Christmas Movie Bucket List- Want something classic for Christmas, but can’t choose? Don’t worry, we have brought together the most popular and loved movie options for you.
Christmas is the favorite holiday of many of us. It’s nice to try new things while spending the excitement of celebrating a new year with our loved ones. But a movie night that warms our hearts is indispensable for Christmas. You might celebrate Christmas with your family, friends, or lover; Or you can spend this precious time of year alone. In any case, it’s a classic to spend Christmas at home with a Movie Night. If you’ve never celebrated Christmas this way before, this list is for you.
Especially if you are going to spend Christmas watching movies at home for the first time, there is a high probability that you will be undecided about what to watch. You may have heard many popular names and not watched any of them until now. That’s why we have selected 3 classic movies in 3 different categories from classic, rom-com, and comedy-drama, for you to help you and make your Christmas Movie night the most fun.
- A Christmas Story
This 1983 movie is a true classic. Directed by Bob Clark, the film was inspired by Jean Shepherd’s books ‘In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash’ and ‘Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters’ published in 1966 and 1971, respectively.
The movie starring Peter Billingsley, Ian Petrella, Zack Ward, and Scott Schwartz, is a product that will take you back to your childhood. Set in the 1940s, Ralphie, one of the two youngest sons of the Parker family, has only one wish for Christmas: a Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Ralphie shares his wish with his family and teacher. But he gets the same answer every time, which is ‘No! You will shoot yourself in the eye’ On Christmas morning Ralphie gets many nice presents from his loved ones. But nobody gives him the rifle he wants.
Just when Ralphie thinks he’s opened all the presents, his father points to one last box that’s been hidden away. Ralphie found what he wanted in the box he opened excitedly. To test his new rifle, he goes out into the snow-covered garden and our hero’s adventures begin.
If you had a childhood in similar years, this warm movie that will take you back to those old days with its details, makes you watch the Christmases you spent in your childhood, with the streets it was shot in, the decors and costumes.
- Almost Christmas
If you want to watch a comedy-drama that is about family ties, has sweet and hard relationships, is both funny and emotional, and takes place today, Almost Christmas is for you. Written and directed by Davi E. Talbert, the 2016 film stars Kimberly Elise, Mo’Nique, Nicole Ari Parker, Gabrielle Union, Keri Hilson, Jessie Usher, Danny Glover, and Omar Epps, John Michael Higgins, D. C. Young Fly, and Romany Malco.
Former electrician Walter Myers, whose wife died about a year ago, has 2 daughters and 2 sons. Walter, who invites his all-grown children to his home for Christmas, believes that if they can spend 5 days together in the same house, Christmas can be celebrated in a meaningful way and his wife’s legacy can be lived.
These family members, whose lives are scattered in different directions and who are in a struggle in their own lives, both open their hearts to each other, experience confrontations, and most importantly, remember once again what it means to be a family.
- Four Christmases
Four Christmases is the selected movie for the romantic comedy category. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, the movie was directed by Seth Gordon and was produced in 2008.
Kate and Brad, a couple living in San Francisco, have been in a relationship for three years. Both have divorced families. Having had a traumatic childhood, these two have sworn not to do what their parents did. For this reason, both of them agree not to marry and not to have children.
The couple is invited to four different parties by each family member to celebrate Christmas together, but Kate and Brad arrange a holiday in Fiji to avoid these plans and tell their parents that they cannot attend the parties because of their travel plans. Shortly before their planes take off, all flights are canceled due to heavy fog. They have to attend the invitation of all of them, as they have no lie to tell their families who heard the news of this fog cloud that was instantly reflected in the news. That means going to four different parties in one day.
Since their families start to involve in their relationship, the couple hears some secrets about each other, which they were afraid to reveal before.
Four Christmas is a sweet Christmas movie that tells that when it comes to love, prejudices can be broken and two people who understand and value each other can overcome anything.
Three movies from three categories that we prepared for you were like this. We hope this list we have prepared will help you feel the warmth of Christmas. Merry Christmas!
References
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