I'm not a very sentimental person, so most of the traditional holiday movie fare doesn't do it for me. I generally prefer films with a dark, snowy backdrop and occasional Santa suit mishaps and plenty of bitterness or big explosions to the kind where the true meaning of Christmas triumphs over some dark force as the music swells. The Poop had this great, great post with comments on fringe holiday movies you can bust out and make part of the season. Films like Die Hard and Trading Places and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. And apparently, I must watch the Hebrew Hammer very soon.
Of course my favorite movie for the season is one you can watch with kids, and while it isn't as edgy holiday as the ones listed here, I feel like it should get a special mention since the director just had a baby. Nightmare Before Christmas--I mean, how can you go wrong with a wonderfully-animated, surreal musical? By far one of Tim Burton's best movies ever, and of course, congrats to him and Helena Bonham Carter on the addition of a baby girl on Sunday. I just hope Sweeney Todd is as good.
Any films we should add to the rotation?
