There’s a near-endless list of holiday season movies, from the animated (How the Grinch Stole Christmas, innumerable versions of The Nutcracker), humorous (The Santa Claus, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Home Alone), to the classic and endearing (Miracle on 34th Street, It’s a Wonderful Life). However, if you’re interested in more non-traditional holiday fare, this list is for you. Some of the films are explicitly Christmas-themed, while others feature the holiday season as a backdrop—but they all have moments that hit a certain fuzzy-light-cold-snap-egg-nog note that smacks of the essence of that holiday feeling.
Gremlins