Best Christmas Movies

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Miracles happen on Christmas Eve. Miserly and selfish turn into disinterested good-natured people. Lonely people make friends. This is the plot of almost all the best Christmas films made by Western directors. New Year has been the main holiday in our country for many decades. Therefore, when it comes to Christmas movies, Hollywood films come to mind first of all.

Scrooge

In the 1940s, Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in Prose. More than a hundred years later, director Ronald Nim filmed his work. Outside the United States, few today remember the plot of the film, which can be safely attributed to the best Christmas films. Still, it's easy to guess what this classic story is about.

The main character is Ebenezer Scrooge. All his life he is only engaged in the accumulation of we alth. Scrooge has no relatives or friends. And since he's a mean and lonely old man,the approaching Christmas does not please him at all. However, on Christmas Eve, a miracle happens to him. Jacob Marley, a companion who is no longer alive, appears to him. He tells Scrooge about how hard it is after death for people who, during their lifetime, knew how to love only money.

Scrooge will undergo a metamorphosis. But first, three more spirits will appear to him, who will tell him both about the past and about the future. The role of Ebenezer Scrooge was played by Albert Finney.

Home Alone

This is one of the first American movie hits that gained wide popularity in Russian-speaking countries. Everyone remembers the plot of one of the most famous Christmas films. A large and friendly family goes to Paris. Parents only on the plane remember that they left their youngest son at home. Changes are also taking place in the soul of the hero of this comedy. If at the beginning of the film Kevin is a spoiled and pampered boy, then in the finale the audience sees an independent person. Macaulay Culkin starred in the best Christmas movie of the 90s.

While you were sleeping

This Christmas movie tells a touching love story. The main character is a young woman who dreams of a trip to Florence. Lucy works as a cashier, every day she sees Peter - a handsome young man who hurriedly passes by without noticing her. On the eve of Christmas, an incident occurs that completely changes her life. Lucy becomes Peter's fiancee. However, it later turns out that he is not her “prince on a white horse” at all. The main roles in this Christmas melodrama were played by SandraBullock and Bill Pullman.

Family Man

This movie is invariably on every Christmas movie list. Its plot is reminiscent of the story of Scrooge. The main character is Jack Campbell, a successful businessman who has everything. Everything but love. On the eve of Christmas, he suddenly remembers the girl he broke up with after graduating from university. A miracle happens to Jack Campbell. He finds himself in a parallel reality, where he has a beloved wife and children. A successful but lonely businessman was played by Nicolas Cage. His beloved - Tea Leoni.

It's a wonderful life

Without this film classic, the list of Christmas movies would be incomplete. The picture was released in 1946. The protagonist suffers from depression and on the eve of Christmas is thinking about suicide. Unlike the heroes of the films described above, George Bailey is a kind, disinterested person. However, in his life, failures follow one after another. George comes to the bridge, getting ready to jump. Suddenly he meets his guardian angel, who reminds him of all his good deeds and talks about the role they played in the lives of other people. The main character was played by James Steward. Guardian Angel - Henry Travers.

A Christmas Carol

Finnish film was released in 2007. The main character, a boy named Nicholas, becomes an orphan. His parents and younger sister die, after which he is taken in by neighbors. From an early age, Nicholas has been fond of woodcarving. Makes gifts to give to villagerschildren for Christmas. Having matured, he does not forget his hobby, he becomes a carpenter. But the true calling of Nicholas is to give joy to children. One day, the carpenter puts on a red caftan, buys reindeer for himself, and sets off for his native village. So he becomes Santa Claus.

Christmas List

The picture can be attributed to the new Christmas films. The Christmas List came out in 2016. The main character is a woman who, as a child, like other children, loved to decorate houses, build a snowman, and waited with trepidation for gifts from Santa Claus. But her mother didn't like Christmas. There were no New Year's tinsel and Christmas trees in the house. Isabelle never received gifts. But even as an adult, she remained in her heart a child dreaming of Christmas. Isabelle's dreams come true. She not only received the gifts she had been waiting for all her life, but also met love.

Other Christmas movies:

• Get Santa.
• "For the sake of love".
• "Shop around the corner".
• "New Year corporate party".
• "Exchange vacation".
• "Survive Christmas".
• "Feast of the Heart".
• "Four Christmases".
• Flemish Dog.
• "Season of Miracles".
• "Santa Claus".
• Christmas with the Losers.
• "Christmas next door"
• "Just Friends"
• "Princess for Christmas".
• "Real Love".
• Christmas Cottage.