there will be less to see than last year, and the rising interest in digital releases doesn't help (especially with the region cheats). Will there be another Carol like there was twice last year, not counting their UK releases this year? Or is 2017 just going to be the weakest year for film by far? Unless we act soon, it won't just be democracy that's dead.
Anyway, movies!
https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-christmas-movies/
UPDATE: 1/3/24
Holiday Collection from New to Old Classic.
Period/costume dramas I’ve watched -
From prehistory to the 1920s
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Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, silver white winters that melt into springs.
Using IMDb advanced search, filtering only by English language.
Notable entries missing include:
What Maisie Knew (2012)
Buried (2010)
The Babadook (2014)
Song of the Sea (2014)
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Coriolanus (2011)
Palo Alto (2013)
The Hunt (2012)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2015)
Last Updated: 26/06/2019
HollyWood Movies based on Popularity
Non-Hallmark and non-Lifetime related movies and TV shows
IMDb movies from 7 to 7.4 rating (min. votes = 10k, min year = 2006)
Christmas Movies
Stage/Literature-to-Film
Everything to do with history, from documentaries to historical fiction with a strong historical presence and travel series. See my Period Films and Shows list for similar but less historically based fictional content. See my History Documentaries list for serious documentaries/educational content only.
This isn't intended to be a comprehensive list. I'm just going to be periodically updating this list with titles from the following IMDB search parameters:
https://www.imdb.com/search/keyword/?keywords=christmas&ref_=fn_al_kw_1
UPDATED: 5/10/24
NOTE: These are all movies/shows tagged with 'christmas' on IMDB, they aren't necessarily traditional Christmas movies/shows.
Movies (mini series) based on true story
by SaWo