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Post by Viced on Dec 12, 2017 18:24:09 GMT
Feel free to stretch the meaning of "Christmas movie" as far as you please.
Billy Bob Thornton, Bad Santa
Michelle Pfeiffer, Batman Returns
Randy Quaid, Christmas Vacation
Bill Murray, Scrooged
Robert Mitchum & Janet Leigh, Holiday Affair
James Gandolfini, Surviving Christmas
James Caan, Elf
Eddie Murphy, Trading Places
Joe Pesci & Catherine O'Hara, Home Alone
Tim Curry, Home Alone 2
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Post by thomasjerome on Dec 12, 2017 18:42:59 GMT
Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa
Michelle Pfeiffer & Chris Walken - Batman Returns
Denis Leary, Judy Davis - The Ref
Entire cast of "8 Women"
Bill Nighy, Hugh Grant - Love Actually
Val Kilmer - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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Post by Viced on Dec 12, 2017 18:48:13 GMT
Michelle Pfeiffer & Chris Walken - Batman Returns Denis Leary, Judy Davis - The Ref Good call on Walken-- I should have mentioned him as well. Also love the Denis Leary mention for The Ref. I feel like Judy Davis is the only one to ever get praise for that movie. |
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Dec 12, 2017 18:53:32 GMT
Melinda Dillon and Darren McGavin in A Christmas Story
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Dec 12, 2017 18:59:54 GMT
Love a lot of the mentioned...
Willis and Rickman - Die Hard.
Michael Caine - Muppets Christmas Carol.
Sarah Jessica Parker - The Family Stone (awful, awful movie... but she's really good in it).
Jimmy Stewart (you know the one)
and...
Sinbad - Jingle All the Way.
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Post by thomasjerome on Dec 12, 2017 19:06:22 GMT
Michelle Pfeiffer & Chris Walken - Batman Returns Denis Leary, Judy Davis - The Ref Good call on Walken-- I should have mentioned him as well. Also love the Denis Leary mention for The Ref. I feel like Judy Davis is the only one to ever get praise for that movie. Indeed. That one, "Judgment Night" and "Suicide Kings" are my absolute favorite Leary performances. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Dec 12, 2017 19:06:37 GMT
Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa Michelle Pfeiffer & Chris Walken - Batman Returns Denis Leary, Judy Davis - The Ref Entire cast of "8 Women" Bill Nighy, Hugh Grant - Love Actually Val Kilmer - Kiss Kiss Bang BangI never even thought of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as a Christmas movie before, but now I'm so glad I have. It's probably one of top 5 favorite comedies, and one of the best films of last decade. Kilmer and Downey Jr. are so damn great in it. New movie to watch around Christmas time now along with Die Hard and It's a Wonderful Life! To answer the thread, the penultimate is James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life, of course, but I've always loved Bruce Willis in Die Hard as well. Probably my second favorite performance of his behind The Sixth Sense. |
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Post by Nikan on Dec 12, 2017 19:16:26 GMT
Val Kilmer - Kiss Kiss Bang BangThe trio of this film. |
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Dec 12, 2017 22:25:37 GMT
Depends what defines Christmas movie
A few that comes to mind:
Cate Blanchett / Rooney Mara: Carol
Colin Farrell / Brendan Gleeson: In Bruges
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Shut
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Post by stephen on Dec 12, 2017 22:29:32 GMT
Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon: A Christmas Story (all of whom are my wins)
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Post by countjohn on Dec 13, 2017 3:46:00 GMT
Jimmy Stewart in both It's a Wonderful Life and The Shop Around the Corner.
I guess I'll mention Pfeiffer in Batman Returns since other people are saying her but I don't really consider that a Christmas movie.
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Post by getclutch on Dec 13, 2017 3:59:00 GMT
Darren McGavin, A Christmas Story
S.Z. Sakall, Christmas in Connecticut
Randy Quaid, Christmas Vacation
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Dec 13, 2017 16:01:04 GMT
Edmund Gwenn was so good as Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street. I'm so glad he won an Oscar for that performance. I forget it when I think of my favorite supporting wins.
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Post by idioticbunny on Dec 13, 2017 17:01:58 GMT
Jimmy Stewart in both It's a Wonderful Life and The Shop Around the Corner. I guess I'll mention Pfeiffer in Batman Returns since other people are saying her but I don't really consider that a Christmas movie. Good call on The Shop Around the Corner, too. Would also add Frank Morgan from the same film to the list. He was so damn good. |
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Post by idioticbunny on Dec 13, 2017 17:02:32 GMT
Edmund Gwenn was so good as Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street. I'm so glad he won an Oscar for that performance. I forget it when I think of my favorite supporting wins. Just watched this film last night for the first time and I absolutely agree. He was completely heartwarming. Can't imagine anyone else playing Santa better. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2017 17:40:30 GMT
Alastair Sim in A Christmas Carol
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Dec 13, 2017 18:03:59 GMT
Edmund Gwenn was so good as Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street. I'm so glad he won an Oscar for that performance. I forget it when I think of my favorite supporting wins. Just watched this film last night for the first time and I absolutely agree. He was completely heartwarming. Can't imagine anyone else playing Santa better. He is the best Santa Claus. He played him with a little mystery and a little twinkle in his eye. I first saw this movie when I was the age Natalie Wood was in this film, but now that I recently rewatched it with my family, I appreciate his performance even more. |
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Post by demille on Dec 14, 2017 11:16:08 GMT
Ginger Rogers - Bachelor Mother
Cary Grant - The Bishop's Wife
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Post by bruinjoe96 on Dec 14, 2017 20:16:21 GMT
Jimmy Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life
Billy Bob Thornton - Bad Santa
Macaulay Culkin - Home Alone
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Dec 18, 2017 5:03:10 GMT
Sinbad - Jingle All the Way. When the "bomb" is revealed to just be a music box, it never fails to make me laugh how sincere he sounds when he says "I'm sorry. I've been under a lot of pressure since the Zip-Plus-4 thing."  |
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Post by Feesy on Dec 18, 2017 8:58:36 GMT
McGavin - A Christmas Story
Sinbad - Jingle All The Way (...seriously, he’s fucking hilarious!)
Chase - Christmas Vacation
Quaid - Christmas Vacation
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 1, 2020 1:54:25 GMT
Not mentioned yet! Barbara Stanwyck, Remember the Night (1940) Geraldine Page, A Christmas Memory (1966) Peter Sellers, A Carol for Another Christmas (1964) - one fifteen minute scene, as a despot named Imperial Me, a must-see perf.  Christopher Plummer, The Silent Partner (1978) Peter Cushing/Andre Morell, Cash on Demand (1961) |
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Post by hugobolso on Dec 1, 2020 5:47:26 GMT
June Allyson in Little Women
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Post by TerryMontana on Dec 1, 2020 6:19:34 GMT
Peter Billingsley and Jimmy Stewart are my very first choices.
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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 1, 2020 15:35:47 GMT
Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge. I would label it as his best performance.
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