Christmas Movies That Aren't

[Twed]

Midnight Run. Fucking Christmas film, somehow.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Thanksgiving is just retrograde Christmas

[Shit Good Nose]

I'll always think of Raiders of the Lost Ark as a chrimbo film (that isn't), because the first time I saw it was also the first big christmas day TV premier that I remember, so the two are forever linked in my brain.

[AsparagusTrevor]

I know everyone always swears Jaws The Revenge is a Christmas film and it tops many Christmas movie lists, but seriously there's only about 10 minutes of the film that could be considered festive. I'd say it was more a shark film than anything.

[Black_Bart]

Trading places usually gets a showing round the yule tide (and is set around the season), but I never think of it as a Christmas film.

Same as Gremlins.

[Shit Good Nose]

I know everyone always swears Jaws The Revenge is a Christmas film and it tops many Christmas movie lists, but seriously there's only about 10 minutes of the film that could be considered festive. I'd say it was more a shark film than anything.

Nah, it's definitely a christmas shark film (Christmas Shark Film).

[Custard]

All the Bonds

Planes Trains is pure Christmas for me

Most Disney and Pixar scream Christmas to me also

[olliebean]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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City of Lost Children

[colacentral]

I watched South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut for the first time in almost 10 years last week.Works as it has snow in it. Annoyingly I watched it so much on dvd when it came out that I still know basically every line before it happens, even the exact rhythm and tone, which kills comedy a bit. The interesting thing is that as an adult I actually find T&P's farting much funnier than any of the swearing now. Prime example being towards the end as they run through the war zone, fleeing for their lives, Phillip stops Terrance to tell him that he just farted, which they both find hysterical.

[Black_Bart]

Works as it has snow in it.

John Carpenter's The Thing.

Also the Fishburne/Hawke version of Assault on Precinct 13.

[SteveDave]

Watching Hardware & Dylan McDermott has just said "Merry C-mas" & then said it was C-mas Eve![nb]I'm trying to popularise C-mas instead of Xmas [/nb]

[PAGATRON]

Die Hard...  Die Hard 2

[Twed]

Those are like Gremlins; movies that are set at Christmas but just aren't particularly jolly.

[shiftwork2]

Threads is a good call, nice one.

[Steven]

Fuck it, I'm drunk, I'm putting on The Shining!

[Ambient Sheep]

The Hudsucker Proxy, technically a New Year's film, but close enough for jazz.  Lovely film, by the way.  If you've never seen it, you should.

[billtheburger]

Wake in Fright is a cracking film set over the Christmas holidays.

[chocky909]

Gremlins 2 isn't set at Christmas but we watched it as part of a double bill anyway. New York is a bit Christmassy all year round anyway isn't it...