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Yeah it's a really good film which happens to be set at Christmas. But definitely qualifies because of the themes of belonging, community and redemption.
Delivery by Christmas - Polish Movie with subtitles. Takes place on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Drunken package express manager gets rebuffed by female employee at company Christmas Party, decides to get even by swapping the labels out on the four deliveries she has to make Christmas Day. Each package was personally selected for the intended recipient only. Hilarity ensues.
Not to be confused with the Hallmark Movie “Deliver by Christmas”. If they’re not speaking Polish, it’s the wrong movie.
"Christmas Evil" (It's original title: "You Better Watch Out") is a true cult classic that filmmaker/iconoclast John Waters has been praising as his favourite Christmas movie. And seriously, this one is a very ambitious production that is loaded with dark comedy and a very compelling character study. What happens when a sad sack of a middle manager for a toy company with an intense fixation on Santa Claus gradually goes mad in an amoral, complicated world and finds his purpose believing he really is Saint Nick?
There are much higher stakes and food for thought since this anti-hero holds a sincere and severe morality of rewarding the good kids and adults and punishing the bad ones (Don't worry, he just gives the local "bad" kids coal for picking their nose and reading Hustler magazine, however, he dispenses far more disturbing justice on adults he deems "naughty"). He is the original Bad Santa. If you appreciate the 2003 dark comedy with Billy Bob Thornton, I highly recommend taking a chance on "Christmas Evil" this holiday season.
A few other Christmas movies that deserve more love are "Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point" (It's going to be a real Christmas classic within the coming years, I assure you), "Millions," "Christmas, Again," "The Baltimorons" (Released just this month!), "White Reindeer," "Inside" (2007, Not for the Squeamish!), "In Bruges," "Eileen," "Better Watch Out," "Carol," "Arthur Christmas," and "Mousehunt".
I realize it's not exactly underrated, but "Gremlins" deserves a shout out here.
And kudos to Kevin Ryan and his comprehensive list including "The Ref" and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"!
Please forgive the self-promotion, but my short horror movie "Socket" has a very memorable Christmas scene!
It just so happens I saw Derek Cianfrance's "Roofman" the night after writing that post and, lo and behold, "Roofman" is a Christmas movie as well as an inspired portrait of a family man turned criminal. It's the type of movie that most people say "they don't make them like they used to" and would have been a sleeper hit back in the 90s. Well worth checking out.
Remember the Night (1940)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
The Great Rupert (1950)
Blast of Science (1961)
Black Christmas (1974)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Scrooged! (1988)
A Wish for Wings That Work! (1991)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Mixed Nuts (1994)
The Ref (1994)
Jingle All the Way (1996)
Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
The Family Man (2000)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Rare Export: A Christmas Tale (2010)
The Night Before (2015)
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019)
Klaus (2019)
Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019) also known as A Christmas Feast
Nice, I saw that one on lists but didn’t realize it was a actually a Christmas movie
Yeah it's a really good film which happens to be set at Christmas. But definitely qualifies because of the themes of belonging, community and redemption.
TRADING goddamn PLACES!!!!
“It was a stone groove my man…”
🤦 good point, can’t believe I forgot that one.
"Yeah yeah yeah get the fuck out."
“… you are the most righteous…”
Karate man bleed on the inside…Quart of blood technique!
The Thin Man is not underrated as a movie, but it is underrated as a Christmas movie.
I love the Thin Man series so much. William Powell is so good, and Myrna Loy as Nora. Love it
I just watched *Fat Man* and Mel Gibson is great as usual.
I had that on my list but was hesitant. There's just a bit too many "Santa goes Military" movies lately, but I'll bump it up on your recommendation.
Love it, I’ll check it out
Delivery by Christmas - Polish Movie with subtitles. Takes place on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Drunken package express manager gets rebuffed by female employee at company Christmas Party, decides to get even by swapping the labels out on the four deliveries she has to make Christmas Day. Each package was personally selected for the intended recipient only. Hilarity ensues.
Not to be confused with the Hallmark Movie “Deliver by Christmas”. If they’re not speaking Polish, it’s the wrong movie.
Fantastic reccomendation, I’ll check it out. Thanks, William.
"Christmas Evil" (It's original title: "You Better Watch Out") is a true cult classic that filmmaker/iconoclast John Waters has been praising as his favourite Christmas movie. And seriously, this one is a very ambitious production that is loaded with dark comedy and a very compelling character study. What happens when a sad sack of a middle manager for a toy company with an intense fixation on Santa Claus gradually goes mad in an amoral, complicated world and finds his purpose believing he really is Saint Nick?
There are much higher stakes and food for thought since this anti-hero holds a sincere and severe morality of rewarding the good kids and adults and punishing the bad ones (Don't worry, he just gives the local "bad" kids coal for picking their nose and reading Hustler magazine, however, he dispenses far more disturbing justice on adults he deems "naughty"). He is the original Bad Santa. If you appreciate the 2003 dark comedy with Billy Bob Thornton, I highly recommend taking a chance on "Christmas Evil" this holiday season.
A few other Christmas movies that deserve more love are "Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point" (It's going to be a real Christmas classic within the coming years, I assure you), "Millions," "Christmas, Again," "The Baltimorons" (Released just this month!), "White Reindeer," "Inside" (2007, Not for the Squeamish!), "In Bruges," "Eileen," "Better Watch Out," "Carol," "Arthur Christmas," and "Mousehunt".
I realize it's not exactly underrated, but "Gremlins" deserves a shout out here.
And kudos to Kevin Ryan and his comprehensive list including "The Ref" and "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"!
Please forgive the self-promotion, but my short horror movie "Socket" has a very memorable Christmas scene!
http://www.cinelation.com/socket_movie/
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Wonderful answer, thanks, Christopher.
Love it, I'll check out "Socket," thanks for sharing :)
Thank you, Kevin. I hope you enjoy "Socket".
It just so happens I saw Derek Cianfrance's "Roofman" the night after writing that post and, lo and behold, "Roofman" is a Christmas movie as well as an inspired portrait of a family man turned criminal. It's the type of movie that most people say "they don't make them like they used to" and would have been a sleeper hit back in the 90s. Well worth checking out.
Does Black Christmas(1974) count?