Yippee Ki-Yay! Top 10 Christmas Films

1) Die Hard ¹ (1988, dir. John McTiernan)

2) It's A Wonderful Life (1946, dir. Frank Capra)

3) Go (1999, dir. Doug Liman)

4) Love Actually (2003, dir. Richard Curtis)

5) Bad Santa (2003, dir. Terry Zwigoff)

6) Elf (2003, dir. Jon Favreau)

7) A Christmas Story (1983, dir. Bob Clark)

8) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993, dir. Henry Selick)

9) The Santa Clause (1994, dir. John Pasquin)

10) Home Alone (1990, dir. Chris Columbus)

It's that time of year. By now, you've probably already seen a few of these holiday classics. I find good Christmas films need to be re-watchable and relatively straightforward for easy viewing with family and friends around amidst holiday activities. There's a huge divide and variance on the level of Christmas-y feels to these films. However, they all have their charm.

¹ Die Hard, enough said. This epitomizes everything great and entertaining about action movies and the holiday season. Bruce Willis shines in his breakout role. What I love about the film asides from its witty, fun execution, is the sprinkling of holiday themes throughout and in its premise.

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