Total Recall: Overlooked Christmas Gems

Ian Fastert

The have your self a movie little christmas link goes to the Arthur Christmas page.

Dec 19 - 04:35 PM

Ryan Fujitani

Thanks. It's been fixed.

Dec 19 - 04:48 PM

Kurtiss Keefner

Link still goes to the Arthur Christmas page.

Dec 20 - 07:28 AM

Mitch Hansch

Sorry about that. O.k. it should be finally fixed. Thanks

Dec 20 - 09:32 AM

Matthew Reimer

Yeah, still goes on to Arthur Christmas page.

Dec 20 - 02:55 PM

Big Brother

The link keeps coming back from the dead. It's a Christmas miracle :)

Dec 20 - 07:06 PM

Josiah Coulter

Oh my gosh -- I just flagged your comment as spam Big Brother!! I didn't mean to. I wanted to reply on how hilarious that was. :p

Dec 22 - 04:48 PM

Janson Jinnistan

The Ref
Gremlins
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Dec 19 - 04:46 PM

zinc alloy

Rare exports was really interesting.........

Dec 20 - 04:53 PM

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Dec 30 - 01:22 PM

Kenneth Tompkins

I just watched Rare Exports and really enjoyed it. It is for sure a new addition to my holiday movie list

Dec 21 - 12:46 AM

Matthew Reimer

I liked Arthur Christmas. It was fine for a animated holiday movie.

Dec 19 - 05:08 PM

Ott Lindstrom

Die Hard. Best Christmas movie ever.

Dec 19 - 05:09 PM

Matthew Younker

Ott for the win.

Dec 19 - 10:40 PM

Michael Baldelli

Tell that to my sister. We have this argument every year. It has everything you'd want in a Christmas movie: Christmas songs, decorations and family. Sure it has tons of violence, but that doesn't mean it's not a Christmas movie.

Dec 20 - 10:50 AM

Ben Sheppard

Lethal Weapon.

Dec 21 - 03:40 AM

Dave J

But not overlooked though!

Dec 21 - 11:56 AM

Jack Schrute

I just watched "Arthur Christmas" today and didn't like it. Very boring.

Dec 19 - 05:48 PM

Matthew Reimer

You must not like animation do you?

Dec 20 - 02:53 PM

Derek Diercksmeier

"Eyes Wide Shut" and "Prometheus" are both great Christmas movies, even though they aren't the type of films that come to mind when talking about classic holiday movies.

Dec 19 - 07:23 PM

Matthew Younker

WTF?

Dec 19 - 10:40 PM

Mohd Syafiq Bin Jabaruddin

Prometheus begins before Christmas and ends on New Year. Faith is also part of the film's themes.

Dec 20 - 02:55 AM

Bertram Krogh

Prometheus is in no way a christmas movie, just because of the date in some parts of the film.

Dec 20 - 03:33 AM

Infernal Dude

Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are great Christmas movies, too!

Dec 20 - 12:05 PM

Justin Slick

I'd call Prometheus a Christmas movie waaay before I'd call it "great".

Dec 20 - 04:51 PM

Derek Diercksmeier

Thanks, Alonso!!! Great article.

Dec 19 - 07:24 PM

Big Brother

Young Jennifer Connelly's boobs always put me in the Christmas spirit!!!

Dec 19 - 07:59 PM

Lisa Partridge

Agreed on Arthur Christmas and The Ice Harvest (haven't seen the rest)

I wish John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton would do more movies together, I'm only aware of this one and Pushing Tin. They have a great chemistry.

Dec 19 - 08:13 PM

Andrew Brinkerhoff

Out of those, I've only seen "Arthur Christmas", which was decent. (SPOILER) I thought the UFO subplot, while it provided a poignant parting moment between Grandsanta and "Evie", was too silly. (END SPOILER)

Dec 19 - 08:43 PM

Bentley Lyles

I saw Arthur Christmas recently and I enjoyed it very much. It'll probably become a film I watch every Christmas.

Dec 19 - 10:18 PM

Ben Lukas

Rare Exports has to have a place on this list!

Dec 19 - 11:05 PM

Hugo Emanuel Melo

Considering the ratings that most of these movies got they were probably overlooked for good reason. Rare Exports should totally be on this list, BTW.

Dec 20 - 03:54 AM

Clint Kubat

Funny that he mentioned Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, as it's the first thing I thought of when it comes to overlooked Holiday movies. It nearly matches Die Hard as my favorite Christmas movie, personally. A shame it didn't get more notice at the box office, though it seems to be faring much better on DVD/Bluray.

Dec 20 - 06:07 AM

Mathew Jung

Saw Gremlins the other day that is definitely overlooked as a "Christmas movie", and I think it holds up well aside from some of the stop-motion effects.

Dec 20 - 07:13 AM

Andreas Babs

The Star Wars Christmas Special is very overlooked.

It taught me how to live life through building things, how to successfully close down a bar if I ever had to, and how to cook.
STIR WHIP STIR WHIP WHIP WHIP STIR BEAT

no, this was seriously one of the worst things I've ever seen, but I think everyone should see it simply because of how bad it is. It is a gem because it's so hard to find (maybe not now with the internet but still) and because of how horrendously bad it is (even worse than the Star Wars prequels).

Yep. That's my holiday gem. The roller coaster of emotions I go through it (laughing until I can't breathe, and being so annoyed that I could eat my own face off) is indescribable (although I technically just did describe them).

Dec 20 - 09:49 AM

Justin Slick

I really liked Arthur Christmas, but I *really* like animation. I think it deserved the Oscar nom over either Puss In Boots or KFP2.

Dec 20 - 04:56 PM