When winter approaches, there is something about it that makes us want to curl up and watch movies endlessly with some popcorn and a hot cup of cocoa. Thus, we have listed some of the top 5 holiday movies for you to watch this jolly season.
During this time, mostly we want to watch movies we channel the mood of the holiday season, with all the joys, anxieties, and surprises they bring. So, to bring all the nostalgia from your childhood, we have made you a list of holiday films, which you’d want to watch in a row.
Home Alone
This is probably the most highly recommended holiday movies of all times. Almost everyone who has watched the movie knows what happens when 8-year-old Kevin McCallister acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine O’Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallister’s mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone must protect the family home. It is a fun family movie to watch together in your TV lounge, and have a great laugh.
It’s a wonderful life
A 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film, which is also considered to be a classic. This movie is about how an angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. The movie is considered one of the greatest films of all time, beaming an uplifting story of family, love, hope and redemption into our living rooms. It was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the film was designated as “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant.”
The Holiday
During this season it’s unlikely for anyone to miss on a good ol’ rom-com movie, such as The Holiday, starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Jude Law, this movie is a treat for your sore eyes. The story revolves around how two girls from different countries swap homes for the holidays to get away from their relationship issues. However, their lives change unexpectedly when they meet and fall in love with two local guys. Sounds like every other romantic movie, but only it isn’t, watch the movie for yourself to find out.
How the Grinch stole Christmas
How could we make a holiday movie list and not include The Grinch. Impossible. On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town. How typical of the mean lonely Grinch, but if you think that is how this movie turns out, you are wrong. Make sure to watch this classic this season, and trust us you will not regret it for a second, and if that isn’t enough, then know this that it stars Jim Carry as the Grinch, spoiler much?
The Man Who Invented Christmas
If you are a Charles Dickens fan, and have read his books, then this movie is certainly for you. It revolves around how Dickens struggled with his finances, after writing three unsuccessful novels in a row. Desperate for a hit, Dickens relies on real-life inspiration and his vivid imagination to bring Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and other classic characters to life in “A Christmas Carol,” forever changing the holiday season into the celebration known today. Well, if you want to know how the classic novella changed the spirit of the season, then this movie is for you.
